6mm Vietnam Forces, AKA "Apocalypse Soon?"

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I've been busy painting for awhile now but had been playing so many games I hadn't had time to post pics of recent projects I'd finished.  I'd had a hankering for some Vietnam gaming in 6mm, cavalry (both air and mechanized) style, company-sized fights on a 4' x 4' or even 6' x 4' table.  Previously I'd painted up some 6mm infantry for Vietnam (only used them in modern games so far), so I decided to add a bunch of vehicles, aircraft, and terrain.  Below documents the completed project (minus the infantry); all vehicles are 1/285 scale from GHQ.

The whole mess, ready to go.

Again.

From the front.

And from the other side.  Now let's get to the details, starting with the Army.

A platoon of Patton tanks; I think they're the wrong model, but close enough for me...

A platoon of Sheridans.

Three platoons of M-113 ACAVs.

Now on to the Navy, all of my watercraft.

From the front, you see a Monitor, two PBRs, and ten sampans (in two varieties).

Opposite.

Heading away.

Closer shot of the Navy.

And the sampans.

And the Air Force; okay, still mostly Army, but you get the picture.  I've got two OH-6 LOACHes, two UH-1 Hogs (gunships), six UH-1 Slicks (troop transports), a CH-47, and a very plainly painted F-4 Phantom.

From the front, slicks at left, guns at bottom right, LOACHes above them.

From the other direction.

The gunships.

The OH-6s (with miniguns).

The Chinook and Phantom.

Three of the slicks.

And the other three.

A "Pink" team (gunships were Red, LOACHes were White).

Slicks inbound.

And the giant Chinook.

And last but not least, the Marines.  A platoon of tracks (LVTP-5s) and a couple tanks (M-48s this time).

Again.

Off the port bow...

The other side.

Closeup of the tanks.

And the tracks.

Heading away.

And then we get to some very humble attempts at Vietnam terrain, specifically, villages.  I really don't enjoy making terrain, and I'm not good at it, and I hate paying out a bunch of money for it.  I needed the ability to form quite a few Vietnamese villages quickly and cheaply, and I had some Monopoly houses and hotels lying around, so...  I painted the sides of the houses brown and the roofs tan, like thatched huts.  Sure, if you look closely you can see the little chimneys on the roofs, can make out the fact they are Monopoly houses, but they work well enough for me.

Another look.

A little closer (man I went heavy on the wash!) view, with a tank and ACAV.

Well, that's it, and I'm hoping to get them on the table soon as part of my fictional "South Leon" campaign over on my Cuba Libre blog.  So, if you fancy seeing some 6mm Vietnam gaming in a very Hollywood-fashion (Hueys, tracks, and PBRs all over the place), and don't mind me calling it Cuban democratic forces in a fictional African country, stay tuned!

V/R,
Jack