2nd Squad - Fall In!

As promised, here are some additional closeups of my Marine Platoon. This time, 2nd Squad takes post ready for the next patrol...

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USMC Platoon Ready for Action!

After 2 months of preparatory training, my first USMC Rifle Patoon is ready for deployment to South Vietnam, Republic of.

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I'm very pleased with they way these figs turned out, actually and they are probably the best 15mm troops Ive done (No, I havent done many!). The Figures are all Flashpoint Miniatures, and the sculpted resin bases are by Battlefield Accessories (in FOW sizes). See my earlier posts on the clour used for painting the fgures. The Pacific themed bases pack has the nciely molded palm leaves, vines and rocks. I thought they were excellent, though the basing of the miniatures took longer than I had anticipated because of the extra spaces around the figure bases which had to be filed in.

The bases were spray undercoated black, drybrushed with Tamiya Dark and Flat Earth and detailed - rocks with Ral Partha Slate and the Palm leaves with GW Jungle green and a touch of Sunburst Yellow. Foliage is All Woodlands Scenics - Dark and Light course turf with some grass tufts added in using PVA glue. Actually, the grass tufts need some work still, I'm not really happy with most of them.

Heres the LT and the boys from 1st Squad (comprised of a Squad HQ of 2 men and 3 four man fireteams). Closeups of the other individual squad bases will follow shortly.























Now its into the boonies to find Mr Charles...

15mm Nam Buildings

If you are after more bits for your Nam table, you may wish to check out these guys: http://www.frontlinewargaming.co.uk/

I havent seen any of these in the flesh (please let me know if you have), but they would be great if you are building a firebase

15V1 VILLAGE HUTS ( TWO TYPES ) £4.15

15V2 CORRUGATED IRON SHELTER £2.15

15V3 TENT ROOFED SHELTER £2.15

15V4 PART BURIED SHELTER £2.15

FOW Vietnam pics

Andy has posted some pics of his 15mm Vietnam forces - he has built a 7th Cav force using both Flashpoint and Peter Pig miniatures (and 14 diecast Hueys!). His group (the Cheltenham Warchiefs) have been gaming with a set of Vietnam mods to the popular Flames of War rules.

Here is a sample of his Airmobile force. You can see more pics of his US force and nice terrain here:

http://www.cheltenhamwarchiefs.co.uk/id16.html