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Campaigns: Death from Above
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Cover up- My Vietnam Firebase
ShermiesRule
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Posted: Monday, January 05, 2004 - 08:10 AM UTC
Inspired by the late night B-movie "Seige of Firebase Gloria"

OVERALL SHOT


VIEW FROM ATTACKING NVA TROOPS


MORTAR PIT


OVERHEAD SHOT


FRONT LINE BATTLE


MORTAR PIT AGAIN (Notice the Playboy Magazines far edge of the pit)


X-FACTOR PIC. Confederate Flag hanging on the tower


ANOTHER SHOT OF NVA


Sorry for the poor quality of some of the pics. My cheapo freebie storage site only allows 50kb pics. Hope you enjoy











matt
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Posted: Monday, January 05, 2004 - 08:23 AM UTC
Very cool I love watching that movie too!!!
HellaYella
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Posted: Monday, January 05, 2004 - 10:24 PM UTC
what scale is it in
ShermiesRule
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Posted: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 - 06:49 AM UTC
My Firebase is 1/35. Mostly DML/Dragon figures with a few Tamiya and unknown scrapbox leftovers. There is a total of 55 figures. Holy Hannah!

Here is a try at close ups



ShermiesRule
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Posted: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 - 10:45 AM UTC
BREACHING THE TRENCH (Note that all Marines are not white. There are African Americans among them too. One example is the dead guy hanging over the sandbags on the right)


MORE CHAOS ON THE FRONT (See the Redhead Marine in the upper right?)




If you look carefull in the various scenes you can beer beercans hanging from the concertino wire. In real life the cans were tied to the wire and filled with rocks. When someone tried to sneak through the wire the cans make noise


EVACUATING THE WOUNDED (You can see a Playboy centerfold taped to the left side of the mortar pit. It's actually a reduced Jenny McCarthy Centerfold. I used her for all the centerfolds because I think she's hot even though it's out of period. All of the Playboy Magazine Covers are reduced Pamela Anderson!!)

Major_Goose
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Posted: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 - 07:28 PM UTC
Congratsulations for the 55 figures and the centerfold!! hehehe with one like this in the mortar pit i dont have a question why the VC's took over !!!! Very nice work and patience to do so many figures. What are the dimensions of the base ?
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Posted: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 - 09:59 AM UTC
Base is 2 feet by 1.5 feet.
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