 deadhead  | 28 Oct 2019 8:39 a.m. PST |
Just finished my second diorama using the Gringos40 Marines. Couple of pics of the figures with a photo background from Hue and one to show them based ;
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| deadhead | 28 Oct 2019 10:23 a.m. PST |
Please indulge me with one more image which I think far better….
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| nnascati | 28 Oct 2019 11:55 a.m. PST |
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jammy four  | 28 Oct 2019 1:26 p.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 28 Oct 2019 1:51 p.m. PST |
Thanks both. The wall (as in the earlier Old Glory in Hue) is from my latest discovery. Simple sculptor's clay. Dirt cheap and comes in the right colour (once black wash added that is). This wall had a layer of Polyfila for texture and then an off white undercoat spray to finish it. Any puncturing and the wall surface crumbles to reveal the underlying brickwork, so bullet holes were easy. The missing post top was an accident, but looks fine now. The slogan is the motto of the NVA of course and still on their flag. The final addition was the railing. N gauge model railway fencing and did give it that French Colonial look |
| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 28 Oct 2019 5:33 p.m. PST |
Nice recreation. This time in 3D with a mini diorama no less. |
| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 28 Oct 2019 11:55 p.m. PST |
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| Fish | 29 Oct 2019 1:21 a.m. PST |
B&W looks almost like the real McCoy! |
 Legion 4  | 29 Oct 2019 2:06 a.m. PST |
WOW !!!!  |
| Pauls Bods | 29 Oct 2019 5:22 a.m. PST |
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| ccmatty | 29 Oct 2019 5:48 a.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 29 Oct 2019 5:49 a.m. PST |
Thanks all. Like Oliver Stone I am working on a trilogy. The next will be the most ambitious, the east wall of the Dong Ba Tower as in all those photos by Olsen. Not a lot of figures from either of the leading makers that fit the bill (yet anyway). Those characters were not just lying prone……they were hugging the fallen bricks, even those firing back… taking cover taken seriously! No challenge, no fun though…. |
| Old Wolfman | 29 Oct 2019 6:33 a.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 29 Oct 2019 6:40 a.m. PST |
It has crossed my mind already to try for an even more famous and real correspondent in Hue…I spent the morning downloading photos and then started going through all my boxes of figures from many eras! |
| Choctaw | 29 Oct 2019 9:11 a.m. PST |
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| Berzerker73 | 29 Oct 2019 12:29 p.m. PST |
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| von Schwartz | 29 Oct 2019 7:19 p.m. PST |
Looks like a scene from "Full Metal Jacket" the guy on the far left looks a little like "Cowboy". |
| tomrommel1 | 31 Oct 2019 9:54 a.m. PST |
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| bracken | 12 Nov 2019 10:27 a.m. PST |
Very well executed, you've once again captured the scene perfectly. The use of a black and white image makes it look even more real. |
| deadhead | 13 Nov 2019 8:29 a.m. PST |
Thanks again to all. Dong Ba here I come. That will be trickier. Camera angles etc, but at least, unlike Olsen, my subjects will keep still and no one is trying to shoot me. |
says he's pretty happy with these babes...
