"What non existent figure would you buy a regiment of" Topic

Not much room in the title bay, is there?
Suppose there's a historical troop type for which nobody makes a figure. But you would immediately buy a full regiment's worth of figures if someone suddenly did?

The 23rd Foot, the Welch Fusiliers, is reliably reported to have worn the short Fusiliers bearskin at Boston in 1775. Yet, nobody makes a figure in 25/28mm scale.
I would buy at least 18 figures as soon as I saw someone advertise them. "Grenadier" figures are not suitable, since the cap is shorter, and fusiliers's did not have the bird nest on their shoulders.

How about you? Anything missing from your army?

I had to shorten the title. I wanted it to read the following, but it was too long.
"What currently non existent would you buy a full regiment of?"

Regiment? I'd buy a whole army of Bugunda warriors and a whole army of Bunyoro warriors to allow me to game the British in Uganda in the late 19th century.

Ancient Sardinian archers and javelinmen, with the huge horned helmets. I have sculpted one, myself, so far.

You know, I was about to write "none." But if H&R produced Spartan hoplites with the command in helmets with transverse crests, I'd buy.

On the whimsical side, I could be talked into a detachment of Ewok engineers to scale with my old West End Games storm troopers. (What? You think all those pit traps and swinging logs built themselves?) Possibly a mortar team for my Ratlings. But in 28mm historical, I'll be interested in seeing what this thread turns up.

15mm Egyptian cuirassier from the ill fated Hick's expedition.

25mm Vietnam War era Chinese in Mao caps. I would love to see the old West Wind NVA packs with of head swap.

The Knights of Dol Amroth in 10mm. No, it ain't historical, but this isn't a historical only board.

Also Southrons and Haradrim (Near and Far), as well as the Corsairs.

And some Marműkil. With overblown howdahs and archers— these ain't those dinky African elephants.

If you're going for 10mm, and want overblown Mumakhil, try 20mm elephants, or even 25mm.

You're correct. I deliberately did not make this a "historical only" thread.

Bare headed 15mm WW2 gunners in shirt sleeves. There are a few (a couple of Germans in the FiB range and Peter Pigs bare chested 8th Army gunners), but I just want guys in trousers and shirts and bare heads. It is hard work shifting tons of ammo around.

I'd buy dozens of those and replace all the guys manning artillery apparently wearing full equipment!

Dark Age/Early Medieval Bulgars from the 1st Bulgarian Empire. Both 28mm and 15mm. I would buy lots of them to face my Byzantine armies.

Not for me at this point in my life, but the return of the old "Armies of the Hyborean Age" line might be nice. Better upscaled to 28mm and with a little more variety.

Oh, my goodness. I did say "historical" in my OP. Mea culpa. Please ignore. 🤷

SYW Russians – an army's worth: say 200-300 figures.
Such don't exist in 1/72-20mm scale.
I've looked into 3d printing but the numbers required make it prohibitive.

How about 15th Century Byzantine heavy cavalry in 28 mm.

Grelber

+1 Robert, I was thinking the same thing.

Would love to see Eureka finish off their "Hawkmoon" range with some Flamingos and riders with flame lances.

Good point, Martin. Doesn't apply quite as much to horse & musket, but I think a number of my gunners are still carrying more equipment than they'd actually have had on servicing guns on a long day.

I wouldn't buy a regiment, but I would buy 20 or so different poses of 25mm Traveller Vargr in combat armor.

I would definitely like a regiments worth of 28mm Arthurian Brits – which I actually like!

I would like a 15mm (not 18mm) well-sculpted, well -proportioned figure for 1690s LOA, sporting an informal tricorne, turned sideways or backwards.

Cheers!

Gallo

Col Durnford beat me to it.

"25mm Vietnam War era Chinese in Mao caps. I would love to see the old West Wind NVA packs with of head swap."

* A 1930's and early 1940's era Swing Band, (think "The Glenn Miller Story").

* A "regiment package", of just plain "Town/village goobers", for the 18th, 19th, and various periods of the 20th century. 20-30 odd figures per pack of just ordinary people doing basically nothing. Sitting in a chair, smoking a pipe, walking along in no hurry, two guys standing around chatting with each other, etc. We already have enough priests, s, tavern maids, etc. Just need the background extras you see in each movie.

Civilians would indeed be nice.
I have a hankering for an old geezer sitting in a rocking chair, waving his cane and shouting insults at the British on the way to Concord. Maybe another with a musket at his feet for when the Lobsters are marching back to Boston?
I don't need a regiment of them. 🙄
I have a few Sarissa houses with front porches, so….

