{"id":4811,"date":"2016-08-11T17:36:13","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T16:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4811"},"modified":"2021-10-29T03:00:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T02:00:46","slug":"us-army-infantry-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/08\/11\/us-army-infantry-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army Infantry Squad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cranking on with the painting, I’ve finally got my 10 US Army infantrymen painted up. I had tried an early version using multiple colours but the end result was way too green (it almost looked like MARPAT) so I redid it.<\/p>\n

\"Version
Version 1, a little too plain green<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Version
Version 2 before the Agrax Earthshade wash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The
The completed squad, ready to go!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The squad is only the very basic version with its basic TOE\u00a0setup(1 squad leader and two fire teams with an M203 and a SAW). At some point I’ll look to add a few more figures, either to make a second squad or a weapons group to expand out the main squad with options for marksmen or medium machine guns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cranking on with the painting, I’ve finally got my 10 US Army infantrymen painted up. I had tried an early version using multiple colours but the end result was way too green (it almost looked like MARPAT) so I redid it. The squad is only the very basic version with its basic TOE\u00a0setup(1 squad leader […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1093,903],"tags":[954,955,926],"class_list":["post-4811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","category-wargaming","tag-modern-wargaming","tag-ultramodern-wargaming","tag-wargaming"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Michael Charge","author_link":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/author\/chargedog\/"},"featured_img":null,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Features<\/a>","Wargaming<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Features<\/span>","Wargaming<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["Modern Wargaming<\/a>","Ultramodern Wargaming<\/a>","Wargaming<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Modern Wargaming<\/span>","Ultramodern Wargaming<\/span>","Wargaming<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 10 years ago","modified":"Updated 5 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 11\/08\/2016","modified":"Updated on 29\/10\/2021"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 11\/08\/2016 5:36 pm","modified":"Updated on 29\/10\/2021 3:00 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pvEn5-1fB","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4750,"url":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/05\/09\/on-the-work-bench-09052016\/","url_meta":{"origin":4811,"position":0},"title":"On The Work Bench 09\/05\/2016","author":"Michael Charge","date":"09\/05\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Not much progress as last week was a bit mental but I did manage to paint up two of the US Army figures which will form the EOD team. 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