All,
Well, it all started about a year ago now. For some reason I'd decided to buy 'just a few' 15mm guys to do some skirmishing (actually, that's all Techno-Phil's fault: I wanted some 10mm Marines with M-14s but couldn't get them, so I looked to 15mm!). As part of that I was on Brookhurst Hobbies' website and ordered a single pack of Peter Pig LRRPs (Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol, for the uninitiated) and VC (Viet Cong, or Varmint Cong if you listen to Bill Murray). I painted and based both sets up, and a year later neither has seen the table.
But then I (virtually) met Jimmi over at Flashpoint Minis and, well, now I'm a Vietnam War gamer. Previously you've seen me post my Flashpoint Minis US Marines (with M-14s, about 70 figures), then Peter Pig Viet Cong (about 30 guys), and then more Flashpoint Minis, this time ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam, AKA South Vietnamese, about 50 figures). And then recently I went nuts and bought a bunch more stuff.
This post is simply to confirm to the world that I am, indeed, a Vietnam-era gamer, and to give a quick overview of all the stuff I recently purchased and finished up. I will be doing my 'usual' separate blog post for each subset of troops/terrain/vehicles, but I'm quite proud of myself getting all this done and so wanted to show it off in one grand post. So let's get to it.
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Here's everything, all my recent purchases painted and based, ready to play. What do we have?
-Peter Pig NVA Platoon
-Peter Pig NVA and VC Heavy Weapons (mortars, MGs, and recoiless rifles)
-Peter Pig VC casualty figures
-A Peter Pig T-55 (for Laos and Fall of the South)
-A Zvezda 122mm SPG (ditto)
-A Battlefront US 'leg' Infantry Platoon
-Two Battlefront OH-6s
-A Peter Pig M-48
-Two Peter Pig LVTP-5 Amtracs
-Flashpoint Minis US tank riders
-A Peter Pig PBR
-Three Flashpoint Minis Sampans
-A village from Flashpoint Minis (four thatch huts, a wooden hut, a corrugated tin shelter, a fish pond, a foot bridge, a Buddhist Shrine, an animal pen, two wooden-staked walls, various pots and containers
-Flashpoint Minis Palm Trees
-Pegasus Banana Trees
To see pics of all that, please check the blog at:
http://blackhawkhet.blogspot.com/2016/08/apparently-ive-become-vietnam-war-gamer.html
Not pictured: Flashpoint Minis Elephant Grass, and Flashpoint Minis ANZAC Task Force, which I'm still painting up.
Like I said, I'll be doing separate posts for the various troops, vehicles, and terrain posted here, so stand by for that. And stand by for some Vietnam games! So let me pontificate on that for a moment; I know a lot of you out there in the ether-land love the photos of stuff, but I also know a lot of you enjoy hearing (and/or making fun of me for) my project plans. So here goes.
First, I'm very conflicted on two accounts:
1) I am absolutely committed to fighting out a campaign for the US battle of Dai Do, where 2nd Bn 4th Marines (reinforced by C/1/3) fought an entire NVA division to a standstill. I originally planned on doing this in 15mm, but the overall battle seems to me to lend itself to a series of company-level actions, and that's pretty big for 15mm (for me at least). So, my issue is whether to do Dai Do as company-level fights (about a dozen of them) in 6mm, or do it as a series of platoon-level fights (about 35 of them!) in 15mm.
2) (and this affects Dai Do as well) I have quite a few ideas for Vietnam projects, but I kind of don't want to play them as Vietnam campaigns, I want to work them into my existing Cuba Libre alt-history blog. That is, I'd be playing Vietnam fights with Vietnam figures, vehicles, and terrain, but for my campaign purposes the troops would be Cuban Expeditionary Forces rather than US Marines, US Army, or ARVN. This is pretty much solely in the interest of time; I've got too many projects, and so this is a means of sorting of killing two birds with one stone. I get to play some Vietnam gaming AND advance my Cuba Libre stuff.
So, what all do I have in mind? This is a list of stuff I will get to (someday):
-Dai Do, USMC vs NVA
-Operation Buffalo, USMC vs NVA
-Operation Starlite, USMC vs NVA
-Lam Son 719, ARVN vs NVA
-1972 Easter Offensive, ARVN vs NVA
-The movie "Platoon," USA vs NVA/VC
-Some "Apocalypse Now"-style Air Cav, USA vs VC
-I'd like to do some Phoenix stuff, though the troops aren't ready for this yet
-I'd like to do some SF w/Mike Force stuff, though I don't have troops for this yet
I'm sure there's more, but that's all I can think of for right now.
