"15mm Modern USMC Test Figures" Topic

All,

Well, Saturday was too busy to get anything done, and the time I had Sunday I spent painting instead of playing. I recently finally made a purchase of 15mm Peter Pig Modern USMC after online stalking them for over a year. As I've been very much into skirmish gaming lately, I bought enough of these little Piggy troops to make up four different skirmish forces of about a platoon each. They were easy to clean up and mount, so I primed them and painted up four test figures, one for each force, as each force will be in different uniform for different clime and/or era.

And here they are, the four testers for the four different forces. From left to right, we have a guy all set up for some Arctic warfare, then a guy in temperate MARPAT, then desert MARPAT, and finally a guy in desert tri-color. The arctic and temperate guys are probably self explanatory, but the reason for having desert troops in MARPAT and tri-colors is for use in different eras. The MARPAT guy will be 2004 and later, while the tri-color guy will be used between Desert Storm and early OEF/OIF, including Somalia in '91.

To see a bunch of closeups, please check the blog at:
link

What I'm thinking to do is follow a platoon through various fictional, modern-day contingency operations which can take them all over the world using Five Men at Kursk (modified for modern), which is the reason for the winter, temperate, and desert forces. I'm not sure if I'm going to lump this under the Cuba Libre umbrella or start something different, maybe just a modern USMC MEU.

Please let me know what you think.

V/R,
Jack

Nice one Jack ! .. I like seeing figures done like this, this musta been a fun painting project.

? How do the PP USMC figures compare size-wise with some of the other manufacturers you collect ?

They look great!

I've been coveting some of those for a while now too, for my US Armored Cav. Wish they had more poses, and some earlier variants, in M-1 helmets for the early/mid-Cold War period too.

Kyote – what do you have against Jay Leno? :)

Man, they look great. What colors did you use for the temperate MARPAT.

Smart figures mate, it's sometimes hard to get the colours right at this scale but you've nailed it.

Thanks guys, I appreciate it.

Jimmi – I need to get with you, I've been inspired for some Vietnam gaming, been reading up on Dai Do.

Irish – I use Testors enamels, the exact colors are listed on the blog under the photos.

V/R,
Jack