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Title: Sand Pebbles Gun Crew
Post by: Huascar on March 05, 2011, 09:49:01 PM

Looking for 28mm US interwar (or WWI) gun crews, preferably Navy, for manning my Sand Pebbles guns and field guns for my Tiger Miniatures landed parties. Any suggestions?

Peter

Title: Re: Sand Pebbles Gun Crew
Post by: Dan on March 06, 2011, 03:06:07 AM

Have you looked at the Blue Moon Navy crews ? they could work.

Title: Re: Sand Pebbles Gun Crew
Post by: traveller on March 06, 2011, 07:26:59 AM

Pulp figures will do the job but they are a bit smaller than their Tiger cousins

Title: Re: Sand Pebbles Gun Crew
Post by: warrenpeace on March 28, 2011, 04:59:23 AM

Was hoping to find some 28mm gun crews in the Cannon Fodder / Blaze Away Miniatures and Models line, since that company produced some specific rules for Sand Pebbles.  However, all they have for the US is a Navy shore party and some marines.  Here's the shore party:

http://www.blazeaway.com.au/USNGroup.JPG

They do make a few Chinese, including what looks like a gun crew. I thought Cannon Fodder made another pack of unarmed sailors, but I can't find it.

Traveller is right about Pulp Figures.  This is the unarmed pack:

http://www.pulpfigures.com/catcode.php?range=Americans&code=PYS&number=7&custID=76115142421301285444

Title: Re: Sand Pebbles Gun Crew
Post by: carlos marighela on March 28, 2011, 08:21:54 AM

I don't know if Blazeaway still produce it but in addition to the landing party Cannonfodder did make a couple of crew figures including a McQueen clone with a rag or handkerchief in his back pocket. Whether that was an allusion to shore leave in San Francisco I don't know but it did make a useful gun crew figure.

Title: Re: Sand Pebbles Gun Crew
Post by: HerbyF on March 28, 2011, 09:13:56 AM

I remember readiing somewhere that one of the other Australian companies was producing the Blazeaway products.

Title: Re: Sand Pebbles Gun Crew
Post by: Poiter50 on March 28, 2011, 09:39:36 AM

Eureka Miniatures have some Colonial gun crew but they are barefoot.

Title: Re: Sand Pebbles Gun Crew
Post by: Huascar on March 28, 2011, 10:46:57 AM

Thanks all for the suggestions. The pulp unarmed are probably closest to what I am looking for in terms of period (1930s), but like all gamers I was looking for perfect. Btw Blaze Away do still sell Sand Pebbles figures' I have several and they are very nice - certainly smaller than the Tiger figures, but they look ok together as long as they are not on the same base.

Peter