"Plastic Army Men in 28mm. Really? Really." Topic
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 etotheipi  | 12 May 2012 6:26 a.m. PST |
Irrational Number Line Games took a gamble on some "28mm Plastic Army Men" and came up a winner. Well, kinda. The majority of the figures worked out OK, but there were some surprises and challenges, too.
All in all, well worth the price for a bucket full of massed troops in some modern or pulp venue where a historically accurate figure is not a priority. |
| ordinarybass | 12 May 2012 7:31 a.m. PST |
Looks like fun. Thanks for posting this! Could we see close up shots of some of the figs?
Also how tall are they from sole to eye or sole to top of head? |
| Super Mosca | 12 May 2012 9:29 a.m. PST |
The guy with the walkie-talkie, as well as the guy wearing a greatcoat and shooting a pistol look to be poses out of the Matchbox US infantry set. -Kosta |
 Wolfshanza  | 12 May 2012 10:34 a.m. PST |
I have some of those figures/poses and mine are 45mm. Think I picked them up on ebay ? |
| etotheipi | 12 May 2012 12:26 p.m. PST |
These are close to 28mm from RINCO, and I got 'em on Amazon for $5.00 USD/70 figs, but read the article for the caveats. As requested, here is a close up with some 5 squares to the inch graph paper in the back. I used a Blue Moon "Hardfelt" figure, a DUST Tactics gorilla-thing, and an EM-4/Grenadier Space Ranger as other reference figures.
I figured those would be decent, fairly ubiquitous references. I didn't think comparing them to the modded and converted hodge-podge figures in my collection that they will fight would help a lot. |
| ordinarybass | 12 May 2012 12:39 p.m. PST |
Thanks, that's an excellent comparison. That EM4 space ranger is a huge figure, so if based on top of a slotta, these guys would scale up well with 28 or 32 mm stuff. Really soft detail, but workable and I bet they'd paint up fast with Krylon Camo "with fusion tech" sprays, a couple details and a dip. If you need alot of soldiers for when Godzilla attacks (and who doesnt), they'd be just the thing! |
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