This site will be dedicated to many different wargame periods and scales of miniatures but for now I am going to concentrate on one of my favourite periods. Africa in the 60's, 70's and 80's, this will include Rhodesia, SW Africa, Portugese Africa, etc.
note the tennis shoes on the RTO
They have been converted and painted to represent Rhodesian Selous Scouts. They used enemy clothing and weapons and the white members would grow beards to hide their caucasian features and would "black up" with black cream to hide their skin.
The black members of the Scoutswill be added later as I paint the ZANLA andZIPRA guerrillas, as they would be indistinguishable from each other.
I experimented with different ways of painting the black paint for these guys and I found that in this scale, all blacked up, you could hardly tell the races apart....so my guys have been humping through the bush and sweating alot, hence the black-ish paint.
(it woks for me)
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Big floppy hats were worn in alot of the photos I have seen, I guess this also helped to hide the face and protect the head.
This is just the first of my figs. Soon I will be posting pics of Rhodesian Light Infantry, and of course the guerillas. Also terrain to spice up the pictureand eventually battle reports.
I am really pleased with the quality of Liberation Miniatures and recomend them to anyone wanting to game modern 20mm. They have practically every modern period you could think of. They can be bought in the USA at: http://www.syrhobbswargames.com/. The service at Syr Hobbs cannot be beaten , a real treat to find such friendly and helpfull people.
Also special thanks to a site that inspired me:
This is just the first of my figs. Soon I will be posting pics of Rhodesian Light Infantry, and of course the guerillas. Also terrain to spice up the pictureand eventually battle reports.
I am really pleased with the quality of Liberation Miniatures and recomend them to anyone wanting to game modern 20mm. They have practically every modern period you could think of. They can be bought in the USA at: http://www.syrhobbswargames.com/. The service at Syr Hobbs cannot be beaten , a real treat to find such friendly and helpfull people.
Also special thanks to a site that inspired me:
http://davesminiaturewargames.blogspot.com/ , Ive been following this site for months and it is excellent. Check it out.
Last: Thankyou to my Wife, Sister and Mom for buying me 10lbs. of Lib. Minis for Christmas.
Last: Thankyou to my Wife, Sister and Mom for buying me 10lbs. of Lib. Minis for Christmas.
3 comments:
super site: keep up the good work. Between you and Dave, we are spoilt for information.
Alan
May I ask what colours you used for your RLI?
Cheers Carl
Carl,
All are craft paints, here in the U.S. they can be picked up at Michaels or a good Wal-Mart:
Base: Sandstone by Delta Ceramacoat
Brown:Autumn Brown By Delta Ceramacoat
Green:English Ivy by Apple Barrel
Dont think any of them cost more than $1.25
Hope that helps, Jason
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