 Editor in Chief Bill   | 12 Feb 2026 8:39 a.m. PST |
You were asked – TMP link Do you use wounded or dead soldiers in your armies? I'm not talking about using wounded or dead figures as casualty markers; instead, using them as a permanent part of a unit or stand. 39% said "I never use wounded soldiers in my armies"
30% said "I rarely use wounded soldiers in my armies"
25% said "I sometimes use wounded soldiers in my armies" |
 20thmaine  | 12 Feb 2026 10:00 a.m. PST |
So, 55% do use them to some extent – rarely or sometimes. |
| Korvessa | 12 Feb 2026 10:37 a.m. PST |
Only in my WW2 skirmish campaign game. But I don't get into details about it. Basically it comes down to can they fight in the next scenario or not. Many years ago I ordered one of those directional scatter dice that GDW used to make. I got something completely different. It's a wound scatter dice (no idea what the real name should be). The six sdies have a head, body, left arm, right arm, left leg and right leg. Never really used the weird thing. |
 John the OFM | 12 Feb 2026 11:10 a.m. PST |
I resent having to pay for those figures in a pack of 30 or 6.
Sell them separately, if you must. |
| Frederick | 12 Feb 2026 11:58 a.m. PST |
I have a few SYW figs with bandaged heads – they came in the pack with the other figs so I use them as still able to pitch in – the bandages just show they have been busy! |
| Sgt Slag | 12 Feb 2026 1:31 p.m. PST |
For me, they just clutter up the tabletop. Not interested in that level of "realism" in my games. The wounded figures would be a distraction and table clutter which I, and my Players, can do without. Cheers! |
| Zephyr1 | 12 Feb 2026 4:34 p.m. PST |
I use them as "replacements", removing them from play to put "fighter" poses back into play… |
| Striker | 12 Feb 2026 11:57 p.m. PST |
Not unless they have a purpose like getting them off the board for a campaign or narrative game. |
| fantasque | 13 Feb 2026 2:31 a.m. PST |
It would help to read the question carefully before replying |
| Sgt Slag | 13 Feb 2026 8:42 a.m. PST |
It would help to read the question carefully before replying Oops! No, I do not intentionally use wounded figures as a part of a Unit stand of figures. I sometimes have a figure missing an arm, or weapon, due to breakage in use, but it is not intentional. Cheers! |
| nickinsomerset | 13 Feb 2026 10:59 a.m. PST |
To make up a unit of 32 figures I am going to have to use a couple of casualty figures or spend another £10.00 GBP on a sprue of 10 figures, Tally Ho! |
| Korvessa | 13 Feb 2026 8:08 p.m. PST |
It would help to read the question carefully before replying Oops. Thou hast a point |
| 14Bore | 14 Feb 2026 7:23 a.m. PST |
I do have some walking wounded figures in my armies, a couple Bavarians I know with bandages on their heads |
| UshCha | 14 Feb 2026 11:15 a.m. PST |
No, never saw any point when on active service, however as I design/print them myself I don't get unwanted figures. |
 etotheipi  | 15 Feb 2026 4:40 a.m. PST |
No, never saw any point when on active service Nelson, Chamberlain, and Jackson saw the point. Fortunately, there are probably no veterans of Belleau Wood left to read that. Definitely not Rorke's Drift. Or the Alamo. Stalingrad. Monte Casino. Outpost Snipe. Veterans of Mogadishu, Takur Ghar, Ramadi, Wanash, Kamdesh, and so on might have a different take. |
