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

[carlos marighela]

Actually that’s the major criticism I would have of the Rubicon VC. They are too well armed for what they are wearing. The various Warlord sprues have M1944 carbines, Mausers, M1 Garands, M1 carbines and Thompson guns.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Thanks for the colour guide.

Like CapnJim, I have used Snot Womble green (in my case from a can) as the base colour.

Colour Scheme
Uniform: Citadel Death Guard Green (spray).
Webbing and pouches: Citadel Karak Stone
Boots and Water bottle:  Vallejo Leather Brown
Rifle, radio and grenades: Citadel Abaddon Black
Flack Jacket: Citadel Death World Forest
Helmet camouflage: Citadel Steel Legion Drab and Zandri Dust

[tomrommel1]

So I have to get a box of Perry DAK figures then!

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

Wait a day or two - if I can find the Perry DAK sprues, I can check if they fit nicely to the Rubicon figures.

[CapnJim]

I plan to do that too, this afternoon.  I too will report back in here...

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

I found a Perry DAK sprue and a Warlord winter Germans sprue.

The Perry DAK are small and slender.
The weapons appear to be 10% smaller than the Rubicon weapons.
Worse still, the distance between the shoulders is significantly less than the Rubicon VC & USMC.

The Warlord figures have a more cartoony style with very large hands and huge weapons.
Unfortunately I don't think that either will work.

[CapnJim]

Well, I put together a squad of VC today.  Of the 10, 8 were straight out of the box.  The other 2, well...

...I have parts of boxes of Warlord's original German Infantry and American Infantry (the ones with the separate arms and weapons).  I put one chap together with a German Mauser, and another with a US carbine.  See the pic below. 

The good news is that the arms actually fit pretty well.  The bad news (if this matters to folks), is that the carbine looks a bit big...I'm gonna paint them up as they are, and see what they look like finished.

[tomrommel1]

Thanks for the info. I will play arround with the figures , too as soon as they reach me.

[Ash]

I particulaly like those last two, especially the bloke on the left.

[tomrommel1]

Indded the lkast two are rather nice. The postman just visited and droped of a box from Rubicon.... So I will have a go soon , too.

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

Following my experiments with US Olive Green, I have repainted the uniforms of 36 USMC.

These are German Uniform 70.920 with wash of mixture 50:50 Coelia Greenshade & Athonian Camoshade.
Then highlighted with German Uniform lightened with 25% Stone Grey.


Empress Miniatures Full Metal Jacket



Rubicon Models



Gringos40s



Empress Rubicon Gringos



Real Uniforms to compare

[fusilierdan]

Thanks for the comparison photos. Painting, which is excellent BTW, does blend the size difference.

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

Update on my build something contest entry.

After a good start there was a long pause because I was busy with other things.

I picked the project up again on Sunday and made a corner of a US Vietnam base with XPS foam.

I tried to texture this with a a hot air gun but the results were unexpected and frustrating.
Gaps are forced open and joints peel  back.



Here is the finished layout before painting. I covered the surface with ground cork.



This is the last post before submission. More after the competition is finished.

[hayeswauford]

The firebase looks awesome! Great work!

[tomrommel1]

very nice start on the base