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Title: 1940 Finnish Infantry in 20mm, Who Makes 'em, please?
Post by: John Thomas8 on 23 August 2013, 08:36:10 PM

For TFL's new Chain of Command rules I'm looking at doing up some Finnish troops, for throughout the war but starting in 1940.  Who makes, if anyone does, 20mm metal figures for them?  I already checked PSR and there's no review for 1/72 plastic Finnish troops.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

Title: Re: 1940 Finnish Infantry in 20mm, Who Makes 'em, please?
Post by: John Thomas8 on 23 August 2013, 08:40:43 PM

Oh, if anyone has English-language translations for infantry tactics the Finns used I'd appreciate a pointer to them, too.  Or native language, there's 15 colleges around here, I can pay an undergrad some bucks to translate them.

Again, TIA.

Title: Re: 1940 Finnish Infantry in 20mm, Who Makes 'em, please?
Post by: von Lucky on 23 August 2013, 11:01:35 PM

Eureka Miniatures makes some:
http://eurekamin.com.au/index.php?cPath=87_694_695_696&sort=3a

Title: Re: 1940 Finnish Infantry in 20mm, Who Makes 'em, please?
Post by: Conquistador on 23 August 2013, 11:23:28 PM

Eureka Miniatures makes so many miniatures it doesn't surprise me that they make WW2 Finns.    o_o

Gracias,

Glenn

Title: Re: 1940 Finnish Infantry in 20mm, Who Makes 'em, please?
Post by: John Thomas8 on 24 August 2013, 12:21:25 AM

Those Eureka figs look nice.

Title: Re: 1940 Finnish Infantry in 20mm, Who Makes 'em, please?
Post by: Arthur on 24 August 2013, 12:41:17 AM

Foundry do a few as well - part of the old 20mm WW2 range designed by the Perry twins :

(http://wargamesfoundry.com/files/cache/ecc45fc4dc61f950f5bbb0c9275daccd_f7058.png)
(http://wargamesfoundry.com/files/cache/c66aae8743409bdcc02ba123edbddd5a_f7059.png)

http://wargamesfoundry.com/our-ranges/20mm-ww2/20mm-ww2-packs (http://wargamesfoundry.com/our-ranges/20mm-ww2/20mm-ww2-packs)

Title: Re: 1940 Finnish Infantry in 20mm, Who Makes 'em, please?
Post by: John Thomas8 on 24 August 2013, 05:42:45 AM

They'd add some variety.....when the weapon sizes are the same I like using different manufacturers to get more unique poses, especially when the force is only going to be platoon sized.

Title: Re: 1940 Finnish Infantry in 20mm, Who Makes 'em, please?
Post by: NTM on 24 August 2013, 11:19:19 AM

Fantassin

http://www.warmodellingminiatures.com/index.php?id_category=102&controller=category&id_lang=1

Couldn't find pics on their site but did locate these

(http://gamma.nic.fi/~ajh6/20mm/CommandGroup.jpg)

(http://gamma.nic.fi/~ajh6/20mm/WinterWar01L.jpg)

Title: Re: 1940 Finnish Infantry in 20mm, Who Makes 'em, please?
Post by: Verderer on 24 August 2013, 12:34:07 PM

For Winter War those would be the usual suspects yes. As a matter of generalisation, 1940 is considered a time of interim peace, even if the the Winter War did extend to that year. So I wasn't sure whether you wanted troops in winter or summer kit. lol

For what it's worth, I think Eureka are better quality to Fantassin. The latter are a bit hit and miss as far as casting & sculpting goes, and of course the rifles look over-sized. But they do add some variation to the mix, and they do have good poses. I have discussed & painted some in my winter war thread on this forum, in case you've missed it? It's mostly Soviet stuff so far, but a little bit Finns too, and I will get more posted, once I get this moving to a new apartment over and done with.

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=35697.0

I have various sources in Finnish, but they're mostly old prints that aren't available any more. For example, I got this Finnish Army squad leader's
 guide from 1936 which is very neat, full of tactics and info about weapons etc. even if it is slightly pre-war. I imagine they'd make some changes based on their experiences in the war? Found it at a local old books store.

Title: Re: 1940 Finnish Infantry in 20mm, Who Makes 'em, please?
Post by: Sarmor on 24 August 2013, 02:08:44 PM

Quote from: John Thomas8 on 23 August 2013, 08:36:10 PM

I already checked PSR and there's no review for 1/72 plastic Finnish troops.

There are 2 sets of 1/72 plastic Finnish troops - by Pobeda and Strelets - and both were reviewed on PSR. Though I admit they look rather terrible.
http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=1261
http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=1928

Strelets is making another set, this time in summer uniforms. You can see the sculpts here: http://www.strelets-r.com/Pages/Set.aspx?SetID=239&M=Z
They look quite nice, though some of them (especially those with Panzerfausts) are not suitable for 1940.

Title: Re: 1940 Finnish Infantry in 20mm, Who Makes 'em, please?
Post by: cp models on 24 August 2013, 02:34:58 PM

Hi we make some 20mm Finnish infantry for 1944 not sure whether some of them might be usable for earlier

Anyway here's some pictures 

(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z153/artwho9/fa2a_zps120a2bec.jpg)

(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z153/artwho9/fa3b_zps66f91ebf.jpg)

(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z153/artwho9/fa1a_zps9194db51.jpg)

(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z153/artwho9/fa9a_zps1692c45f.jpg)

Hope this helps

Mark

www.cpmodelsminiatures.co.uk

Title: Re: 1940 Finnish Infantry in 20mm, Who Makes 'em, please?
Post by: John Thomas8 on 25 August 2013, 07:34:21 AM

Great stuff folks, thanks.

Title: Re: 1940 Finnish Infantry in 20mm, Who Makes 'em, please?
Post by: Hang Tuah on 25 August 2013, 08:16:43 AM

Elhiem has Continuation War Finns planned, but my guess is they won't appear until 2015.  :?

http://www.guildwargamers.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=314&t=26759

Title: Re: 1940 Finnish Infantry in 20mm, Who Makes 'em, please?
Post by: Araknofobia on 25 August 2013, 02:21:50 PM

Look like Strelets is making new set
http://www.strelets-r.com/Pages/Set.aspx?SetID=239&M=M

Title: Re: 1940 Finnish Infantry in 20mm, Who Makes 'em, please?
Post by: bluewillow on 27 August 2013, 09:53:20 AM

I have mixed Eureka, warmodelling and foundry together

(http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g185/blue-willow/ww2/Finns/100_6474.jpg) (http://s56.photobucket.com/user/blue-willow/media/ww2/Finns/100_6474.jpg.html)

(http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g185/blue-willow/ww2/Finns/100_6470.jpg) (http://s56.photobucket.com/user/blue-willow/media/ww2/Finns/100_6470.jpg.html)

(http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g185/blue-willow/ww2/Finns/100_6475.jpg) (http://s56.photobucket.com/user/blue-willow/media/ww2/Finns/100_6475.jpg.html)

(http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g185/blue-willow/ww2/Finns/100_6477.jpg) (http://s56.photobucket.com/user/blue-willow/media/ww2/Finns/100_6477.jpg.html)

cheers
Matt