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Miniatures Adventure => The Great War => Topic started by: Baron von Wreckedoften on November 11, 2022, 10:37:01 PM
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Does such a thing exist, and if so, could someone direct me towards it? Looking at figures for all participants and all periods of the War.
I would also be interested in learning of any business that manufactures "proper" trench systems - ie with the trenches sunk into polystyrene or similar blocks, rather than elevated plastic/resin mouldings. (Again, I emphasise that I am interested in 28mm only, not any other scale/size.)
After the excellent review of Through the Mud and the Blood by Alex Sotheran (Storm of Steel Wargaming), I am seriously considering very late war forces for the Western Front, but I want "proper" figures - eg a British platoon with Lewis, bomber/trench cleaner, rifle grenadier and rifle-and-bayonet sections.
Thanks in advance.
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Ok, I’ll kick it off.
Eureka: Turks, Imperial, Camel Corps, British in Tropical kit, Serbians, Bulgarians.
Empress: Early War British and Germans. Russians. Tropical British from the Jazz Age Range.
Brigade Games: British, US, Germans, French for the Western Front (1916-18). British, KAR, Indian Army, German schutztruppen and Askaris for Africa, Belgians. Turks, Asia Korps, Australians, Kiwis, Arab irregualrs for Palestine and the ME. Austrians and Italians.
Brigade Models: Early War Belgians.
Wargames Atlantic: Late War Germans and French. British coming sometime.
Footsore: Early War Brits and Germans.
Copplestone. German Askari and useable Russians, Indian Army and British from the Back of Beyond Range.
There’s a heap more but I’m just killing time waiting for my daughter to get out of the hairdresser.
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Actually I just realised that a sticky already exists for this but it probably doesn’t have the Eureka Serbs and Bulgarians.
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I remember someone had a complete listing and shared it here on LAF.
Perhaps doing some searching on the site may be in order.
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Obviously Great War Miniatures do an extensive range and IMHO far and away the best late War British and German figures.
TSS do trenches sunk into polystyrene tiles
http://totalsystemscenic.com/product-category/modular-tile-system-2-square/modular-tile-system-2-square-green-tiles/modular-tile-system-2-square-green-tiles-trench-tiles/
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Eureka have some Russians now as well
Nic
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It’s a sticky at the top of the forum
Eureka have some Russians now as well
Nic
Ohh some nice options there Nic!
Cheers
Matt
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https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=5677.180
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Wargames Atlantic have previewed Russians recently as well.
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Phalanx Consortium do quite a wide range for their Blood and Valour rules
https://www.thephalanxconsortium.com/product-listings/blood-valor/
Gripping Beast do mid-war British, French and Ottomans.
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TSS do trenches sunk into polystyrene tiles
http://totalsystemscenic.com/product-category/modular-tile-system-2-square/modular-tile-system-2-square-green-tiles/modular-tile-system-2-square-green-tiles-trench-tiles/
They're pretty basic but not ridiculously expensive and do the job.
They also do (did?) Custom tiles; they made the 'pitch' for our WW1 Subbuteo game donks back....
https://youtu.be/KVe5tXQtMG8
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Brilliant! :-* :-*
Of course I think the established rule for any public Subbuteo game post 1980s is that at least one player should be wearing a Dukla Prague away kit. ;)
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Indeed.
It was seriously good fun, even before the frankly barking reenactors got involved. 28mm metal figures on custom made Subbuteo style bases - lots of worries beforehand about broken fingers and/or damage caused by flying figures but other than occasionally having to collect the ball (not easy with a raging hangover) there were no issues with play.
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Wargaming and football. It doesn't get any better.
Now you just need to pray that the next Salute isn't held in Qatar.
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It won`t and we will not start a Qatar discussion here. Just saying :)
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Of course I think the established rule for any public Subbuteo game post 1980s is that at least one player should be wearing a Dukla Prague away kit. ;)
It's already on my Xmas list.
Many thanks to all who replied - especially Carlos - one or two surprises among the manufacturers, and one or two "mainstays". I'm looking primarily for late war British/Germans, on the basis that even the sort of ANZAC nutters who play Aussie Rules would still be wearing tin lids in action.
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There were some nutters out there…
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Wargames Atlantic are coming out with some plastic late war Brits in plastic. Not sure when but presumably in the not too distant. I have their Germans and French and they are quite decent.
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I noticed the Wargames Atlantic products, too - if/when the British come out, I think I shall give them a go. Any more lead and my office floor will collapse.....
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Pruned to remove gratuitous offensive language and sport talk - which has nothing to do with wargaming.
Please refresh your acquaintance with the forum rules and keep to the topic.
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I think the Atlantic French are excellent (fine choice of weapons too - includes Chauchat, rifle grenades, bombers). To my eye, the Germans suffer a bit from some dodgy anatomy around the shoulders and upper arms (proportions corrected in the French set, which came later).
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I think the Atlantic French are excellent (fine choice of weapons too - includes Chauchat, rifle grenades, bombers). To my eye, the Germans suffer a bit from some dodgy anatomy around the shoulders and upper arms (proportions corrected in the French set, which came later).
Glad you said this. I had high hopes for the WA WW1 Germans, but on assembling a few they just didn’t look right. Thought it was my dodgy modelling skills :)
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For late war Germans, the Great War Miniatures can't be beat but can be supplemented with Brigade Games (stick to Great War for the heavy machine guns though; Brigade Games's are just a bit too thick). Tsuba (sold through Empress Miniatures) has a very nice German Revolution range, which contains some Freikorps packs which are readily useable (and very well sculpted) for late war Germans. The Tsuba figures fit nicely next to Great War and Brigade Games (Tsuba may be a tad smaller and more slender, but very well within the normal range of human sizes). Wargames Atlantic French fit nicely alongside the three aformentioned ranges. Unfortunately Foundry's WW1 figures are too small to fit comfortably with any of these (Foundry are older, "true 25mm").
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Eugene Smichnik produces a wide range of Russian WW1 and RCW figures as STL files for 3D printing. There is an example here:
Link (https://www.wargaming3d.com/product/ria_squad08/)
His entire range of figures (including modern and WW2) is here:
Link (https://www.wargaming3d.com/vendor/esmichnik/)
Robert
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Here is an example of the 3D printed 28mm Russian infantry figures:
(https://www.greatwarspearhead.com/_Media/ww1-russian-squad.jpeg)
Robert
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Very dynamic poses