updated Oronegrean infantry

well this is just a stop gap post, I intend to perhaps re post this with better pictures later, and of coarse with a set up background. However nothing beats a flat plain with the army lined up or in this case grouped up to show off their might! I repainted the Oronegrean infantry form long long ago and have also gone about organising the division and command structures for the Army of Oronegro.

88 soldiers of the national army of Oronegro

the old guys have been repainted to fit in with the new a quick but rewarding process

at the front here are some new and old figs... large group on the left is old figs repainted and on the right are the newer figs... note the M60 bearing troop is not a repainted fig

the two commanders and the Guards/MPs with their blue arms

groups of soldiers are split into Fives and below is a better example

the squad of 40 troops....6x 5 man teams + ant combination of 10 support troops, in this case 3x Javelin armed soldiers 3x stinger armed troops? 3x Saw's and 1x M60! I might alter it to groups of 50  and have the squad of 25 troops combining to form a unit of 50 and 2 units forming a century of 100 troops

the M60 gunner and the repainted SAWs

this confusing set up might just become the basis of Oronegro's armed forces

this is another example of these new Prototype squads with 5x snipers and 5x one shot anti tank rocket launchers

and the 2 commanders of the 2 squads 2 medics and 4 MPs/guards need to be Incorporated.

I hope to get around 100 in the end so I can represent a whole Oronegrean century, it might also help because right now the ratio of troops to commanders is a bit uneven, though training could incorporate leadership skills and tactical training so that perhaps one man per 5 man team can lead that team in combat.... just an idea. and if you have any ideas for the army of Oronegro just let me know

LATER ON I WILL RE POST THESE GUYS IN MY NORMAL NARRATIVE STYLE :-D
also when I do I'll do a post on the Oronegro blog.... these pics can be bettered for the site

getting close to 10,000 page views

just noticed that I am getting close to 10,000 page views, OK I am about 100 views off but still. the main thing is that I should do something special for the 10,000 :-) I have got an idea a little set up of figures on a 20 Colones coin from Costa Rica

the set up has 3 figs

2 from the IMEX republic of Korea troops box

and 1 from the Caesar modern Special forces worldwide

I don't think this will be part of a give away... its a bit fragile... YET...

 there is a chance that if the set up is secure enough that it would not fall apart during transport... I may have a give away!

Well there is something for you all to look forwards to for the big 10,000 However the Germans need to be painted first and I am also REPAINTING the first of my Oronegrean soldiers to give them the next Camouflage. After that I shall get on with this set up, once this is done some NATO ground crew, civilian fighters, modern special forces and the Korean set for militia... nod necessarily in that order.

MY FIRST SCULPT!!!!! (post 100)

well if any of you looked at the projects and ideas blog in the last few days you would have seen this post about my "dream figure" now although it got no comments I decided that it was because of the situation and not a lack of interest in the character. so I pressed ahead and got out the due-kit again. well I did get some more just in case... and I took it upon myself to sculpt the character, now I have limited to no-experience sculpting the last time I did anything like this was when I turned a Friar Tuck figure that had been crushed under a chair into Karri .C. Tuf ( her name is just his rearranged) but this was different, I actually wanted to create a fig from scratch... I used my memory of a few tutorials I had seen before and started making the "skeleton" of the fig from wire. then began the process of adding layers of due-kit, the stuff is not an ideal material; it does not like to be wrapped around the wire and has a habit of splitting if layered up to much. so I had to apply a layer and then bake it before putting on the next. and this was the result! (painted of coarse, the unpainted version is not as impressive).

a bit fuzzy but he is not that detailed when it comes to the sculpting- most detail is painted on

the proportions are good for a first try but his legs seem too short though there is a reason for this

the packs on his belt are way too low! they hide most of his leg making him look out of proportion

the gas mask came out better than expected which was nice

I love the way I got his backpack it was starting to worry me that it might just be a shapeless blob

and of coarse from his best side

here are some comparison shots for you. he is a bit big but he is meant to be a hero so cut him some slack

I used humbrol model filler for the base so you can take a bit of height off because he is standing raised above the others

this shot says it all doesn't it he is a bit chunkier and taller but he can stand with the others

of coarse you still need to see what he is intended to be so here is a short comparison! my figure in my model world and my character in the cyber world I would ask you who is better but I think that we all are slightly biased to the little plastic and metal guy :-D

miniature Vs

cyber! the game is Red Crucible 2 if any of you want to know, I know Emmett (Winttrix) played this because he introduced me to the game

now the fig was not primed- A) because both Due-kit and humbrol are (apparently) ready to paint and require no priming, however I did take the precaution of mixing lots of PVA glue with that base coat of black paint in case it was a case of exaggerating the truth for sales purposes... so far the claim seems to prove true however the humbrol filler did not like the PVA I applied to the base after I was done (standard procedure so that the bases are protected).

PLEASE LEAVE LOTS OF BIG COMMENTS or small ones... I am interested in perhaps doing more sculpting in the future (hence it a new label) and I want to know what you all think!

