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I've been playing a game called Wargame: Airland Battle recently, and it's given me an idea for the theme for my next army: Cold War NATO forces. I've made two guardsmen so far as some test models and I was wondering what people thought of them:

this is either a basic "American" rifleman, or he's a "Delta Force" operator, it all depends.

and this is his pack, this is what makes me not so sure if he's a rifleman or an operator, along with the goggles.

and this chap is a "British" fusilier, who still needs the top grip on his rifle, so he's WIP.

and this is the fusilier's pack, it seems funny to me that it looks so similar to the packs the Austrians used in the Napoleonic Wars, but I guess if it's not broke don't fix it.

so what do you think? should I expand this into an army?

I'd like to see a couple painted up with your additions.

LOVE the hats!!!! Can't wait to see some painted up.

Hehe, I played the slightly older Wargame: European Escalation - I may get my hands on the Airland Battle sometime.

I think a Cold War era IG army would be intriguing, bu I'm not sure it would be sufficiently different to standard IG.

As for the Backpacks, though your GS packs are impressive, may I suggest the Forgeworld Cadian upgrade packs. Whilst yours certainly are good, the FW packs have a good deal of detail that IMHO would be hard to pick out with GS.

Oh and as a little bit of inspiration, why don't you possibly convert your Fusiliers to Shock Troopers and use Berets? Just that would help distinguish between helmeted 'US' themed IG and the Fusiliers a touch more. Or possibly turn that on it's head and use standard IG with modified lasguns to represent SLR's and Storm-troopers with the Delta Force theme? Of course I leave it to your infinitely better judgement

An Intriguing and promising project - Good Luck

 Warpig1815 wrote:
Hehe, I played the slightly older Wargame: European Escalation - I may get my hands on the Airland Battle sometime.

you know if you pre-order Airland battle on steam and have European Escalation you get 25% off and beta access?

I think a Cold War era IG army would be intriguing, bu I'm not sure it would be sufficiently different to standard IG.

I can think of some ways to differentiate them. the three things I'm focusing on are guns, headgear, and packs.

As for the Backpacks, though your GS packs are impressive, may I suggest the Forgeworld Cadian upgrade packs. Whilst yours certainly are good, the FW packs have a good deal of detail that IMHO would be hard to pick out with GS.

that's a nice idea, but shipping to the USA will take awhile, so I'd rather make my own packs than wait for some FW ones.

Oh and as a little bit of inspiration, why don't you possibly convert your Fusiliers to Shock Troopers and use Berets? Just that would help distinguish between helmeted 'US' themed IG and the Fusiliers a touch more. Or possibly turn that on it's head and use standard IG with modified lasguns to represent SLR's and Storm-troopers with the Delta Force theme? Of course I leave it to your infinitely better judgement

actually I'm thinking this will be at least three armies, each based around one of the main NATO countries. here's what I've got so far for each type of infantry:
USA:
Basic: Riflemen
Vets: Marines
Stormtroopers: Delta Force

UK:
Basic: Fusiliers
Vets: Royal Marines
Air Vets: Paratroopers
Stromtroopers: SAS

France:
Basic: Chassures
Vets: RIMa
Stormtroopers: Foreign Legion (not sure about this one)
conscripts: Reservists

West Germany (if I get there)
Basic: HimatSulzen
Mech vets: Panzer Grenadiers

An Intriguing and promising project - Good Luck

thanks, much appreciated.

also I've got some French Troops that I'm just waiting for the right light to photograph, I should have them up soon.

That looks really awesome!

and here's the "French" I promised earlier:

here's a Legion Storm Trooper.

and here's a chassure.

I've also got some of the "special forces" from the other nations:

this is the new delta force storm trooper.

and here's a paratrooper with a "Carl Gustav" that will either be used as a missile launcher or a grenade launcher, not sure yet.

also around 3-4 PM EST I'll be starting a blog on these armies in the Dakka P&M section so I'll see you then.