20mm USMC Fireteam (for Pacific-SEA theatre)

[Brummie]

Hey all

Painted a USMC Fireteam (2019+ Gear as these are armed with the M27) from Elheim for a Near Future Conflict in more tropical climate. Tell me what you think...

[carlos marighela]

Very nice but shouldn’t they be wearing the new tropical Marpat or at least the current woodland version if they are Marines?

[Brummie]

Very nice but shouldn’t they be wearing the new tropical Marpat or at least the current woodland version if they are Marines?

MARPAT Woodland is what I was aiming at - Effectively consists of four colours - Black, Very Light Grey (virtually off white, which is almost invisible on the actual uniform) a light shade of green and then a weird beige/brown colour that in no two photos looks the same.

Effectively the inspiration was thus:

[carlos marighela]

That beige is such a tiny part of the pattern that I omitted it when painting my 28mm marines. I reckon that in 20mm, it will seem too prominent and make the pattern look more like the old woodland or an attempt at Multicam. When worn in humid and dirty environments it’s all going to tend to a muddy khaki and the tiny beige bits are invisible. Google Marpat tropical and you’ll see what I mean. That said they look well painted.

I’ve always thought Marpat looks a bit like Jackson Pollock trying out dog shit as a painting medium. Stippling the pattern is what I did in 28mm, whether that’s an applicable technique in 20mm I don’t know.

[Splod]

Lovely work, and it's always good seeing more 20mm

I'd probably ditch the beige from the pattern. It is much lighter than all the other colours in the pattern and makes it look like you're trying for MultiCam.

[Brummie]

Yeah I think you guys are right, the beige makes it look too much like something else, think I'll go over it with one of the more prominent colours and maybe darken the webbing a bit more as on second look I went a bit mad with the highlighting.

Cheers!

[Splod]

Yeah I think you guys are right, the beige makes it look too much like something else, think I'll go over it with one of the more prominent colours and maybe darken the webbing a bit more as on second look I went a bit mad with the highlighting.

Cheers!

I'd probably go for more of that mid-brown/tan to tone back the camo.

As for the webbing, a cheeky brown wash should do it