My first Pendraken / Vietnam USMC

[Derek H]

You rock!

I don't own the Viet Minh with LMG (yet), am I correct that the LMG has the magazine sticking out the top?

Yes. 

[Derk G]

The rest of the platoon is done as well now.

I cracked ahead painting another 2 squads and a corpsman to complete the first platoon. Quite happy with how fast I've been able to paint these little guys, 10mm sure is a pleasure in that regards.

The whole platoon


At 12 men a squad, it's a lot of guys per squad. With 36 for a platoon they can also be fielded as 4 8-10 men squads when we need something other than marines.

Corpsman

After having tended to a wounded marine he's left with a mess of drenched bandages, the marine probably whisked away by a dustoff helicopter. The medic is a slightly converted ANZAC figure.

No. 3 squad

Some of the men in #3 squad. I particularly like the advancing marine cradling the M16 to his chest. A nice pose and very crisp sculpting.

On Patrol

Here #3 squad has moved out on patrol in single file. Since I have not painted a single NVA yet, they're safe so far. I'm going to pause painting USMC for now, waiting for Pendraken to release the helmeted LMG figure that Derek H has done as a conversion. Due in August I'm not going to bother with resculpting helmets for the machine gunners any further.

So next up I guess will be some NVA. Now to decide on the uniform colour. Anything from green to khaki to nearly buff is possible.

(for hi-res photos have a look at http://derkg.blogspot.com/2010/07/first-usmc-platoon-finished.html

[count_zero99uk]

Derek, they look really nice, how do the rules work to give the feeling of nam?

Im looking for a set of rules.

[Derk G]

Derek is the other guy who has been posting his conversions

I haven't tried the rules yet for lack of painted miniatures. But reading through them has me very eager to paint the miniatures and get cracking.

The mechanics certainly are solid as they are from the same line as "I Ain't Been Shot Mum", and the changes certainly seem to reflect the particular challenges of Vietnam.

[count_zero99uk]

Lol, i thought there was a Derek G and a Derek H, the brain is a funny thing.

Thanks Derk, i keep thinking of picking up some of there rules, ill stick a post in the rules section, see what people sayl.