 optional field  | 14 Aug 2012 9:34 p.m. PST |
On the subject of a serious poll.
Who makes the best Weird War II figures? This might need to be split into Weird War II: Occult and Weird War II: Pulp Science. |
| Berlichtingen | 15 Aug 2012 1:51 a.m. PST |
I'm a fan of the DUST figures… I don't care for the rules at all, but the figures are top notch |
| Thomas Nissvik | 15 Aug 2012 2:25 a.m. PST |
I have nothing to compare with as Dust are the only Weird War figures I own, but they are indeed top notch. |
| Norman D Landings | 15 Aug 2012 3:52 a.m. PST |
DUST are lovely. Jim Bowen's 'Graven Images' stuff is very good, too. Is it Victory Force that does 'Nachtjagers' with I/R scopes?
I like them. West Wind's stuff doesn't do it for me. Their vision of 1946 seems to be based around equipment which was already being phased out in 1945. In 20mm/1/72, CP Models' 'Neu Heer' & 'Epoch of the Dead' are terrific. Great sculpting. |
| thabear | 15 Aug 2012 4:07 a.m. PST |
Have to agree with opinions of DUST figures ( i dont mind the Warfare rules )
I was able to kit out my Axis with extra 1/48 webbing and different heads with caps from plastic kits to individualize the figures. Swapping a few torsos and legs around gave me more poses
The weapons on the figures are spot on for a post WW2 appearance and the uniforms ms are well done and easy to paint. I found it easier to paint the figures in two halves then glue together. The figures are also pretty cheap if you buy in the right place.
cheers tom |
| Norman D Landings | 15 Aug 2012 4:56 a.m. PST |
Should probably mention… the 'Graven Images' ranges are 40mm. (For some reason, I'm not getting the 'edit post' box today!) |
| SBminisguy | 15 Aug 2012 6:52 a.m. PST |
DUST figures are good quality, but they are 1/48th scale, so they don't fit with most of my Weird/WW2 stuff. I have SOTR 28mm for much of my wierd war infantry, and a mix of mecha, Zeds, 'bots and such from various manufacturers. There's also the new 28mm WW2 mecha (taken upscale from GearKrieg) and Japanese Zeds at Company B that I'm involved with:
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| boy wundyr x | 15 Aug 2012 7:11 a.m. PST |
I'm partial to Pulp Figures' range, which is more on the pulp side obviously, but has some mad scientists etc. as well. |
| richarDISNEY | 15 Aug 2012 7:28 a.m. PST |
Artizan Pulp Adventures ranges is pretty good.
A second for Pulp Figs.
Company B's mecha are awesome.
West Wind's Secrets of the Third Reich figs are REALLY great. I just really don't care for the rules. For 'standard' troops, Artizan is what I use most of. Darkson Designs WWW2 figs are thin and 'fiddly'. Don't mix well with the others, IMO.
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| CmdrKiley | 15 Aug 2012 8:23 a.m. PST |
I have a wide range of minis in my Weird War II collection. link link I've found the Secrets of the Third Reich range from meh to pretty sweet, especially the later releases and the Incursion minis. The early minis have tiny hands and chunky weapons, some of which just don't make sense.
I use lots of Warlord/Bolt Action for my standard troops, and find the new plastics great for conversion work.
Victory Force is also mixed in with their historical and weird stuff. I find them a bit bigger than most however.
Dust minis are pretty good, especially for the price. I find some of the bendy barrels a bit annoying and cleanup of the mold lines is a bit more work. Fortunately most of the figures don't have too much cleanup required. Angela is probably my biggest gripe as I'm working on her right now. She's probably the worst figure to mold in this soft plastic and she's all bendy as hell (especially the skinny legs and the gun barrel), some wierd mis-cast on her shoulder and her face has really shallow details.
link AE-WWII minis can be a bit fiddly if you don't like assembling multi-piece models. Some of the early ones really lacked any sort of pin/socket mechanism. They modeled these after Tamiya plastics. I've used lots of 1/48 Tamiya plastics bitz to convert with these figures.
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| Farstar | 15 Aug 2012 9:24 a.m. PST |
This might need to be split into Weird War II: Occult and Weird War II: Pulp Science.
The better split here is by scale. 15mm is dominated by the Gear Krieg line with some help from FoW/Battlefront's Mid-War Monsters, Eureka's SF Germans, and Rebel's additional Zombies. Very little competition between those lines. The 28-32mm range has more variety and overlap, much of it already mentioned. |
| Stewbags | 15 Aug 2012 3:11 p.m. PST |
I love mantic z and ghouls, cheap and lovely as well as easily changed with sotr heads and arm chopping…… |
 etotheipi  | 15 Aug 2012 5:58 p.m. PST |
Me! … and by me, I mean you! Weird, occult, pulp horror, etc. stuff is pretty easy to insert into a specific period. Here are some examples of conversions that are pretty easy to do. It only takes either one period element in a strange environment or one wildly out of period element in a period mini to make this type of conversion.
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| Scorpio | 18 Aug 2012 1:46 p.m. PST |
My armies consist of AE-WWII, Artizan, Bolt Action, Pulp Figures, a number of Heroclix conversions, etc. |
| Scarab Miniatures | 24 Sep 2012 3:36 a.m. PST |
We have the Projekt X range Over 200 different miniatures Full range here
link 1/48th scale and they work fine with '28mm' sized terrain Pictures of games and miniatures here
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link The Projekt X game is now in development Yes I have some bias :) kind regards Rob Broom
scarabminiatures.com
warandconquest.com |
| Scorpio | 28 Sep 2012 8:33 a.m. PST |
15mm is dominated by the Gear Krieg line with some help from FoW/Battlefront's Mid-War Monsters, Eureka's SF Germans, and Rebel's additional Zombies. Very little competition between those lines. We're about to add Clockwork Goblin to that list in a big way. |
| mdauben | 01 Oct 2012 11:47 a.m. PST |
The only WWWII figs I actually have in hand are the Westwind SOTR line. I generally like the infantry figures although their "mecha" are hit or miss. |
likes the look of the Soviet KV-1 tank, and plunges into a project to paint three of them - plus a spare KV-2 turret!
