"What plastic sets would you like, and in what scale?" Topic

25-28mm Byzantines. Start with a Skutatos box set for the line foot, then add a Peltastos/Psilos set for ranged weapons. A Kataphractos set would have to come out simultaneously with the Skutatos, the famed kataphractoi hammer to the skutatoi anvil. A Klibanophoros set could come later.

25-28mm scale Amazons. Not the pseudo-Greek ones usually portrayed, but ones based off the Scythian warrior women. So they'd pretty much look like their male kindred, but slighter of build and with breasts.

Macedonians – minor adjustments to existing Hoplites, then add cav
Carthaginians – Ditto above – and elephants for both

Parthians

Crusades.

Woodland Indians

ACW in combat poses, dismounted ACW cav

Pathans with variety of weapon choices – jezzail to RPG

Common Vehicles in plastic – PZ III, T-34, Trucks, Skdfz 251. Early WW II troops.

Heresy's Sci-Fi Troopers.

A set of mix-&-match sci-fi civilians, with and without guns, back- and beltpacks. Also with modern weapons for survivors/resistance. 28mm, of course.

28mm Plastic Mahdist Camelry

28mm Modern civilians / militia in western clothing with various heads, weapons, tools etc. These could be used as civilians, security staff, spaceship crew and technicians, rioters, insurgents, Arab spring militias, zombie survivors etc.

28mm Modern military with various helmets, US and Russian weapons.

Plastic 15mm ancients and Napoleonics.

Most of my plastic needs are met by existing or soon-to-be released plastic products.

The one thing I think is missing is Cataphracts. Armies that use cataphracts often, not always, use a load of them. Sometimes the cataphract or some slight variant is the only troop type in the army, like later Sassanian Persians. AND they are heavy in metal.

If someone did a basic Cataphract horse sprue they could probably use the same sprue for a variety of different periods with different rider sprues and maybe even include variant horse heads, where needed, on the rider sprue.

I painted up a 28mm Gripping Beast Sassanid Persian army when the WAB Byzantine book came out. That thing had about 120 cavalry in it. It weighed a freaking ton.

Another advantage is they would probably be cheaper.

If we are just making a fantasy list then I would like an entire Polish Ren range in 15mm.

28mm Medieval/Early Renaissance Arabian & Turkish armies.

@ nvdoyle & MickinSwitzerland, Wargames Factory (hate campaign aside) have already started those civilians/survivor types, 2 or 3 sets underway.

28 mm. plastic Seven Years War, no doubt.

15mm WWII and Moderns.

20mm fantasy and sci fi
20mm Fil-American war figures
54mm fantasy and sci fi

Sisters of Battle, which rumors say are on the way.

28mm interchangeable/modular lightly armored alien heads, torsos, arms, and legs/tentacles, to create an intergalactic army like the one found in the Alien Legion comic.

Early and Late Sudan British and Egyptians.

28mm sci-fi storefronts, non-gothic.

Seconds on Cataphracts, and 28mm SYW.

Thirds on Seven Years War

How about some generic Chinese infantry/peasants? You can never have too many angry Chinese peasants

I'd like Stormtroopers from Starwars. In 15 and 28mm

8-)

15/18mm Napoleonics.

Line troops at the very least.

28MM Pathans, 1850-1900

north am, euro type 28mm Modern civilians

28mm Norman foot to round out the dark ages. 28mm Carthagians. A 28mm elephant.

28mm plastic astronauts/cosmonauts with modular equipment, civilian and military what-if.
Screaming, panicked civilians-there's no figures for monsters to eat.
Modern scientific survey team with gear

1930's Aviatrix

Caravansary

Modern Chinese army

SCUBA/Hardsuit for deepwater/abyssal operations

1/72 ; a nice set of 1890's brit infantry in puttees

Loads of WotR´s sets,,,guns, cavalry.. etc….more normans..crusaders..all in 1/72nd or failing that.. I
Cheers
paul

28mm plastic Napoleonic French Chasseurs cavalry.

-- George Krashos

15mm WWII ranges continue. 15mm Moderns (especially if it has M60s!)

Damon.

15mm or 1/72 Wars of the Roses and/or The 100 Years War.I adore Srelets' armies before battle style.

28mm Austrians Hussars and Cheavauxlegere.

Dark Age Scots (although I picked up a lot in the Crusader sale so I likely OK).

Otherwise I am pretty happy with what is out there now as Dark Ages and Napoleonics are my 28mm focus.

