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tomd custom platoon figures
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 9:15 am
by tderespino
Wow,, great news from C21,,,
I have been busy building up my own platoon,,
http://community.webshots.com/album/532302088GcVfxD
santa did not bring me a new digital camara,,,,sorry.
I am up to 11 troop's thanks to Digger's helmet donation!!!
How many men in a standard Vietnam era platoon??
4 or 5 squads?? how many M60s??
would each squad have a radioman?
tomd
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 11:29 am
by steelbonnet
WOW Tomd,
Well mate knowing how much a fan you are of Platoon & also the Nam era too,these certainly do Justice mate
The figures are Great & I mean that. Glad you got a big help on Nam M1s too.
Outstanding work my good sir,Outstanding though you should have waited till tomorrow t post these & they could have been the first Customs of 2006
Ahh well what a way to end 2005 though
Excellent work mate.
Ja
Steel Bonnet
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 11:57 am
by Mad Ewok
That M60 gunner reminds me of Animal Mother from Full Metal Jacket. Nicely done on the figures.
thank's
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 8:54 pm
by tderespino
Thank's guy's
First I am not too happy with the photos,, my camara needs new rechargable batteries, and the lighting is not right,, I really wanted you to get a feel for these customs,, they look really great up close.
The Machine gunner was a new technique, I cut the armored vest off one of the C21 Vietnam XD figures, cut and ground it out and grafted the halves to a GI joe figure which had bare arm's,, the legs are Dragon and the feet/boots C21...
I will post more pics later in the week,,
As for waiting for 2006,, these customs are all 2005,, I have been working on them for around 10-12 month's
HAPPY NEW YEAR
tomd
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 10:51 pm
by KAMIKAZE
I like the M-60 gunner also. Nice work!
Mark
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 6:57 am
by GooglyDoogly
How many men in a standard Vietnam era platoon??
4 or 5 squads?? how many M60s??
would each squad have a radioman?
It depends on what type of platoon are you portraying? A rifle platoon, or a weapons platoon?
Rifle platoons has 1 platoon HQ and 3 rifle squads. The platoon hq is the only one who has a radio operator. The platoon HQ also consist of the corpsmen, platoon sargeant, and sometimes, forward observers for artillery or airstrikes.
Each rifle squads has 3 fire teams with 4 men each. Each squad should have 3 automatic riflemen. What automatic weapon they carry really depends on the platoon, time frame, and availability of weapons. Some carry full-auto M-14s, some carry M-60s, some even carry BARs.
Weapons platoon carried the big guns. Weapons platoon are broken down into sections; the mortar, anti-tank, and machine gun sections. The MG section usually has 18 or so riflemen with 6 M-60s. Those 6 M-60 were divided into two-MG teams, so you'll have 3 MG teams with 2 MG each.
That's the usual organization in the Corps, but during Vietnam, take this with a grain of salt. Each company usually modify the organizations of their platoons to some degree in order to adapt a particular situation inthe battlefield. And as the war progressed, Marine platoons were often short on men, so for example, a fire team would only have two riflemen plus a automatic riflemen. The riflemen carry the extra ammo, plus protect the auto rifleman from flanking attacks.
t
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 9:53 pm
by tderespino
Thank's Goog -
I found this on a Army website
SQUAD – Nine to 10 soldiers. Typically commanded by a sergeant or staff sergeant, a squad or section is the smallest element in Army structure, and its size is dependent on its function.
PLATOON – 16 to 44 soldiers. A platoon is led by a lieutenant with an NCO as second in command, and consists of two to four squads or sections.
I guess I need some more!!!!!!
tomd
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 11:20 pm
by tderespino
here are a few more shots,, I will take some close-ups tonight
http://community.webshots.com/album/533479751rxcmnv
t
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 4:34 am
by steelbonnet
That`s a great little dio you have there now Tomd.
The troops look great.
Looking forward to seeing close ups
Ja
Steel Bonnet
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 9:42 pm
by tderespino
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 10:24 pm
by spect_spidey
tderespino ~ May I ask where you got those buildings in your pictures from? I know a few are 21st Century buildings, but where did the others come from? Did you build them?
build
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 10:46 pm
by tderespino
I cut up 3 C21 Farm houses and use them like building blocks..
Then I stacked them or just used them as a backround for a picture.
I also have a Hayloft set and a ruined corner set.
Everything I have is for play first, display second.
tomd
t
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 10:51 pm
by tderespino
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:02 am
by steelbonnet
Tomd,
Excellent mate Nice to see you`ve taken photos of them like that,showing the work gone into them.
Nice to see those last 3 photos again too Tomd. Got them saved on my puter already but still nice to see them online. I do love the figures you did
There not many who go for Real Military but with as much Articulation as possible. One of the main reasons i love your stuff
Think alike on that
Ja
Steel Bonnet
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:53 pm
by kenhil2
tom your work never ceases to impress me, nice work man
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:34 pm
by 75th Ranger
Really cool!
Sooner or later you are going to have to open
"T TOYS" and start selling your own stuff!
HOOAH!