SNIPER!!!

[Harry Faversham]

I'm looking for a couple of 20mm Cold War BAOR snipers. This is a bit of a new period for me and a quick search has turned up nothing very impressive...
so who makes the best ones please?

[Ash]

I'll join that hunt. Just dug out my BAOR platoon for a little paint touch up.

[Ewan]

Maybe the ones in the British Falklands range
http://rhmodels.yolasite.com/

[Splod]

Elhiem has you sorted.
BAOR31 British Army Snipers

[Harry Faversham]

Elheim are the ones that I thought look crap! They kind of stand out like a blind cobbler's thumb, doesn't anybody make them looking a bit less gormless?

[Splod]

Elheim are the ones that I thought look crap! They kind of stand out like a blind cobbler's thumb, doesn't anybody make them looking a bit less gormless?

Oh, I quite liked them! They've got a couple of kneeling figures in the HQ set, one with Starlight night-vision scope that could suit?

Failing that, your best bet might be to find a suitable figure among the Liberation/RH or Underfire Miniatures ranges and do some cutting?

[Harry Faversham]

Plumped for these lads, with a tickle up I think they'll do...



 

[Ash]

They look the part. Photo style looks like Eureka, but not seen those before; do you have a link to them?

[Keith]

AB Figures British Para Snipers by the look of it?

[Harry Faversham]

They look the part. Photo style looks like Eureka, but not seen those before; do you have a link to them?

Here's a link to them Ash, I'm now trying to locate the little bleeders in Blighty...
damned hard to spot are snipers!

https://abfigures.com/infantry/1410-british-snipers.html

 

[Harry Faversham]

I recall snipers still using No.4s and Scout Regiment telescopes well into the 1970s, so at a pinch, I'll get away with them for my BAOR lads.

[Ash]

Eureka UK has the AB range:

https://www.eurekaminuk.com/collections/britain-world-war-ii/products/british-snipers-20mm

[Harry Faversham]

Thanks chaps, I'm a big fan of Elheim figures, just wish the British snipers were as good as their Russian counterparts...

[Blackwolf]

Harry if you want so AB miniatures, I can order them from Eureka and post them to you.

[Harry Faversham]

Thanks for that kind offer Blackwolf, much appreciated. I'll try ordering them from Eureka UK, if that fails, I'll be in touch!