ESCI Italian Alpini

I recently saw this post on Paul's Plastic Warriors blog and thought to myself, hey, I've painted up some of them.

One pack made one company for Crossfire.

Machine gun squad.  I like the bandaged head.  Looking at this photo I see that some of the paint has flaked off his boots and the green plastic is showing through.

The company commander trying to get me to focus on him.

I can't remember when I did these, but I recall researching to find a unit to base them on.  Better still I made a note under the Company Commander's stand.

How could I resist a name like Marcolini?

These marching guys in greatcoats and felt hats were another nice pose.  As can be seen I was having trouble with my camera when trying to take closeups of multiple figures. 

And the pack contained these two chaps.

I always thought I could use them as Forward Observors.