suggestions to represent snipers?

Quartette · Post by **Quartette** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 12:04 am

All,

Just wondering how you represent modern sniper teams at the micro armour scale? Please correct me if I am wrong but most GHQ infantry sets (all?) don't seem to include anyone modelled with a rifle? Do you just do two soldiers to a base rather than four to differentiate?

If anyone has any pictures they would be appreciated.

QT

Maple-leaf-Warrior · Post by **Maple-leaf-Warrior** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 12:14 am

The IDF heavy weapons set contains a Soldier with what looks like a .50 cal sniper, and as such that is what I use for my western armies.

Mk 1 · Post by **Mk 1** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 1:21 am

Looking at the catalog pic for the Modern US Infantry Heavy Weapons, it appears to me that the prone figure near the Javelin launcher is modelled to be a sniper, no? If not, if it is a SAW, I would expect that clipping off any ammo can and putting him on a stand with a figure with binocs, or with the "combat leader" figures (knealing and pointing, the figure on the far left side in this pic) would do quite well as a sniper team.

Just a thought based on the catalog pic. I have not done much modern gaming since GHQ started making their excellent individual infantry figures. So I can not speak from personal experience using the figures.

HKurban · Post by **HKurban** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 2:25 am

IDF Heavy Weaps Kit contains 3 M4/M16 based snipers and 3 .50 cal snipers. Both Former Warsaw Pact kit contains 3 SVD snipers, British heavy weapons kit contains several L86 Light Support weapons.

CG1 · Post by **CG1** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 5:43 pm

I order my GHQ stuff through Magister Militum, GHQ's UK agent. The do have a second supplier of figures which I use to buy one-off snipers or Russian SAM launchers etc when GHQ's pack excludes something in the T&OE.

battlewagon · Post by **battlewagon** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 11:54 am

If you are gaming with people with a sense of humor, you could put two lumps on a stand, cover them with railroad grass / shrubs and have a rifle barrel sticking out of one end to simulate a ghillie suited sniper team.