3mm Pico Modern Armor on the paint desk

This is my second wave of Pico 3mm Moderns.  Adding Marine vehicles and a variety of Soviet equipment in Arab service.   My third wave is going to be lots of  T-55's and T-62's and some of the first American vehicles used by the Israelis.  I've dug into "Sands of War" and "Arab Israeli Wars" and a 500 page RAND Corp. PDF on the Gulf War to try and gather more information on TOEs.  It's really hard to nail down some of the exact formations but there's enough info to put together some generic brigades etc.

More Abrams and some Arab Village pieces.  Pico does a really nice TUSK version.

Camo on the T-72's.  Egyptians maybe?

Marine AAV's

BMP  BTR  BDRM  GAZ  ZSU-23

Variety of Soviet stuff.  120mm mortar crews with trucks in there too. 

Ready for flocking.  A couple M113's on the left.

LAV's

Crazy detail on the M2A2 Bradleys.  

Pico Armor 3mm Moderns ready for deployment

After the holidays I was finishing up some WW2 micro armor and my thoughts turned toward extending into the modern era and doing something new.  We game a lot with a mix of Heroics and Ros and GHQ.  I decided my first step would be creating a Stryker Brigade and I thought maybe my moderns could be 3mm instead of  6mm.  After checking out the Pico selection I ordered a mess of Strykers and support units. When I got them I was blown away.  I haven't been this excited by a miniatures line since I saw my first Old Glory ACW package. 

The detail on these Strykers is like nothing I've ever seen.  Actually, I can't see it any more without magnification, but it was a blast to paint.  The M1's were even more impressive.  They have stowage on them that I don't want to paint yet, but could see popping out in all different types of colored gear everywhere.

The US Infantry actually have night vision goggles attached to their helmets.  Wow.  I've been a big fan of Pico Napoleonics and ACW so this seems like a natural progression for me.  The selection and price point can't be beat.  I also got my first air support and helos which are really neat.  I'm pretty sure I'll be doing Viet Nam in this range soon.

You couldn't ask for a better group than the John's at Pico to work with.  They take care of your order in a polite, timely manner and are always helpful with questions and notices.  I feel like I get personal treatment with them which is rare anymore.  It's especially nice when you want to branch out into a whole new line and period.

I'm starting with scenarios for the 2003 Iraq War and working backwards.  I'm building up a variety of T72's that should get me started for any Arab & Israeli actions too.

Stryker Brigade with Command and support units.  Including a couple Abrams and a Bradley

Stryker ICV Company with Infantry

XO and Sniper Team

Engineers and Weapons Team

Medical 

MGS Mobile Gun System

MBT

Out of focus A10 Warthog and Apache

First Republican Guard units