Friday, June 3, 2016

Peter Pig 15mm Modern USMC - Desert MARPAT

All,

Next in line for my fourth post in as many days, my 15mm Peter Pig Modern Marines for the desert, wearing their distinctive Marine Pattern camouflage and Coyote Brown body armor and gear.  These are also 23 figures, so as to match up with their temperate and arctic counterparts.  Let's take a look.

The whole force, once again four five-man teams and a three-man command element of platoon commander, radioman, and Corpsman.  Rather than four five-man teams, I'd rather have gone six -four man teams, but I didn't have enough SAWs and M-203s...

Here's the command element, and all descriptions will be left to right: Corpsman, RTO, and platoon commander.

An M-203 gunner and SAW gunner.

An M-16 rifleman, another with an AT-4, and a Designated Marksman with ACOG on his M-16.  I love the DM's pose where he's on his knees.

Another DM with ACOG, showing you I painted the ACOG red, an M-203 gunner, and a SAW gunner.  The drum on the SAW looks just a little small to me.

Another couple riflemen, one lugging an AT-4.

An M-203 gunner and another SAW gunner.

Three riflemen, with the one at fire right having his rifle slung while he pulls out a smoke grenade.

An M-203 gunner and a SAW gunner.

And three more riflemen; the one at right is actually a DM, with his rifle (w/ACOG) slung.  For the life of me, I can't figure out what he's doing.  He's kneeling down, looking to the rear over his back foot, with one arm outstretched and the other pulled in behind it, close to his face.  I swear it looks like he's Maverick telling Goose, "there we were, coming in right behind him."

Well, thus concludes another blogpost here at blackhawkhet, I hope you enjoyed it.  I'm pretty happy with the camo; it's not perfect, but overall it turned out pretty well, and it looks good on the table.

More on the way.

V/R,
Jack

11 comments:

  1. Gorgeous work . really like what you've done here. Looking forward to seeing them in action.

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  2. Nice work Jack. They look the business. I don't give the opposition much chance. I'm with the Duc, I look forward to seeing them in action too.

    Cheers, Andy

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  3. Very effective method, they came out really good.

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  4. Thanks Duc, Andy, and Irish, I appreciate it!

    And I'm working on getting them onto the table, it's just that I've got so many projects going on right now I can't seem to keep them straight! ;)

    V/R,
    Jack

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  5. Very effective ! ..I'm going to use this !

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    1. Thanks man, and by all means, use the color scheme. It took me awhile to figure out!

      V/R,
      Jack

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  6. CavScout here Jack, and the last guy kneeling the DM from the description is about ready to chuck a grenade from the description you have. At least it sounds like the position we were taught in basic to throw one while kneeling.

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    1. Yeah, I see what you're saying. But he's turned really funny; from his body position I'd say he has his back to the target.

      I'm sure we were taught the same way you were: grab the grenade out of the pouch, securing it in both hands, close to your chest. Sweep the safety clip off, grab pin, twist and pull. Check the target (different for different throwing positions), then throw.

      So with that in mind, he looks like he's secured the grenade and has just swept the safety clip off with a big dramatic gesture, though he must be left-handed and he's got the grenade pretty high up near his face.

      V/R,
      Jack

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    3. Lol maybe he is a drama queen? Working on some 15's myself at the moment.

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    4. Yeah, probably ;)

      Whatcha working on?

      V/R,
      Jack

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