All,

Stand by for some gratuitous pics of WWII US Marines in 15mm! I've got troops from Battlefront and Eureka, and some vehicles from Gaming Models and Zvezda.  I've been painting my butt off the past year and a half, have completed a bunch of projects, and now I figure it's time to share some photos of them.


The whole mess, laid out on my beach mat from War Sigil:
1 Company Commander
1 FO Stand
1 Corpsmen Stand
4 x Platoon Commander Stands
3 x HMG (M-1917) stands
2 x LMG (M-1919) stands
2 x Mortar (60mm) stands
6 x Engineer stands (2 x Flamethrower, 2 x Bazooka, and 2 x Satchel/Pole charge)
1 x Pack howitzer (75mm) stand
1 x Anti-Tank Gun (37mm) stand
12 x Rifle Stands
2 x LCVP
1 x LVT
1 x Jeep


Grunts on the move.


Linin'em up and knockin'em down.


An M-1917 water-cooled .30-caliber machine gun from Eureka.


A 60mm mortar team from Eureka.


The 37mm M-1 anti-tank gun.  The crew is from Eureka while the gun is from Battlefront.  You can see a great mix of different uniforms in this photo.


Wouldn't be WWII Leathernecks without a flamethrower (from Battlefront) or two

To see a bunch more photos, please check the blog at:
https://blackhawkhet.blogspot.com/2021/06/15mm-wwii-us-marines.html

Unfortunately I have not finished up their adversaries.  As disciplined as I've been painting and basing (I've got a LOT more to show you), I'm running out of steam.  I haven't had much time the past month because of Little League Baseball, but the spare time I have had has seen it very difficult to make myself sit down and paint.  Here's to hoping I get over it quick, I can't wait to get my Marines in the Pacific campaign going again!

V/R,
Jack

Nice stuff Kid

Superb Jack

Lovely stuff, Jack ! 

(That mat looks awesome, as well.)

Cheers - Phil.

 

Seconded on the mat

That beach scene is stupendously good.  Almost made my "not after 1900" rule crack.  Thank God it was 15mm so my "no new scales" rule comes to my rescue. 

Thanks guys!

I really need some of those "no new scales/no new projects" rules

V/R,
Jack

Excellent work

Great work Jack .

Those look great!

Thanks fellas!

V/R,
Jack

Nicely done! The beach landing scene is excellent.

Glad you liked it, thanks Poggle.

V/R,
Jack

Gung ho!

Cracking

Thanks TP, I appreciate it man!  And good to see ya, it's been awhile, hope all is well.

V/R,
Jack

It's decent, but my scope for hobbying about is now extraordinarily limited due to job and family changes (new additions to each ), not to mention the pandemic excitement of the last year. So my keeping any eye on the Forum has been limited

You're cracking on tho, I see

Looking good. And I just wanted to say, they seem to have a very good supply officer, as he managed to sneak in a light tank without it appearing on the TOE! Did he perhaps work on a pink sub before being transferred to this outfit?

TP - Congratulations on the addition, but sorry you don't have much time. I'm still doing what I can

Olden - No pink subs, but the Marines are notorious scroungers

V/R,
Jack

Ta

That's some quite heavy duty scrounging!

Maybe there's a bank full of gold somewhere behind enemy lines, and they've managed to find an odd ball of a tank crew to help them get there?