cool stuff, I never had the fine dexterity to paint miniatures, wish I did.

I like the dude with the BDUs and tiger stripes.

along with Rae's suggestion, the big red diamond on the back of the helmet makes a good target as well.

Thanks a lot!

Some of your comments are very true. If I were that captain, I'd never paint something that bright to my forehead, for shure!


The captain was the first of the miniatures. I went a little overboard with him, that's true. It was the first attempt, to build and paint a T2k character. In the later miniatures I did not paint the full-colored US flag, because it is very bright.
The sniper with G3/SG1 was a mini, that shows some conversions; The vest was done using greenstuff, and the helmet is actually a PASGT helmet. I just scraped off the strap and made it look, as if the whole helmet cover was made from one single piece of clothing. But he shows some unusual features: a French made protective mask carrier, a WWII vintage (Bitish) pistol holster. His jacket has some piece of flecktarn sewn to his right elbow-region.
The story, I had in mind: He is one of a former SpecOps unit, now serving with the 5th Inf.Div. His weapon is a standard sniper rifle, but painted in camo. I think, the camo paint in his face is convincing.

One thing that really interests, me is the question, how a soldier in the gritty world of T2k would cloth and equip himself. On the one hand, low visibility is a must. If someone can spot you, he can kill you. On the other hand, unit identification is a hard thing: Soldiers from different nationalities may serve in the same unit in 2000. Therefore it might be wise to clearly show, who's side you're on. Most of the minis, I did on that subject till now, wear the symbol of NORTHAG (A yellow throwing hatchet on blue background) on their right arm and the diamond of the 5th Inf.Div. on their left. The idea, to put the diamond-shaped divisional sign on the back of a helmet, was inspired by pics an sketches of Rangers during the D-Day battles.

Right at the moment, I'm trying to put some more minis together. When I'll paint them, I will try to do the colors more realistic, although the minis will look very dump, because they will show no bright-colored details. But I'm quite convinced, to stay to the NORTHAG emblem.

Thanks for the input. Whoever wants to point somethimg out, please let me know. It can only make the minis better and more "realistic"

German soldier in US service
 

A former member of the Bundeswehr, now in service with the 5th Inf.Div.

This mini was really fun. Armed with a AKM and outfitted with PASGT vest, he still wears his original uniform in flecktarn. The big pouch fixed to his left leg is the only way, this guy can transport the mags for his rifle.
In the pictures you can see, how I envision the markings of individuals: Division emblem on the left shoulder, NORTHAG emblem on the right.
The soldier has camouflaged his German steel helmet with grass and twigs (Hemp and parts of an old shaving brush IRL!). The lower pouch on his back had been issued to a British soldier, when the war started - a nice opportunity to paint British DPM. Some of the pouches are American issue, but part of them is really old, the MLBE canteen cover, for example.

Gorgeous work! Really, really gorgeous work!

I just ordered a 1/35th M48A5K. I'm planning on building it for T2K as a US Army vehicle in CENTCOM around the year 2000. I'm going to keep the ROK-style upgrades assuming the Army would do similar when re-issuing the M48s. I hope it looks as good when done as B.T.'s models are looking! :)

Does it make sense that some M48s would be sent as replacements to 24th Mech?

- Dave

Yes, as long as they're available and easily put back into operation. Looking forward to seeing the fruits of your work.

Anything with 5mm of metal plating and a weapon is likely to see service later in the war. Although the M48 is woefully outdated, by 1998-99 they'll only be facing third rate vehicles on the other side of the battlefield anyway. Chances are the M48's would spend most of their time as infantry support anyway, which reduces their obsolescence to a minor concern.

Thanks, guys. I'll show her off when she's done. I'm a perfectionist, so it might take a while. I'm really looking forwards to this project. :)

Yeah, exactly what my "problem" is. Right at the moment, I'm planning a diorama with two Hummers (M1025 and M998-variant) on an animated base. I think, I'd like to place about 8 miniatures on the diorama. Maybe I'll convert the M998 to some kind of gun-truck, but I've not really decided on that. When it's done, I'll show it, off course.

DCausey: I'm very curious about your works! Any pics to show of recent works?

I'm afraid I don't have anything to show right now B.T., but I plan on documenting the M48 build right here for you guys!

I'd love to see your Humvee dio - it sounds great. Legends makes a resin set to convert the Tamiya 1025 into a SOF "Dumvee" guntruck. Not that you couldn't do it yourself. :)

- Dave

man, this makes me want to finish up some of the many that I started a while ago. Just need to find the time.

I hope you get a chance to finish them. The more's the merrier. :)

I just got the M48A5K from the UPS man. It's a nice kit! Not much to show yet, I need to wash all the parts in warm, soapy water to remove any mold lubricants that might prevent paint from sticking.

