"Tutorial on making wooden USMC (1941) soldiers" Topic

These are cheap and easy to make. Although I have been making wooden soldiers for years, not everyone goes back through the blog – wooden-warriors.blogspot.com – to see how I make things so when I showed some prototype WWI British infantry a reader asked to see pictures of the process.

So here is a step-by-step article on how I made my 12mm USMC (1941) soldiers to use with the Poor Bloody Infantry rules (or Crossfire).

Gung ho!

Nice! The faces look like they mean business.

They look great, Dale. If you want (and have time) to spice it up, put EGAs on the helmets, and mustaches on some officers and senior NCOs ;)

Your 'manufacturing process' is pretty cool. I'm always amazed by the creativity of my fellow wargamers.

V/R,
Jack

An Eagle, Globe, and Anchor would be cool looking, but I see so many pictures where they were not on the helmet, so I am wondering what the regulations were at the time regarding wearing it. Same with the later camo covers; more without than with.

At this scale, and given that it should be blackened, it would be hard to see. Maybe for the NCOs, as a way of distinguishing them.

Yeah, I've never seen a unit where everyone had them on their helmets, just threw it out there for some spice, or, as you suggest, to designate certain personnel.

V/R,
Jack