28mm Empress USMC ANZAC ARVN

Beautiful! I really like the finish on the shell casings.

OTB wrote:Beautiful! I really like the finish on the shell casings.

Cheers. I think I used Vallejo 'Old Gold', then an 'Umber' wash. Could probably make them shinier with a dry brush of a lighter metalic.

Only other US bits I have so far are an M-50 Ontos and an M-48 tank, I'll dig out some pics...

Absolutely gorgeous!

@ hayeswauford: Thanks very much.

Here's the rest of the Ontos pics. There was a bit of excess black pigment that I didn't spot until I looked at the pics, since been removed.

Great job on that Ontos Ash. The dust/mud effects look just right!

great !

That looks superb. Full of character!

Thanks guys, the mud/dust is all MIG pigments, a mix of 'African Earth' & 'European Dust'.

Here's another one; only other US piece I have so far is the M48 tank.

Diorama quality

Yeah, those are great.

Here's the rest of them; that's it for US 'til new things arrive...

Awesome work Ash!

Particularly the head on and rear shots look like a real tank!!!

Tom

Thanks , that's all the American bits so far, I have some NVA and 2/3 of a platoon of Australians, I post them in another thread.

Found one last back end shot of the tank:

Nice work! I like your last photo

Being out of little metal blokes to attack with powertools and paint, I made the mistake of rummaging through a box of off cuts of MDF, XPS and plasticard...

Had a go at some Vietnam'ish terrain for the US.

Ammo storage thing:

Superb! A very brilliantly detailed terrain item. I like the style very much (and the color range too)

Thanks Richard, made it to go with this mortar pit. Got an M29 81mm mortar on order.

Lovely mortar pit.

Tom

Cheers Tom.Here's a piece of trench with a bunker and lots of odd sized sandbags...

That's some gorgeous work there Ash!

Tom

That bunker sort of evolved as i went along; started as a piece of trench with a fighting possition, added a roof then found this picture:



So added the roof over the trench, which then prompted digging out some steps...
Roof lifts off and support column comes out as well

Hello Ash,
You are an artist. I find the color palette you use for the ground very interesting. Do you have a recipe to communicate to us? Do you use MIG Vietnam ground texture? (for the moment I use burnt Sienna color from Pebeo highlighted with cinnamon but it is too rose, not enough orange/ocher) Regards Richard

Thanks Richard; I bought some relatively inexpensive hobby paint via Amazon (docrafts Artiste) £1.50 for 2oz/57ml

https://www.amazon.co.uk/docrafts-Artiste-Quality-Acrylic-Paint/dp/B007Z54TA0/ref=sr_1_5?crid=3Q9N4N1LB813N&dchild=1&keywords=artiste%2Bacrylic%2Bpaint&qid=1609098769&sprefix=artiste%2Caps%2C172&sr=8-5&th=1

Mixed up 'Clay' & 'Chocolate Brown' plus a little Vallejo 'Burnt Umber' , diluted it with about 40% water and just slapped it over the Sculptamold, then sprinkled some fine sand/grit over whilst still wet. Once dry gave the whole thing a wash of some very diluted brown (whatever was on my palette at the time). Then a very light drybrush with Vallejo 'Dark Sand'.


Also made this piece, was thinking of building a mortat pit into it but ended up as just a trench.