Latest mini received

[Keith]

All of the Offensive Miniatures US paratroopers - swapped for Foundry ACW figs.

They are an interesting mix. About 1/3 are perfect miniature men, almost scale models rather than 'gaming' figures. The next 1/3 are good but have slightly awkward poses, nothing that you'd notice when painted. The last   1/3 (possibly a bit less) are definitely awkward. Too short in the legs or too long in the body and definitely un-naturally posed. I'm not too worried because they can be reworked with little fuss to correct any real excesses but they definitely stand out.

I'm not sure what the circumstances were, but I can imagine that the sculptor might have had a pretty serious deadline on these. As I've mentioned, however, the best of them are outstanding!

Oh ... and the BAR gunners are a complete waste of metal unfortunatley  . I wish that manufacturers wouldn't include them in US paratroop units (especially for Normandy-clad troops). One minor equipment note too. There are lots of bandage packs strapped to helmets here. If you are doing the 101st then you might be interested to know that this practice was banned because it was believed to increase the soldiers silhouette. They can easily be removed or alternatively it looks as if the 82nd wore them quite a bit.

In short- recommended but try to see what you are buying. The current 'squad' packs are not very friendly in this regard and I hope that they will adopt a 'four to a pack' approach sooner or later. I'd definitely get more.

[DFlynSqrl]

10 Late War Grenadiers from Artizan.  All with kar98's.

[Unforgiven]

I just received a crapload of Warhammer fantasy chaos miniatures!

[Wirelizard]

First four of two dozen of HLBS' really cool 28mm dinosaurs: two Trodons, one Styracosaurus, and one Pachycephalosaurus.

The Trodons are about man-height but much lighter; the Pachy is about six foot to the shoulder and seven or so overall (in scale) and the Styracosaurus is a brute - eight+ feet high along the back, higher than that if you count the 'horns' of the neck frill.

The smaller dinos are one piece with integral bases; the Styraco is three pieces - resin body & tail, metal head. I'm going to have to excavate my pin vice and practice pinning to get this one to stay together. The tail/body join is going to need a bit of putty to be seamless; the head/body join might, but the neck frill might hide the join enough - we'll see.

Looking forward to the Compys, Velociraptors, and others in the second half of the order!

[Overlord]

The latest Geezers releases along with a few others, from Outpost Wargame Services.

[Cory]

4 packs of Brigade's Carribean Empires US marines and some Great War US machineguns for my interwar Americans.

[Argonor]

Blue Moon Human Spacemen (with bubble helmets  ) from Old Glory UK.

One of my smallest web purchases, ever. *shivers*

[Chairface]

Two castle Falkenstein Dragon's in human form!

[Chairface]

Its coming in fast and furious. Three packs of HLSBC Mounties, two on foot and one on horseback. And an eagle catching a salmon, just for fun. 

[Svennn]

Latest Italians from Anglian came through the letterbox this morning

[Mancha]

I received my three packs of Anglian Guardia Civil a couple days ago.  Wow, what elegant sculpts.

[Earther]

Otherworld's UD1a Skeletons pack - they are just awesome!

[argsilverson]

some odds and ends from fighting 15's
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48 noth star's SCW infantry!

[Skrapwelder]

40 of the Hordes Pyg Burrowers to use as Native support troops for my Prussians on Venus.

[argsilverson]

some odds and ends from fighting 15's
&
48 noth star's SCW infantry!

I checked the lot and I found that I got 29 different figures + 11 duplicates + 4 LMG