V/R,
Jack
Sounds good, Jack.
Cheers - Phil
Some nice stuff jack!
About the 6mm -15mm, i would choose to go with the 15mm, because you can get started straight away. Nothing as rewarding as using your nicely painted toys, would be a shame if you had to paint up another force before you could begin!
Looking good Jack.
Start 15mm for initial skirmishes, 6mm when the action gets bigger, focus back in for 15...
Thanks fellas, 'ppreciate ya!
Phil - That was just a joke, by the way ;)
Peter - I actually have most of the stuff done for 6mm, just need to pick up a single pack each of M-48s and LVTP-5s, maybe buy an armored patrol boat.
Lemmey - I get what you're saying, but Dai Do actually doesn't work out that way. The Battle of Dai Do went full scale immediately; the whole thing was kicked off by an NVA ambush of some US Navy supply vessels moving up the Cua Viet River, ostensibly a rear area. 2nd Bn 4th Marines was ordered to take two companies into the area and clear it out, so right off the bat the very first contact was a USMC company-sized assault on an NVA held village, and pretty much everything that followed was a company-sized assault as well.
V/R,
Jack
Quote from: bigjackmac on 21 August 2016, 11:14:41 PM
Peter - I actually have most of the stuff done for 6mm, just need to pick up a single pack each of M-48s and LVTP-5s, maybe buy an armored patrol boat.
Lemmey - I get what you're saying, but Dai Do actually doesn't work out that way. The Battle of Dai Do went full scale immediately; the whole thing was kicked off by an NVA ambush of some US Navy supply vessels moving up the Cua Viet River, ostensibly a rear area. 2nd Bn 4th Marines was ordered to take two companies into the area and clear it out, so right off the bat the very first contact was a USMC company-sized assault on an NVA held village, and pretty much everything that followed was a company-sized assault as well.
V/R,
Jack
In thatcase, forget what i said ;D
You know what might be cool?(And would take forever so probably not do-able)
Do the games in 6mm and when things get close and personal, 'zoom in' and fight out close encounters using the 15mm's!
Peter,
That 6mm-15mm is a cool idea, but man that would be a lot of fights! There's gotta be something workable in there though; I must meditate on this ;)
V/R,
Jack
:D :D :D :D :D :D
And it's very interesting; another gamer on another forum just recommended the same thing!
You, Peter, are apparently a genius, a man ahead of his time. I wouldn't do this for Dai Do (it's just not how I want to do that particualr battle), but this is definitely sounding cool.
V/R,
Jack
Quote from: bigjackmac on 23 August 2016, 11:55:15 PM
You, Peter, are apparently a genius, a man ahead of his time.
Could i have a certificate for this? I'd like to get that laminated and attached to my desk at work! :d
Now seriously, there was an online game i used to play where this sort of thing happened, called autumn war, and i have always liked the way that worked!
http://armorgames.com/play/189/autumn-war
All,
While Vietnam was largely an infantry war, there were, of course, vehicles present. I've only got two helicopters, which you'll see later, but now you get to see what else I've got, and the cool thing is that I've got vehicles for both sides! And I've got land and sea covered ;)
The label says Peter Pig, which is a bit of a little white lie. You see, it's almost all Peter Pig, but there is one lonely Zvezda vehicle in there.
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Here's the group: a PBR (Patrol Boat, River), two LVTP-5 Amtracs, and M-48 Patton, a T-55, and a 122mm self-propelled gun (I believe the Soviet designation is 2S1?). The T-55 and SPG are for the North Vietnamese, and will come in handy for some late war action, like the Fall of the South, the 1972 Easter Offensive, or Lam Son 719. All the US stuff is in play for the entire war.
The 122mm SPG is the Zvezda model, all the rest is Peter Pig. To see a bunch more pics, please check the blog at:
http://blackhawkhet.blogspot.com/2016/08/peter-pig-15mm-vehicles-for-vietnam.html
That's all my vehicles, and all I can see really needing in 15mm. I'd like to have some more helos, some Hueys for the Army and some CH-34s for the Marines, but they're so big and expensive (and hard to find the -34s) that I'll probably live without them. More troops and terrain to show ya, so stay tuned.
V/R,
Jack
All,
This is a platoon pack of Battlefront Vietnam-era US regular old 'leg' infantry, and a pack of two OH-6 light observation helicopters, or 'LOACHES.' I'd picked the infantry up quite awhile ago and had them lying on the lead mountain; I'd also purchased the helos some time ago. I assembled them, finished up their flight stands, and primed them, but had them sitting around too. Well, I finally finished both, and I'm glad I did. Battlefront is a bit pricey, and my experience with their infantry has been a bit hit and miss, but these sculpts are really fantastic.
