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Title: Catalogue of all current 28mm WW1 ranges?
Post by: Baron von Wreckedoften on November 11, 2022, 10:37:01 PM
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.
Title: Re: Catalogue of all current 28mm WW1 ranges?
Post by: carlos marighela on November 12, 2022, 02:36:42 AM
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.
Title: Re: Catalogue of all current 28mm WW1 ranges?
Post by: carlos marighela on November 12, 2022, 02:37:50 AM
Actually I just realised that a sticky already exists for this but it probably doesn’t have the Eureka Serbs and Bulgarians.
Title: Re: Catalogue of all current 28mm WW1 ranges?
Post by: Inkpaduta on November 12, 2022, 06:34:20 PM
I remember someone had a complete listing and shared it here on LAF.
Perhaps doing some searching on the site may be in order.
Title: Re: Catalogue of all current 28mm WW1 ranges?
Post by: armchairgeneral on November 12, 2022, 07:24:53 PM
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/
Title: Re: Catalogue of all current 28mm WW1 ranges?
Post by: Nic on November 15, 2022, 01:24:38 AM
Eureka have some Russians now as well
Nic
Title: Re: Catalogue of all current 28mm WW1 ranges?
Post by: bluewillow on November 15, 2022, 08:10:28 AM
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
Title: Re: Catalogue of all current 28mm WW1 ranges?
Post by: traveller on November 15, 2022, 08:20:05 AM
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=5677.180
Title: Re: Catalogue of all current 28mm WW1 ranges?
Post by: Cypher226 on November 15, 2022, 11:03:48 AM
Wargames Atlantic have previewed Russians recently as well. 
Title: Re: Catalogue of all current 28mm WW1 ranges?
Post by: armchairgeneral on November 15, 2022, 02:36:38 PM
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.

Title: Re: Catalogue of all current 28mm WW1 ranges?
Post by: Dags on November 15, 2022, 03:19:07 PM

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
Title: Re: Catalogue of all current 28mm WW1 ranges?
Post by: carlos marighela on November 15, 2022, 09:01:22 PM
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.  ;)
Title: Re: Catalogue of all current 28mm WW1 ranges?
Post by: Dags on November 15, 2022, 09:18:21 PM
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.
Title: Re: Catalogue of all current 28mm WW1 ranges?
Post by: carlos marighela on November 16, 2022, 07:24:15 AM
Wargaming and football. It doesn't get any better.

Now you just need to pray that the next Salute isn't held in Qatar.
Title: Re: Catalogue of all current 28mm WW1 ranges?
Post by: Driscoles on November 16, 2022, 11:24:09 AM
It won`t and we will not start a Qatar discussion here. Just saying  :)
Title: Re: Catalogue of all current 28mm WW1 ranges?
Post by: Baron von Wreckedoften on November 27, 2022, 06:58:32 PM
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.
Title: Re: Catalogue of all current 28mm WW1 ranges?
Post by: Infman on November 28, 2022, 04:59:53 AM
There were some nutters out there…

Title: Re: Catalogue of all current 28mm WW1 ranges?
Post by: carlos marighela on November 28, 2022, 09:32:01 AM
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.
Title: Re: Catalogue of all current 28mm WW1 ranges?
Post by: Baron von Wreckedoften on December 02, 2022, 02:19:22 PM
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.....
Title: Re: Catalogue of all current 28mm WW1 ranges?
Post by: Captain Blood on December 05, 2022, 08:50:17 AM
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.
Title: Re: Catalogue of all current 28mm WW1 ranges?
Post by: Metternich on December 07, 2022, 09:30:27 PM
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). 
Title: Re: Catalogue of all current 28mm WW1 ranges?
Post by: armchairgeneral on December 07, 2022, 10:34:08 PM
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  :)
Title: Re: Catalogue of all current 28mm WW1 ranges?
Post by: Metternich on December 08, 2022, 04:15:33 PM
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").
Title: Re: Catalogue of all current 28mm WW1 ranges?
Post by: monk2002uk on December 09, 2022, 06:43:27 AM
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
Title: Re: Catalogue of all current 28mm WW1 ranges?
Post by: monk2002uk on December 09, 2022, 06:48:36 AM
Here is an example of the 3D printed 28mm Russian infantry figures:

(https://www.greatwarspearhead.com/_Media/ww1-russian-squad.jpeg)

Robert
Title: Re: Catalogue of all current 28mm WW1 ranges?
Post by: Driscoles on December 09, 2022, 08:02:22 PM
 Very dynamic poses