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Offline Col. Aubrey Bagshot

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Modern Afghan Civilians... and the like...
« on: September 01, 2010, 02:34:12 PM »
I have been researching an Afghan / Taliban force in 28mm and one of things I have not found many of, is suitable civilian models:

I have so far:

28mm Afghans /Taliban

http://www.empressminiatures.com/userimages/procart33.htm

http://www.theassaultgroup.co.uk/store/home.php?cat=41

http://newlinedesigns.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=481_489

http://www.fighting15sshop.co.uk/100mod70-armed-afghans-15-figure-set-3916-p.asp

http://www.chilternminiatures.co.uk/online_shop/index.php?cPath=642_657&osCsid=948276ece093142b8f211febeba8e26b

http://www.stanjohansenminiatures.com/jihad.htm

But for civilians i only a few by Eureka ( fighting15's ) and maybe a few of the stan johansen ones ( but they do look a little crude )

So, fellow lead adventurers, can anybody else come up with more suitable civilians?
I know there are more Egyptian grave diggers and the like, but they aren't really what Im after....

thoughts?

Oh, and if anybody knows of any more Afghan or Talibans in 28mm, please feel free to add to my list...

pip pip.

« Last Edit: September 01, 2010, 02:35:56 PM by Col. Aubrey Bagshot »
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Re: Afghan Civilians... and the like...
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2010, 02:35:31 PM »

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Re: Afghan Civilians... and the like...
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2010, 05:20:42 PM »
brooks miniatures
http://www.oldgloryuk.com/disp_items.php?m=49&s=185

I think he means unarmed civilians Tomas..I would look through some of the colonial ranges such as the indian mutiny or even further pack e.g. arab armies there may be some amongst those that could be press ganged

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Re: Modern Afghan Civilians... and the like...
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2010, 06:14:00 PM »
Quote
Oh, and if anybody knows of any more Afghan or Talibans in 28mm, please feel free to add to my list.
;)

i think there are a few perry-figures that could work
The crusades muslim armies
MA 29 Muslim civilians

Some megaminis civilians might work for folks in westernized clothing :)

and to build on what LTD says, look at artillery crews, they are often unarmed so make for easy conversions :)

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Re: Modern Afghan Civilians... and the like...
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2010, 07:14:51 PM »
Annoying isn't it? I'm thinking of getting some made.

Offline Col. Aubrey Bagshot

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Re: Modern Afghan Civilians... and the like...
« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2010, 07:23:17 PM »
Sign me up for a set!!!!

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Re: Modern Afghan Civilians... and the like...
« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2010, 07:32:04 PM »
i'd be up for a set aswell..

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Re: Modern Afghan Civilians... and the like...
« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2010, 07:41:58 PM »
If you know about the Eureka Indian civilians presumably you know about the Eureka mujahadeen, which frankly leave all the others behind in the dust when it comes to the sculpting.

http://eurekamin.com.au/index.php?cPath=87_150

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Offline Col. Aubrey Bagshot

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Re: Modern Afghan Civilians... and the like...
« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2010, 07:49:59 PM »
As listed in my original post, as sold in the UK by fighting15's, and I do agree, they are the best sculpts of any of the above listed ranges...

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Re: Modern Afghan Civilians... and the like...
« Reply #9 on: September 01, 2010, 07:57:26 PM »
As listed in my original post, as sold in the UK by fighting15's, and I do agree, they are the best sculpts of any of the above listed ranges...

I think the Mongrel ones give them a run for their money. One or 2 of the Shirts dont seem to sit quite right on the Eureka one...a very minor point I might add :)

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Re: Modern Afghan Civilians... and the like...
« Reply #10 on: September 01, 2010, 08:20:43 PM »
I prefer the TAG Afghans, I find the Eureka and Mongrel sculpts too small to paint comfortably although I agree the Eureka ones are lovely for their posing etc.

I am going to try modifying some Britannia Somali civilians to be Afghans. These come in a set of 5- the alive ones in front of the buildings here. The women are usable as is (except one will have a gun removed). The old man needs some trousers adding to his lower legs which even I might manage and the boy will be fine because he's going to be playing football (I'd have preferred shorts but you can't have everything).


Offline Col. Aubrey Bagshot

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Re: Modern Afghan Civilians... and the like...
« Reply #11 on: September 01, 2010, 09:11:24 PM »
that would work....
Its yet another example of a web site with little or no imagery of its products.
Just been on the britannia site and no pix of the said civilians...

I wonder how many more suitable civilian models are out there....
But I guess we have to bow to the knowledge of our esteemed mod...

And that afterall, is one of THE great things about this forum.

Three cheers etc etc....

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Re: Modern Afghan Civilians... and the like...
« Reply #12 on: September 18, 2010, 09:08:43 AM »
A quick update.

I have two sets of Somalis to convert which I hope to cover on my site once they're done. The old man will need a beard as well as trousers but I may manage the trousers with just paint so be left to sculpt a beard (I'm very, very bad at sculpting) A head swap with an existing Afghan may be the better choice. I may try both to see.

The main point of this is that I've ordered some civilians from Stan Johansen, they're Iraqis but...
Details and comparison shots when I get them.

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Re: Modern Afghan Civilians... and the like...
« Reply #13 on: September 22, 2010, 10:57:00 AM »
Stan Johansen miniatures arrived today, fast service across the Atlantic.
On first perusal they are fairly crudely sculpted but are a good size, I was expecting little chaps to be honest but they're not.

 

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