Verlinden 200mm Vietnam Airborne

[Jim R]

Hi Peter
Uniform is superb even by your standards. I really like this.
Jim

[Guest]

Thank you Jim. I've just spent an hour or so taking the weathering up onto the jacket - very scary. Too dark to photograph now.

[JR]

Evening Peter.
That face has some great skintones, very nicely done.

Hope the move goes according to plan ! Remember Keep Calm and DRIVE :thumb2:
John.

[BigGreg]

Superb Peter...as usual you show us quality and wonderful palette choice... for the suspenders if you can make them greener....they would be perfect...

[Si Benson]

Nicely done Peter,
must be a lot easier using a half inch brush :smiling5:....joking aside brilliant as ever:smiling4:
Si

[Guest]

John - Cheers. The weekend will be 'Keep Calm and Lift!'

Greg- Wondered what you were talking about at first - in the UK suspenders are what ladies use to hold up their stockings. I've gone with a bit of artistic license with the colour to help create some contrast. I did notice in a lot of photos that the straps look more khaki than olive, no doubt because they were older:


Si - Thanks also. The problem with this scale is that you get vast areas without modulation - definitely looks better when reduced by the camera. Trying to keep my nerve about the extra weathering I've done at the moment.....

[BigGreg]

hey Peter... just for your information the figure you are painting is a mid-late war mix of equipment.
The suspender that are represented are the model H Harness M56 tha was in heavy-cotton and would turn more greyish green than khaki.
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the belt you painted is exactly the color... and is also a M56 belt
then the sculptor decided to equip the soldier with the M67 equipment... with the ULTRA RARE 30 rounds pouch in Nylon and also added the very late (1970) entrenching tool also in Nylon...
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as you see its more green than Khaki... I'm adding also some canteen pouches to give you the idea of the color
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and here you can see the SUPER RARELY used 30 round mag pouch
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Also for your info the 82nd served in Vietnam during the Tet Offensive in Jan 1968 but only the 3rd Brigade and most but not all the personel wore a full colored pacth and not a subdued.
here are some pictures
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ALL PICTURES FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSE ONLY
Hope this will help you
have a nice evening
Greg

[SteveH]

Morning Peter

Love the role call of Vallejo paints, and the reference photos are really useful for all the colour differences with the kit.

After a few months in the field, they will all start to blend and age together with abuse, dust and general use and wear.

The figure is coming together really well, and looks the part.

The face has to be one of your best, and with the scale will be a 3D version of a canvas painting.

Nearly there, then time for a little jaunt out over the weekend.

Have fun with both

retards

Steve H

[Guest]

Greg - Very many thanks. A superb set of reference photos. The ammo pouches are so rare that it took me quite a while to find reference on the internet - ditto the entrenching tool. Should have remembered to ask you first.
Re the straps. I'm going to leave them as they are. This is partially because the thing is getting so big and unwieldy that it would be hard to change them, but also because I prefer the contrast they make - a decision to do with art over pure accuracy I'm afraid.

Steve - It does feel a bit like painting a canvas what with the vast amount of resin to be covered. I should get it finished today, though the lettering on the grenades will take a while (if I attempt it).

Here's an update with the extra weathering:

[BigGreg]

well Peter... i saw the last picture you did and indeed it blends in like this very well since also you made the soldier pretty dirty.
I really like where this is going keep up the stunning work
Greg

[Guest]

OK Greg. Pretty funny about the patch as I was sure that you would say that it should be subdued!

[Richard48]

Really excellent Peter my friend.
It certainly paints up so well with your skilled hands.Like all the colour tones you have created.Some nice references from.Greg.
Great stuff
Richard

[Guest]

Cheers Richard. I've had a blast.

He's done:

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I decided against attempting the lettering on the grenades as there was just no way I would have been able to do it well enough by hand - I'll keep my eye out for some decals rather than spoil the whole thing.

I was anticipating having trouble fitting the M16 and right arm, but they slotted into place without a struggle. The only problem was that the magazine wouldn't fit into the space available, so I put it in his left hand. The rifle sling was made from paper, thin card, wire and metal foil.

Many thanks again to Richard for sending this to me. It's been a very enjoyable project.

[BigGreg]

FANTASTIC PAINT.. Palette perfect the face expression is SPOT ON

[Guest]

i have the bust version of this figure it is a nice bust (except the helmet is (misshaped) putty and fixed. your version is a great mix of greens, but your comment about accuracy vs art really caught my eye. I feel it is the painters opinion to paint it the way they want with no consequences. I mean if we were doing this for a job them yes accuracy is a factor. but a hobby is what we make it . so cudos for saying that.
RICK.
should be back at the table with a new project soon looking forward to getting back to painting