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Paskal Supporting Member of TMP19 Dec 2018 10:34 a.m. PST

Hello everyone,

In your opinion what 25/30 mm figures of what manufactures represent movie characters usable to play in a historical wargame on the World War One period ?

Dragoner26 Dec 2018 1:59 p.m. PST

Hi!

Artizan Designs have a nice range with Lawrence of Arabia available:

artizandesigns.com/list.php?man=2&cat=127&page=1

This guy did a phenomenal paintjob on the sculpt.

paintedheroes.blogspot.com/2013/11/28mm-artizan-miniatures-lawrence-of.html

You could have a look at the wargames illustrated shop. At a range branded "Giants in Miniature" There is a nice range of famous characters, including one of Lord Kitchener. Don't know if he was depicted in any movies, but surely was on many a recruitment poster at the time.


wargamesillustrated.net/product-category/giants-in-miniature/page/2

Paskal Supporting Member of TMP27 Dec 2018 6:19 a.m. PST

Thank you,only two for the moment,but it's true that for this period there are fewer movie hero because in reality there are too many and all unknown …

Lion in the Stars27 Dec 2018 2:16 p.m. PST

I think Indiana Jones is 1920s and 1930s for the most part, but Reaper makes a pretty good not-Indy in their Chronoscape range. Actually, there are probably a LOT of good models in the Chronoscape range.

Paskal Supporting Member of TMP28 Dec 2018 6:30 a.m. PST

But in fact there are not many, they could have made the band of friends of '' All Quiet on the Western Front '' of 1930… …

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