20mm WW2...endangered species?

[carlos marighela]

The Perry metal miniatures are wearing shirts with two patch pockets and a collar that matches the HBT cotton uniform. Now whether they are intended to depict troops in HBT, as worn early in the Torch landings and into Tunisia, or just the standard temperate kit minus Parsons jacket, I do not know. What I do know is that in this scale they are a pretty damn good proxy for troops in the early HBT uniforms. Just paint a lightish sage green and you are good.

Now, one thing I would love would be Brazilian troops for Italy. Largely mid to late war US uniforms (with the occasional domestic item) but carrying M1903 Springfields for the most part but that would be just me being pedantic and lazy. That said, I would like to make a miniature homage to my late father in-law whos served with the FEB in Italy.

[Cholmondely Percival IV]

That seems perfectly reasonable as regards the riflemen. However the figures with support weapons in the other metal packs all appear to be wearing tunics, presumably the same type - M1941, aka Parsons - as in the plastic set, which makes them inappropriate for the Pacific theatre as far as I can see.

A range of Brazilians would be good to see, though I can’t avoid picturing them in yellow shirts with their names on the back, mostly ending -inho.

[carlos marighela]

That seems perfectly reasonable as regards the riflemen. However the figures with support weapons in the other metal packs all appear to be wearing tunics, presumably the same type M1941, aka Parsons - as in the plastic set, which makes them inappropriate for the Pacific theatre as far as I can see.

A range of Brazilians would be good to see, though I can’t avoid picturing them in yellow shirts with their names on the back, mostly ending -inho.

Yeah, you're on your own if you want support weapons, although you could probably do some snipping and filing to the existing range or maybe repurpose support weapons from other folk's USMC ranges. That said if you are doing say Buna/Gona or the fighting on Bougainville, the nature of the terrain means you are unlikely to see much more than a .30 cal in action, on board.

If you want an officer, again you'll need to find your own but there are sufficient riflemen/ BAR/ SMG types to fill out a platoon.

Personally speaking, I paint all my Brazilians in red and black*. 

I don't need to add a dimunitive to their names, as I can just get up from my painting table, walk the length of the house and tell my son to stop shouting at his on-line shooter game. 'Jorginho Pare! STFU!'

* I actually do have a force of Tupi that are mostly painted in red and black.

[TacticalPainter]

I’ve yet to choose a theatre that I’d like to game and failed to find the 20mm miniatures, models and terrain I need. Seriously. While some are mainstream subjects like Normandy or Eastern Front, others are more peripheral like China or the Dutch East Indies. I’ve yet to hit a dead end and turn to another scale. Only recently I was looking at Elhiem’s tropical French range with thoughts of gaming the battle for Madagascar.

Nothing new? Of course there is, AB branching into theatres like the Far East or Early War Miniatures in any number of theatres to name but a couple of manufacturers.

I have resorted to 3D printing for only a single vehicle so far (an armoured car for the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Force), everything else I have is either a plastic or metal kit, or a resin cast.

20mm is only as dead as you want it to be…….

[BillK]

TacticalPainter said "20mm is only as dead as you want it to be……."
So true.

AB, EWM, Elheim, Plana Mayor, Adler (pending under license), Simon's (sadly not for much longer is things are true) and so on...