"WW2 Marine Raiders in Boonies???" Topic
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combatpainter | 08 Jan 2014 7:12 p.m. PST |
Anyone have any links to something visual to go off of in painting these? Thanks |
11th ACR | 08 Jan 2014 7:50 p.m. PST |
Here is one wearing one:
from, linkAnd maybe,
from, linkIt seems like a lot of pictures were taken of them but most have helmets on. |
johnnytodd | 09 Jan 2014 2:46 p.m. PST |
In Jim Moran's book on WW2 USMC uniforms and equipment he identifies it as the P1936 HBT Utility Hat in sage green – so same color as the utility uniform. |
Charles Besly | 09 Jan 2014 3:07 p.m. PST |
These are just my opinions based on some reading and my own knowledge of the Marine corps. Here are some general rules when painting ww2 U.S. Marines. No one wanted to be the new guy ,so everyone new tried to wear their fatigues as much as possible. T-shirts up until Vietnam are white. Pre- war sand pebbles gear is mostly kaki . 1942 -43 Fatigues often had a blue-green tint. They might also be forest green in color. Late war fatigues were often Green-Grey think of the Vallejo color of the same name. Marine HBT camouflage often called frogskin was 5-6 colors with early patterns being reversible with a brown pattern on one side and a green pattern on the other. As gear wore out veterans would often replace the old with new. My thought is that guys who where originally issued camo might retain a shirt or pair of pants showing that they were in fact the "old guys" |
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