Warhammer Gret War and where are the plastic figures?

[Phil Robinson]

1914 - 3+, 4+, 4+

1918 - 4+, 4+, 4+

[CarlLeyland]

Thanks for this Phil, this is good to know. Also thank you to the Emir for the help, this forum is full of very decent men indeed.
Thank you

[Von Stroheim]

Tsuba Miniatures did have some German WWI in development but no recent news.

http://tsuba-miniatures.blogspot.co.uk/search?updated-max=2014-11-23T07:38:00-08:00&max-results=7&start=7&by-date=false

[twrchtrwyth]

You'd be spoilt for choice if you went for 1/72 plastics.

[CarlLeyland]

I have tried 1/72 and I love the scale...Elhiem are amazing....but my eyesight is just not up to the fine detail. It is a pity because I really like the HAT figures and all that artillery!

So....just need to find a copy of Warhammer Great War that will not cost me a kidney and maybe the winter project can start being prepared.

I have not committed myself fully to the Great War but I bought some paint today Vallejo 880 ....

[twrchtrwyth]

Get yourself a table magnifier and light.

[CarlLeyland]

Yes I have both but after all that work I don't notice it on the table.....having said that I am now looking at some HAT German heavy weapons teams already on bases...

[Johnp4000]

Those Scarab rules have been ready for production since 2009, so I wouldn't hold my breath! I would suggest you look at : Crush the Kaiser or Contemptible Little Wars by Chris Peers, both decent fast play sets.I would keep looking on Ebay, I have seen the Great War going for £30, the second book, 'over the top' always goes for crazy prices.

[Phil Robinson]

The Great War rules are a bit vanilla without the Over The Top supplement, they are OK for 1914.

Just my humble opinion after having played a few games.

[MartinR]

If 1/72nd is too small for you,  there are very decent ranges of 54mm plastics for Ww1.  Embarrassing does most of their smaller stuff in 54mm too,  and Armies in Plastic do excellent  (and very cheap)  infantry and cavalry figures.

We tend to paint the larger scale figures in a toy soldier style,  which looks pretty good.

[CarlLeyland]

I have never thought of 54mm for wargaming Martin but I am now gfoing to take a look. Very effective for skirmish games I imagine?

[DS615]

We do significant amounts of gaming in 54mm.
Yes, skirmishes are ideal, but there's nothing to stop larger games except space.  Westerns work great since the numbers involved are normally few.
We paint them just like 28s, no blocky "toy solder" paint jobs for us.

I have a few pictures of a 54mm game here.
http://fandangoalphaone.blogspot.com/2008/07/first-test-of-3-players.html


We also occasionally game in 1/18 scale (action figure size).  21st Century did some really nice WWII guys a few years back.  That calls for more in depth rules for us, making each figure far more important.  Also because they are action figures, you can represent standing/crouching/prone easily with the same figure.

[tim in saskatoon]

Could I ask just generally does the Warhammer set use the ballistic skill chart to determine hits? If so what is the average skill of a Tommy/German or Frenchmen please?

I seem to recall there is a BS and WS stat, but instead of rolling and checking a table it was simply defining what you needed to roll to hit - regardless of the skill of your opponents. It is written WS 4+, BS 4+ (which are what the average troops were) slightly better troops have 3+, poor troops have 5+.

[Romark]

Hi CarlLeyland,just to let you know that there's a copy of WHH Great War up for sale in the Bazaar right now,offered by Jimbibbly,at a very good price,if you are still interested