WOOOOOO!!! Awesome look- I like the inner wall of the building- and the figures are looking good- can’t want to see them cleaned up and painted- glad you’ve been keeping busy behind the scenes (or at least got remotivated haha)
The Littlebird and Delta Operators are looking good. Building is shaping up as well. It should look really good once it all comes together. Good job.
Thanks for the comments guys! I appreciate them!!!
Gino … If I remember right, you’ve tackled this build before, right?!? …
I have. You can see my Littlebird w/Rangers on the boards here.
Any day now Scott, thanks for the concern! Flamethrower dosnt have a chance! Great work!
Thanks again, Steve … but I’m pretty bias towards your “Flame” … have you sent that to FSM yet? … and what about shows in the near future?
Gino … AWESOME! Thanks for that link. It looks like you went w/ a little more modern route w/ the Rangers. I don’t know if I’m going to be 100% accurate w/ the uniforms as I only have a few reference photos to use. But I’ll make the best of it.
Thanks. Yup, mine are more modern with the MICH helmets and kneepads, etc. Mine is a 2000’s version, not meant to be Somalia.
Keep up the good work.
The things that I’m having touble w/ are trying to decide how much black, and how much green gear the Deltas had/ used. Right now, I have them in black vests, knee pads, helmets, goggles, and boots. I’m planning on painting some of the gear/ pouches OD and adding some tan to there weapons. Again, not sure how accurate all that is, but I figure if I can’t find pictures to go off of I’d like to see the judges/ rivet counters to produce them!
If you’ve got any opinions on the matter, I’d love to hear them … Gear used by SOF during that time is WAY before my time/ experience.
Thanks again for your help.
Basically Delta uses whatever they want. There is no real standard for them. So whatever you use can’t really be questioned.
Rangers use/used standard Army gear. The Rangers in Somalia had standard Kevlar helmets, M16A2s, green ALICE web gear, etc. I don’t think they used knee pads then. About the only unique gear they wore was the RBA (Ranger Body Armor), which was a predecessor to the lighter IBA that is worn today. They were two-part body armor that was put on over the head and had velcro straps at the sides to secure them. They also had ballistic plates front and rear. Most of them were woodland camo as well. Also, They wore the 3-color DCUs.
That’s what I figured … Sounds like a good excuse to do whatever I want.
… I smell trouble a’brewin’! HAHAHA!!!
Thanks again for the help, Gino.
Sounds good. Keep us posted.
Here is a pic of some Delta Operators and Rangers in Somalia. Not great, but you can see a bit of the gear and garb that Delta had.
http://media.photobucket.com/image/Rangers%20in%20Somalia/hoey_xP/delta01.jpg
Thanks for that link WS … but this one is done. I took it to a show today and it took a bronze medal. I expected more, but I’ll explain more about it when I post the final pictures.
hey congrats bud. that’s awesome. looking forward to those pics!!! hope you had a great time!! [tup]
Well … here she is … finally finished. I took this one to the Lone Star Armor & Figure Expo this yesterday and recieved a bronze medal for it. I was pretty pleased w/ it since it was the only A/C allowed in the show … armor … figure … expo … (Honestly, I think I slid by cause I told them I drove from Houston!)
(A little info for those that don’t know how AMPS shows are judged … personally I kind-of like it better than how IPMS is done. At AMPS, each entry is judged on its own, not against other pieces in that category. There are certain criteria that the piece must meet and in the end it is given a score from a panel of three judges. Based on the score you receive determines whether you place, or medal. For the complete list of rules and how the AMPS shows are judged, just google AMPS contest rules, and you should find it. )
As far as this particular show … It was a great show, but I must admit that I was a little disappointed overall for a couple of (and I’ll admit … picky) reasons. 1) If you had multiple entries in a category and all of them received medal scores, one bronze, one silver, and one gold, you were presented w/ one gold medal for that category since that was your highest score. … WTF?!? … I personally didn’t get this since all the pieces were judged individually, and then in the end, they lumped all your scores together. (And just for those out there that are thinking/ wanting to say that I’m just a medal collector … this process only left me short one bronze medal. If you still insist that I’m just being whiney … I mail you the one I got for you to play w/.) 2) … and this is really my biggest disappointment … I entered 6x pieces for the show and 3x of them medaled … however, I only got 4x comments … TOTAL … on all the score sheets for all the pieces! FOUR!! … and one of them was “Good Job”!!! WTH!!! If the piece got looked at by a judge, the least he/ she could do was take 30s to make a comment on the score sheet, especially given the time we spent building these darn things! Anyway, I plan on emailing the guys that ran the show so that maybe they can fix this for next time … not that my opinion matters.
