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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: Conquistador on January 05, 2017, 11:31:20 PM

Title: Late 2017 possible project
Post by: Conquistador on January 05, 2017, 11:31:20 PM: Okay…

Early 2017 is filled with winnowing and painting of current figures plus beta testing a football (American) set of rules.

So –

IF I get rid of some 25+mm figures in the basement
And
IF my retirement income is good enough (should be as soon as OPM gets cracking)

I think I want to do some US Army/USMC/Japanese forces early war WW2 gaming with THW NUTS 2nd edition War Against Japan rules.

Wake Island, New Guinea, Guadalcanal, that sort of thing.

I have terrain from VSF/Tarzan as a start.

I need figures. In an ideal world they would be 15/18mm sized.

Are there adequate sources in that size to do this?

If not, I would look to 20mm or 1/72nd figures. Sources for these?

In NO WAY am I willing to go 25+mm figures. Or 6mm/3mm for that matter at this time because of current terrain available.
Title: Re: Late 2017 possible project
Post by: mweaver on January 06, 2017, 03:51:25 AM: Can't help you with the figures, but just wanted to say congratulations on the retirement.

-Michael
Title: Re: Late 2017 possible project
Post by: winder on January 07, 2017, 02:41:27 AM: Eureka miniatures make 15mm Japanese and USMC (including cavalry and Filipinos for the battle of the Philippines if that interests you at all)

[urlhttp://eurekamin.com.au/index.php?cPath=87_102_109_717&sort=3a][/url]

It looks like you are in the US though right? so this link might be a bit cheaper then

http://eurekaminusa.com/collections/world-war-ii-15mm-u-s-marines-1 (http://eurekaminusa.com/collections/world-war-ii-15mm-u-s-marines-1)

All the best with retirement and the project!
Title: Re: Late 2017 possible project
Post by: zippyfusenet on January 07, 2017, 03:34:45 AM: Hiya Glenn. If it was me, starting from scratch, I'd go 15/18mm. There's plenty on the market and it seems to be the comer scale - big enough to see, but with a relatively small footprint. However, I've been up to my tallywhacker in 20mm stuff for going on 40 years. Let me know if you decide to go 1/72, I've got an unbuilt metric shedload of plastic for Pacific theater.
Title: Re: Late 2017 possible project
Post by: Ballardian on January 07, 2017, 03:51:31 PM: There are also 15mm USMC & Japanese (plus armour, softskins & artillery) in the Flames of War range - which are easy to get hold of.