Apparently I've Become a Vietnam War-Gamer

[bigjackmac]

Glad to be of service! 

V/R,
Jack

[bigjackmac]

All,

Continuing on my descent into Vietnam wargaming madness, I picked up some more minis from Flashpoint Miniatures 15mm range, the pack is called "ANZAC Task Force."  I have nothing against our Australian and New Zealand allies, but they're just not something I'm interested in wargaming, at least right now.  But I what I am interested in doing is some Vietnam special forces-type gaming, and so I wanted troops in bush hats, with light weapons, that could serve a multitude of roles, such as LRRPs, Rangers, Green Berets, SEALs, Marine Recon, MACV-SOG, covert Agency-types, Nungs, and Mike Force guys.  So, looking at Jimmi's web catalog, I spotted these guys and they looked right up my alley.


The whole pack, thirty guys done up in Tiger Stripe camo and on temperate, grassy bases.  There were actually 31 guys, but somehow I broke one of the troops (a grenadier) off at the ankles (my own carelessness I'm afraid)...

The troops are well proportioned, weapons look good, and there's an astounding number of different poses.  I will also report there is some real size variation between figures; this may be a turnoff to some, but I don't mind as 1) real life troops aren't all the same size, and 2) it will help when I want to have US troops (I'll use the big'uns) and indigenous troops in the same unit (I'll use the smaller ones).

There's one guy who is a bit miscast, hand raised but missing, guess he got caught with a booby trap.  Aside from that there were no issues, no real flash, lines are very clean and pronounced, making them very easy to paint up.  I'm very happy to have these in my collection, they're perfect for some games I want to do, and I can't wait to get them on the table.  Let's get to the poses.


First two up are two leader type poses, officers or NCOs.  Guy at left has binos in his left hand, right has no hat and the ubiquitous jungle towel around his neck.  Here you can see the guy on left has an SLR; they may be cast just a shade short of real life, but this doesn't bother me as I wanted all M-16s anyway, and simply painted black I think they work pretty well.

To see closeups of all the poses, please check the blog at:
http://blackhawkhet.blogspot.com/2016/09/flashpoint-minis-15mm-anzac-task-force.html

Well, that's the new troops, whaddaya think?  I really like them and can't wait to play some games with them, but I'm not sure where I'll squeeze them in with all the other projects I have going on right now.  Not to mention I've got more troops I've finished and need to show you.  I'll be posting them in the next few days.

V/R,
Jack

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Nice work Jack

[petercooman]

Good job!

[Techno]

Nice work, Jack.

Cheers - Phil

[bigjackmac]

Thanks guys!

V/R,
Jack