I decided I needed some gunners for my "gun trucks" for them to look more realistic (now I need some drivers for these two I guess). That is where the displaced Israeli came from. It's the one from Caesar's new-ish IDF set, the one frisking the palestinian. I trimmed off his gear and added some from the Caesar Elite US set with gel CA. The other is a plain US guy from the Elite set with highly altered arms from the Stinger I believe. I painted them in US three tone desert despite it not being the proper camo for the gear molded on the figure, it is more useful than the other patterns.
I also finished painting the other two LAVs. I used the Tamiya Field Grey color as a base. The rest is MM earth red and black, finished up with white and black washes.
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| Were not Zombies, really |
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| The IDF dude leans back a bit too far but will do |
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| The two versions side by side |
On another note I bough Force on Force. I had a book store gift card laying around since Christmas and figured I would use it, especially after finding the Ambush Alley forum with so much great work in it. So far I'm happy with the game, I think I will tweak a few things though in the future as I become used to a system not written by me. A word of advice to anyone buying this, be sure you either have or buy D6, D8, D10, and D12 dice! The game depends on it in almost every action, all I had were D20s and D6s.
Anyway, thanks for looking
The IDF guy ain't leaning back too far, he's just really enjoying his work.
ReplyDeleteOr he just saw a SU-37 fly over and there is a small black object quickly approaching!
Deletethose are some nice figures there. your work is very nice, I should look into conversions. but first I must finalise my unit sizes and organisation.
ReplyDeleteThanks Gowan, conversions can be a lot of fun with the right figures. Caesar plastic is a miracle for super glue.
DeleteAs for organization:
ambushalleygames.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=45&sid=67fa49c6712dbbd08fbd6c486d1fd49b
has a great wealth of info.
Very nice work. Your figure conversions has resulted in a pair of very businesslike gunners! The LAVs look very good too - can't wait to see all four in action!
ReplyDeleteThanks Uncle Brian! I will probably use them in FoF once I get my dice that is...
DeleteThanks for looking
All very business like Ben. Very good work all around!
ReplyDeleteThanks Paul! And thanks for bringing the Dragon HMMWV series to my attention btw
DeleteI like them all, the figures and the vehicles! Nice conversions on the figures!
ReplyDeleteGreetings
Peter
http://peterscave.blogspot.be/
Thanks Peter! I'm happy with the LAV turnout
ReplyDeleteBen,
ReplyDeleteOutstanding. I own Force on Force but have not yet played a proper game of it.
I love the Humvees and the weathering on your LAVs. On an interesting side note, with the new militarization of the border between Israel and the Sinai (and the calling up of numerous IDF Reserve Battalions to patrol it) there is some tremendous potential for great gaming situations.
As always, nice work!
Cheers,
Steve
soundofficerscall.blogspot.com
Thanks Steve! I actually have the full set of Caesar Israelis, I've just not found a purpose or inspiration to use them yet. I think the Ambush alley forum has a TO&E for a IDF platoon, I'll have to look into doing it properly and maybe set up a game in the future. I do have a '73 era platoon though, should break them out again soon.
DeleteThanks for looking.