"The NVA sketch we found marked this spot as a CP"

[JamesOLeary]

Hello All,

After getting the "All Gave Some...Some Gave All" vignette completed, I sat down to work on an M16 halftrack that I am working on for the Air Defense Artillery Museum here at Fort Sill, OK when I happened to look to the side of my workbench and saw some sandbags from a Hobby Fan LVTP-5 Crew kit and it gave me an idea for another vignette. This one is called "The NVA sketch we found marked this spot as a CP" which depicts a platoon leader and his RTO reporting in to his company commander (who is standing near the entrance of the CP) what his platoon had found on their way into the patrol base. The Soldiers are from 4th Battalion 39th Infantry of the 9th Infantry Division who were OPCON to the 4th Infantry Division for Operation MacArthur in Darlac Province from 21 November through 11 December 1967. The platoon leader figure is a conversion of one of the figures from the Bravo 6 "Take 5" kit. The right forearm is from the officer from the Bravo 6 Field Briefing kit. The head is from Hornet with a Bravo 6 boonie hat. The claymore bag slung over his shoulder is made of magic sculpt putty with a paper strap. The compass pouch is from Bravo 6 as is the rucksack and accessories. The watch through his button hole is from Eduard's M274 MULE set. The RTO is from Bravo 6 with extra canteens and accessories from Hobby Fan and Bravo 6. The company commander is a converted British Soldier from Accurate Armour with a Hornet head and Vietnam details sculpted in with Magic Sculpt.

Here are some pictures:

Thanks for looking. If you have any questions about anything that I did, please ask and I will do my best to answer them.

Cheers,
James

 

[lupanzer]

Nice conversion and superb painting job on the figs...

Luiz

 

[moon puppy]

Outstanding James, that really captures the red clay dirt color.

 

[AndyFettes]

Great job on the figures I love it

 

[JamesOLeary]

Thanks for the positive comments. I am glad you like the figures and vignette. I accomplished the red clay dirt color by using Terra Cotta Miliput for the groundwork. After spreading it out, I used an old toothbrush to texture the ground. I then took some jungle boots from Hobby Fan, Bravo 6, and Legend that had the vibram sole to put in bootprints of slightly different sizes to be going back and forth from the entrance of the CP. I then used MIG pigments to powder on a darker red brown shade.

Cheers,
James

 

[moon puppy]

great work James, you capture that redclay great. looks like the clay we have around here.