Vietnam Gaming

[itchy]

talking about britannia, what do there SF Green berets look like?
I am trying to make a LRRP team and eventually make a platoon along the lines of the 101st recondo platoons.

I will dig them out  and and post a pic ,off top of my head , they are a mix of berets and bush hats maybe 1 bareheaded /. will get back on that.

[commissarmoody]

Thanks, I might have to do a few head swaps maby from the ANZAC range but thats not a problem
I just would like to see what I am working with

[gamer Mac]

Haven’t shown any pictures for a while. Struggling to paint 20 mm well enough to show people.
While I was waiting on I my “Nam in a box” from Malamute I have been fixing up some of my old WWII scenery to make a firebase to use on a Nam table.

Fire base so far


Nam table so far

With some of the huts (not painted yet) I have received from Malamute.

The one new thing I have built is the guard tower




Made out of various bits of balsa wood and coffee stirrers and some two part putty stuff I had for the sand bags.
The sand bags at the bottom are old bits than can be put in place or left off.

[gamer Mac]

Be painting infantry and this is the first one I am happy with.







What do you think?

[V]

I will dig them out  and and post a pic ,off top of my head , they are a mix of berets and bush hats maybe 1 bareheaded /. will get back on that.

Here ya go... Britannia Green Berets

[Andym]

Nice tower. Is that the entry for next years 'Build Something Contest'?

Are you planning to stain the wood a darker colour or is that the finished product? You could make the joints a wee bit more shaded.

[commissarmoody]

Here ya go... Britannia Green Berets

Thanks! They are just what I was looking for. 

[Dr. The Viking]

Looking good G'Mac!

I might say that a touch of the weathering wouldn't hurt. To me the tower seems a bit "factory fresh".  
Still very nice!

Have you settled on a rule set?

[gamer Mac]

I have got FNG seem to be just the sort of game I am after. More of a scirmish game with individual characters. Still learning the rules though not had a game yet. I also have the unconventional warfare (FNG-UW) supplement as well.

I will try weathering the tower a bit more.

[Malamute]

Great stuff, I like the tower and the board is already taking shape. Very much looking forward to seeing the games in due course. 

[gamer Mac]

First squad of ‘A’ company, 1 Bn. 16th Infantry leave their fire base on their first patrol.
Covered by the squads M60 gun team.



This is only half the squad, still to finish the other members, on my workbench.
Just noticed that I have never put any static grass on the bases.

[oldskoolrebel]

Hey Colin, looking good. I can only imagine that 20mm miniatures are a nightmare to paint.

I'm surprised that they don't have icicles on the barrels of their guns; it must be bloody freezing in your garage!

Cheers
Andy

[gamer Mac]

20 mm is not that bad. I don't go for the same level of painting.
I also rely on the 2' rule a lot more
This lot were brought indoors for painting. They are the ones I dropped in the snow the other day.

[Malamute]

looking good Colin. You have acheived more in a week than I achieved in the ten or so years I had the figures. Although thinking about it I did manage to paint one( didnt finish his sandals though) VC  

[Mr Mipps]

Parkfield Miniatures have an expanding range of 28mm (around 1/60 scale) figures including, now, a couple of M113's
http://parkfieldminiatures.freeservers.com/28MM%20VIETNAM%20WAR.htm
http://unicornsculpting.blogspot.com/
http://dannyboy1989.blogspot.com/2010/11/big-joe-part-2.html

At present the figures are 80p each and we are working on a set of 'modern' rules based around squads and fireteams which should be ready early next year.