"Forces for Modern Middle East Part 6 - Rebel Minis Fedayeen" Topic

All,

Next up in my line of desert forces are some real bad guys. Previously I'd shown you my 'regular' insurgents for the Middle East/North Africa, but here are the real bad guys. I went with an overall uniform and menacing look: all black. So these will be used for the worst of the worst, the Saddam Fedayeen of early OIF, AQ in Iraq for later OIFs, AQ in Afghanistan, and, of course, ISIS.

The whole pack, 20 troops in four poses, based on pennies. To see some more pics of these troops, please check the blog:
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I actually finished these, and quite a few more, before I started Team Whiskey, I just didn't have time to take pics and post them, so I'm working on getting caught up with posts of some 15mm troops. I'm posting these for two reasons:

1. I want to help folks out; almost all my purchases of toy soldiers are via the internet, so pics on the internet are pure gold for me. I will spend hours perusing the various sites on the net searching for pics of potential purchases, so I figure I might as well do what I can to help out others like me.

2. This is sort of a painting log, documenting what I've accomplished, which helps with painting motivation.

So, more to come.

V/R,
Jack

Very nicely done.

And special praise for your bases. They look terrific.

Thanks, Cap'n, I appreciate it.

And I was starting to wonder if anyone was looking/interested ;)

V/R,
Jack

Nice work Jack

:O)

Damn good work, I have a packet of these around here somewhere?

Thanks Jim and Lurker, glad you like them!

I'm going to try to post some more 15mm stuff this evening.

V/R,
Jack

I've always loved these figures. Simple, but very detailed and look sharp when painted up. Even my 3rd Graders made them look good!

haha…how wild is this. I just started researching the 2nd battle of Fallujah. Hm, perhaps another epic campaign?

Kyote – That's just because you're old and shaky.

Tgunner – Yeah, I remember seeing pics of that, pretty cool. They were probably better than Kyote's, too ;)

Ben – I don't know if I mentioned it, I was actually in the 1st battle of Fallujah with B/1/5, and I spent time with K/3/1, and I was with them on the outskirts of Fallujah in September 04, but left later that month. I met 1st Sgt Kassal; he was our second 1st Sgt as the first was wounded by mortar fire up in Gharma in August, and I've got stories about SSgt Leurs and the Doc (the two carrying Kassal in the now famous photo), and I've got a funny story about (then) Cpl Mitchell too (he won the Navy Cross in 2nd battle of Fallujah).

Having said all that, I've got no problem with other folks playing it out, but playing USMC in Iraq/ Afghanistan is not really something I'd like to do. That's why I'm playing my fictional Cuba Libre stuff (I hope that makes sense).

V/R,
Jack

I've got o lot of those. I mixed them with the similar guys in kaffiyehs.

Jack…I understand… no worries… God bless you, and happy Veterans Day!

Just Jack:
Ooh-Allah Akbar! Defend the Ummah from the Great Satan and send all foreigners to their doom, insh'allah!
Cheers and good gaming.
Rod Robertson.