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I don't want you guys to get too excited over my figs, because they are pretty average. I am only 15 and have just taken up making cool figs and actual color appropriate vehicles.
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manly_man_14 wrote:I don't want you guys to get too excited over my figs, because they are pretty average. No no, we have to see it first, because maybe we might like it! Ghost has suggested via PM an infantryman mockup - I should be able to bolt one together today.
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they are all SETF members that are used for recon and covert ops missions. I use them when I play lego wars with my friends to take out their commanders and key positions.
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GreenLead wrote:Ghost has suggested via PM an infantryman mockup - I should be able to bolt one together today. Oh, really? You have all the pieces that I mentioned? M4 carbine, M1911, Green legs, Green city jacket torso(with green arms), Black hands(for gloves), DinoAttack camo face, Skateboard helmet, and TLC neckbracket piece(to represent kevlar load-bearing vest). Now that I think of it, we could just have two different colors to differentiate between Army and MarineCorps troops. Gray for Army infantry since the overall color of the ACUPAT is a grayish color. And green for Marines figs. Hows that sound? Not to mention that these figs suggested in this post would be very easy to do at home.
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Sweet, i can acatually make one of those. :)
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ghost wrote:Oh, really? You have all the pieces that I mentioned? Not in real life, no. I was going to do an LDraw mockup, however, the TLC skateboard helmet has not been made into a part file, so doing a mockup there is also out of the question. However, a very close-looking concept was done by George Georgiou, aka G2 on the BA forums. Here's a pic I found of his work:  Just subsitute the head and hands for the ones you suggested and add the neck bracket. Having had a proper look at this idea, I think that since Will can't currently produce full body camo decals and helmets/vests cost-effectively, your suggestion would have to suffice (perhaps marketed as v1?)
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Yeah, I've seen that Brickshelf profile. I thought those torsos looked good, but needed a little something extra. So I figured that you could add the aforementioned pieces and he would look more "combat ready". I actually really like those bearded faces in the link you made. They'd be nice for the Delta operator or NavySEAL - land warfare variant.
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I think that the dino attack vests work very wll if your trying to make marines. I do like the green vest but I like the dino attack vests better. :)
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Legohunter2013 wrote:I think that the dino attack vests work very wll if your trying to make marines. I do like the green vest but I like the dino attack vests better. :) Yah, I've been debating between the two. But I've decided that the green will work for marines, gray(i can't remember which torso it is) for army, and a mix of the dinoattack and rockraiders torsos for British SAS troops and "SEAL team six"(DEVGRU). As far as Army Rangers, Marines Force Recon, and Navy SEALs go - The rangers will pretty much look similar to the regular army infantry, as they are not considered special forces by some standards, but "elite infantry" more or less, with the exception of different heads(heads with facial hair, sunglasses, or balaclava) and different headgear(hats, bandanas...etc.). The same pretty much goes for Marines Recon, although they can also operate in water. Marines Force Recon are kind of a mix between SEALs and Army Rangers, if you would. So for them you could do as stated above for the rangers, but use the green colors. And for waterborne operations, they would look pretty much like the scuba variant of the SEAL. Here's an example that I posted earlier. Looks just like a SEAL. Here's another picture of Marines Force Recon.
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I agree with what you are saying, I do like the green vests. But the dino attack are still my favorite. :)
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Legohunter2013 wrote:But the dino attack are still my favorite. :) Do you have a reference pic from Bricklink or Peeron? I've been living in the Stone Age (metaphorically speaking) and so I'm not too well aware of what new torso designs are available.
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GreenLead wrote:Legohunter2013 wrote:But the dino attack are still my favorite. :) Do you have a reference pic from Bricklink or Peeron? I've been living in the Stone Age (metaphorically speaking) and so I'm not too well aware of what new torso designs are available. I think he's referring to these, these, these, and these as well. This one would be cool too, maybe for a demolitions expert or something. The head on that one is nice as well. It would work nicely for a special ops guy. Edit - Sorry, I'm not trying to put words in your mouth, Legohunter, I just figured I'd help out. By the way, what's Peeron?
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Those toros are what I used for my delta force guys.
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ghost wrote:I think he's referring to these, these, these, and these as well. This one would be cool too, maybe for a demolitions expert or something. The head on that one is nice as well. It would work nicely for a special ops guy. Ah, so those are the Dino Attack torsos. I've seen them before, but until now I couldn't put names to faces, so to speak. They look as if they would work for a generic spec ops fig. ghost wrote:By the way, what's Peeron? Similar to BrickLink, except that from what I see, it places its emphasis on Parts and Set references. So it's like a giant database of Lego sets, parts and scanned instruction books, and where applicable, LDraw files. I use it more often than BrickLink when discussing ideas in the BrickArms forums because of the thumbnail-sized images and faster page load times (few images)
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manly_man_14 wrote:they are all SETF members that are used for recon and covert ops missions. I use them when I play lego wars with my friends to take out their commanders and key positions. Maybe what I will do when i get my new brickarms in (got alot of tactical weapons) I will post my special ops improved. I call them SETF (special elite task force)
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My suggestion for a US Marine minifig:
-Tan Kepi hat
-Tan torso with the decal that Damien used on the knit cap guy on the G36 page
-Tan arms with yellow hands
-Tan legs with pocket patterns
-US Sgt. head
-M4 Carbine
-M23 w/ LAM sidearm
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My idea for a US NAVY SEAL duo:
(1) Brick-built Draeger rebreather
(1) TLC dagger
(1) M23 SOCOM pistol
(1) MP5 SMG
(1) Pair of flippers
Balaclava head w/ silver goggles
(1) MK48 MG w/ monopod
(1) MK23 SOCOM pistol
Dino Attack head w/ gray camo
TLC knit cap
(1) TLC rubber raft
My idea is that the two can be riding in the raft, and the machine gunner would be at the front manning the MK48, protecting the diver from approaching enemies. Hope my description helps!
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catkid wrote:My idea is that the two can be riding in the raft, and the machine gunner would be at the front manning the MK48, protecting the diver from approaching enemies.
While the upcoming MK-48 is used by some American Spec Ops units, I doubt a beach landing will involve that much firepower. Navy SEAL beach landings are supposed to be about stealthy insertion, not letting loose walls of flying hot lead. Unless of course, someone else can convince me ;)
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GreenLead wrote:While the upcoming MK-48 is used by some American Spec Ops units, I doubt a beach landing will involve that much firepower. Navy SEAL beach landings are supposed to be about stealthy insertion, not letting loose walls of flying hot lead.
Unless of course, someone else can convince me ;) On the militrary channel i saw the rubber raft navy SEALs use and one SEAL looked like he had an mk-48 or a SAW i couldnt tell. [MOD - Fixed quote. - obxcrew]
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