New Greens from Killer B Games **11/5/15 US Soldier 'Dollies'**

[Arlequín]

Well worry not. It is indeed a 1950s/60s UFO invasion range! (So historically factual)

Excellent... and of course it's historically factual. I am in fact amazed by their game plan, for one they only abduct people nobody will believe. This is their fiendish cunning at work!

I'm resisting the urge to offer 1001 suggestions for this... but I will confine myself to suggesting some civilians in Fifties styles and leave the rest to you.



I presume there will be grey flannel suits and fedoras aplenty with the MJ-12 and G-Men.

 

[Captain Gamma]

Annoying teens, cops, various stereotypical citizens, Men in Black, aliens both fictional and 'factual', cryptids, the lot! And that's just for America. I intend to bring out a supplement for the UK.(Unexplained Kingdom) This time I'll see what people want for their 50's-60's British soldiers first before I send any briefs to my sculptor. I'm quite partial to great coats and berets as seen in X-The Unknown.

[Arlequín]

Sounds like you have it covered to my complete satisfaction. I can't say I'm partial to the UK setting, but I'm pretty sure there are a load of members who will be. Quatermass, Very Old School Dr Who and stuff like that all have their numerous fans here.

IIRC X-The Unknown was pre-FN Rifle, so that should be an interesting discussion. That being said, I'm not sure anyone does WWII-style Brits in greatcoats, so that could prove to be very popular.

I quite like the way you're going though, it sort of fills the time-niche before Crooked Dice's range kicks off. Lots of useful figures planned if the range takes off. I'll go for it, so that's one customer at least.

 

[carlos marighela]

1960s Brits you say?

1960 Pattern Combat smock and trousers with puttees. Mk V 'turtle' tin hat, unadorned. SLR, SMG and Bren.

[carlos marighela]

That being said, I'm not sure anyone does WWII-style Brits in greatcoats, so that could prove to be very popular.

Gorgon Miniatures. Sculpted by Mike Owen.

[Dr. The Viking]

Looks thrilling although I must ask what happened to your starhide plans?

[Captain Gamma]

Ahh Star*Hide, I sort of lost focus when there were problems with the Gil Stargazer sculpt. I'm still not 100% satisfied with it and with him being the central character I got a little jaded toward the project. It's still at the back of my mind though. I've still got 50 designs drawn up.

As regards the Brits in X-The Unknown they were armed with Thompsons. 

[Captain Gamma]

I quite like the way you're going though, it sort of fills the time-niche before Crooked Dice's range kicks off. Lots of useful figures planned if the range takes off. I'll go for it, so that's one customer at least.

 

Fills the time-niche before Crooked Dice's range kicks off? Do you mean my range covers the time period before the 70s?

[Captain Gamma]

1960s Brits you say?

1960 Pattern Combat smock and trousers with puttees. Mk V 'turtle' tin hat, unadorned. SLR, SMG and Bren.

Errrrrrrr....let's say late 50's.

[carlos marighela]

And miss all the potential Doctor Who sales?

[Arlequín]

Fills the time-niche before Crooked Dice's range kicks off? Do you mean my range covers the time period before the 70s?

In my mind Crooked Dice are sort of Late '60s - Early '70s (like Geezers-Shut It! but less pie and eels), then there's Artizan/Copplestone KKBB which is sort of Mid-60s 'Bond' (a la Geezers Royale)... then there is this, which apart from Brigade's small Atomic Cafe range, you can pretty much cut your own turf. Pre-'65-ish as far back as 1945 is pretty much all yours for the taking at the present time.

Errrrrrrr....let's say late 50's.

I won't bend your ear on this topic, Carlos will be more than you need... but '58 is pretty much when the big changes in the British Army more or less took place, new webbing, new uniforms, new weapons. Before then is *mostly* WWII kit and weapons, after that you're going into the woolly-pully - end of battledress, combat jacket and FN rifle era.

 

[carlos marighela]

Of course if you really want Brits in the 1950s, suitable for use in the UK, it's all battledress with open collar, shirt and tie, puttees or anklets, turtle helmets and No 4 riles, Stens or Sterlings and Brens. No crossover potential and I suspect most people would just substitute/convert WW2 figures. For the paras then WW2 figures are perfect, they were still using WW2 kit up until about 1958/59.

There is an alternative for the '60s. Ive seen one or two people wanting chaps with SLRs etc wearing wooly pullies, a la Dr Who. Nobody does a range of such.

[carlos marighela]

Then of course there's the 1950s pattern combat dress, first issued in Korea. It tended to be a unit held store only issued in cold weather in part because it was a complete bugger to clean.  It's quite similar to the 1960 pattern and does let you get away with the earlier weapons.

[carlos marighela]

This page has a decent summary of '50s and '60s pattern combat dress.

http://www.onesixth.co.uk/vb4forum/showthread.php?1566-Combat-Dress-1950-and-1960-Patterns

[Captain Gamma]

Cheers Carlos that's a great website!

I like the earlier stuff for the Brits. I want to keep the feel of the 50s as regards this particular range though I do plan to add 1970s British soldiers in flak jackets to the Geezers range.

I'm very grateful for all this help with the kit and uniforms. It's great to hear people's opinions.