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

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

There will be a European distributor but you may have to wait until early 2023 until they have stock.

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

Military Miniatures have a special offer for UK and Europe.

https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=138583.0

[Poiter50]

Is there going to be similar for Australia and New Zealand?

Military Miniatures have a special offer for UK and Europe.

https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=138583.0

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

@Poiter50- I suggest you email Samantha directly.

[Poiter50]

 

@Poiter50- I suggest you email Samantha directly.

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

Here are some sample pages

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

[tomrommel1]

cool !! really looking foreward to get my copy

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

Flip through of the book

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[Shahbahraz]

Hi Mick, book looks impressive. Is there any coverage of the Australians?

Some time back, my partner; who is a veteran journalist, did a special for the 40th anniversary of the Long Tan battle, and I got to meet Roberts, Buick, Smith etc. Went to the dedication of the memorial in Canberra. So I have been 3d printing Australian M113, (BobMack3d), Hueys, purchasing Empress Minis and making up banana plantations. (I snuck in a Rubicon Centurion as one of my mates was an Aussie tankie, though it's not right for Long Tan). All I need is a distant sound track of Little Pattie and Col Joye...   

I'm also thinking about Coral (another bloke, whose book she edited, was there). But what we really want to know.. is what was the colour of the mud at Long Tan.. 

[Poiter50]

Red laterite.

Hi Mick, book looks impressive. Is there any coverage of the Australians?

Some time back, my partner; who is a veteran journalist, did a special for the 40th anniversary of the Long Tan battle, and I got to meet Roberts, Buick, Smith etc. Went to the dedication of the memorial in Canberra. So I have been 3d printing Australian M113, (BobMack3d), Hueys, purchasing Empress Minis and making up banana plantations. (I snuck in a Rubicon Centurion as one of my mates was an Aussie tankie, though it's not right for Long Tan). All I need is a distant sound track of Little Pattie and Col Joye...   

I'm also thinking about Coral (another bloke, whose book she edited, was there). But what we really want to know.. is what was the colour of the mud at Long Tan.. 

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

Dear Shahbahraz,

Australians and Australian SASR are covered, with a painting guide.
There is less detail than the US, ARVN and NVA, because I was not able to obtain pictures of real Australian uniforms.

Mick

[carlos marighela]

Really? You should have said so, there are heaps at the AWM site. Worse come to worst, I could have re-possessed my old Vietnam era shirt from my daughter and taken happy snaps.

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

I looked into AWM but license fees are about US$ 150 per picture for a book.
I mostly funded this book project myself, so did not budget money for picture licenses.
(Based on Crowood's rates, I would need to sell 200 books per picture that I use. My German book sold about 1500 over 3 years)

I only used pictures from free sources. Many painters and wargames companies allowed me to use their pictures.
I had support from militaria collectors - Geoff Liebrandt let me use 40 pictures from his extensive collection.
I also can use US military pictures that are in the public domain (Wikimedia has a lot of these, and the supporting proof).

[carlos marighela]

All I need is a distant sound track of Little Pattie and Col Joye...   

Trust me, you really fucking don’t. Then again it could have been worse. Frank Ifield anyone? 

I think red laterite is the winning answer. Photos around the cross show reddish soil. Just bear in mind photos of the battle show heavy leaf fall. In part the normal leaf fall augmented by the effects of the artillery.

 If you are inclined to masochism…..

[CapnJim]

Are there plans to release the book in the US?