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Miniatures Adventure => The Great War => Topic started by: Onebigriver on January 17, 2021, 06:24:24 PM

Title: Metal Match for Airfix, HaT, Italeri, Emhar etc.?
Post by: Onebigriver on January 17, 2021, 06:24:24 PM

I've bought some boxes of Emhar's 1/72 figures to game TFL's Through the Mud and the Blood, and I'm wondering that as the officer poses are limited and you need a few officer types, are there any 20mm metal figures out there that will fit in reasonably well with the Emhar?

Cheers

EDIT: doubt I'm the only who's considered this. Has anybody mixed plastic WW1 figures from Airfix etc. with 20mm metal figures?

Title: Re: Metal Match for Emhar?
Post by: Red Sveta on January 17, 2021, 08:02:47 PM

You could try Tumbling Dice or IT Miniatures.

Title: Re: Metal Match for Airfix, HaT, Italeri, Emhar etc.?
Post by: Hang Tuah on January 28, 2021, 02:49:36 AM

Nice mix of metals and plastics here:

https://justneedsvarnish.wordpress.com/2017/08/01/not-pulling-my-weight/

https://justneedsvarnish.wordpress.com/2019/04/27/army-april-action/

https://justneedsvarnish.wordpress.com/2018/11/11/100/

Title: Re: Metal Match for Airfix, HaT, Italeri, Emhar etc.?
Post by: Onebigriver on January 30, 2021, 01:13:49 PM

That is helpful thanks! The metals are definitely chunkier (perhaps unsurprisingly), but I think metal officers will work as "big men" for Through the Mud and the Blood.

Quote from: Hang Tuah on January 28, 2021, 02:49:36 AM

Nice mix of metals and plastics here:

https://justneedsvarnish.wordpress.com/2017/08/01/not-pulling-my-weight/

https://justneedsvarnish.wordpress.com/2019/04/27/army-april-action/

https://justneedsvarnish.wordpress.com/2018/11/11/100/

Title: Re: Metal Match for Airfix, HaT, Italeri, Emhar etc.?
Post by: SteveBurt on February 01, 2021, 09:47:48 AM

SHQ and Fantassin are both good matches for 20mm plastics

Title: Re: Metal Match for Airfix, HaT, Italeri, Emhar etc.?
Post by: Hang Tuah on February 02, 2021, 10:19:36 AM

Except Fantassin doesn't do WWI... nor SHQ for that matter.

Title: Re: Metal Match for Airfix, HaT, Italeri, Emhar etc.?
Post by: bluewillow on March 01, 2021, 06:23:12 AM

Try these manufacturers for metals

Jacklex miniatures
https://www.jacklexminiatures.com/first-world-war (https://www.jacklexminiatures.com/first-world-war)

East Riding
https://shop.eastridingminiatures.co.uk/first-world-war-49-c.asp (https://shop.eastridingminiatures.co.uk/first-world-war-49-c.asp)

Early war miniatures
https://earlywarminiatures.com/product-category/ww1-1914-1918/ (https://earlywarminiatures.com/product-category/ww1-1914-1918/)

Britannia
https://www.grubbytanks.com/product-category/britannia-miniatures/20mm-world-war-i/ (https://www.grubbytanks.com/product-category/britannia-miniatures/20mm-world-war-i/)

IT miniatures/Frontline
http://www.frontlinewargaming.co.uk/ (http://www.frontlinewargaming.co.uk/)

Tumbling Dice
http://www.tumblingdiceuk.com/product-category/176 (http://www.tumblingdiceuk.com/product-category/176)

Raventhorpe
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Wartime pilots

Cheers
Matt

Irregular
https://www.irregularminiatures.co.uk/indexes/20mmindex.htm (https://www.irregularminiatures.co.uk/indexes/20mmindex.htm)