Friday 20 January 2023

28mm Marine

28mm Marine Landing Force

So some people are asking me just how big is the scale of troops and equipment that I will be using for our WW2 Pacific Game. So with that in mind (and just for a laugh) I tried to layout my 28mm USMC landing Force on a coffee table. 

I quickly found out my table was about half the size I needed so I did it in two sections hardware / support vehicles and then troops.

I also tried to keep troops in rows of ten to make counting them easier and to line up similar hardware / support vehicles!

I also made two quick videos to to get a feel for the scope of the USMC and linked them together.

Video link...     https://youtu.be/j_l5PiYoTkk      showing a short video of the table.

  

So this was what the hardware support vehicles look like on the table.


1st bottom row : 4 off Damaged Shermans, 5 off Shermans, 3 Stuarts, 2 off Sherman (M32 recovery tank)

2nd row: Damaged Shermans, Dinghy's, 4 off  LVT 2, 1 half track, Exploding LVT1

3rd row: 2 LVT1s in the water, 8 off LVT1 damage markers 

4th row: 8 LVT in the water, 3 LVT1's in shallow water, 2 LVT dame markers

5th Row 8 off LVT1's on land,  LVT damage marker , 2 off DUKW's

6th Row 3 off Higgins LCVP, 1 off Higgins LCVP casualty maker  


28mm Marine

                                         The volume now look a little insane! LOL...somebody stop me!

28mm USMC

28mm USMC
                                                                          LVT 2's


LV T 1

28mm Tarawa


LVT1
Left: LVT1 on the land and (middle) the approaching equivalent in the sea. White numbers were very roughly marked on the original vehicles -so I tried to keep it similar.

28mm Tarawa
Swimming Sherman (the USMC did not use DD's nor Snorkel kits at Tarawa)

Tanks on Tarawa
You can see the 5 Sherman tanks all have their own names as per the originals on Tarawa with the dancing elephant (Celina, Cherry,  Count etc.).

So onto the troops...approx. 500+ pieces
Top left: Marines, casualty markers
Middle: Heavy Weapons: mortars, HMG, Flamethrowers 
Bottom left: Beach wading Marines, sea casualty markers   


28mm Marine

so there are about 120 "playable" troops plus heavy weapons
28mm Iwo Jiwa
Is that John Wayne (AKA "SgtStryker" from the "Sands of Iwo Jima" ) in the front of these guys? 

28mm USMC

28mm USMC

Below: view of this section from above
28mm Iwo Jiwa

About 120 "on land" casualty markers for the game
28mm Iwo Jiwa

120 "in the sea" casualty markers for the game
28mm Tarawa

Below middle: Heavy weapons - mortars, HMG flamethrowers etc.
28mm Tarawa

and then about another 120 playable sea wading marines (to get to the shore)

Here they come! 
As you can imagine we are going to need at least 2 or 3 players on each side of the gaming table 
and a quick play rule set!

28mm Tarawa

So all I need to do now is to pack it all away... where's that foam tray!

As usual with our hobby once you start... well its hard to stop and you end up with a storage problem!


 

4 comments:

  1. That is a sh"tload of USMC troops and equipment! Why would anyone want to stop you - its fantastic stuff!

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    1. Aye thanks rross ...but where do I store them all !....glad you like them. But yes, volume always has a look and feel of its own. Especially on beach assaults or large battles. They just make things more realistic on the board.

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  2. Hey GW- that's a serious force of USMC!! well done- very impresssive. Now the trick is to play a game that includes them ALL! Fantastic stuff!

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    1. Aye - your spot on John....but your right - it takes a while to get that lot out the boxes and onto a table...!

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