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Other Stuff => General Wargames and Hobby Discussion => Topic started by: Knightofspades on March 13, 2022, 08:48:00 PM
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Preferably in a set where you can put arms and heads on the soldiers and hopefully one where the models hold the guns already. I looked at lots of Soviets boxed sets but they almost all had regular rifles and worse sometimes their hands were empty and you had to put rifles into their hands.
I am thinking of converting them into undead legionares so what kind of uniform they have dont matter.
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You could try Rubicon's Viet Cong
https://rubiconmodels.co.uk/de/products/281001-viet-cong-fighters-command
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Thanks for that. They look pretty good. Anyone else got anything? I am suprised on how few plastic sets of ak there actually are.
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The old Wargames Factory Survivors set had six AKs moulded to arms and another six AKs by themselves.
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I forgotten about them, they look good but are a bit small for my fingers lol.
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Warlord still sells the Project Z special forces figures. They have a wide variety of weapons, so worth checking if there's an AK47 in there
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Oh yeah that is good info to have. Thanks.
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Most of the AK wielders I can think of are resin/metal or 3D prints...can't think of any (outside of the aforementioned) in plastic.
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I am thinking the same thing. Looks like "guys in uniform with AK's" has not gotten a plastic kit yet.
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Well, Rubicon will be producing a set of NVA, so uniforms, AKs.
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I suppose you could use almost any surplus soldier body and add left over arms/weapons. The Frostgrave Cultist set has a selection of "undead" heads and body parts thus if you have the StG44s as imitation AK-47s a box of Cultists would give you a force of ragged undead soldiers. Depends how picky you are abot the weapons. Incidentally the WW2 MG42 is virtually identical to the current MG3.
I used ragged Frostgrave cultists armed with surplus Warlord WW2 German assault rifles (StG44) to make a force for my Zona Alfa games.
These are cultist bodies, WW2 Russian heads and WW2 German (and some other) weapons
(https://i.imgur.com/VwtkW3W.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/vdp9oka.jpg)
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These frostgrave cultist conversions look great!
Just in case you want to know what's on the project z sprues:
https://www.warlordgames.com/project-z-gang-diagrams/ (https://www.warlordgames.com/project-z-gang-diagrams/)
The AK's on the survisors sprue look like the classic AK-47's
The ones on the specops sprue are modern versions (I guess AK-74's with carbine stock)
T
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Those conversions are really cool and a great idea!
Are their arms and ak's from the Z sprues?
Well, Rubicon will be producing a set of NVA, so uniforms, AKs.
Do you know when?
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Not sure but I think they are due out this year. They showed off the sculpts sometime at the start of last year IIRC.
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That is very cool.
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Rubicon posted the sprue layouts ten months ago, so I expect that they will be launched soon.
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=2831707930415890&set=pcb.2831708060415877 (https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=2831707930415890&set=pcb.2831708060415877)
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That looks good. Hopefully I can snag a box of those. I missed out on getting one of their french tanks.
Off course if someone find any other sets or bits like these I would like to know.
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Apparently they sold out before they even hit the market?
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The vietcong soldier were sold out and I cant find them anywhere.
Also the US soldiers are also sold out even before they are out..
I remember Rubicon not restocking their French tank I wanted back in the day either and it sold out before it was available too.
So the quest for Ak-47's in plastic soldier form continues..
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The NVA are a separate box to the VC, so you are still in with a chance when they are released. Given that Rubicon are China based, I suspect the the Chinese government’s ‘zero-Covid’ policy is having an impact on them just as it is on all Chinese based manufacturers.
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Rubicon were having trouble finding shipping to restock their webstores, but there's supposed to be containers on the way now.
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As it happens there are Rubicon VC in the web store of their local distributor. At $80 AUD something dollars for a box I think I’ll pass on that one.