Your ideas for figures

[captnenglish]

Matthew - Sorry I don't recognize those two Cossacks. Who makes 'em?

All the best,
Dan

Sorry I meant to post the link not just the photo, anyway they are an upcoming release from the Minisoldier and are 1/32nd (?).

 

[meizi]

Hi Matthew，so you prefered Imperial Russian cossack. Well, maybe it will be interesting and a good subject I think.
Anyway, figures from WW2 are always attracting eyebals indeed.

 

[Martin Antonenko]

1/32nd (?).

Even smaller - 1:35!

Cheers

 

[ryall]

Do a Humvee crew in 1/35 that actually fit in a Humvee without chopping their heads or bums off

 

[bydand]

That French drummer boy was done in the 70's. Ican't remember who by but I think it was a 75

Cheers

 

[Jamie Stokes]

I second commonwealth figures in the assault mode (rather then looking calm while drinking out of tin mugs).

Medics, both front line, plus stretcher bearer types..... WW2 will be over overwhelmingly popular....

add my vote to NATO/ warsaw pact troops, will complement the emerging modern armour kits..... and more then US troops going into the assault. Pick any of the themes from the current crop of WW2 Germans, (ie, standing & pointing, NCO's yelling..hang on, that's assault.... ration time, cuddling cute puppies, letters from home, changing tank treads/ Hummvee tyres etc) plus scrambling, either out of helicopters or out of APCs.

If other ideas, for busts, WW2 non combatant support roles. Air raid wardens, fire fighters, Coast guards, other para military roles of like nature. Surely some one has an uncle or aunt or great grand relative who served in this role..... nice tribute there?

For colour, UN peacekeepers; peace keeper blue, with modern camo, , nice contrast, name an era and place....

Cheers

 

[captnenglish]

Even smaller - 1:35!

Cheers

Of course it is I guess I lost my head for a second. LOL

 

[alfsboy]

Barry Minot did two German 54mm figures as a one piece casting in the seventies It depicted a wounded German being helped by another .They were in SS Camo I think .it was a good vignette for its time .Not sure if its still made .

 

[Ferris]

My suggestion: some non-heroic Germans.
Surrendering ones, scared ones, wounded ones, thin and fat ones, or kids with helmets and coats that are too big.

Germans should be a commercially low risk choice. On top of that their deviation from the heroic ideal should attract attention.

I'd be interested...

Cheers,
Adrian

 

[alfsboy]

My suggestion: some non-heroic Germans.
Surrendering ones, scared ones, wounded ones, thin and fat ones, or kids with helmets and coats that are too big.

Germans should be a commercially low risk choice. On top of that their deviation from the heroic ideal should attract attention.

I'd be interested...

Cheers,
Adrian

i made a couple of 1/32 figures for Led Sled years ago .A German officer with one boot missing and long johns ,hands above head with a sexy french girl with a submachine gun .I wonder what happened to them ?.They must have been OK as I got paid .

 

[ArturM]

Many interesting and very differential opinions.

BTW, about figures for Humvee - at this moment I'm painting two new figures on boxart for June release, it will be a US modern pair dedicated to trucks, humvees, transporters and other AFVs. Two soldiers: driver and gunner in different uniforms but similar standing, relaxing poses, a little bit humorous One more US pair is also preparing to boxart painting (US Marine and New Iraq Army soldier during Battle of Fallujah)

Cheers
Artur

 

[Dan Morton]

Adrian - LOL!!! I like your suggestion, but isn't that some kinda heresy?

All the best,
Dan

 

[Ferris]

Well Dan, heresy maybe ;-) , but I just find it a bit strange that most of us like their german figures to look so heroic. According to the books I read, the Germans lost that war and were pretty depressed about it.

There's not too many figures expressing the 1945 German 'Weltuntergang' well. I'd love to see some good ones.

Cheers,
Adrian

 

[Glen]

I can appreciate the artistry that goes into any figure - in any scale, genre, or era. When I'm head down and locked at my painting desk, however, I tend to stick to 54mm medieval foot. Roughly 500 to 1400 AD. Occasionally, I'll drop back to Greek or Roman figures. I also like to do 30mm gaming minis and what I call the Scantily Clad Warrior Babe (SCWB) as a change of pace (and pallette). That said, I'm getting a bit tired of the rather static poses - the figure standing erect, sword and shield in hand and gazing heroicly off into the sunset. So, I guess I'm in line with those who advocate more dynamic poses.

My sculpting skills are limited to repairs and minor conversions. Lately, I been trying to sculpt some flats. I've had varying results - good enough for me, but I don't think they would be commercially acceptable and I can't enough how badly I'd screw up a round. In the that regard, I'd also like to see some generic male/female mannequin figures in dynamic poses. Something that can be dressed (via putty) in almost any era and maybe with separate arms and legs like the old Airfix multi-pose figures. Resin, of course - probably cheaper. I know it's been done before, but they tended to be the aforementioned static poses - and pricey.