28mm generic unarmoured Dark-Age spearmen, perhaps packed with choice of shields, and/or beards should do for all sorts of armies.

28mm generic 'Arabic' spearmen (I think HaT do them but not as nicely as other companies) and light horse

Hmm … lots of calls for modern civilians, which could also fill in near-future game periods too. Hope somebody in the industry is taking note.

@VonTed: Fantasy Flight games has the Star Wars license.
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A number of people are pushing them to put of a Star Wars skirmish game with multipose plastic 28mm Stormtroopers. No clue if FFG is receptive to the idea, but there's a slight hope.

@Pictors Studio: It's for posters to respond as they like, so feel free to suggest whatever you desire. Marketwise, I doubt it's economically feasible for anyone to try to produce my desired Byzantine plastics line. Just not enough call for it. Now your suggestion of a generic barded warhorse with a choice of riders might work. Only the most diehard will be upset that the barding is not true Nikophoran Byzantine or Sassinid Persian. Most players of said armies would be happy to have the cheaper alternative as long as the riders were right.

@skippy0001: I like your ideas of the 1930s Avatrix and Caravansary. Certainly I'd buy the first, and I'd seriously consider the second. (And there's a good chance I'd buy it.)

1/72nd scale WW2 French Foreign Legion, Goumiers, British Para heavy weapons, NWE infantry in the Mk III helmet (to supplement the Revell ones), bush-hat infantry for 14th Army, Indian Army with interesting hats in both long and short trousers, Soviet assault engineers, razvedchiki and paras (as well as the few poses done by Zvezda), Hungarians, Poles, Yugoslavs, and Greeks.

Also, some 1970s British infantry with 58 webbing and SLRs, and Russians, Americans and Germans to match.

All the best,

John.

28mm modular Squats (Dwarves) with modern weapons
Like sprues full with lots of variety.

28mm modular pulp characters

28mm plastic mashers for Vor the Maelstrom (man am I dreamin)

IF FFG do a SW skirmish game, it'll be with pre-paints IMHO. While I would love to see a set of multi-pose plastic stormtroopers, such a thing will always be fantasy IMHO…

Damon.

Elephants and chariots, for Ancients.

Models in metal or in resin are too heavy, difficult to put together, and expensive!

1/72nd Austrian Hussars!!!

1/72 zombies and survivors!

Also, some 1970s British infantry with 58 webbing and SLRs, and Russians, Americans and Germans to match.

Amen!

Still working out the bugs, but this is what is on my to do list. I am really hoping to have them ready by the holidays. A bit over the top, but I sort of wanted a force of Conan style women for some time.

Now make those female orks and you've got a customer :)

28mm AWI….what eles….Hessians! British and Continentals would be ok too. Also multi-pose horses in 28mm to go with those riders and bad metal horses we already have.
I'd like to be able to pose horses as well as men.

@KenofYork: Hyborian Age Amazons would be good. My only objection is that your green is overdressed. If you read the Conan short stories by R. E. Howard, many of the women wore less than a bikini, or were simply nude. Of course, you may be taking into account marketing problems that a full nude line could create. Anyway, is this for your own use, or will you be selling them?

@garand

IF FFG do a SW skirmish game, it'll be with pre-paints IMHO. While I would love to see a set of multi-pose plastic stormtroopers, such a thing will always be fantasy IMHO…

You are probably right, but to paraphrase a Episode 4 quote, "Help me FFG, you're my only hope." :D

1914 WWI 15mm plastics, 28mm eastern renaissance plastics.

I really love my Plastic Soldier Company 15mm figs. I would love 15mm ACW, Napoleonics, or ancient barbarians.

"I sort of wanted a force of Conan style women for some time."

….. Haven't we all mate…Haven't we all.

here are the three items on my want list:

20mm fantasy, specifically the 'classic' fantasy races: Elves, dwarves, orcs, etc. The ceaser models are good but only go so far.

28mm modular Post-Han/Three Kingdoms era Chinese: These are my 'War of Jenkin's ear' figures.

28/20mm 1960s Central American 'Banana republic' fighters, both for rebels and the forces of El Presidente.

Hi KenofYork – are you on FF now?

Tony's puppet. I do not know what FF is, so I guess I am not at this time.

Freeform by SensAble

Ok, no I am not on Freeform. It is well beyond my budget. The pic is a render from Rhino 3D. That program is very neat and reasonably priced.