Deep Forest Green

The US Army was always on the forefront of mechanization.  They realized that shipping horses, mules, their fodder, tack, and all the other gear needed to operate massive numbers for animals for cavalry, towing wagons, and artillery was just too much space for shipping across the Atlantic.

The first motor vehicles had balloon tires that were white, they were like a big inner tube and got punctured frequently.  Later they added carbon to the rubber and made it both stronger and black.  Heavy loads still could not be carried on these balloon tires so tires similar to those wooden wagon wheels were developed.  They were a solid black rubber band heated and then slipped over the steel wheel.  It would shrink and bond to the wheel.  They were very tough and provided better traction than steel wheels without the rubber.  These were used in World War One.

Later the pneumatic tire was invented, not unlike tires of today.  Many thousands of US Army vehicles were switched over to the new tire type.  These were much like automobile tires of today, not the big off road knobby tires usually associated with military vehicles.  Those came later, during WWII.

My WWI era US Army vehicles get painted Olive Drab, but my 1938 US Army vehicles mostly get Rust-Oleum Deep Forest Green.  In peacetime the US Army usually drifts away from the mission of war fighting and the 1930s were no exception.  The began painting vehicle glossy paint jobs and painting large bold unit insignias on them.

This is one of my WWI era trucks, spoked tires.

The same with the canopy up.

And the first truck but painted in Deep Forest Green and with pneumatic tires.  After getting the Deep Forest Green, which as you can see if very flat, I will gloss coat them.
 

Modern Amazons II

The Dark Alliance Modern Amazons.

The detail is very nice, yo can see the little links on the chain mail.

Since I do collect super heroes, and Wonder Woman has been around since World War Two as a super hero it seemed only natural that I would get these for use as Paradise Island dwellers.

Since WW is a fictional character, the fact that these Amazons are less "realistic" than would be typical for ancient Greek Amazons, I am not concerned about their lack of period weapons, armor and attire.

Since having made it to the modern age it would seem to me their weapons may also have progressed, or at least changed in 2,000 years or so.

The poses all together.  You get 40 figures in a box, ten poses, four of each.  I culled a couple individual figures for other purposes.
 

Modern Amazons

Dark Alliance 1/72nd scale Modern Amazons.

They are modern in the sense that they are depicted as they might be in a 21st Century video game or movie rather than in an ancient mosaic or clay jar.

They seem to have rather generic armor and clothing, and the weapons seem oversized for the figures.

They all have the same size base, which is a problem for the figures with a big ax, they fall over easily.

All of them had some flash and it took a while to whittle it all off.

I used a fresh blade about every three or four figures.  Used blades go into the used blades box where they are utilized to cut things like resin or soft metal which really kills a blade.

Not a bad set, plenty of variety from axes, swords, polearms and a bow.
 

Ants Exit Nest

The men deploy as they exit the trucks.

 A long row of new trucks.

Ants in the distance.

More trucks are coming!

Still time to deploy before they get close enough to attack.

More trucks stop and unload.

Men are taking up positions to make a third side of the box.

Close combat going on at one end.

Most troops not in combat yet.

Line of ants spread out.

Seemingly unending masses of ants.