Author Topic: Brigade Games American Polar Bears (Read 4577 times)

Helen · « **on:** November 11, 2008, 01:42:09 AM »

Hi Folks,

Lon has now photos for the above as seen below:

twrchtrwyth · « **Reply #1 on:** November 11, 2008, 03:05:06 AM »

Are the polar bears a famous unit or is it slang for something. Nice minis.

Helen · « **Reply #2 on:** November 11, 2008, 04:01:40 AM »

Quote from: twrchtrwyth on November 11, 2008, 03:05:06 AM

Are the polar bears a famous unit or is it slang for something. Nice minis.

Please checkout this link, thankyou:

http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/p_bears.htm

Will Bailie · « **Reply #3 on:** November 11, 2008, 04:45:37 AM »

"Polar Bears" was the nickname for the American soldiers who were sent to Arkhangelsk in 1918, to intervene in the Russian Civil War. The troops were primarily from the 339th Infantry, from Michigan.

It will be interesting to compare them with the HLBSCo troops. Looks like these troops have Lewis guns, rather than the BAR that HLBS have. However, like the HLBS, these soldiers appear (to my untutored eye) to be equipped with Springfield M1903 rifles. The AEF Siberia (in Vladivostok) was equipped with Springfields, but the Polar Bear expedition (in Arkhangelsk) had Mogin-Nasants.

Of course, they will be suitable for any arctic or antarctic expeditions, competing with Bolsheviks for control of the Bering strait, looking for cultists in winter in Vermont, cutting off Al Capone's whiskey shipments from Saskatchewan into North Dakota in January, hunting German "weather stations" in Greenland...

I'm sure I'll be ordering some once they get to the webstore!

Helen · « **Reply #4 on:** November 11, 2008, 06:24:32 AM »

Hi Will,

The Polar bears are in the web-store:
http://www.brigadegames.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=BG-SIEA002&Category_Code=BGHMSIE&Product_Count=44
http://www.brigadegames.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=BG-SIEA001&Category_Code=BGHMSIE&Product_Count=43

Will Bailie · « **Reply #5 on:** November 11, 2008, 06:38:14 AM »

Darnit, I didn't want to hear that. I haven't painted my HLBS Yanks yet!

argsilverson · « **Reply #6 on:** November 11, 2008, 10:11:32 AM »

Very nice!

Need to start a new front!

Tancread · « **Reply #7 on:** November 11, 2008, 01:18:30 PM »

Those really are good. I can think of a lot of uses for them. Thanks for the heads up!

twrchtrwyth · « **Reply #8 on:** November 11, 2008, 01:33:54 PM »

@Helen:Thanks for the link.

@Will:Thanks for the reply.

Svennn · « **Reply #9 on:** November 11, 2008, 01:39:51 PM »

B*ll*x!!

Another set of must haves. Looks like my backburner HLBS project is coming out again.

Hammers · « **Reply #10 on:** November 11, 2008, 03:12:57 PM »

Those are a bit bloody good, aren't they?

Will Bailie · « **Reply #11 on:** November 11, 2008, 11:18:26 PM »

Just realised how fitting that these models became available today - the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Tulgas:
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=23410

Schogun · « **Reply #12 on:** November 12, 2008, 02:19:57 AM »

What colors would one paint them?

tsar1701 · « **Reply #13 on:** November 12, 2008, 08:46:21 AM »

Great minis ! I'll put them on my Christmass letter

Quote from: Schogun on November 12, 2008, 02:19:57 AM

What colors would one paint them?

There's an illustration in the Osprey MAA on the White Russian Armies. They're mostly in brown.

Ignatieff · « **Reply #14 on:** November 12, 2008, 10:05:22 PM »

Oh Dear, more madness......these are super figures.

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