Okay, I’ll just have to buy them all then…
Wait a second… boy, I can be obtuse sometimes… I just realized that you can vote for all five… In that case, by all means, go ahead and do all five; even if the artillery and armor are exactly the same as the army versions, having all five in the official “marine green” would be great from an aesthetic angle, so by all means, go ahead and do all five! (even better if they have all unique sculpts that make sense, but not necessary…)
For the figure, I’m wondering how you will distinguish it from a US Army soldier; for much of the war, I know, Marines could be distinguished by their camo uniforms, but this wouldn’t translate into a sculpted figure. Any other thoughts out there on how to make it distinct? Perhaps you could give him an M1 Carbine or BAR; though both were used just as much by the Army this could give at least one distinction for the Marines other than color… I think the Marines did have a few unique (semi-experimental ?) small arms, but they wouldn’t have been used on any large scale…
Flamethrower-equipped marine
I don’t know, maybe a flamethrower is TOO specialized… Maybe if there’s more than one Marine infantry sculpt…
EVERY Marine is a rifleman! At least back in the day this was true. Everyone from the Commandant on down had to qualify on the range each year of service. If this has changed in the present day I am not aware of it.
On second thought, if Coach is going to do an infantryman with a panzerfaust in his axis minors set, maybe a flamethrower (or perhaps a bazooka) would be a good idea… as the second marine sculpt (since I’m assuming now that you’ll do 2 like you’re doing on the Axis minors.)
Hey Coach, btw, I had another idea as I was thinking about this today: if FMG sticks with the more widely used US AFV’s (like, say, Sherman, Stuart, Hellcat…) you should do a Pershing and put it in with the Marine set, not because the Marines used it per se, but because it would be another elite unit for the Americans, so being in a different color would make sense. (Kind of like, say, having elite Panthers and Tigers in an “SS black,” along with elite “SS infantry” while keeping Panzer III’s & IV’s in the standard feldgrau, which I’ve long thought would be a good idea if practical…)
To take it a step further, you could expand it a little more into a whole “US elite units” set, which might include, say, a paratrooper (if FMG doesn’t do one) a “Long Tom” heavy artillery…etc. But I do think that a Corsair and an LVT are good choices in the fighter & mech categories, so I say stick with those for sure…
In the same way, if FMG doesn’t do the Comet, you could do it together with a “Royal Marines/ Commonwealth elites” set in a darker shade of khaki, together with some sort of mixture of other elite Commonwealth units. I don’t know if there are any “special” mech, artillery, or air units for the UK that FMG isn’t already likely to do… but there are so many different types of elite UK infantry types, I don’t think it’s possible for him to get them all in, even if he doesn’t use the same sculpts for the UK and Commonwealth: paratroopers, royal marines, commandos, Chindits, Gurkhas, and that’s without getting into the Austrialian and New Zealand units, which would be a good idea if FMG wimps out and uses UK sculpts for the ANZACS…
I think a Marine soldier is the best but I wouldn’t mind seeing some LVTs. Make it so they travel with transports or destroyers at 2 a piece and they carry infantry. When you use them infantry attack on a 2 on the first round and marines attack on a 3.
coach the Corsairs would be scale with fighter pieces right?
any chance of having an amphibious sherman? with the water spouts in the back?
any chance of having an amphibious sherman? with the water spouts in the back?
I think a LVT would be best.
That’d be very cool. How about an LCM-3?
Marine Soldier - 33 (44.6%
most votes are for this. So start making Gomer.
Wow another set of pieces wake me I am dreaming. I know it is early but do you plan on doing all the powers or just specialty units. Thanks for the info Coach
Wow another set of pieces wake me I am dreaming. I know it is early but do you plan on doing all the powers or just specialty units. Thanks for the info Coach
I am making supplement sets to FMG as well as to OOB.
I will be doing all nations plus minors starting with German Minors.
Thanks again Coach for the timely response.
Coach what are the unit line-ups going to be? Will they be standardized and similar to FMG (ie 2 infantry, 2 tanks, 1 artillery, etc), or will they be case by case and dependent upon wht FMG is releasing? Also do you plan to follow his release schedule (ie, Italy/Germany, USA, etc) or go your own route?
I am trying to follow FMG, my first set is German/Italian then US marines, then US.
I will sneak in a small set in-between his large sets.
I am trying to supplement his sets as well as supplement OOB sets.
I will keep the list on my website as current as I can with projection dates.
I will poll on AAA.org for information, in fact I need to do a couple this weekend.
Thanks
@coachofmany:
I am trying to follow FMG, my first set is German/Italian then US marines, then US.
I will sneak in a small set in-between his large sets.
I am trying to supplement his sets as well as supplement OOB sets.
I will keep the list on my website as current as I can with projection dates.I will poll on AAA.org for information, in fact I need to do a couple this weekend.
Thanks
Where can I find this info on your website?
Under HBG products- plastic pieces.
