RE: What Figures are people using for SGII how are you painting them?

	I paint my ESU troops in a standard Howard Hues (brand name)
Soviet Green, 
with dark leather details.  It's that obnoxious not-quite-Olive-drab the

Soviets have used forever.  Camo would be perfectly acceptable, but in
my 
world, this unit is a veteran colonial garrison unit - on the far edge
of 
the supply train, so stuff like nice uniforms are pretty hard to come
by. 
 NAC is being done as as extension of USMC units - cammo all over, incl.

helmet.  NSL - I have no idea, yet.  They keep saying 'Feldgrau! 
 Feldgrau!'  but I've painted so much gray stuff lately.  A friend of
mine 
did some of his in a Martian Red, with gold metallic visors - looked
sharp! 
 But it was a little cheesy on a standard green cloth-table.  I kept 
wanting to say "hey, who brought the Blood Angels?" - aforementioned
friend 
*really* doesn't like GW.  PAU & IF are being painted up as militia 
'attachments' to the ESU troops.  Similar uniforms, but less stuff.  I
have 
no FSE, but a really good Osprey reference on the French Foreign Legion
was 
published recently - I'd go to that.  PA is still up in the air - ESU
will 
most likely have a drab green with drab grey lozenge/stripe cammo.
	Basing:  1" metal washers glued to the base, built up with some
spackle, 
dried, painted, flocked.  Looks good, a bit of work.
	As for other figs, I got lucky & found 3 box sets of the
Battletech 25mm 
minis and a handful of blister packs.  The blister assortments formed a 
mediocre merc platoon (similar uniforms, but not by much).  The boxes (2

Steiner Laser Rifle platoons, 1 Kurita conventional Assault Rifle
platoon) 
are as yet unpainted.  The Steiners with their slim, high-tech weapons
may 
end up being FSE attachments to my ESU force (reinforced Company & 
growing), and the Kuritans with the boxy rifles and grenade launchers
will 
be some sort of colonial militia, stiffened by the NAC light platoon - 
opposition for the ESU.

Noah

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From:	PERRYG1@aol.com [SMTP:PERRYG1@aol.com]
Sent:	Thursday, September 24, 1998 10:31 PM
To:	FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
Subject:	What Figures are people using for SGII how are you
painting them?

I've collected figures for Stargrunt and I've got platoon and company
sized
units for a couple of  units in the GZG universe. I'm curious as who is 
using
what figures. How do you have them painted up?
Are you using "historical" camo patterns or colors? I've done the 
following:

1. FSE	Company in French Lizard pattern (circa 1960 Algeria)
2. NSL	Panzer Grenadiers in Waffen SS fall pattern (orange and brown)
3. NAC Royal Marines in U.S. faded, heavily weathered olive drab
4. ESU in Soviet WWII Airborne camo (light olive green with ameba shaped
blotches-I've used dark purple as opposed to the original pattern's dark
green)

I'm using all GZG figures mounted on heavily textured round slota-bases.
I
have a number of Kryomech Nexus Marines which I might use as mercenary 
types.
Haven't gotten around to painting my Pan-Africans or Pan-Islamics yet.
Any
suggestions on neat "historical" camo patterns or uniform colors?

Perry