Thumbs up for RifRaf Miniatures' new line of 28mm WW2 Greek infantry!

[SBMiniaturesGuy]

Thumbs up for RifRaf Miniatures' new line of 28mm WW2 Greek infantry!

http://www.rifrafminiatures.co.uk/userimages/procart5.htm

RifRaf’s 28mm WW2 Greek infantry figures fill an  interesting gap in the 28mm WW2 gaming world. Started as a private collection project, the figures are now commercially available and will allow you to build a basic Greek infantry platoon, typical of those who defeated Mussolini’s legions and fought valiantly against the Germans from October 1940 to April 1941 before being forced to surrender. The figures could also be used for Greek infantry defending Crete in 1941.

RifRaf’s Greek infantry figures are well sculpted, with a fair amount of detail. The castings are clean with minimal flash and while some figures are on the small-ish size for 28mm, on the whole they compare favorably in size to Bolt Action/Warlord Games 28mm and other figures lines.

In a basic squad you have a good variety of poses. There are four different rifleman poses, two different officer poses, two non-com poses, a Chauchat LMG team, a rifle grenade figure and a 45mm mortarman and mortar.

On The Miniatures Page and Lead Adventure Forum, David Burns, who started this project, has said he plans more figures in this line including more infantry, HMGs, artillery and more. If they are as well sculpted and cast as these figures, I can’t wait to get some!

And yes, I am inspired to action! I don't know if it'll make Ed's editorial calendar at Two Hour Wargames, but  I have outlined "OXI! - NUTS! Greece" already and will draft unit lists, background, equipment and scenarios. It must be done -- can't let great figures like this stand as orphans!

Click on the link below for pictures of the miniatures "unboxed."

http://sbminisguy.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/28mm-ww2-greek-infantry-product-review/

[carlos marighela]

Different sculptor to their earlier stuff?

[njetkulturny]

From the unboxed comparison shots I dare say it is a different sculptor.

Because the Rif war Figures even with bigger bases never stood a chance of being mixed up with other companies output.

Which is a pity 

[SBMiniaturesGuy]

These were probably a different sculptor -- a private project that RifRaf then picked up. Nice figures, and Greece is one of those critical forgotten fronts of the war. It was the graveyard of Italian imperial ambitions, and the delay it cost Hitler in terms of launching Barbarossa probably cost Germany its chance to defeat the Soviet Union.

[Arlequín]

Having seen these figures 'in the lead' at David's game at FIASCO, I'll vouch for them too. They appear to match well with the Warlord Italians they were opposing too!

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=21739.0

[David]

Hi 
Rifraf news
09/11/2010
Rif Raf Miniatures will be at Targe, Kirriemuir, on the 13th November (this Saturday) and we will have, with us, the new 28mm WW2 Greeks from Burns Miniatures plus the beautiful 15mm Corvus Beli Ancients.  In addition, David Burns, from Falkirk District wargames club, will be running a fantastic WW2 participation game, set in Greece, in which his Greeks fight to retake control of a hill held by some Italian infantry and tanks....will the Greeks manage to recapture it, or will the Italians repulse the brave Greek attack?

I have 3 people from the club going to play it this weekend, which will make it a better display games and a lot more fun.

David Burns

[sepoy1857]

David,
Sounds great - wish I could be there. These are truly nice figures.

[David]

Hi Scott
Happy you like them
the weekend show and the game i played was great.
It came second again for a Display game
the game that came first was
SOUTH EAST SCOTLAND WARGAMES CLUB
SINO-JAPANESE WAR- 1931 to 1945 using T&T rules
At the time of Pearl Harbour the Chinese had already been fighting the Japanese for over ten years. What had been intended by the Japanese as a war which would bring China to its knees in a few months had developed into a stalemate, and an expensive one at that. In the end, the United States became a firm ally of Chiang Kai-Shek and helped him to defeat the Japanese.
But all this is in the future. Here a Japanese naval force has established a beach-head on Chinese soil and is awaiting reinforcements to allow them to link up with other landing zones to the north and south. Meanwhile, the local Chinese commander is trying to concentrate enough troops to attempt to drive the invaders back into the sea.
1931   - Japan invades Manchuria
1932   - Japan proclaims the new state of Manchukuo
Japan attacks Shanghai but is driven off
1933   - Japanese invade Jehol province
1937   - Japanese stage Marco Polo Bridge incident and invade China
They quickly capture Peking, Shanghai and Nanking
1938   - Japanese defeated at Taierhchuang but capture Canton
1939   - Japanese capture Nanchang
1942 - Stalemate. Japan withdraws troops for action in other theatres.
Chinese unified front breaks up. Nationalists and Communists prepare to
resume Civil war. 1945 - US helps Nationalists recover China. Soviets help Communists take
Manchuria. Japan surrenders.
Well done by them
David