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BRAVO-6 Vietcong Sniper
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Posted: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 08:22 AM UTC
Engin Kayral brings us News on Historica Forma of Bravo-6's coming release- a Vietcong Sniper.




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Noord-Holland, Netherlands
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Posted: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 05:21 AM UTC
What an excellent figure this VC sniper with Moisin-Nagant is. The sculpting is very natural, face, pose, folds in the clothing; very very nice.

I wonder if Vladimir can make us a North Vietnamese tanker or two, not necessarily in the turret. They would be good company for a Tamiya T-55 or T-34/85 in NVA colours. Other vehicles used by the NVA have appeared as well so a crew would surely be welcomed, I think.

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Posted: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 08:01 AM UTC
Very natural and realistic portrait of an Asian face!
Excellent figure!!!
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Posted: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 10:54 AM UTC

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I wonder if Vladimir can make us a North Vietnamese tanker or two, not necessarily in the turret.


Warriors has a Vietnamese tank crew: http://www.squadron.com/NoStock.asp?item=WA35498

Of course I agree that more choices are better for consumers and you can expect excellent quality from Bravo-6.
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Rostov, Russia
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Posted: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 05:50 PM UTC
Thanks.guys!
Idea with NVA tankers are nice,I promise that think about it.
But now I`m not only thinkin`,but even makin` US tankers.
They`ll be next figures.

Warmly
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Posted: Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 12:36 AM UTC
Hey Vladi.

That is one seriously cool VC sniper!

Any chance of some Aussie Tank crew?

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Rostov, Russia
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Posted: Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 12:49 AM UTC
Pitty.but I have no good detail info about Aussie tankers uniform.
Only some photos in Osprey book...not enough for good sculpting.
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Posted: Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 04:05 AM UTC
what about modern British troops in Afghanistan?
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Posted: Friday, July 24, 2009 - 11:27 AM UTC
I am not a Vietnam conflict modeller, but I couldn't resist these:



I have heard it said that 1/35 figures are really armor accessories; so while I thought there may be some good US soldiers, I would have never suspected there would be such excellent Viet Cong figures!

This era is obviously your passion; so I am sure will continue to explore related ideas... out of curiosity then, do you have an interest in other conflicts or periods?

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Rostov, Russia
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Posted: Friday, July 24, 2009 - 09:03 PM UTC
Thanks for your words!
Really,Vietnam era is my passion and "first love" and I`ll be continue it.
To my opinion this theme is endless and very interesting and bright.
Also I`m feeling interest for different exotic "neo-colonial" wars of 1950-70th,I`m not excluding something from this era.
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Posted: Friday, July 24, 2009 - 09:18 PM UTC

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Thanks for your words!
Really,Vietnam era is my passion and "first love" and I`ll be continue it.
To my opinion this theme is endless and very interesting and bright.
Also I`m feeling interest for different exotic "neo-colonial" wars of 1950-70th,I`m not excluding something from this era.


Interesting to hear about your growing interest in those neo-colonial wars before the Vietnam conflict. It could be interesting to see some French figures from the Indo-China conflict, especially Dien Bien Phu or Brits/French/Egyptians from the Suez Crisis. In all these, armour was involved [and available as a kit nowadays]. The Israeli-Arab wars until 1973 are also an often neglected subject ofcourse.
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Posted: Saturday, July 25, 2009 - 02:26 AM UTC

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I have heard it said that 1/35 figures are really armor accessories


That depends who you speak to - I feel the inverse, that armour and vehicles are the accessories to the scene, and the figures and the interaction between them are the generally the main feature.
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Posted: Sunday, July 26, 2009 - 11:23 AM UTC

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Also I`m feeling interest for different exotic "neo-colonial" wars of 1950-70th,I`m not excluding something from this era.


That is encouraging to hear as even when you exhaust NVA, ARVN, French Legionaries, Green Beret trainers; there are still Gurkhas in Borneo, Belgian paras in the Congo, Cubans in Angola, Rhodesia’s Selous scouts, CIA pilots, mercenaries...

Thanks again for the figures; and I am looking forward to the Australian release.
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Posted: Sunday, July 26, 2009 - 11:50 AM UTC

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I have heard it said that 1/35 figures are really armor accessories


That depends who you speak to - I feel the inverse, that armour and vehicles are the accessories to the scene, and the figures and the interaction between them are the generally the main feature.


It was a well known figure maker; and while I agree with your conclusion, I think he was referring to the sales part of the equation where most 1/35 figures are sold to modellers who want a figure to stand next to their AFV. So the implication is that without corresponding AFV subjects, figures won't sell as well.
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