Gentlemen Bastards: Green Berets in Afghanistan

I guess it all started when I chance upon the cover of this book at my local book store. The SF trooper was in some kind of Marpart/AOR BDU which piqued my curiosity.

A brief discussion with my 1/6 buddy Tang yield no answers; as to our understanding AOR pattern (which we thought what it was…) was only exclusive to Navy NSW.

In the end, the answer proved to be a fairly straight forward & tactical one: the SF operators had adopted the same uniform as their ANCOP (Afghan National Civil Order Police) trainees to prevent being singled out as Americans & pick off by the TB.

The BDU pattern in question was a new uniform adopted by ANCOP to differentiate themselves from the regular police. The ‘HyperStealth Spec4ce Afghan Sierra‘ pattern was supplied by HyperStealth Biotechnology Corp (a Canadian company I think…).

The SF trooper in the cover (& my bash) belongs to ODA7316 of the 7thSFG, whose area of operations is Latin America. However due to the general demand & lack of SF personnel in A’stan, they had been assigned to assist in training (something which SF is traditionally good at) ANCOP in policing procedures: setting of roadblocks, manning checkpoints etc.

Of course so far nobody has manufactured any ‘HyperStealth Spec4ce Afghan Sierra ‘ in 1/6 so I had to compromise. I went with the more subtle TC’s HPFU in favor of Marpart. For the rest of the loadout, it was just what I could find & at the same time sticking as close to the reference where possible. For the patches my approach was rather primitive; basically just re-size the downloaded images & print them out on A4 using the office printer & slap on some Velcro or some cases plain double side tape. And to finish off, some very light weathering.

Special thanks to my 1/6 buddies for indulging my queries & Tang for posting the thread on forum to get the mystery BDU cleared up.

PARTS:
H/s: BBI
Body: CD
BDU: TC
RBAV-SF: PH
MICH: PH
Pouches: PH+TC
Hiking shoes: BBI
Watch: ZCWO
Glove hands: SS
Translation holder: SS
MK18 ‘Foehammer’: SS
.45 ‘Heartbreaker’: ???
.45 hostler: Dr Figures
Patches: self printed except flag patches

SEAL Sniper - AQ Hunter

It's been awhile. Pretty much happenin in the world, got quite a bit on my plate..... guess as far as 1/6 & kitbashing goes, it's like semi-retirement. For now.

Took my time with this one, no references. Accuracies, don't really know but if it goes up on forum (not OSW but more like BBICN) prob get blasted.... Attempt to dull the mossy oak was only partially successful. Still feels kinda shiny. Also was contemplating on multi-cam pants but ended up with this.

Overall no mods jus mild weathering to finish off.

PARTS:
Body+h/s: TC
Mossy Oak: CD
BDU Pants: TC
Hiking Shoes: TC
Hands: SS
Recon Rig: TC
Backpack: SS
Comms: SS
FAST Helmet: SS
Pistol/Hostler: SS
MK11: TC

JARHEAD (USMC 1st Gulf War)

'Some man join the Marines to set their souls on fire, others to burn the fat from their souls..... a Jarhead is ideal as a empty vessel, the perfect receptacle for the Corps to mold & build from scratch.....' - a movie review i read somewhere long ago.

First of: This is not the DAM toys release.

Decided to rework a previous gulf war bash to this Jarhead figure coz happen to get a hold of the Jake h/s by Headplay. Likeness is 70-80% but good enough for me. All about the cost again: Why pay $140 for a box set when u have quite a bit of existing parts for a bash.

Of course the DAM toys preview looks great but they should have included the sniper rifle & the drag bag to complete the look. What with SS now joining the fray with their Jarhead Jamie Foxx with tons of extra gear, that's what DAM should have done... extra equipment/weapons not the Santa hat without adding the rugby ball!!!

Never did read the Swafford book but saw the movie & anybody thinking it'll be like a regular 'Black Hawk Down' sure gonna be darn disappointed.... or as my 1/6 buddy Tang put it: 'best anti-war movie ever'. Now's about the time for a revisit.....

Parts:
H/s: Headplay
Body: BBI
6C BDU: DML
PASGT Vest: DML
Boots: DML
Webbing/pouches: TS
Gas mask bag: HT
Gas mask: HT
K-pot: HT
K-bar: HT
M16A2: 21C