Will we ever see WW1 plastic miniatures in 28mm?

[summsi]

What is your opinion?

[carlos marighela]

Probably not.

If we were we would have seen them three years ago. Insufficient demand I suspect.

[Phil Robinson]

Doubt it the period is too niche to recoup the initial costs I would have thought and is fairly well covered with metal ranges anyway.

[Will Bailie]

In 2014 Victrix had an idea of producing WWI plastics

http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=334518
http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=334635
http://wargameterrain.blogspot.ca/2014/01/victrix-plastic-28mm-world-war-one.html

I haven't heard anything since, though.

[DAVE A]

being a producer of WW1  figures , I have to say that if I was more commercially minded I'd be making WW2 Panzer Grenadiers or Napoleonics!

[summsi]

but there are so many Panzergrenadiers and Napoleonics. I'm not sure if more of them will sell better than ww1 miniatures.

[Calimero]

but there are so many Panzergrenadiers and Napoleonics. I'm not sure if more of them will sell better than ww1 miniatures.

They probably would... 

[NurgleHH]

When you see the plastic market, there are only sets which sell a lot of boxes. Plastic is very expensive in the making of the forms, so you need enough customers for it or the box is too expensive. So, I'm afraid that WW1 will never be in plastic. Sad...

[JamesValentine]

but there are so many Panzergrenadiers and Napoleonics. I'm not sure if more of them will sell better than ww1 miniatures.

yeah they seriously probably would haha

[lugiber]

Funny you should ask when I just posted about a kickstarter with just that!

Check these out:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2038926808/heroes-of-the-great-war-limanowa-1914-0/description

[Belgian]

These were also worked on by Tsuba Miniatures way back in 2014 but think these have been sold in the meanwhile but can't remember exactly.

http://wargameterrain.blogspot.be/2014/11/tsuba-miniatures-early-world-war-one.html?m=1

Also found this on Amazon but looks like it was dropped/ not produced

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/147280953X/ref=mp_s_a_1_48?ie=UTF8&qid=1495735253&sr=8-48&pi=CB192198896_AA75_QL70&keywords=osprey+games+bolt+action

Further more Warlord Games then released some World War One Tanks in 2014.

So maybe they intended to launch bolt action in World War One.

[acatcalledelvis]

I really wish Victrix had gone through with theirs - I was all prepared with money in hand and nothing happened - even built trenches in anticipation!!

[CaptainBigglesmay]

I really wish Victrix had gone through with theirs - I was all prepared with money in hand and nothing happened - even built trenches in anticipation!!

No, Victrix's were bad. Like someone hadn't even looked at an Osprey for the correct equipment and just thought Second World War webbing was the same in the First War. The best people would have been Great War Miniatures or some company like them.

If people are going to do this, and as much as I want them, It's not a market I think companies would support. Which is a shame.

[acatcalledelvis]

I remember the hooha when the Victrix greens came out - I just assumed that they would fix it and release them.. 

[CaptainBigglesmay]

I was hopeful of a fix in getting the basics right, but even then, it showed that the sculptor had no experience holding or wearing full pack 08. Found the sculpts poor and needing to be far better. Hence really a company like Great War doing the range in plastic so the figures would be of a quality worth the time. Perhaps it's just me but I thought the original renders more like Warlord Games plastic range in terms of how they stood and looked.

Basically if someone's going to do it, can they do it properly.