From ScottR - 15mm Battlefront Australian Force for NAM (338 points)

 Hi all,

Well after a week away for a break with the wife I returned Sat and got stuck into my NAM.  My friend Dennis is working on his NVA and I am sure you will see some of his work posted here soon.  So I decided to drag out my Australians and get them done.  Now I had the opportunity to clean these up in the week leading up to the kickoff so i was ready to go.

Anyway On my saturday i broke out the airbrush and did a couple of layers of a green basecoat with a top down highlight.  This was followed by wash using the Army painter Strong Tone.  This was followed with a drybrush using Russian uniform with a tiny bit of Deck tan to lighten.

Once the drybrush was done I could start work on teh details.  This included boots, webbing, weapons, radios, binos etc.

Once all the additions were complete i did a base flesh using the rose flesh from Vallejo, this was then finished with a wash using Citadels Guilliman Flesh contrast.

The figures were painted on Sunday with a few small details finished off on Monday.  This gave me the chance to break out the artillery bases and get them built, undercoated and up to the same level as the infantry.

That left Today, Tuesday to get the basing sorted and done.  I started off with AKs Muddy ground.  This was done in the morning and then placed out in front of the gas fireplace to speed up the drying process.  I like the colour, its a nice dark brown with a slight red tinge.  Perfect for a jungle floor!  This was then drybrushed with cavalry brown.  This then left me to work out what sort of ground cover to put down.  While in teh UK i managed to pick up this shredded bark like material and so i figured it would be perfect for the task.

Perfect start.  Now to find some suitable brush that would be very jungle -ish.  Again, going back into my stash of terrain items picked up in the UK, i found some really nice bushes and long grasses.

Ok, I was really happy with the result.  I kept the bushes down to a minimum as in the a thick jungle cover there is very little undergrowth and I ddnt want to smother the miniatures.  Hard to find suitable vegetation for 15mm scale.

So i am pretty happy with the end result.  The next step will be to do the vehicles.  I have 12 Centurions, 8 M113 APcs, 4 M113 FSV (Fire Support Vehicles), 1 UH1H Medivac helo and I was lucky enough to find a 1/144 scale Kiowa observation Helo for the artillery.

I also picked up a 1/144 scale Caribou aircraft used by the RAAF to move supplies and troops.  I have the right decals for it as well and I will hopefully be able to get it done as well.  I aim to do a combat field airstrip terrain piece for it.  Anyway. thats a little down the road.  Vehicles first.  i still ahve to build 4 M113s!

So here they are complete and laid on the table.

Point calculation for Analogue painting

 

25 bases x 4 figures = 100 figures @ 2 points = 200 points

11 bases x 3 figures = 33 figures @ 2 points = 66 points

4 bases  x 4 figures = 16 figures @ 2 points = 32 points

4 10 bases x 1 gun = 4 guns @ 8 4 points = 32 40 points

Total points 320 338.  I couldnt work out what the guns were so i just gave them the vehicle 8 points since the bases were resin terrain pieces as well. :)  

 

Wow, that is a wonderful looking points bomb to start your army off with. The basing materials you have used add a lot to the figures and really evoke the kind of dense, wild terrain the war was fought in. Your preview of the armoured component for your force has me eager to see it completed.

In 15mm, guns are worth 4 points each, but it looks like you have 6 mortar teams in the platoon as well, and I believe that they count as guns too, so while you are scoring less per weapon, your score is a bit higher than you initially thought. 

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