JamesOLeary
Master at Arms
Hello All,
It's been a while sine I have completed any projects. The Tulsa Figure Show is coming up and I wanted to have something new to display, so this is what evolved from several ideas over the last few months. The vignette depicts a senior NCO from 2d Battalion 47th Infantry (Mechanized) 9th Infantry Division in Long An Province, Republic of Vietnam in October 1967 awaiting the evacuation of a Soldier who was killed in action and contemplating the loss. He is wearing a first pattern Jungle Fatigue shirt with his nametape, US Army tape, and CIB on his chest along with a 1st Infantry Division patch indicating a previous tour of duty in Vietnam and a 9th Infantry Division patch signifying his current assignment. He is not wearing the large chevrons on his sleeves as he learned during his first tour that they attracted the attention of enemy snipers so the shirts he wears in the field are without them. The main figure is a conversion of several Bravo 6 pieces. The torso is from the Green Beret Colonel, the legs from the officer of the Field Briefing kit, right forearm from the Dog Handler kit, boonie hat from that kit, canteens from the canteen kit, and then the head is from Hornet and the ammo pouch is from Verlinden's LAW gunner. The Soldier wrapped in the poncho is from CMK's Marines in Vietnam kit. I scraped off the excess wrinkles in the poncho to make it look more realistic. The senior NCO was painted with acrylics as was the Soldier wrapped in the poncho. I used a semi-gloss color for the rubber sheen of the poncho.
The plants are a mixture of dried plants from craft stores, clay dollhouse plants that I bought off of e-bay when I was in Afghanistan, and some plants that I preserved myself in glycerine.
I hope you enjoy the pictures. If you have any questions or comments, please give them.
Thanks for looking.
Cheers,
James
It's been a while sine I have completed any projects. The Tulsa Figure Show is coming up and I wanted to have something new to display, so this is what evolved from several ideas over the last few months. The vignette depicts a senior NCO from 2d Battalion 47th Infantry (Mechanized) 9th Infantry Division in Long An Province, Republic of Vietnam in October 1967 awaiting the evacuation of a Soldier who was killed in action and contemplating the loss. He is wearing a first pattern Jungle Fatigue shirt with his nametape, US Army tape, and CIB on his chest along with a 1st Infantry Division patch indicating a previous tour of duty in Vietnam and a 9th Infantry Division patch signifying his current assignment. He is not wearing the large chevrons on his sleeves as he learned during his first tour that they attracted the attention of enemy snipers so the shirts he wears in the field are without them. The main figure is a conversion of several Bravo 6 pieces. The torso is from the Green Beret Colonel, the legs from the officer of the Field Briefing kit, right forearm from the Dog Handler kit, boonie hat from that kit, canteens from the canteen kit, and then the head is from Hornet and the ammo pouch is from Verlinden's LAW gunner. The Soldier wrapped in the poncho is from CMK's Marines in Vietnam kit. I scraped off the excess wrinkles in the poncho to make it look more realistic. The senior NCO was painted with acrylics as was the Soldier wrapped in the poncho. I used a semi-gloss color for the rubber sheen of the poncho.
The plants are a mixture of dried plants from craft stores, clay dollhouse plants that I bought off of e-bay when I was in Afghanistan, and some plants that I preserved myself in glycerine.
I hope you enjoy the pictures. If you have any questions or comments, please give them.
Thanks for looking.
Cheers,
James
