FoW: Vietnam by Andre77

3 Rifle Platoons as Core Units done. ATCs are on the list.

Another set of 4 boats. In this case the well known PBR aka Pibber.

Added to all of them some details. Will later add the flags and i think about a surf board 😉

So finished my first boats for the MRF.

ASPB – 91 – 1 to -3

Added the fender and life saving rings. Communication antennas and flag holder. And other small details:

Some References:

http://www.warboats.org/vietnamboats.htm

https://www.rivervet.com/

https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/80-G-K-42000/80-G-K-42552.html

https://cimsec.org/mobile-riverine-force-example-riverine-ops-21st-century/

Next i work on the H-34 and the Pibbers.

First a big thank you for the Golden Button. Expect more in the upcoming months. My next big step will be working on the Brown Water Navy. Yes, boats are incoming and more Free World:

With this part i finished the vietnamese side:

2nd batch of my NLF. Left are HQs, Support units and Civvies

Finished my first miniatures for this project in 2021.

Start of my Local Force Battalion (NLF) before we get over to the brown water navy. Bought some thin spring wire to add antennas to the boats.

It’s been a while since i posted something new in this project. 2020 has started and i want to continue on this project.

I want to finish my NLF and start the brown water navy. I bought a suitable mat some time ago and cutted some hardfoam:

Cutted the sides and added sand on PVA. After this i painted the parts in a brown earth tone:

At the moment i collect some green plastic plants to add some more green to the field.

On the other side i worked on some 15mm MDF huts from Sarrissa Precision:

And i started working on the NLF too. One season vikings and 2 games NFL later i am almost done the the straps. More details to come. Pictures will come later.

These steps take a seriously amount of time. This is the result of 2 tv-show seasons.

Flesh done. Grey green hats done.

So my next step will be working on the sandals. With 42 bases i think this will take about the whole day.

Possible I will deviate a little bit with the straps, like i did with the greygreen hats.

Don’t be afraid that these look to lightly, with the dark wash they will be perfected.

These were assembled and black coated some time ago. Added 2 shades of grey dark grey and grey and did a thinned nuln oil over this. Not spectacular.

After this comes the first real time consuming step. Paint the flesh. I’m unsure, if i should do the feets, because under the grass they will possible be not visisble. When these all parts are done i will add a agrax earthshade over everthing.

So lets start on the NLF. Here are pics i found for reference:

More can be found on the website:

So in july i planing my participation on the “malathon 2018” hard to translate. Actually it means “Mal Marathon” or in english paint marathon. So that is 42 miniatures in 31 days.

For me i will take on the (National Liberation Front) local forces company aka Charlie. Or better companies. because these are 2 companies with 6 platoons, with 2 LMG-teams and 2 light mortar teams + command teams. And to get the 42 i add the HQ teams and one platoon of medium mortars.

In the background you can see some more platoons. A MMG platoon, a recoiless gun platoon, 3 bunker, a AA-MG platoon and “civilians”. But these additional miniatures can be done later than july.

So expect some more pics on my progress.

4x ZSU-57-2

MiG-21F

5x K-3 PT76

10x BTR-50K

2nd try. BoW ate my first post. Well this is my last part in where do i stand. Next some battlereps and what paintings to come.

Here we have 10x K-2 T-54:

5x K-1 T34/85M:

These miniatures are from Flashpoint Miniature and wear equipment for crossing minefields and barbed wire.

Next we have the weapons companies:

Divisional fire support including observer teams

Left are the platoons markings, right the weapons. Yellow are the B41 teams, Yellow with red stripe are the B40 teams, red are the LMG teams and unmarked are the AK-47 teams.

So blue and unmarked means: blue platoon and AK-47-Team or red and red means red platoon and LMG-team.

Identify the teams just by weapons on the base is too hard in game. Same goes for weapons platoons and support platoon. This colour code makes it much easier to game with them.