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Miniatures Adventure => The Conflicts that came in from the Cold => Topic started by: uti long smile on August 19, 2015, 09:10:28 PM
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These beauties went for mastering today. Four Army Privates with SLR - and there are four more coming with Sterling SMGs - with hopefully all eight released in October.
These are the first 3D prints from Ernst Veingart since he moved to sculpting with Z-Brush and to say we're delighted with the results is an understatement. Bigger pics over the coming days…
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/t31.0-8/11865115_10153632097538489_11508989150502042_o.jpg)
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Top notch! 8) The guy second from the right reminds me of someone! :?
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Oooh, perfect for so many settings, real and imagined.
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They're nice. :)
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Very nice. They are very useful and good sculpted again. Ernst Veingart is amazing and not so static like other. Looking forward to the release
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Looking good, although the berets look a bit flat on top, overall effect is more pastry chef than squaddie. That said they look like very nice sculpts. I''m definitely interested in these.
I know I'm not the target market but would it be possible to do some head variants, like tin hats? Some extra kit, like kidney pouches and water bottles and maybe a variant with GPMG? Some of us would no doubt use these for Cold War scenarios, I know I would.
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We asked and you answered! :D
Very nice! I can't wait to see those with the Sterlings.
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Very impressive.
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Very nice
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Looking good, although the berets look a bit flat on top, overall effect is more pastry chef than squaddie.
I'm surprised you missed that there are no toe caps on the boots either. ;)
To be honest I recall some real 'bad berets' from '60s & '70s TV... actors don't have a clue. So in that sense they do indeed look like 'TV soldiers'. I agree though that it would be great if they were had more cross-over potential by looking a little bit more like the real thing.
That aside I'm really impressed with these sculpts, the faces have bags of character! :)
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To be honest I recall some real 'bad berets' from '60s & '70s TV... actors don't have a clue. So in that sense they do indeed look like 'TV soldiers'. I agree though that it would be great if they were had more cross-over potential by looking a little bit more like the real thing.
And there's the rub - do you go for TV/Hollywood authenticity, which may be ahistorical, or do you go for the 'real thing' but miss the feel of the tv show/film? Or do you down the commercially questionable route of catering for both? (I currently have this dilemma with one of our lines where the correct webbing for the film is wrong for the uniform they are wearing, if wanting to use them for real-world scenarios.)
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I'm surprised you missed that there are no toe caps on the boots either. ;)
To be honest I recall some real 'bad berets' from '60s & '70s TV... actors don't have a clue. So in that sense they do indeed look like 'TV soldiers'. I agree though that it would be great if they were had more cross-over potential by looking a little bit more like the real thing.
That aside I'm really impressed with these sculpts, the faces have bags of character! :)
Well now you mention it. :) Actually it's the webbing gaiters with DPM style trousers that's more annoying. Should really be puttees unless you are doing early 1960s. That's not a biggie I suppose, A bit of work with a file and/or cover the gaiters with greenstuff or the simple expedient of lead foil.
Hopefully constructive criticism but these look a little chunkier than the earlier figures. That may just be a factor of the image and the jackets look a tad long. Still overall pretty good, it's mostly the berets that seem to sit high and flat that are off putting.
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Well now you mention it. :) Actually it's the webbing gaiters with DPM style trousers that's more annoying. Should really be puttees unless you are doing early 1960s. That's not a biggie I suppose, A bit of work with a file and/or cover the gaiters with greenstuff or the simple expedient of lead foil.
Hopefully constructive criticism but these look a little chunkier than the earlier figures. That may just be a factor of the image and the jackets look a tad long. Still overall pretty good, it's mostly the berets that seem to sit high and flat that are off putting.
We've always gone for hysterical rather than historical accuracy. TV soldiers have very much been the inspiration.
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Those are fantastic ... just what I've been looking for. I'm assuming they will complement the 'Army Section'? Any chance you are thinking of a boxed set?
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That would be a grand idea!
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We've always gone for hysterical rather than historical accuracy. TV soldiers have very much been the inspiration.
Keep on keeping on with that, us 'historical folk' are just jealous of the new toys that come out that the less pedantic folk will enjoy. 'Cold War' gaming is really the ginger step-child of Post-WWII gaming. For Spy-Fi they are ideal though.
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You need some American types though, there isn't enough gold in '60s UK to make it worthwhile for any prospective mega-criminal to plan an over-elaborate heist.
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Well now you mention it. :) Actually it's the webbing gaiters with DPM style trousers that's more annoying. Should really be puttees unless you are doing early 1960s.
Actually they are almost spot on for Belgian Paras in the Congo... even the berets... I think. ;)
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Very nice additions indeed Karl. Will work nicely with the Quatermass project.
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Very nice additions indeed Karl. Will work nicely with the Quatermass project.
How's that coming along?
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I almost had a nerdgasm when I saw these, as they're pretty close to Dutch troops in the eighties and early nineties, what with the beret and FAL and all.
Looking good, although the berets look a bit flat on top, overall effect is more pastry chef than squaddie.
Actually; that's exactly how berets were (are?) worn in the Dutch army! lol
But then I looked a bit closer and I saw the puttees and webbing and realized they'll need some light conversion work first. Still; they're a very nice starting point; there have been very few minis out there that could be used as Dutch troops of that particular era. Falklands Para's come to mind, but not much else.
So I, for one, am stoked; these are really nice sculpts and with a bit of effort, will work really well as, well, my own squad, or even platoon, way back in 1995. :D They are looking a bit mature for conscripts though, but a lot of that depends on paintjobs anyway, right?
Now, if only a MAG equiped trooper would be following these guys. And maybe one or two UZI toting ones? ;)
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These are now available in our webstore - £3.25 each or all four for £12.
http://www.crooked-dice.co.uk/wp/product/army-privates-with-rifles/
And a big gallery on our Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153733923768489.1073741884.359935158488&type=3
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Smashing. I admire your privates. :o
lol
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Smashing. I admire your privates. :o
lol
Biggest in three counties.
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If the biggest in three counties are only 28mm tall then the water must be fucking cold around your parts ( see what i did there?)
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If the biggest in three counties are only 28mm tall then the water must be fucking cold around your parts ( see what i did there?)
"There was shrinkage".
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Makes a change from the usual scale creep. Anyway congrats, nice figures overall.
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"There was shrinkage".
lol
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Here's a pic of the painted soldiers by the talented Andrew Taylor.
(http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj278/pez47/Crooked%20Dice/Army%20Privates%20with%20Rifles/F251DD76-6CD1-485A-BE80-3D27C5CA332F_zpsjxsm0r5b.jpg) (http://s274.photobucket.com/user/pez47/media/Crooked%20Dice/Army%20Privates%20with%20Rifles/F251DD76-6CD1-485A-BE80-3D27C5CA332F_zpsjxsm0r5b.jpg.html)
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Sa-weet! 8)
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Lovely!!
How's that coming along?
Sorry Karl, missed this.
Almost everything is in place. It's only taken three years but it was always a background project. All I need now is to find some poor soul who wants to paint a pile of Triffids for me.... a rather large pile at that! lol