"Charlie Don't Surf..." Topic
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01 May 2015 11:22 a.m. PST
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| Zoring | 24 Apr 2015 9:07 p.m. PST |
But they do march! Starting a new project, the North Vietnamese Army or for FOW Vietnam, when Edwin Starr wrote War, I don't think he realised that it is excellent for games. First off I painted a little sampler to get me started in the mood, a T-54 a MG and a Infantry base, I feel painting a entire model like this helps me set my target and provides reference for my future painting. I also have a lot of other projects all in one place on my blog, GW, FoW, Historicals
zoring.blogspot.com.au PAVN T-54 (K-2), DSHK and AK-47 squad.
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| VonBurge | 24 Apr 2015 9:13 p.m. PST |
Very nice! Looks like you ground down what looked like Miners' head lights on the helmets of the PAVN figures. What method did you use to remove them and how long did it take? |
| Zoring | 24 Apr 2015 9:27 p.m. PST |
Haha, i'm glad you noticed, It's not too apparent in the photo but I also painted a little red and yellow dot in place of it too, it's soft metal so I just used a hobby knife to scrape them off and smooth them, less than a minute a figure easily. |
 Legion 4   | 25 Apr 2015 8:33 a.m. PST |
Yes, those are very well done !  |
| wrgmr1 | 25 Apr 2015 9:35 a.m. PST |
Very nice work!
We have a restaurant on the beach here in White Rock called Charlie Don't Surf.
The locals avoid it, calling it Charlie Can't Cook |
| Oiler72 | 28 Apr 2015 8:06 p.m. PST |
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| Zoring | 30 Apr 2015 11:09 p.m. PST |
I decided I am going to do all my Flames of War: Vietnam updates in Vietnam movie quotes, guess the movie to win +1 internet points! Thanks for the comments guys, also got a good chuckle from that wrgmr1! Next up is two squads of PAVN Infantry these come from the Infantry Company (VPABX07). It was incredibly fun to paint these actually I did them probably over the course of two nights, I am much more used to very complex heavily detailed models so something so simple was rather delightful, just basecoat and a wash, didn't even go for highlights, I am much more fussy with the 15mm Germans, one of the nice things about something your less personally invested in I suppose! PAVN Infantry Company, AK47, B40 and 58 LMG teams.
You may have noticed the RPG teams are based in 3's not 4's like FOW recommends, this is simply for the sake of identification, when you are looking down on the table I was assuming that the sculpts would be hard to differentiate in the mixed platoons, 3 man per RPG really helps pick them out instantly. They also blend in rather a bit too well with the basing, which is a bit of a no-no in miniature painting circles, and wasn't really my intention, that said it feels kind of appropriate for the North Vietnamese. |
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checks out some 10/15mm railroad tracks for wargaming.
