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As always I made the belts and pouches, also the harness of the c96 since the rubber one that came with it wouldn't work for what I wanted, additionally I painted the uniform with the help of fabric medium, it's not great but it works. I've also decided that since this guy will mark the end of my government forces I've decided to gather all the links about them and post them here so that if you haven't seen them you can go take a look, maybe read a little if you are into that and hopefully get some inspiration to do something similar.
Puerto Rico National Army
Puerto Rico National Navy
Puerto Rico Naval Infantry
Puerto Rico National Police
P.R. National Army Machine Gunner
P.R. Civil Defense Volunteer
P.R. Civil Defense Officer
This will be all for now, I know it's long but if you all have made it this far then I hope you all have a nice week, stay safe out there and have some fun.
I've been a bit busy but here I am, finally after so many times of saying "Next week" and "Soon" it's here, my pilot. He's probably the figure I have redone the most, the original one only had a jumpsuit but it looked more like a mechanic than a pilot, I kept changing pieces and parts around in hopes of getting what I imagined a pilot would look like. It is today that I finally feel comfortable showing this guy, not exactly amazing looking but I hope he looks the part.
With that said I'll hop straight to the alt history about the airforce since there where no planes back in 1898 to draw inspiration from.
With that said I'll hop straight to the alt history about the airforce since there where no planes back in 1898 to draw inspiration from.
Puerto Rico National Air Force
In 1917 Puerto Ricos defense minister ordered the purchase of hot air balloons for the purpose of surveillance and photography, this would be the start of Puerto Rico's fledgling Air Force, during those days the decision on who would ride one such thing was simple, couldn't be afraid of heights and had to know how to operate a camera, training on how to properly work the hot air balloon was secondary at best. It wouldn't be until the reforms of the 1920 that a proper air force would be established, the initial purchase of surplus WWI planes and any commercial ones was substantial for a project few had faith would work. From 1920 to 1926 men would be chosen and tested by foreign pilots brought to PR, Germans, French, British and even a few American pilots made their way to the island. The early days of Puerto Rico's air force was rocky at best, a few accidents would initially put off the desires of men to join it and the romanization of both navy and army service didn't help either.
Even though everything seemed to be against the air force it persevered, by the 1930's the size had grown from just 10 planes to 40 though some of the planes where still old. Nevertheless the air force would become an integral part of military and national security operations. Uniform wise the air force would also start providing a proper uniform which prior to the 1930's where nothing more than an arm band and a plaque similar to those worn by the police, the new uniform for ground crews would be the standard one issued to the army both in grey and tan, a later green uniform would make it's way into service, for pilots coveralls and jackets became more common though those that where grounded would wear the uniform given to graduate pilots which consisted of a sky blue jacket with black cuffs and mandarin neck, black riding pants and black garrison cap with blue pipping, boots where the choice of the pilot. Gear wise once a pilot was to fly they would wield a pistol either luger or the now more common colt, some pilots would also bring a c96 mauser a favorite among pilots and crews of smaller water craft.
Even though everything seemed to be against the air force it persevered, by the 1930's the size had grown from just 10 planes to 40 though some of the planes where still old. Nevertheless the air force would become an integral part of military and national security operations. Uniform wise the air force would also start providing a proper uniform which prior to the 1930's where nothing more than an arm band and a plaque similar to those worn by the police, the new uniform for ground crews would be the standard one issued to the army both in grey and tan, a later green uniform would make it's way into service, for pilots coveralls and jackets became more common though those that where grounded would wear the uniform given to graduate pilots which consisted of a sky blue jacket with black cuffs and mandarin neck, black riding pants and black garrison cap with blue pipping, boots where the choice of the pilot. Gear wise once a pilot was to fly they would wield a pistol either luger or the now more common colt, some pilots would also bring a c96 mauser a favorite among pilots and crews of smaller water craft.
As always I made the belts and pouches, also the harness of the c96 since the rubber one that came with it wouldn't work for what I wanted, additionally I painted the uniform with the help of fabric medium, it's not great but it works. I've also decided that since this guy will mark the end of my government forces I've decided to gather all the links about them and post them here so that if you haven't seen them you can go take a look, maybe read a little if you are into that and hopefully get some inspiration to do something similar.
Puerto Rico National Army
Puerto Rico National Navy
Puerto Rico Naval Infantry
Puerto Rico National Police
P.R. National Army Machine Gunner
P.R. Civil Defense Volunteer
P.R. Civil Defense Officer
This will be all for now, I know it's long but if you all have made it this far then I hope you all have a nice week, stay safe out there and have some fun.
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