However…
Keeping with my Boston 1775 theme, I WOULD buy a 30 pack of Minutemen crouching in ditches or bushes. Maybe throw an Old Fart in the pack.
Too many ranges could use sneaky lurkers in their Irregular varmints ranges. Grenzers could certainly benefit from this. So could Rangers, Mohawks, etc.

As for as Bands are concerned, Brigade Games make a Mariachi band, plus a Wicked Felina.

1:72 Mexican revolutionaries.
1:72 Chinese interwar/WW2 revolutionaries army

Zulu war Brits in shirtsleeve order. I know that someone made a few but I'd like some plastic multipose in 25/28mm.

PS. I know that we had a recent discussion about figure poses that people hate. "Prone" was one.
Well, nobody is forcing anyone to buy a bag of Prone figures in ambush.
So, if anyone (Old Glory? Brigade Games? Perry?) wants to do a "bag" of "Figures in ambush", do separate bags or blisters in Prone.

"As for as Bands are concerned, Brigade Games make a Mariachi band, plus a Wicked Felina."

Oh I know about the Mariachi Band. Pontoonier makes a set also, and if Badger is at Little Wars this year and has them, I'll be bring a set or two home.
I'm thinking one set in traditional black.
One set in turquoise blue.
One set in either a garish yellow or purple with white/cream trim.

John, I am also down with the "Geezer in the chair" aka ("Git off my lawn!") figure…that would be a hoot.

Longjohns and suspenders. That way, he's period non-specific!
Anyone who's been painting as long as I have can do a 5 O'clock shadow without squinting.

Nudie suits!
Porter Wagoner, Little Jimmie Dickens, Marty Stuart, Gram Parsons, Buck Owens!

"Well, nobody is forcing anyone to buy a bag of Prone figures in ambush."

If they come as part of the pack/box, they are. The only prone figures I want to see are deployed light support weapons crews, and even then they are a pita to pick up once based.

To be honest, this has happened to me, more than once… I discovered a figure type, then I realized I "needed" an army of them for my fantasy games. Or, I discovered a new figure type, and I decided they fit the bill for a race I never thought I would find figures for, so I bought a couple of boxes of them, to build an army with.

I play mostly sword & sorcery type of fantasy. I will stumble upon figures I never knew existed, and I suddenly realize that I needed a bunch of them for a new army… Curse you, Etsy sellers with 3D printers!!! Cheers!

Curse you, Etsy sellers with 3D printers!!!

Yeah, the plan down the road is about 50 28mm miscellaneous non-combantants each for fantasy and SF skirmishes--plus associated tables, chairs, counters and whatnot. Really not feasible without Etsy, though the big guys are happy to sell me the larger pieces.

Just out of curiosity, I Googled "28mm old man in a rocking chair".
I got this.
link

Too bad it's just an STL file, and not a solid figure.

Gaucho foot. Generic South American Civilians with improvised weapons. No big Sombreros or barefoot types. These would work for British Invasion of Buenos Aires, the Wars of Cisplatin between Portuguese and Spanish over Uruguay, the Faropilhan Revolution, Rosas Wars and even some of the War of the Triple Alliance. 28mm.

I would also like some 15mm pre-Columbian native American civilians including women and children.

Doesn't Eureka make a swing band? Jinx Johnson band is the catalog tile. I have this. Somebody made it!

We definitely need more civilians WITHOUT weapons!!! Bystanders -- hostages -- victims -- customers.

I'd personally like some English Edwardian fops in blazers and boaters; beatniks and hippies; kid's gangs and kung fu girls; modern musicians (rock band, country band, jazz band, folkies); civilian bagpipes & drums band; circus performers and attractions; Orion slave girls; Tarzan's loyal Waziri.

Too bad it's just an STL file, and not a solid figure.

I posited this question a while back as to why Etsy sellers don't show pictures of every figure they have in their catalog, thinking they could print, just one, photograph it, and advertise it… Then I found out they have, literally, 1,000+ STL files they offer to print!

Printing/photographing every figure in their catalog, would be expensive in resin, and it would be very time consuming to photograph every one of them, to add to their catalog. Talk about disappointing!

The computer rendition is usually a bit different from the printed figure -- typically close, but there are subtle differences, depending upon the resolution of their printer.

It is one of the reasons many people take the plunge down the rabbit hole of 3D printing themselves. I can't justify it: time learning how, cost of printers, and resin/spools of plastic strands. Cheers!

That Indian raj unit on stilts.

The Wicked Witch of the West's Winkie Guards, just like they're shown in The Wizard of Oz!

I would by a brigade!