The helos are really good, but the infantry is truly great. There are some flaws; some miscastings (missing rifle barrels and broken carrying handles), the grenadiers are missing pistols (I guess that's universal), and there was quite a bit of flash on some of the poses (some of which I missed in my clean up, unfortunately), but the poses are really fantastic. I can't wait to get these on the table; I'm sure most of you have seen the movie 'Platoon,' and that's exactly what I'm thinking with these guys. I've even been picking out poses for certain characters, and tired to paint the 'Electric Strawberry' patch of the 25th Infantry Division on them.
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The whole mess, 44 troops and two helicopters.
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A couple grenadiers with M-79s, crouched and moving forward. But their Army, so going in different directions ;) To see a bunch more photos, please check the blog at:
http://blackhawkhet.blogspot.com/2016/08/battlefront-vietnam-15mm-us-infantry.html
Well, that's the 'Platoon,' I can't wait to get them on the table. But there's a lot of stuff I can't wait to get on the table. Bear with me, I'm doing my best! More to come.
V/R,
Jack
Some of your best work yet Jack.
+1 8)
Cheers - Phil
Great stuff jack!
Especially nice machine gun sculpts!!
On the Recoilles rifle:
"The 90 mm recoilless rifle, M67, was a lightweight, portable, crew-served weapon intended primarily as an antitank or antipersonnel weapon designed to be fired from the ground using the bipod, monopod, or metal frame shoulder stock. Its length was 53 inches (1.35 meters) and it weighed about 37 pounds (17 kg.) Its maximum range was about 2200 yards (meters) but effective in the range 450-800 yards (meters). The M67 was used extensively in Vietnam, especially against bunkers and other fortifications."
and a page from osprey's vietnam infantry tactics shows us that they used these in the 'army' but not with the marines
https://books.google.be/books?id=MTu3CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=90mm+recoilless+rifle+vietnam&source=bl&ots=7Tqehtnodh&sig=rSAUgwgbwHdl007DKdah-hpfi6A&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwir1-S0juHOAhVDPBoKHR0DAfo4ChDoAQgjMAE#v=onepage&q=90mm%20recoilless%20rifle%20vietnam&f=false
Thanks guys, 'preciate it!!
Peter - I'm was familiar with the 90mm RCL, just couldn't imagine humping that bastard up jungle covered hills and ridges in 90 degree heat with 100% humidity. Everything I've read says the grunts left them in the rear and used LAWs as portable RCLs.
V/R,
Jack
Quote from: bigjackmac on 27 August 2016, 07:20:31 PM
Thanks guys, 'preciate it!!
Peter - I'm was familiar with the 90mm RCL, just couldn't imagine humping that bastard up jungle covered hills and ridges in 90 degree heat with 100% humidity. Everything I've read says the grunts left them in the rear and used LAWs as portable RCLs.
V/R,
Jack
Me neither, but i qouted this:
Its maximum range was about 2200 yards (meters) but effective in the range 450-800 yards (meters). The M67 was used extensively in Vietnam, especially against bunkers and other fortifications
Makes me think they kept it back and only brought it when they think they would need it.
Maybe it was helo'ed in once contact was made? I just know that bastid looks heavy!
V/R,
Jack
Don't know, but i wouldn't wanna lug it around in the jungle, that's for sure!
Mind you it would be handy in fire base and camp defence. Must have a look at my Vietnam Firebases Osprey when I get home. Think the marines may also have taken the Ontos with them to Nam.
Yes they did. There's newsreel of it in action in Hue
IanS
Yeah, the Ontos was definitely in Vietnam with the Corps, and I've seen the Army with 106mm recoiless rifles on Jeeps and M-113s. But that's my point; it's a great weapon to have, you just need something to carry it! ;)
V/R,
Jack
All,
Next up in my Vietnam stuff is some Peter Pig NVA and VC. Now, please recall I've already shown you pics of a bunch of Peter Pig VC rifles, RPGs, and RPDs I'd finished awhile back. But I decided I had too many VC, so I took some VC I had lying around, and some VC I'd already finished, and painted them up as North Vietnamese Army (NVA) regulars. Then I took some NVA heavy weapons crews I had lying around and painted them too, splitting them between NVA and VC.
