<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Jungle-Fighter Themed Veteran Squads from Movies/TV?"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/69.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Jungle-Fighter Themed Veteran Squads from Movies/TV? IG Catachan Air Cav army, which will roughly consist of 2 Command Squads and 3 Vet Squads riding in a bunch of Valks/Vendettas. One command squad will be modeled after Captain Willard and the crew of the PT boat from Apocalypse Now. One command squad will be modeled after Colonel Kilgore and his Air Cav men also from Apocalypse Now. One of the Vet Squads is being modeled after the Special Forces team from Predator (as shown in my P&M Blog here: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/238507.page). I'm thinking of having another squad based on Joker's squad from Full Metal Jacket (once he gets in the field, not boot camp), but I'm not positive I'm going to go that route. Any ideas on other movie/tv squads that are jungle-fighter-ish?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/255020/949477.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/255020/949477.page GMT Re:Jungle-Fighter Themed Veteran Squads from Movies/TV?

Oh, and please post pictures of your squads once you're done. I'm very interested. And if it's not too much of a chore, go ahead and do the Full Metal Jacket squad. I love that movie! *pretty ork please*


Edit: Oh, and who could forget "Platoon"? Charlie Sheen with the trademark-every-Catachan-needs-one-headband, the sergeants Barnes and Elias and all the rest... they offer good conversion opportunities, I think! ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/255020/949514.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/255020/949514.page GMT Jungle-Fighter Themed Veteran Squads from Movies/TV?
Yea Air Cav is a awesome idea just find the idea of 9 Valks somewhat pricey



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I'm not going to do full Air Cav - in addition to being pricey, I don't think it's as effective as Air Cav + Heavy Support. I'm giong with 3 Manticores to add that aspect. I plan to build them such that I can swap out the missile launchers for Aegis quad guns and make them Hydras. And if I'm feeling particularly spunky, I may even figure out a way to swap out the guns for a Medusa turret, but that part's a little bit on the back burner.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/255020/951265.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/255020/951265.page GMT Jungle-Fighter Themed Veteran Squads from Movies/TV?
Death By Monkeys wrote:I'll probably go with the Full Metal Jacket squad, and while I've seen Apocalypse Now and FMJ plenty of times, I've only seen Platoon once - I think I'll need to watch it again. I remember liking it, but it didn't blow my mind like FMJ or Apocalypse Now did.


You're right, it isn't as great a film as the other two, but I think some of the characters are quite memorable and - that might be more important - visually distinctive. I saw the pictures you posted on your blog, and it seems you're trying to recreate the look of the actors in those movies. I think Platoon lends itself nicely to such a task.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/255020/952067.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/255020/952067.page GMT Jungle-Fighter Themed Veteran Squads from Movies/TV? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/255020/952306.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/255020/952306.page GMT Jungle-Fighter Themed Veteran Squads from Movies/TV? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/255020/952363.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/255020/952363.page GMT Jungle-Fighter Themed Veteran Squads from Movies/TV? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/255020/954246.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/255020/954246.page GMT Jungle-Fighter Themed Veteran Squads from Movies/TV?

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