Warlord Volksturm

[The Dozing Dragon]

Unfortunately banned from purchases for now but these tempt me anyhow.....







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[Phil Robinson]

Those don't look half bad, would prefer a panzerschreck as opposed to the more fanciful luftfaust, nice to see it represented though.

[tomek917]

They are actually quite nice, especially the Hitlerjugend. Will definetly buy them to fill the ranks and replace a few of mine that don't look Volkssturm enough.

The Charlemagne SS look really good too!

[Phil Robinson]

They are actually quite nice, especially the Hitlerjugend. Will definetly buy them to fill the ranks and replace a few of mine that don't look Volkssturm enough.

The Charlemagne SS look really good too!

Yup, they really look like they are in action.

[Helen]

A good release for many reasons.

[Phil Robinson]

A good release for many reasons.

Including the release of the D Day to Germany theatre book later this year no doubt

[Romark]

These two sets look great,lots of characters here to add variation to existing units.

[flags_of_war]

I really like the Volkstrum. Lot's of character in the miniatures.

[the commissar]

I am quite surprised how much "love" there is on various forums for the Volksturm types - I think they are quite good but some of the heads seem oversize and the faces rather cartoony.

[Mainly28s]

I am quite surprised how much "love" there is on various forums for the Volksturm types - I think they are quite good but some of the heads seem oversize and the faces rather cartoony.

"rather cartoony" is an understatement. That said, Warlord have been going steadily more and more cartoony and hyper-active and gurning, gorilla faced with their figures.
I supported Bolt Action from before they were officially launched (heck, I even made some vehicle masters for them), and was initially thrilled when they were sold to Warlord, as the promise was for more releases and bigger ranges, as Si and Paul would not have to work on the design of the figures as well as the packing/shipping. Unfortunately Warlord started changing the sculpting style, becoming gradually more cartoon-like (go look at the old Commando or Warlord or Battle comics), and are now stylistically so different that I've given up buying from them, as the new figures look like caricatures. They consciously made this decision, in spite of feedback from a number of customers who don't like the new look. On top of that, they are slowly taking the older figures out of production as the "moulds deteriorate", then "remaster" them and replacing them with this inferior and incompatible stuff, so one can't even fill out the ranks with decent figures anymore.

[Lardy Rich]

I'm in the market for some Volkssturm, but I have to say that these are going past the point of having character to being extreme caricatures in a cartoony style.  Some of the sculpts are useable, others are so weird I'd just chuck them in the bin.  I can't understand why they have gone for this look.  Some of the helmets look totally wrong.

I got some of their Soviets in the post yesterday and whilst some figures were really very nice (with lots of character) others were like gargoyles with hideous gurning faces.  Really very odd and more than a bit disappointing.

[Nikfu]

I'm really not into political correctness but in HJ being a touchy subject in itself its beyond me why a Company deems it necessary to put a Kid in crosshairs on the Box Cover...

[Dave C]

Such a shame they've gone over the top with the these. Like others here I'm not into this excessive use of caricature. I would like some Volksturm but will need to look elsewhere I think.

[carlos marighela]

I'm really not into political correctness but in HJ being a touchy subject in itself its beyond me why a Company deems it necessary to put a Kid in crosshairs on the Box Cover...

They sell more to their US market that way.

[CorvetteK225]

As with any figure sculpting style, there will always be a broad range of opinions from "love 'em", to "hate 'em", to "don't think much of 'em either way" as an in between. This said, count me personally in the "hate 'em" corner. The cartoon-ish looks, and exaggerated animation of motion that have become the Bolt Action line's design style makes me think of a SGT. ROCK comic book, and not of a miniature wargames table. 

David