YAY 100 posts! I have made it this far, not even a year yet. I think that this is a great post to be number 100 something I am (overly?) proud of and perhaps it is a new theme for me, thanks to all off you for coming and reading all these posts and now I reach triple digits all I can hope is that more of you sign up and see what I have been up to!

germans- sneak peak and repainted rebels and snipers

well this will be the post with the longest title I ever want to put on this blog. I really wish that the batteries had not run before as now I am posting both of these together, the sneak peak at the Germans and the repaints for the other figs! so first up the repaint.

these are the national forces sniper unit. they were originally painted without any real camo pattern but now they have one

they are still together in an over kill formation, how many people do they need to take out at once?

and now for the rebels, behind my newly made sand bag wall made from paper towel, PVA glue and some strips of hard card that I use for my buildings

oh dear Shaun from S&S models is having his store raided! well he did say to me it looked to tidy so lets solve that problem

what they are carefully browsing!!! where is the looting!

and in formation! about to raid Matt's Elhiem models and the smaller Byzantium section of the store

their leader still has his neck brace but now, he is wearing his effective camouflage.

the figures abouve were given their camo by my little sister Abi she has not really painted figures before but she did a good job on these guys! the camo is almost the same as what I painted on the national forces as it is surposed to be! now onto the peak at the germans!

some UN forces from war raveged Germany search the currently quiet streets of La Ley!

taking no chances the gunner is ready on the road to shoot through the door way

my handwriting is crap so I am very pleased with the little UN on the guys helmet!

as you can see the camoflague is complex

very complex I dont surpose that these guys will be done for a while!

there you go guys and remember to look at the other blogs to get the bigger picture of what I am up to hobby wise!
helo to my new followers Chris from just another wargames blog now it is really called that I am not getting lazy with posting about my followers. Also a big welcome to András Szilvásy from random&creative welcome to this blog!

Oronegro has its own blog!!!!!

its all very spur of the moment but yes Oronegro now has its own home to call its own. the blogs layout is far from complete, I still have plenty to work on but yes the land that I must say deserved a place for itself for a while has left its parents (this blog) and established itself elsewhere.

http://gowansoronegro.blogspot.co.nz/ is the new home for all things Oronegro

O112- 175mm howitzer- I found batteries :-D

well as the title states I have found some batteries after a quick house search, they weren't very good and barely had enough power to run the camera, and because the camera is "intelligent" and decides when it needs different batteries I did not have enough time to take really good pics, that and the light was not good... anyway onto the howitzer

the O112 is a smaller version of the M113 and as the O designates it is made for Oronegro, the O versions of Popular AFV's come in either a smaller version or a lager version of the original, for instance another vehicle built in Oronegro was the O1A1 which was a huge version of the Abrams MTB, the O112 does not come in many forms and the Howitzer is the only one that saw action only under the command of National forces. Why smaller? well even this howitzer can be transported by plane, the O112 series of AFV's was designed for air transport and for use in the older districts in the city of La Ley or in other places where ally ways were common. the O112 was exported to a few other nations but never was used by the USA or Great Britain who knew that their army would possibly realise something was up with these smaller vehicles...

gun in rolling along the road, yes that gun is huge, perhaps a bit bigger than 175mm but it seemed suitable

the gun rolls along the road attracting the attention of a near by soldier

that rectangular bit above the gun can be lowered over the gun to provide extra strength when firring-mostly done when multiple shots have been fired because once down the guns angle cannot be adjusted

this guy should get down a good sniper would easily pick him off. the little tally chart is done with a sharp pencil, I forgot to take a photo but I also used pencil to give a metallic look to the tracks and the end of the guns barrel!

sorry didn't rotate it my fault

how did I create this; well I got that M113 fire support vehicle I had, and because it was 1/76 scale and I hope (dream) that I may one day get some M113 vehicles or the Vulcan air-defence system mounted on a M113 I thought that because these would be true 1/72 that this little one would be too small. so I took a knife to it and removed part of the roof. added some dowel (a bit long) and some other bits and bobs. and of coarse the figs. then paint, and detail, wash and finally a bit of pencil to add a metallic look here and there and that tally chart.

there you go guys, have a nice day/night

camera need batteries

well I actually have a bit to post right now. I am almost done that first board for the new embassy district (well the first board is not part of it but shh) Also I have taken a knife to that 1/76 scale M113 fire support vehicle... its all part of my dream to acquire some 20mm Vulcan air defence systems which are mounted on the M113 chassis, and because the come in 1/72 the current AFV would be too small, so I chopped it up and made the O112- 175mm howitzer!!! a gun unique to Oronegro mounted on a smaller version of the M113 chassis! perhaps I will also show you the first of the german figs I have painted as he sports their camoflauge which I designed to look like a possible near future camo pattern for Oronegro; I'll let Emmett (Winttrix be the judge of how good it is) also I am in communication with a kind guy in Ozzie to see if we can organize an exchange or gift so that I may aquire some AVF's and I am offering him some ancients. Last but not least I am also taling to Matt and Shaun from Elheim and S&Smodels respecticaly to see if they want their companies represented in Oronegro... on the board I am making.

and Helo to my new follower on my other blog Austin B from somewhere? not sure if you have a blog or not. Ok guys hope to post pics soon, well as soon as I can get a decent set of AA batteries, why are they so expensive?