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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: styx on 16 December 2014, 08:46:17 PM
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Warlord teased some pictures today of a new release about to hit to bolster the French players forces! Senegalese Tirailleurs!
I have been wanting them and the pics look great!
http://www.warlordgames.com/showcase-senegalese-tirailleurs/
(http://www.warlordgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Senegalese-Tirailleurs2-600x225.jpg)
(http://www.warlordgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Senegalese-Tirailleurs1-600x300.jpg)
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Man these rifles are thin. Are they metal or plastic?
Other than that, these are nice. They once again suffer of large-hand-itis, but I guess you could overlook that.
Thanks for letting us know, styx.
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I'm not sure I like them... Better than nothing, I guess... the rifles look a bit flimsy though... :?
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I'm not sure I like them... Better than nothing, I guess... the rifles look a bit flimsy though... :?
They are good miniatures, but the rifles will become a headache.
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I'm not sure I like them... Better than nothing, I guess... the rifles look a bit flimsy though... :?
That's warlord for you, tiny weapons, had the barrel of my soviet troopers machine guns sanp seconds out of the box while I was trying to straighten it...now Vasily has a sawn-off record player!
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an other s**** job ! >:(
no one has ever seen a single MAS 38 SMG in the hands of a " common unit " soldier !
( less than 2 thousands were in use in may 1940 , mostly used by the "corps francs", the alpine troops, and some first line regiments , and not colonial troops ones )
and MAS 36 rifle ... shown on the art work !....
i'm dreaming of a range of Perry senegaleses for the western desert ...
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I can deal with the thin rifles, the MAS is a bit silly but well, we don't know for 100% just based on what was salvaged from the historical records.
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Hey guy !
Cool stuff for a forgotten army with a few option to play.
It's nice to see that, they are beautiful, ok the MAS 38 is strange in a senegalais sargeant and so what ?
Thin rifle, maybe but the other french troops have a thin rifles too.
It's a beautiful squad, I'm very impatient to buy some of them with other renforcements !
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They look great!
Yup, the rifles may be an issue?
As too the automatic weapon comments..
Not too sure your language is bit over the top, I'd hardly describe it as s**t :o
Not necessary IMO.
If your not happy with the historical accuracy , why not just leave that figure out?
doh! :?
Or better still use all those other vast range of figures out there?
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s*** was for stupid :D
just as the backpacks on the french artillery crews, heavy weapon crews and all the infantry ...
and yes, i'm not happy with the historical unaccuracy ...
the French range of figures is not so vast ... out there ...
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Ah! well that makes me stupid! doesn't it!
"Or better still use all those other vast range of figures out there?"
That was sarcasm...
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Easy, boys... I think we have a language barrier at large here.
Back to the minis.
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Absolutely love the concept and happy to see them produced. I'm usually the first one to defend taking latitude with body proportions to produce an effect on the gaming table, but I have to admit in this case that those hands compared to the rifles look very large and odd. I will still probably got them…
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if i had some use of Senegalese Tirailleurs, i'll buy them ... with their big hands and thin rifles, with those stupid fez instead of helmets, this MAS38 SMG, and the sh***y paintjob with yellow piping and red fez , etc ... french troops are scarce ...
i hope to see released a senegalese machine gun and mortar , without backpack, even with big hands ;)
i hope to see released motorized troops ( with SMG and MAS 36 )
i hope to see released motorbike troops
i hope to see released command figures
i hope to see released some vehicles really used by the french army ...
Qui aime bien châtie bien
Spare the rod and spoil the child
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The figures unfortunately remind me of...
(http://pmcdn.priceminister.com/photo/854958112_ML.jpg)
... which is seriously cringeworthy.
I'm a big Steve Saleh fan but these aren't his best sculpts, I regret to say.
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The figures unfortunately remind me of...
(http://pmcdn.priceminister.com/photo/854958112_ML.jpg)
... which is seriously cringeworthy.
I'm a big Steve Saleh fan but these aren't his best sculpts, I regret to say.
Going to second you on that one, just got Salehs Burnaby and looking forward to the cross of Iron miniatures with the ostfront supplement, both top notch, this on th other hand...not so much.
Methinks the problem is that warlords 'style' sometimes can not mesh well, look at the Buffalo soldiers box set, poorly done.
At the same time I'm loving the implications of this, would love to see more allied box sets as it's been Germany getting all the good stuff lately and I think I need Soviet Paratroopers.
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They should fit into a pulp game well enough though.
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Are these done by Saleh? Or the resident Warlord sculptor?
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The article says Saleh, they are getting their moneys worth from this new hire I must say, they have him sculpting colonial officers, James Coburn, Blucher and Tirailleurs.
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The sculpting is always difficult to identify when it comes to Warlord for me. Except when it's Paul Hicks. The Dick Winters miniature for example was so uncharacteristic for their main sculptor Wojtek. Never would have guessed it's him. And I never would have guessed that these are Steve Saleh's work.
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The sculpting is always difficult to identify when it comes to Warlord for me. Except when it's Paul Hicks. The Dick Winters miniature for example was so uncharacteristic for their main sculptor Wojtek. Never would have guessed it's him. And I never would have guessed that these are Steve Saleh's work.
I see it like newspapers, there is a definite 'house style' for warlord, personally I like it although at times it can be executed poorly.