I'm planning a diorama showing the tank with a patrol from the 101st Air Assault somewhere in Iran circa 2000. I'm planning on a paint scheme similar to the "Iran" scheme shown in the original US Army Vehicle Guide.

I use 15mm stuff from Peter Pig and Irregular Miniatures.

I just wanted this thread not to be forgotten!

Has anyone some newer pictures (or older ones, if you like)?

I'd really like to see pics of T2k related minis or dios.

Hey, Dave, anything new from your M48-project?
And, Nate, have you ever made photos of some of the "big boys"?

Right now I'm working on some WH 40k Space Marines - the planned Hummer-diorama had to be delayed. But I'm really looking forward to it:).

I've done injustice and injury to a couple of Empress figures recently:

http://www.de-fenestra.com/gallery/a...l_IMG_1127.jpg

And some Devil Dog KSK operators:

http://www.de-fenestra.com/gallery/a...l_IMG_1486.JPG

And a random Reaper survivor-type figure:

http://www.de-fenestra.com/gallery/a...l_IMG_1110.jpg

- C.

Well, here's some really bad photos of my version of the Wisla Krolowa in 1/72 during the in process stage:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...Picture169.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...Picture168.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...Picture167.jpg

BT, those figures look great. I build 1/35 scale models quite a bit. usually WWII. I do fairly well with weathering the vehicles but the figures , I just can't seem to get them to look realistic. Any advice or websites you can give me? The camo design and colors look perfect. You even have fingernails on them. How did you get the burlap camo on the helmets?

Some of mine. Not modern but that will change soon. lol

a few more

@ Weswood:

Hey, that's cool. Building a ship to play an adventure with ...
I like it :)

@ Tegyrius:

Your doing injustice to yourself :)
Those minis are looking very good!

@ Odie:

Thanks a lot, mate!
Your vehicles look stunning! You have to do a more "twilightian" model.

The Burlap: Tissue paper and diluted PVA glue does the job. I paint the burlap before glueing the helmet to the model.
And for the rest: It's a question of practice and a lot of tips and ideas from hobby magazines, unfortunately all in German. There is an excellent book on miniature painting and building by Bill Horan. I've lended it to a friend, so I have no title or ISBN and so forth, but I'll send you the info, when I've talked to him.

Found it:
Bill Horan's Military Modelling Masterclass, Hardcover: 128 pages
Publisher: Windrow & Greene Publishing (August 1, 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1872004091
ISBN-13: 978-1872004099
Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 8.3 x 0.8 inches

As we have some new members on the board I thought, I give this thread a reissue.

Does anybody like to post some stuff here?

I'm just back into modelling after a fifteen year break...currently nearly finished a Hasegawa 1/48th Polish F16 two seater (decals done, just need to apply a wash and varnish). Will post when it's done, but be gentle with me...:D

Next after that is either than an F18F Super Hornet (VFA103 Jolly Rogers) or F16C Alaska Aggressor (yes, I'm into fast jet kits)

If I could go back in time and smack myself in the head repeatedly I'd buy up every "Pinnacle Products" GI Assault Team that was on sale at KB Toys for $2.88 (clearance) years and years and years ago (like, more than 20). It was a boxed set of 10 kind of "generic" modern/near future soldier types. Only the "soldier with rocket pack in flight" mini wouldn't work for T2k. The rest were pretty slick. It was actually a Grenadier product so I wonder if they re-used some actually FOR T2k when they released minis for the game.

I have one-and-a-half sets; I traded 5 of them for the paint job I got for the other 5. The minis are: RPG (or AT-4) gunner, M60 gunner, SMG gunner, sniper, grenadier, officer with sidearm, trooper with jetpack, mortar on mono-pod, mortar man, small-caliber AA gun with radar fi-con attached.

Some of the troops wear berets, the others "fritz" style helmets. Not sure who sculpted them. They're a motley bunch and the nondescript weapons fit the atmosphere of "Any gun that shoots is a good gun" of T2k.

I lucked into a set at NobleKnight but haven't seen any since. They're nice figs. If I remember to once I start to paint them I'll post them up.

I recently dug up my 1/72 (aka 20mm) collection of figs. I have the original T2k minis, all of them, I think, plus some Airfix plastic Soviets and US troops, and some other military guys.

I painted up (a long time ago) an M1, an M113 and an M551 (pretend it's a LAV-75) for my original 1985 group.

I don't suppose anyone's seen a model of an M8 in that scale? Or a Scorpion? That would be cool.

World war II M08 Greyhound armoured Car is by Italeri in both 1/72 and 1/35 of a couple of years ago.

However, nice going mate, I can't remember what box my models are in.

Airfix make a Scorpion in 1/76 scale

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...er/3968369.htm

Cool, thanks.