"Late war British in wind proof" Topic

Final test piece to check the 'look' is right.

Designed for the winter/spring 44/45 and covers Canadians as well as Brits.
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They look amazing. What scale are they?

Wargamer Blue, well considering they are on the 20mm Models Review page I'd say. 20mm ;-)

Sorry Wargamer Blue I've just done what drives me mad when others do it. They are 20mm.
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Opps yeah.

Great looking sculpts!

Great pieces! Wrong scale.

Great work.
Right scale.

Excellent work Leon! Right scale!

They look great

Do you have more to add Leon? we've seen this and the german snipers…and they're pretty exciting so far

Pat Ripley, the currently in production range is on the website at
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the late Brits are pencilled in for August release ( ish).
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ive seen the current figures but are you expanding generally or just a few here and there? One question that came up is what sort of size are these figures? Do they fit with figures like AB or Blitz?

Just a few specific ranges not well covered elsewhere. Not many late war Brits around ( a new very snazzy looking AB range announced a little while back, didnt know they were coming when I started on my range. Will be producing vehicle crews ( stumel types later this month), a late war German range in the 42 padded jacket with Stgw44 and a US airborne range in the 43 uniform for Market Garden/Rhine crossing.
Thats the plan at the moment, subject as always to change particularly sales. 20mm eats design time like nothing else at the moment its not paying its way.
Only comparison shot I have at the moment relates to the DAK range I designed for PSC, all the figures are in the same ballpark size wise.
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TMP link

Leon, any chance of 3rd Canadian Division post D-Day. Mark III helmet, combat boots, and shovel or pick instead of the regulation folding entrenching tool?

I would be glad to send you any photos, etc. Also shoulder tabs, etc for decal sets.

huevans011,
Lots of British troops carried picks and shovels in the later campaign, not sure they ditched the entrenching tool though.
Plan to give some of the figs the shovel and picks. All of them will have the mk3 helmet. To make such niche figures is not really viable even though the 'invasion boots' ( incorrect term I know but its the common name)were worn by lots of Canadian troops other than the 3rd they will get pidgeon holed as only being figs for the 3rd and sales will be even lower.
The boots are the only evident difference I can recall from the planned Late war Brits, well apart from even more shovels perhaps.
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Huevand011

The Wartime late war Brits cover your needs there

huevans011,
Lots of British troops carried picks and shovels in the later campaign, not sure they ditched the entrenching tool though.
Plan to give some of the figs the shovel and picks. All of them will have the mk3 helmet. To make such niche figures is not really viable even though the 'invasion boots' ( incorrect term I know but its the common name)were worn by lots of Canadian troops other than the 3rd they will get widgeon holed as only being figs for the 3rd and sales will be even lower.
The boots are the only evident difference I can recall from the planned Late war Brits, well apart from even more shovels perhaps.
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I wasn't aware that the profit margin was so slim. Would alternate Mk II and Mk III heads for figures be a useful idea?

huevans011,
I'm afraid it is for many small firms in this business. The tropical kit tank crews we released this time last year have yet to pay back design and production costs for example.
Head swaps are tricky technically and just make piracy that much easier and a complete pain to cast and pack/stock control.
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huevans011,
I'm afraid it is for many small firms in this business. The tropical kit tank crews we released this time last year have yet to pay back design and production costs for example.
Head swaps are tricky technically and just make piracy that much easier and a complete pain to cast and pack/stock control.
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I can see tank crews being a hard sell. A gamer just needs 1 or 2 sets to crew a platoon of tanks. And that's all the tanks you need for a skirmish game in 20 mm. So probably not much of a money maker.

More of a "labour of love" or an eye-catcher to help sell infantry sets, I would guess.

huevans011,
Indeed though more being nagged by a couple of old friends lol
You are indeed correct about some of the late British/commonwealth infantry dropping the entrenching tool entirely in favour of the shovel/pick. Thought I read a reference to it somewhere its in the Rottman Elite 209. Always rate Rottmans stuff myself.
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Quick paint job, I'm out of practise with camo :cray:

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When I was in the school cadet force we got these camo tops if we were 'the right stuff' NCO candidates. Otherwise we still had to wear Battle Dress – in 1976!

Great figs. Right Scale!

Pictorial evidence shows lots of Brits carrying "proper" long handled entrenching tool – but really not essential to having a great looking Brit/Can force.

For a Combat Command Company, we need a PIAT man and a leader type (waving an arm works). Assume the line will have these "extra" types?

Thomas J. Thomas
Fame and Glory Games

Pretty much standard set of poses, rifleman advancing, firing types, 3 man bren team and an NCO with sten. Platoon command section, Officer/NCO types, with rifles seems to be the norm after the sniper experiences in Normandy, 2" team and PIAT team. Reckon that covers most options.
More than the 'normal' numbers of picks and shovels late war so they will be some figs with em…………..once Ive figured out how to cast em.
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More than the 'normal' numbers of picks and shovels late war so they will be some figs with em…………..once Ive figured out how to cast em.
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Have them lying flat against the figure's leg or body?

huevans011,
They seem to stow them in some strange places, often across the back under haversack webbing from what I can see. Going to be one of those situations where thinking about it abstractly is pointless ( well with my mind anyhow lol)when I have the bits to hand it will sort itself I reckon.
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