"WWII German Tank Riders (Camouflage Suit)" Topic

"Since there is already a wide variety of figures available depicting World War II soldiers in combat, the popularity of soldiers doing something other than fighting has grown in recent years. No soldier is better covered than the German infantryman of 1939-45, and there are already numerous sets showing him in non-combat situations, greatly increasingly the possibilities for dioramas and, to a lesser degree, games. Several of these have been labelled as Tank Riders' (see below), and this set adds to the available range with figures in what Caesar term a camouflage suit, but most people would normally describe as camouflage clothing or simply a smock.

So, the distinctive feature of this set compared to those that came before is that every man here wears a hoodless smock which looks like the M1942 model. This had no collar, so while all the figures here have a visible collar, this must be for the tunic they wear underneath. The smock closes with a drawstring at the throat, and may or may not have pockets in the skirts, since these are largely obscured on these figures. All have cloth tabs around the shoulders for attaching small kit items, and are nicely done. The rest of the uniform is also pretty good, with trousers and long boots worn by all, even though as camouflage clothing such as this became more popular, so too did short boots and anklets. However this combination is still perfectly reasonable. All but one of the poses wears a helmet, each with a cloth cover which is also well done. The sole exception wears an M1943 peaked field cap…."

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Amicalement
Armand

Woo Hoo – someone has made set of WW2 Germans in 1:72 we are saved!

If you ask me they look pretty much like blobs of plastic. Think there are better sets in this scale. IIRC my old Esci sets used to have much better detail esp for the weapons. And I thought the classic high boots were pretty much phased out by late 44? Weapons mix seems to be late 44ish. Cheers!

Ah, the scale with all the miniatures but few gamers in comparison to 15mm and 28mm.

Glup!….

Amicalement
Armand

Ah, the one true scale for WW2 gaming…. For those who game in 1/72, we are blessed to have so much choice. It's amazing these companies can make a living given how few of us 1/72 gamers there must be… :-)

These aren't bad. Will mix well with the HaT versions I reckon.

Ah, the scale with all the miniatures but few gamers in comparison to 15mm and 28mm.

Not still relying on the years old Romanian Survey of 530 People in which the writer told us to "Take the data with a grain of salt" ?

Glad you like them my good friend!. (smile)

Amicalement
Armand

28mm Fanatik Plenty of 20mm WWII gamers, especially, on the European continent, and in Great Britain, where there are more 20mm gamers than 15mm or 28mm. Still plenty of gamers in the states playing WWII in 20mm, mostly the older guys.
15mm does well because of FOW, and 28mm because of Bolt Action. Isn't it curious as why they both came out with scales other than 20mm? Maybe this way you can buy their chapter approved figures.

and in Great Britain, where there are more 20mm gamers than 15mm or 28mm.

Interesting. Where do you get that statistic from? I am in the UK and would be pretty hard pushed to say which of the 3 scales are most popular. What I don't see much of is 5/6mm.

Isn't it curious as why they both came out with scales other than 20mm? Maybe this way you can buy their chapter approved figures.

Don't think that theory fits the facts. For a start neither firm has chapter approved figures in the way that GW does. Both were producing figures in their respective scales long before either FoW or Bolt Action rulesets became available. Both scales were also popular before Warlord or Battlefront came on the scene. Why Battlefront chose 15 over 20mm I don't know, but it is very obvious why Warlord chose 28mm as everything else they do is in that scale.

Those looks good!…

Amicalement
Armand

My club Leighton Buzzard is a real mess of WW2 scales and rules, there are about 8 of us who now have have armies in a variety of scales to currently play each other and the rule sets which are in favour at this moment in time. Bolt Action, CoC and Iron Cross. This list will change. Strange to say folks keep remarking how better Bolt Action is in 15mm!! I now wish I had not strayed into other scales and kept with 20mm. As for our 6mm and 10mm armies…..? Well their turn may come.