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The whole gang: there are 28 NVA infantry, six NVA heavy weapons crew, six VC heavy weapons crew, sixteen VC casualty figures (which I'll also use for NVA), and an unmanned 14.5mm machine gun and an unmanned 7.62mm machine gun (the two reddish brown bases). Unfortunately I forgot to take closeups of those two.
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A look at one of the NVA riflemen. To see a bunch more pics, please check the blog at:
http://blackhawkhet.blogspot.com/2016/08/peter-pig-vietnam-15mm-nva-and-vc-with.html
Well, there's my bad guys, and I love the figs, just solid, well cast poses. We'll be seeing these soon; we have to, because they'll face off against whomever I go with from the good guys, be they Marines, Army, or Special Forces of some type. More to follow.
V/R,
Jack
Nice work, Jack.
Cheers - Phil
Top work
Go for Australians. They have floppy hats, Centurions and the wonderful FIST, the M113 with a Saracen Armoured Car turret on the top. Already got loads of stuff in 15 mm for this and had some good games. There are some really helpful websites out there and one interesting thing is that the fora tend to include a number of vets.
You can have some really interesting scenarios ( which reminds me I really ought to finish that article :( ). The trick is not to make the overwhelming US firepower too effective.
One game I took part in some years ago at a WD COW had as one of the Vietcong options to not actually be on the table, just use dummy markers. The US player lost by the number of innocent civilians he killed etc.
Incidentally the VC and NVA seemed to be able to move recoiled rifles and 23 mm aa around in the jungle.
Thanks Lemmey and Phil, I appreciate it.
Jeff - Australians just really aren't my thing (in Vietnam; I've been eyeing some Eureka Australians for Bardia and SW Pacific in WWII, and I love their Modern Aussies). Not sure what article you're referencing, but if it's got scenarios, please do! ;)
I do have Vietnam-era Aussies from Pendraken, used them in my Cuba Libre campaign as local forces, and I've got Vietnam-era Aussies from Flashpoint Minis, but I plan on using them as various SF-types. I'm looking at US SF, LRRPs, SEALs, Mike Force, SOG, Phoenix, all that cool/crazy stuff.
Yeah, handling the NVA and VC in a cool representation of their elusive nature is hard to figure out, but a lot of fun. I'll probably go pretty conventional, though I hear Peter Pig is updating "Men of Company B," in which that type of stuff is a feature of the rules.
V/R,
Jack
Nice minis!
Aspecially like the machine guns!
I remember playing in a couple of Vietnam games, multiplayer on the US side with the umpire controlling Charlie
A raid on a village in a small clearing in the jungle. The player commanding the M41 Bulldog got keen and charged through the village, as he turned to come back he went into the edge of the jungle and shed a track. He spent the rest of the game screaming over the radio for infantry support. Near the end of the game he was getting really nervous as he could hear Charlie moving closer through the jungle. He let fly with a beehive round killing half the US squad coming to his aid :o
The other game was a sweep across some paddy fields, I was the air controller. The US commander was chewing me out for not calling in enough air support. I responded, "if you weren't getting people wounded so quickly I wouldn't be calling in all these medivac missions and would have time to call more air support". For some reason my response was not well received, at least by the main commander ;) ;D
One of our best was a tiger hunt!
Whoever bagged the tigger got a free pass home.
Amazing how Buddist monks resemble felines at 200yrd in the brush.
Another great game was Players controlling VC attempting to down a radio mast. US forces were randomly deployed and each had their own objectives
Another good one is cache search for US troops, and cache evacuation for VC.
Thanks Peter!
And I need to get a tiger.
V/R,
Jack
Depends on what scale but Peter Pig do one (a tiger that is) in their Nam range. Pack also includes a Bhuddist monk and the Cavalry Colonel from Apocalypse Now, though sadly not surfing.
Finally got round to looking at my Vietnam Firebases Osprey by Randy EM Foster. Didn't spot any references to recoiless rifles but there are some excellent diagrams of bases and emplacements, plus some scenario ideas. Randy is of course a pseudonym as the bio in the book will readily show.
In the past we've used the CWC rules for Nam games, with a few tweaks round tunnels, boobytraps and ambushes. Timecast do some good Nam stuff in both 10 and 15 mm scales, including bunkers and caches.
Something else I've used from the PP AK47 range is the TV crew. They wander the battlefield generally totally pissing off the US Commander by getting in the way. I also use a couple of them as "Intelligence weenies" who need to be escorted or rescued. Not sure if there is anything similar in any of the Pendraken ranges?
I like to put stories to some of the stuff I use. VC have a US 4.2" mortar (from someone's bits box of Battlefront WW2 stuff). It came from a supply sergeant who was sleeping with the local VC Commander's daughter.
