| Dogged | 15 Jan 2013 1:48 a.m. PST |
Plastic Soldier Company will launch tomorrow the release of their 15 mm Late War US Infantry: 145 figures for less than 30 $ or 23 €!!!!
With plenty of SMGs, BARs and bazookas.
Click here to take a look. Also, they've said March will be the month for the release of the M3 and M5 halftracks. Looks like the PSC yanks will be more than ready for Day D! |
| BrotherSevej | 15 Jan 2013 1:59 a.m. PST |
The price is crazy. How does this compare with Battlefront or Forged in Battle figure in terms of quality? |
| Dark Knights And Bloody Dawns | 15 Jan 2013 2:45 a.m. PST |
There's no way I can ignore this product, they look great. How will BF compete? |
| Redlancer38 | 15 Jan 2013 4:04 a.m. PST |
These look brilliant and I'll be buying them in both 15mm and 1/72 scale when they bring out the support weapon boxes for both. |
| PiersBrand | 15 Jan 2013 4:37 a.m. PST |
For those wanting to see a painted one, one of the pre-production pieces I painted… TMP link |
| LukeR78 | 15 Jan 2013 4:54 a.m. PST |
There is a picture of the sprue on the PSC site link It's a big imporovement on their previous infantry efforts IMHO. |
| vogless | 15 Jan 2013 5:30 a.m. PST |
Oh man! Can't wait for those to come in 20mm! I have his Germans and Russians in 20mm and think they are fantastic! Great way to fill the ranks. These look great! |
| Ruben Megido | 15 Jan 2013 5:46 a.m. PST |
Wait! No ankward "throwing grenade" pose in this one? :D |
| Darby E | 15 Jan 2013 5:56 a.m. PST |
I was just thinking the same thing Ruben! …and I am just fine with that! |
| PeterH | 15 Jan 2013 6:57 a.m. PST |
|
| Tom Reed | 15 Jan 2013 7:53 a.m. PST |
My only nitpick would be the guy who appears to be firing a BAr from the shoulder, ouch! Didn't they usually fire the BAR from the hip or when prone? |
| Griefbringer | 15 Jan 2013 8:11 a.m. PST |
If you wanted to actually hit somebody with BAR, then firing from shoulder would probably be preferable over firing from the hip. Here is a number of shots of BAR gunners, mostly firing from the shoulder: link
|
| Hornswoggler | 15 Jan 2013 8:11 a.m. PST |
BAR could be fired from the shoulder. BAR men were tough (and they got paid extra…). But on the subject of nitpicks, mine is that the heads look oversized again in common with the other PSC figure releases. As has been discussed elsewhere, this may not be such a big deal in 15mm but looks more obvious in 1/72 scale. |
| Lion in the Stars | 15 Jan 2013 10:47 a.m. PST |
@Hornswaggler: Could that just be the size of a US steelpot? Looking at the picture of the BAR gunner right above your post, helmet seems a couple sizes too big for the guy's head. ========
This is very cool, I have wanted to do the 442nd RCT for a while. |
| PeterH | 15 Jan 2013 12:33 p.m. PST |
Regarding the helmets, I thought the same thing about the AB figures when they first came out, but then looking at period photos like the one above, they seemed more accurate than anything else on the market. I feel that way about these PSC figures and believe they will go perfectly with AB as well as some others. |
| Hornswoggler | 15 Jan 2013 4:18 p.m. PST |
Could that just be the size of a US steelpot? No, big heads and not much in the way of necks are stylistic features of the entire range, though the rounder helmets do tend to look a bit worse ie the British don't look as bad as the Russians, Germans and now the Yanks. Eg:
|
Gunner Dunbar  | 15 Jan 2013 11:37 p.m. PST |
I don't mind the size of the heads, the no neck look is what I think effects the figures the most, but they certainly are usable, and some are down right nice. |
| Hornswoggler | 16 Jan 2013 4:02 a.m. PST |
…but they certainly are usable, and some are down right nice. No argument there Dan. If I was starting a new army I would probably go with these. I just don't think the rather unique styling mixes too well with most other plastics, at least not the ones I already have… |
paints up some Israeli mortar vehicles.
