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DML US Marine Corps Iraq PICS!!!

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DML US Marine Corps Iraq PICS!!!
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 7, 2004 10:55 AM
I just bought DML's USMC figures that model them in the war with Iraq. I only completed one, but I decided to put it in a vinegate (a don't know how it's spelled) the whole thing was painted in acylics, and I used my Iwata hp-cs airbrush to make the shading in the folds and wrinkles. The whole idea is a Marine standing in front of a chipped and bullet ridden wall. At his feet are bricks and one brass shell. All comments are welcomed! Thanks for looking!Big Smile [:D]

Here's an overall view of it.

Here's a view of his feet with the detail...

Here's a close up of the wall he stands behind, I painted arabic lettering on it (I have absolutly no clue what it means, but I saw it on a wall in a picture of my uncle in Iraq)

Here's a close up of his body and the shading...

Here's his face and body. You might be able to see the flesh tones and him looking a little off to the left. All done with acyrlics.

Heres an overall view with inadiquet light, sorry.Sad [:(]

Here's another overall of him...

This is the last pic. Just another overall.

So what did you think? Every comment is welcome!Cool [8D] It's my first vinegate (sorry, don't know how it's spelledBlush [:I]), but I wanted some help with seeing if it was a good idea. But thanks everyone for looking!
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 7, 2004 12:57 PM
The pics are gone!
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 7, 2004 12:59 PM
OK they are back.

Nice little vignette
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Posted by fightnjoe on Monday, June 7, 2004 1:13 PM
it looks good. i hope i do as well on my first attempt at figures.

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Posted by ajlafleche on Monday, June 7, 2004 2:11 PM
Remember, the Marines are using the new digital camo in Iraq. More or less same colors but in a pattern made up of tiny pixels. Using a flat ended, stiff brush will get more of that effect. Use a bit of the color, dab most off then dab the figure.

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 7, 2004 2:18 PM
Yeah, I wanted to model a marine who was using the army camo before the digital stuff. But thanks.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 7, 2004 3:34 PM
A verty gung ho looking Marine.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 7, 2004 7:59 PM
I think that M203 says "wanna mess? -Didn't think so!"
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Posted by lizardqing on Monday, June 7, 2004 10:48 PM
Looks pretty good to me. Nice job.
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Posted by yw18mc on Monday, June 14, 2004 9:17 PM
armormaster, would like to see your pic's but i'm not familiar with how to view them. there is just a box with a red "x" inside of it. can you or someone else give me a quick lesson on how toaccess these types of pic's? thanks, semper fi, mike.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 20, 2004 10:21 AM
All I'm getting is red X's too. I'd love to see your work though.

Stephen
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 20, 2004 10:50 AM
Ok hold on, I'll try to fix it...
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 20, 2004 11:03 AM
Ok, I got them up...
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 21, 2004 6:27 PM
That is excellent, it looks like my friends dad, cept he is with the army, 122nd engineer batallion. same gun though uniform is the same, so is the vest. nice job
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 22, 2004 3:37 PM
Well done.

Stephen
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Posted by AH1Wsnake on Tuesday, June 29, 2004 12:08 AM
Don't worry about the cammies not being digital pattern. Alot of the Marine units rushed overseas in 2003 did not have access to the digitals due to short supply and the fact that they were not required until 2004! So, pretty much everyone was issued the army-style desert pattern BDUs going in-country for OIF I. Too bad everyone was issued green-patterned chemical suits to wear over their desert uniforms!!

 

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Posted by bbrowniii on Friday, July 2, 2004 3:14 PM
ArmorMaster,

Nice figure. There is, however, a small problem. While it is accurate to portray the young Devildog in the old style cammies, since many units did not have digitals during the war, the gear he has attaced to his flak jacket in inaccurate. A couple of years ago the Corps adopted the MOLLE system, replacing the ALICE pack and gear that had been in use for many years. The gear your figure has on is not MOLLE gear, particularly the magazine pouches with grenade pockets. In the new system, the mag pouches hold two apiece, and they lay flat. Grenades have a seperate pouch. I'll try to post a picture of my MOLLE gear so you can see what it looks like.

Still, I do think you did a heck of a job.

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Posted by Buddho on Friday, July 2, 2004 10:12 PM
Excellent job on the soldier, Ryan!

Regards, Dan

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Posted by allan on Sunday, July 4, 2004 11:06 AM
Nice job on the Marine. I have the same kit and its really very good. Been wanting to try my hands on the Marpat scheme but I gotta lay my hands on a fabric sample first. The tan/brown on the Marpat looks different from the traditional woodland that you did.

By the way, its spelled "vignette." Thanks for sharing!

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Posted by M1abramsRules on Monday, July 5, 2004 9:59 PM
nice job!!! I like it!
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