Really looking forward to that “Solomons Campaign” map. Sounds great.
Didn’t the Raiders dye some of their uniforms with black ink to make them darker for island raiding? It would be cool to have a couple uniforms that had that effect.
If you look back at the pics on this thread you’ll notice my Marine Raiders have “camo” uniforms from head to toe whereas my regular Marines have only a “camo” helmet.
The ParaMarines, or “Chutes” as they were known are next, and as Raider units they will be allover “camo”.
These will be followed by four Army Airborne units(11th, 17th, 82nd, and 101st). The “Screaming Eagles”, “All-Americans”, and “Angels” will also have their shoulder patch insignias’ painted on their bases.
After the Airborne units will be the FMG Italian Infantry and then maybe some “Pro-Axis Neutral” Infantry.
Once we have the new US Infantry I plan on having some “coffee-stained Brown” American Infantry to represent the Naval sailors that fought as Infantry in the Philippines. That might be interesting.
I’m very impressed with the quality of ALL of HBGs sets. FMG is really great, too(except for their Italian Truck). “Allworkandnoclay” does some really AWESOME paint jobs for me. And without a doubt I’m very thankful to all of them.
“Tall Paul”
Variable,
Didn’t the Raiders dye some of their uniforms with black ink to make them darker for island raiding? It would be cool to have a couple uniforms that had that effect.
Yes, some of the 2nd Marine Raiders (Carlson) dyed their dungeries with black ink before their Makin Raid. It was a simple expediency for that operation only as they were somewhat thrown into the raid before they were completely ready. As I recall their was a picture taken of some of the returning Raiders on the deck of the big mine-laying subs that they utilised for their transport(this one and ONLY time).
I’m sure I can find the pic in one of several books I have about the Marine Raiders.
By the way,…Don’t you think it will be “Cool” to have some Marine Raiders in an A&A game? Personally, I’m very excited about this and all of the other new units and “UNIT TYPES”, not to mention the new game/maps that are “in process”.
“Tall Paul”
When I painted my Guadalcanal game I painted 2 of the infantry figures to look like Raiders. No special rules or anything, just something cool to look at. Like my jungle camo Betty and individual US carriers.
As they say in the Navy,…Well done.
“Tall Paul”
Well, The US Marine Raiders are now finished. Here’s some pics to enjoy.
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And a close-up of the front and back. There are 4 of these, representing the 4 Raider Battalions.
The US Marine Raider “Chutes”, or ParaMarines are next.
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Pretty sweet there Paul! You’re making me want to bust out the paint set again.
Again,…any credit for the Awesome paints jobs must go to “Allworkandnoclay”.
I’m only the guy who comes up with the great ideas and then has to pay for them. I guess you might call it a team effort of sorts,…Haha.
“Tall Paul”
And here are the US Marine Raider ParaMarines, also known as the “Chutes”.
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What Do YA’LL think Of These units?
Notice their camo from head to toe ala’ Raider style.
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Man, those are SWEET. What infantry molds are they from?
Forget it, I got the answer now. :-)
Lozmoid,
These are the Paratroopers from HBG’s U.S. Supplement Set.
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Everyone,
The next units I’ll probably get painted will be some Major and Minor Industrial complexes along with several Anti-Aircraft Guns, too.
“Tall Paul”