If you want a scenario idea how about this. The Soviet 130mm guns outranged everything in US inventory except the 175mm so guns. So an incursion is launched into theDMZ to take out some in cave emplacements. But as this incursion cannot happen the US must bring back any damaged vehicles. Bodies can be explained away as North Vietnamese trickery but a set of dead M113s would be ideal to show that Swedish TV crew.
You know I don't think I've ever had so much trouble with autocorrect as this post. It's a CIA Plot I tell you *dons tinfoil hat*.
=O great ideas!
Quote from: mad lemmey on 01 September 2016, 04:26:46 PM
=O great ideas!
Thank you for that comment. It comes from a draft article about Vietnam that I really ought to revise and finish. It's part of a very slow motion series called "Campaigns for scenario writers" designed to give people ideas for the sort of historically based scenarios that suit the feel of a particular period or conflict. Several earlier ones have appeared in WI or Miniature Wargames under various different editors.
I try to look for things people might not think about doing. For example in 7YW opposed beach assaults by the British against French or Spanish defences were not uncommon. It was the subject of my MA dissertation so I did a fair bit of archival research.
Went all the way from Merseyside to National Archives to consult, among other things, the AAR from Colonel Draper who commanded the successful attack on Manila in 1762. Nearly didn't get it as I had to wait for it to be brought from remote storage, in a salt mine within 20 miles of my home.
All,
I absolutely hate going to Jimmi's webpage (Flashpoint Miniatures, from Down Under)! Whenever I'm there I start looking around, and I don't really need anything, but I skip from page to page, pic to pic, thinking 'wow, that would be really cool on the table!' And that's how I ended up with some Flashpoint Minis' 15mm US Tank Riders for the Vietnam War (amongst other things, but that's in a different post).
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The whole group, 28 troops. They come as individuals, I glued them to popsicle sticks. I'm leaving them on the sticks so I can place and remove the troops from vehicles. It looks like it will actually work. There is a good mix of M-16s, M-60s, and M-79s, though no M-14s. I gave them a quick olive drab paintjob and wash, and I'm pretty happy with them.
To see a bunch more photos, please check the blog at:
http://blackhawkhet.blogspot.com/2016/09/flashpoint-miniatures-vietnam-15mm-us.html
Pretty cool, eh? I really like them. I suppose I need to buy some M-113s, and these guys can serve as Doggies, or even ARVN. We are coming up on a long weekend, and I've got all kinds of plans for games, so stand by.
V/R,
Jack
8)
Cheers - Phil
Top idea, great work
Good stuff jack, definately a good idea to 'base' them in groups.
Thanks guys.
On a side note, I've had some Pendraken WWII Russian tank riders lying around for quite some time. Now that I've got this figured out, I figure I'll give them the same treatment.
V/R,
Jack
Quote from: bigjackmac on 02 September 2016, 01:39:28 AM
All,
I absolutely hate going to Jimmi's webpage (Flashpoint Miniatures, from Down Under)! Whenever I'm there I start looking around, and I don't really need anything, but I skip from page to page, pic to pic, thinking 'wow, that would be really cool on the table!' And that's how I ended up with some Flashpoint Minis' 15mm US Tank Riders for the Vietnam War (amongst other things, but that's in a different post).
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-41scqfT1Oms/V7zyRciUR9I/AAAAAAAAYEQ/K3oxm8f-LiU0lc6VSbr09j2ftwEeCZNQQCLcB/s1600/IMG_7679.JPG)
The whole group, 28 troops. They come as individuals, I glued them to popsicle sticks. I'm leaving them on the sticks so I can place and remove the troops from vehicles. It looks like it will actually work. There is a good mix of M-16s, M-60s, and M-79s, though no M-14s. I gave them a quick olive drab paintjob and wash, and I'm pretty happy with them.
To see a bunch more photos, please check the blog at:
http://blackhawkhet.blogspot.com/2016/09/flashpoint-miniatures-vietnam-15mm-us.html
Pretty cool, eh? I really like them. I suppose I need to buy some M-113s, and these guys can serve as Doggies, or even ARVN. We are coming up on a long weekend, and I've got all kinds of plans for games, so stand by.
V/R,
Jack
That's an idea worth stealing. Came across several references to US troops preferring to ride on top of M113s because they saw mine risks as the real danger.
Glad to be of service! :D
V/R,
Jack
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.
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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.
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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
Nice work Jack
Good job!
Nice work, Jack.
Cheers - Phil
Thanks guys!
V/R,
Jack