"Metal Figures to Mix With 1/72 Plastics" Topic

Hello everyone,

I'm looking for figures that mix well with the plastic 1/72 boxs available. Specifically, I own the Italeri American Infantry which is a reissue of Esci set 202. According to PSR, the figs are around 24mm high, and I am looking for more riflemen to flesh out my units. I don't really care where the figures are from, but would probably prefer U.S. sellers over U.K.

SHQ are probably your best pick; plenty of 20mm firms out there, but SHQ have quite a slender realistic build which mixes far better with plastic figures than most ranges.

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I have loads of RSM figures, from the Dayton Painting Consortium

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also, New Line Designs, although I am not as familiar with them:

newlinedesigns.co.uk

If interested in slim, simple figures the Scruby 25mm should match up fairly well – WWII has few poses, so not much choice, but great for conversions.

Try out the US infantry from Elhiem (available from Syr Hobbs in the US):

elhiemfigures.com/6.html

Also check out TQD for airborne troops:

sgtsmess.co.uk/tqd

We have a small range of late war germans that I believe were originally designed of be compatable with the Operation Overlord game by Italieri. chesk them out here…

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Cheers Roger.

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You could go with plastic – Valliant Miniatures are 1:72 hard plastic, take paint well and are stupendously cheap – £9.00 GBP for 68

Pilgrim said;

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You could go with plastic – Valliant Miniatures are 1:72 hard plastic, take paint well and are stupendously cheap – £9.00 GBP GBP for 68'

But these are huge compared to 1/72 soft plastic figures.

Yep – definitely not a good mix with the Esci / Italeri set.

Valiant look nice until you put them next to pretty much anything else and then you realise just how huge they are.

True – but they ARE 1:72 scale

and £9.00 GBP for 68

as you can see, I have a value for money addiction at the moment, and at 14p a figure…….

Fair enough, but the original poster was pretty clear that he has the Esci figures and was looking for a good match – Valiant certainly aren't that. Valiant do seem very good value and fair play if you like them, but they're not a good recommendation given the question that was actually asked….

"but they ARE 1:72 scale"

LOL! In the designers dreams. I suppose they are a similar '1/72nd' scale to the Ready to Roll stuff they are meant to go with, also a tad on the large size.

My ESCI/Italieri/Airfix/Revell plastics are fleshed out with a mix of SHQ, FAA, Platoon 20 and some unidentified figures I found in my bits box.

My Valiants languish unloved in a box in the attic. I even painted a load of the little s to see if I could bear the difference in size. But I couldn't.

Hang on Dom, you can't be calling for thread integrity on TMP!

I'm sure somewhere there is a disclaimer that reads "before starting a thread you should be aware that members are an awkward bunch of curmudgeons who will spend more time arguing about whether 15mm is a size or a scale rather than answering your question"

Dragging off-topic is almost de rigeur, but your post *looked* like an answer to the question, which isn't sporting – if the o.p. had read your post at the wrong time he could easily have ended up with a box of (for him) unuseable figures off of the back of it, which crosses a line….

Anyway, who do you think will win the first test?

"bunch of curmudgeons who will spend more time arguing about whether 15mm is a size or a scale"

I think we all know the answer to that one.

they will

as usual

Unless of course any of our members with experience in the gambling industry have information otherwise……..

Back to Valiant

Mumbling through my humble pie, theyre not 1:72, or at least the Rifles aren't – I just did the maths

apols to the OP and Martin

Nice figs though