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Author Topic: 20mm Rhodesians  (Read 94873 times)

Offline Ash

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Re: 20mm Rhodesian Fireforce (Under Fire miniatures)
« Reply #30 on: May 05, 2013, 04:11:33 PM »
Finished the third ZANLA pack from Under Fire; just tweeked a couple of them, one lengthened his shirt & another changed his shirt into a camo smock and added a couple of ammo pouches, for no reason other than it made them look more like the reference pictures:



« Last Edit: July 18, 2017, 06:12:27 PM by Ash »

Offline von Lucky

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Re: 20mm Rhodesian Fireforce (Under Fire miniatures)
« Reply #31 on: May 05, 2013, 09:39:35 PM »
Lots of character - I like them a lot.
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Offline Golgotha

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Re: 20mm Rhodesian Fireforce (Under Fire miniatures)
« Reply #32 on: May 05, 2013, 11:39:35 PM »
Simply fantastic and great to see Bush war come to life.

Offline Ash

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Re: 20mm Rhodesian Fireforce (Under Fire miniatures)
« Reply #33 on: May 06, 2013, 08:12:18 PM »
Cheers chaps.

Waiting in anticipation for reinforcements to arrive . . .

Offline Ash

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Re: 20mm Rhodesian Fireforce (Under Fire miniatures)
« Reply #34 on: May 11, 2013, 12:28:09 PM »
After chopping the heads off some RLI minis for another project, I got hold of some suitable replacements and converted the bits to represent a couple of late war RhSAS.





Based on this picture, taken during Mapai raid '79.
« Last Edit: July 18, 2017, 07:13:22 PM by Ash »

Offline Westy38

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Re: 20mm Rhodesian Fireforce (Under Fire miniatures)
« Reply #35 on: May 11, 2013, 01:56:43 PM »
I would like to see more Bush and Border Wars stuff from Under Fire Miniatures.

Ask and ye shall receive. Next commission to go in with Tony will have more ZANLA & RAR. Elsewhere I believe I've committed to doing K & G-Car modification kits !!

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Offline verd

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Re: 20mm Rhodesian Fireforce (Under Fire miniatures)
« Reply #36 on: May 13, 2013, 01:14:58 PM »
Really cool and inspiring !  :-*

Offline Ash

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Re: 20mm Rhodesian Fireforce (Under Fire miniatures)
« Reply #37 on: May 16, 2013, 10:46:59 AM »
Spare parts mash up to get something to count as RhSAS:







Rhodesian African Rifles stick:



« Last Edit: November 20, 2017, 10:39:21 AM by Ash »

Offline Arlequín

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Re: 20mm Rhodesian Fireforce (Under Fire miniatures)
« Reply #38 on: May 16, 2013, 12:06:37 PM »
I wonder if I could get away with closing this topic out of sheer envy....  :D

Offline Ash

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Re: 20mm Rhodesian Fireforce (Under Fire miniatures)
« Reply #39 on: May 16, 2013, 08:22:56 PM »
Too kind, just don't look too close!

Here's the last of the pictures of the RAR, & that's me done until the next release:











« Last Edit: July 18, 2017, 07:32:34 PM by Ash »

Offline moonshado

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Re: 20mm Rhodesian Fireforce (Under Fire miniatures)
« Reply #40 on: May 17, 2013, 04:50:50 PM »
I love this topic(and my interests normally stop at 1939), your work is brilliant and highly detailed.

Offline Golgotha

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Re: 20mm Rhodesian Fireforce (Under Fire miniatures)
« Reply #41 on: May 18, 2013, 06:48:10 PM »
Your painting is remarkable sir - the level of natural looking detail you have achieved in 20mm is truly realistic a real tribute to the Rhodesian conflict.

Offline Ash

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Re: 20mm Rhodesian Fireforce (Under Fire miniatures)
« Reply #42 on: May 18, 2013, 07:27:22 PM »
Thanks guys, I can only praise the models. The level of detail makes you feel like you're painting something bigger, just need a smaller brush & less paint!
I did have a go at doing a stick of troopies in 1/35 scale a few years ago. Couldn't find the right webbing and the rifles are a bit small, but was a good test for trying the camo:

« Last Edit: July 18, 2017, 07:24:18 PM by Ash »

Offline Westfalia Chris

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Re: 20mm Rhodesian Fireforce (Under Fire miniatures)
« Reply #43 on: May 18, 2013, 08:35:52 PM »
Thanks guys, I can only praise the models. The level of detail makes you feel like you're painting something bigger, just need a smaller brush & less paint!
I did have a go at doing a stick of troopies in 1/35 scale a few years ago. Couldn't find the right webbing and the rifles are a bit small, but was a good test for trying the camo:

Outstanding work. What models did you use as a basis?

Offline Ash

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Re: 20mm Rhodesian Fireforce (Under Fire miniatures)
« Reply #44 on: May 18, 2013, 08:49:09 PM »
The 1/35 scale blokes were based on the Dragon 'Nam series' US Navy Seals II # 3316.


 

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