Re: What Figures are people using for SGII how are you painting

You wrote: 

>Sorry, I shouldn't have just said ruck. I mean ruck plus webgear. The 
>Battletroops (and many other minis) lack plentiful pouches and real 
>combat webgear. Now, an argument for the future says that I don't 

:O  No webgear?

>need as much space for ammo (lighter rounds), but I say I'd just 
>carry more of them (since I can!). And I need a place for my 
>raincoat, my one or two canteens, my one or more bladed instruments, 
>my grenades, my ammo mags, my multitool, any comms or EW gear I need 
>in combat, my medkit, and a granola bar or two (and a pair of fresh 
>socks which I am NOT prepared to part with). So I find most of 

Well, dunno about rain coat, I guess that's a necessity in the Frigid 
North (down here we like rain 'coz it cools you off).  And I hear you 
on the fresh socks.  We kinda like to ditch any large metallic objects 
if possible when going into minefields, but not the whole LBE. . .

John M. Atkinson