Cheers,

Glen

 

[Ong]

I'd like to see more figures of the "Andrea Miniatures Dark Nova" series. You know...the Serpertine Commando and the one with the minigunner. How about TERMINATOR Rebels, Call of Duty Special Forces, modern civilians, or just something plain different such as a futuristic soldier as in
"Ghost Recon, Future Soldier?"

http://www.google.com/search?um=1&h...sa=1&q=futuristic+soldier&aq=f&aqi=g3&aql=&oq=

Main issue about the Andrea "Serpentine Commando" is...$75USD for three inches tall? YEOOOW-OUCH! One could buy a vehicle kit for that price (no offense to Andrea Minis).

What makes the "Dark Nova" series so cool is that: 1) It has body armor. Most future soldier figures (like the 1/35 Gundam ones) lack futuristic body armor. 2) It's not retro-WW2 like the DUST, MIG, Stalker, or MaK series. 3) It's not MaK, meaning it's "not a walking armored peanut" (as a modeler told me), 4) It just plain looks cool and realistic. The proportions are correct, the weapon looks liftable, the body isn't this huge armored suit, and it sure doesn't look poor Mad Max, and 5) It's not a wargaming mini. Best of all, it's NOT Warharmmer 40K!

Actually, quite many wargaming minis are hot sellers because the figure designs are so cool-looking. What is odd is that these wargaming minis are of (mini) future soldiers which the scale figure market doesn't have (being kind of stuck in WW2 and Vietnam). How odd...

 

[gordy]

I've been preaching that for years Ong.. PC video games offer a ton of source ideas as well, for example Fallout's retro-futuristic Enclave with Tesla armor!

 

[theBaron]

I've been preaching that for years Ong.. PC video games offer a ton of source ideas as well, for example Fallout's retro-futuristic Enclave with Tesla armor!

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Or how about figures based on David Drake's "Hammer's Slammers" stories? Or even better, vehicle kits depicted the combat cars and tanks he describes?

Prost!
Brad

 

[Ong]

I've been preaching that for years Ong.. PC video games offer a ton of source ideas as well, for example Fallout's retro-futuristic Enclave with Tesla armor!

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Gordy, I too have been preaching a lot too for years (and kind of given up hope). What's odd is how there are still copycats for figures made many years ago. For instance, do we need a new 1980s IDF Tank Commander? Unless it's a reissue of a previous maker, sure looks similar to the others on the market. Why not a 2011 IDF Tank Commander instead?

What's even odder is how "the desert" has really taken the modern US and UK figure market. That's purely tunnel-visioned. Seems like practically all new US and UK figures wear desert uniforms.

Just because there isn't an air or tank threat in those areas doesn't mean there should not be new figures made of those subjects with those ATGM or AA weapons---or forest, SWAT, artic, wetsuit, urban, aviator uniform, nightime, or MP uniforms. In fact, since 1991 Desert Storm, most new figures have all been desert uniform...gets kind of boring and since 1991, that is a looooooong time to wait for anything Woodland camo! (Now with ACU, doesn't really matter. But still, note the huge absence of Woodland camo figures! And not every soldier wears ACU either). Get out of the desert and start making figures for other environs.

Why is it that there are still hardly any 1/35 night vision goggles or monoculars or more modern radios? The only true good US electronics set is still the Pro Art Comms Set, still with many of "the only" electronics in town! And yet there are no figures designed around those electronics and backpack radios when that kit has been out for years? One cannot model the night raid at the beginning of the movie "Air Force One" because no kit exists of four or more figures all wearing NVGs (let alone the NVG at that).

For years figure modelers wanted a USAF PJ or Combat Controller and the only one is still Airborne Miniatures or Deyun (also made by the same sculptor).

And speaking of preaching, still waiting (for years now) for that Javelin gunner...a non-DML Stinger gunner would be nice too.

So, yes, there are still lots of ideas out there...LOTS! The accessory kits have been out for some time...just need to sculpt the figures to use them.

(Now as I get older, I don't really care much for preaching anymore...).

 

[Carlos69]

Artur pm sent ! Thanks for giving us chance to express our ideas ! But ww11 figures interacting with each other and or specific vehicles,eating drinking refilling/refueling,DAK more DAK German figures And my wiah of more figures on motorcycles ! Leaning on,riding,speeding on with scarf trailing behind in breeze and if I could sculpt a russian soldier pulling a wheely on a captured German motorcycle(lionroar pls) kinda humorous... Probslly not possible but it would look supercool ! : )

No figures standing about please we have hundreds zzzz.. ; )

Love your latest bike riders !

Thanks

Carl

 

[alfsboy]

Well Dan, heresy maybe ;-) , but I just find it a bit strange that most of us like their german figures to look so heroic. According to the books I read, the Germans lost that war and were pretty depressed about it.

There's not too many figures expressing the 1945 German 'Weltuntergang' well. I'd love to see some good ones.

Cheers,
Adrian

Dont Prieser make a whole bunch of 1945 civilians and infantry in 1/35 ?I am too lazy to check .