Mick's Vietnam Book (Outstanding orders fulfilled. page 18)

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

Now I am knocked out of the BSC 2022 competition, I can show some pictures.

Here is the whole thing with some 28mm Rubicon figures and Bob Mack 3D printed M113 ACAV and M551 Sheridan.

The idea is that it can form the corner of a wargames table. A second tile with a gate could also be added.



And here is a close up of the rest area part.

[CapnJim]

Looks good to me.  Well done, Mick!

[carlos marighela]

Indeed, very nicely done! You must have built up quite a fair chunk of Vietnam in miniature by now.

[tomrommel1]

very nice indeed

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

Thank-you everybody.

@Carlos - I do plan to make some Paddy Fields and Banana Trees to complete the scenery.

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

Some of you may already have seen that my Vietnam Book is taking shape and has been officially announced by Military Miniature Press.

The manuscript is complete in draft form, there is a cover design proposal and there is an illustrator working on camouflage uniform illustrations.
There is still a lot to do including collecting pictures from manufacturers and guest modellers.

Here is the link.
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=137281.0

[tomrommel1]

Nice to hear!!

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

Here is the selected cover design.

[tomrommel1]

looking really good. Can't wait to hold it in my hands!

[CapnJim]

I'll definitely be looking for that once it's out...

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

Here is a long overdue update on the progress of the book.

Military Miniature Press are being very supportive and have commissioned an illustrator, a book cover designer and a cartographer.
The book has a cover design and the illustrator has prepared 20 drawings of camouflage uniforms.

I submitted the manuscript for the first time in April.
This was reviewed by the publisher and then we agreed to push for end September launch.
The book went out for peer reading and was read by the publisher, a Vietnam War veteran and a well known maker of Vietnam War models.
Based on the feedback from the peer readers and the veteran, I have rewritten some parts and added some more tutorials.
I submitted the final 42,500 word main text this weekend.

The plan is to include 250 pictures.  I have a lot more so there is quite a task to work out what is needed where.
I have some pictures from Empress, Gringos and Pendraken to supplement my work.
I also have access to some historical US Department of Defence pictures.
I have recently been given 37 superb photographs from a militaria collector showing uniforms, insignia and equipment.
I am currently working on picture captions and specifying where the pictures go in the text. I am about a third of the way through this task.
I plan to get everything handed over within the next week or two.

The book is up for presale already and is due to be launched 30th September in USA. It will be available as a PDF and a physical book.
It will be printed in the USA, so I guess that printed copies will be available a month or two later in Europe.

If anybody has pictures of NVA or Australian uniforms, this would be helpful.
I could use Australian Army pictures but they cost about Aus$ 180 each for the license, so I won't be using them.

Mick

[Ash]

Looking forward to this one, well done for all your hard work.

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

Thanks Ash - I promise that some of your pictures will be in the final book.

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

Since March 2020, I have been doing this huge Vietnam project, which started with a few Gringo 40s and Empress figures.
It evolved via XPS terrain building and 3d printing into a series of tutorials in Military Miniature magazine and then became a book.

https://militaryminiaturepress.com/product/modeling-painting-vietnam-wargames/

The book is now at the layout stage and will be available as an eBook and PDF by the end of October.
There will be a softback book as well.
I have sent in one round of edits on the whole book and second round on the first three chapters. It is going to look amazing.
Depending on the layout team, my part will be finished in a few days.

[NurgleHH]

Any European Trader for it??? Or PoD??? Ordering in America with P&P and Tax will nearly double the prize.