JamesOLeary
Master at Arms
Here is my latest diorama, "Bring it on, Charlie!" which takes place in Vietnam in 1967. A US Infantry element made contact with VC and NVA elements and got pinned down. The US Soldier depicted in this diorama has fired back at the enemy until he has run out of ammunition. During the fight, the combined VC and NVA element has made assaults on the American positions. Out of ammo, the US Soldier has continued the fight using the 1917 Bolo knife his grandfather had given him. Chopping at the attacking enemy, he has taken on four and is daring a fifth to "bring it on".
Due to the nature of wounds created by the chopping action of a bolo knife, this scene is somewhat bloody in nature. I have minimized the gore, but there is still quite a bit present. While it is nowhere near the the amount I have seen, it may be disturbing to some.
The figures are primarily from Bravo 6, some being converted. There is also a conversion of a Dragon figure, and two that I had sculpted while I was deployed to Afghanistan. The US Infantryman is a conversion of the torso of the standing Bravo 6 Military Policeman with the legs of the guy wearing the flak jacket in Bravo 6's Field Briefing kit. The bolo knife was fashioned from a machete from Hobby Fan while the sheath was fashioned from a machete from First Legion. The head is a Hornet head. The open ammo pouch was made from two ammo pouches. The two dead NVA at the feet of the US Soldier are built stock from Bravo 6 as are the two live VC. The NVA with the abdominal wound and the dead VC downhill were sculpted by me. The dead NVA in the crook of the tree is a conversion of a figure from Dragon's NVA Sapper kit. There were originally going to be three more figures in the scene, but once I started sanding the base the area ended up smaller than planned.
I recently had surgery on my hip and did most of the groundwork since then. Since some of the medications caused blurry vision, I am hoping it turned out OK. Some things to note are the bullet holes in the fallen log, shell casings and spent M16 magazines.
Here are the pictures:
Due to the nature of wounds created by the chopping action of a bolo knife, this scene is somewhat bloody in nature. I have minimized the gore, but there is still quite a bit present. While it is nowhere near the the amount I have seen, it may be disturbing to some.
The figures are primarily from Bravo 6, some being converted. There is also a conversion of a Dragon figure, and two that I had sculpted while I was deployed to Afghanistan. The US Infantryman is a conversion of the torso of the standing Bravo 6 Military Policeman with the legs of the guy wearing the flak jacket in Bravo 6's Field Briefing kit. The bolo knife was fashioned from a machete from Hobby Fan while the sheath was fashioned from a machete from First Legion. The head is a Hornet head. The open ammo pouch was made from two ammo pouches. The two dead NVA at the feet of the US Soldier are built stock from Bravo 6 as are the two live VC. The NVA with the abdominal wound and the dead VC downhill were sculpted by me. The dead NVA in the crook of the tree is a conversion of a figure from Dragon's NVA Sapper kit. There were originally going to be three more figures in the scene, but once I started sanding the base the area ended up smaller than planned.
I recently had surgery on my hip and did most of the groundwork since then. Since some of the medications caused blurry vision, I am hoping it turned out OK. Some things to note are the bullet holes in the fallen log, shell casings and spent M16 magazines.
Here are the pictures:
