Head: VvV Stalker
Torso: VvV Wild Bill
Arms: VvV Tunnel Rat
Waist: SpyT Gung Ho
Legs: SpyT Gung Ho

Parachute: SpyT Flint, with Chap Mei knife and Elite Force grenade
Uzi: various GI Joe


Name: Kavanagh, Jason
PMOS: Parachutist
SMOS: Air Transportation (Cargo Loadmaster)
Rank: E-5 (Equivalent)

This was my submission to Alyosha's custom contest on TNI in 3/2005.

Painting notes: I couldn't bring myself to the baby blue and yellow color scheme; I'm sorry. . . . No I'm not. I'm very pleased with this more believable (in my mind) military look, yet the base color will set him apart from my US Joes. All colors are Citadel.

I chose Scaly Green for the base of his fatigues, instead of the Catachan Green I use for the Joes'. Over that, I experimented with a 'splatter' camo pattern in Codex Grey, yet left the kneepads alone. I chose Terracotta for all leather trim -- gloves, boots, belts, leg harness. As a 'shoulda, woulda, coulda', the parachute straps should get the brown too, to tie them together. But after painting Shockwave's backpack blue, I'm loathe to do another pack.

Details: The deep red tab on Manleh's beret is from the one reference photo I could find on the net for Argentine paratroops. On the left arm, he has a forest map tucked into his glove (and held by a brown strap), and he bears the Argentine flag on his left arm, like a good soldier on an international task force. His boots bear black laces, and are fur lined at the top (white with brown drybrush). The knife and grenade I chose for the parachute, to tie in with the original mold.

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