All,
I finished up some more of my modern forces. These are Pendraken 10mm guys from their US and Aussie Vietnam ranges, with boonie covers/bush hats.
Your eyes don't deceive you, and no, those aren't little 10mm Incredible Hulks. These guys are cammied up. The green is a little bright, but I like it because I think at this scale you really need a sharp contrast so everything doesn't just blend together (if you've been following my posts you've heard me lament trying to put gloves on guys but not being able to find a color that works). If you look real close you can see I tried to put black stripes in their face/hand camo (it does aggravate me slightly that I chose to cammie up guys that have their sleeves rolled up to their elbows, but c'est la vie!).
I tried putting a wash on these guys but it just darkened everything and made the uniform and skin camo blend together, giving the figure a nasty, mottled look. Yes, I understand that is part of the point of a wash, and yes, I understand that is certainly the point of camouflage, but I like colors that pop/stand out. I think if we wanted to be perfectly realistic at 10mm we'd just paint everything green, but I don't think that looks all that great. So, I introduce a bit of "Hollywood" to make it a little more visually engaging (for me).
After having no fewer than 8,436,212 people on TMP and the Pendraken website tell me I need to put a wash on my figures, I decided to give it a go with some of them. I did up my CLA regulars/paratroopers and my modern irregulars as they both had pretty bright colors. I did not do any of my other Cuba Libre forces as they are dark already and I didn't like the test guys I did. But I was happy with the CLA regs/paras and irregulars, so I did all of both forces. I really like how they turned out, and I hate it when other people are right!
I also did some 10mm pallets from Minifigs. From left to right, empty pallet, pallet with wooden boxes, pallet with something covered by a tarp, and pallet with 55-gallon drums.
V/R,
Jack
begins to think about terrain for Team Yankee.