A - N - WAYS!!! … On to the part that really matters …
Here’s a couple of shots of some of the base details. The title plate I made. I didn’t want to go buy one since the only shop in my area is expensive and they do a cruddy job. Its made from alum can and the lettering is from a label maker I recently got … and yes, I’ve been labeling everything. Its addictive. The water barrel is from the spares box, top cut off and filled w/ Woodland Scenics water (PINA). The lumber is just strips cut from 1/32 balsa sheet. The tile roofing is from a vac-u-casted sheet I picked up at my LHS. It came out decent, but if I went back and did it again, I’d make this out of balsa for the framing and go through the lengthy process of making the tiles individually from styrene rod 1/2’s.
Overall the Delta operator figures came out well. I probably could have spent a little more time on them as in the end I felt a little rushed to get things done for the show, BUT … it is what it is …
… And … for the final/ overall shots … ENJOY!!
… I just threw this one in cause I knew Chris would look at it like [D)] … HAHAHA!!! j/k, Chris … I was playing on PS.
Like I said, overall I’m pleased, but I may go back over this one to fix/ add a couple of details. But, for now … it looks good sittin’ on the shelf. I’ll probably end up giving this one to a Ranger friend of mine. He’ll think its bad-arse …
Well, thanks to so many people for all your comments and suggestions on this one. Austin, definately couldn’t have done it w/o you … thanks for the kit. Klaus, you the man! Thanks again. Tom, Chris … as always … best friends forever! HAHAHA!!! Seriously, thanks for all the help.
… AND … as always … all C&C welcome. Hope you guys enjoyed this one as much as I did …
well, as i say, you could’ve been one who went home empty handed. if you can get a 1st, 2nd or 3rd in anything i think you’ve done fantastic. so, congrats on the win. well deserved…i like it, the end result and think you did great. what else did you get medals in??
I was at the show and saw this close up. It is very well done. There were some seriously mad skills on display at this show. The mounting of the Little Bird was so unobtrusive that it really looked to be flying. If you breathed on it, it would sway and wiggle.
Great job and hope to see you in our neck of the woods again.
Satch
Honestly, I don’t really know. Two of five in the Figures cat got bronze as well, but I’m not sure which ones. Another funny thing was that they one had one figures category … “Military Figures, all scales” … what they heck kind of “figure expo” is that. Thanks again for the compliments on the winnings. I feel good about it, but I could have used the sleep and the day off in-loo of driving to Austin and back … not to mention it was the wife’s birthday yesterday! But, don’t worry. I did a through job of “prepping” the target area before the weekend. HAHA!!!
OMG!! IT’S FLYING ON IT’S OWN!!! [(-D]
haha jk hey- congrats on the bronze, I know it’s not the gold you wanted but hey- not too bad at all for the only A/C at the show!
Can you post a thread (if you haven’t done so already- I’ll look haha) of your 6 contest entries and any medals they may have won? I’l love to see the line up!!!
[bow] nice work finishing this big guy on time- I can’t tell if anything was rushed, none of it looks messy or bad- I do really like the water in the barrel, sorry it was a PITA
Thanks, Chris … I’m glad that you got a kick out of that pic.
I’ll see what I can do about posting all the builds I entered …