| Gulik23 | 02 Aug 2016 12:57 p.m. PST |
After scouring the interwebs, I'm turning to the good gamers and hobbyists at TMP to help me find 28mm proxies for this fella, the generic '80s GI Joe trooper. To me, the distinguishing characteristics are the sweet tactical sweater and the helmet. I'm not really concerned about the weapon, as M-16s are plentiful at this scale. Thanks for your help!
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| thorr666 | 02 Aug 2016 3:12 p.m. PST |
The sweater is British if that helps |
| The Beast Rampant | 02 Aug 2016 4:24 p.m. PST |
The Kung Fu Grip is actually made in Taiwan. |
| R Lee S | 02 Aug 2016 6:15 p.m. PST |
Gulik23 do you do facebook? there is a group there of people that are into proxies of this kind of thing |
| Stepman3 | 02 Aug 2016 7:52 p.m. PST |
Try Crooked Dice Miniatures… |
| Doctor Merkury | 02 Aug 2016 8:05 p.m. PST |
You can see my efforts here: link Doc |
| R Lee S | 02 Aug 2016 8:07 p.m. PST |
they look really nice Doc M |
| tkdguy | 02 Aug 2016 10:00 p.m. PST |
Very nice work, Doctor Merkury! Here's an old thread that had links to figures that can pass for GI Joe characters. TMP link |
| Militia Pete | 03 Aug 2016 4:21 a.m. PST |
I always thought that was Grunt. |
| The Beast Rampant | 03 Aug 2016 8:14 a.m. PST |
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| Gulik23 | 03 Aug 2016 10:32 a.m. PST |
Wow, nice work, Doc M! Thanks for the suggestions, everyone. Stepman3, I have been leaning towards either Crooked Dice's Brits or Assault Publishing's ultra-modern Russians. |
| Gulik23 | 03 Aug 2016 12:08 p.m. PST |
Wouldn't you know it? I just found exactly what I had in mind (thanks to an unrelated TMP ad!) but they're out of stock!
Check out these from Crossover Minis (with the ballistic helmets): link |
| Stepman3 | 09 Aug 2016 8:29 a.m. PST |
Also for Cobraaaaaaa, Look at "Victory Force" German Wehrwolves… link |
| Gulik23 | 12 Aug 2016 10:34 a.m. PST |
Thanks, Stepman3. Found those guys right off the bat! I'm sitting back right now, waiting for my orders to come in. What about rule sets? THW's Chain Reaction set seems like it will fit the bill for my vision, and the price is certainly right! Anyone use other rulesets? |
| Old Wolfman | 19 Aug 2016 6:54 a.m. PST |
Looks like an East German bucket he's got on. |
