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Offline Admiral Benbow

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Could you please help identifying these figures?
« on: 20 January 2016, 06:25:36 PM »
Found them in my lead pile recently, could remember buying them many years ago on a wargames show, but no hint on the manufacturer and what exactly they are (german Seebattalion?). They were sold in packs of 5 in the same black boxes as Copplestone miniatures. They are no Tigerminiatures and no HLBSC (?)



I searched the net but couldn't find any info on them. Thanks for your help.

Offline Keith

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Re: Could you please help identifying these figures?
« Reply #1 on: 20 January 2016, 08:01:51 PM »
Gosh, no idea but they are very nice!
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Re: Could you please help identifying these figures?
« Reply #2 on: 20 January 2016, 08:12:40 PM »
The boots, cartridge boxes, tunics  and apparent Mauser rifles seem to indicate they are See Battalion.

Perhaps a close up of the helmet insignia would settle the matter?
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Offline chicklewis

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Re: Could you please help identifying these figures?
« Reply #3 on: 20 January 2016, 09:32:00 PM »
You say they are NOT Tiger minis, but the poses, sculpting, and overloooong mausers SCREAM Tiger miniatures to me. 
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Re: Could you please help identifying these figures?
« Reply #4 on: 20 January 2016, 09:52:26 PM »
I could not find them in Tiger miniatures catalogue nor do they represent Tiger miniatures' mediocre sculpting standard. Maybe they are long out of production?

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Re: Could you please help identifying these figures?
« Reply #5 on: 20 January 2016, 10:58:40 PM »
They do look like Richard Kemps work. Nice.

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Re: Could you please help identifying these figures?
« Reply #6 on: 21 January 2016, 01:02:06 AM »
Haven't noticed them before...so much stuff on the HLBS site needed............

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Re: Could you please help identifying these figures?
« Reply #7 on: 21 January 2016, 09:12:38 AM »
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But I have only had them about 10-12 years so early days yet.

Lightweight! I have older figures than that still in blisters!!!!!!
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Re: Could you please help identifying these figures?
« Reply #8 on: 21 January 2016, 04:48:07 PM »
They are HLBS miniatures, indeed! I just found out on this very nice site http://omaheke.blogspot.de/search/label/HLBS

They are from those packs:

GC3 Marines (seebattalion) in Pith helmet with standard cartridge pouches
GC3a Command Group

Thanks all for your info!


 

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