Warlord Games: Plastic Bolt Action British Infantry Are Coming

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In my view, the 28mm scale will not likely see more than 6 vehicles per side in any given game of 5x5ft table. So, the average buyer of a collection will get some infantry, two or three vehicles and odds and ends and that's it. How the game pieces look on the game table is an emerging topic like this track.

But again, we are nitty picky aint we. When a kid in a hobby store sees these guys in their pretty box (should be a bag) he isn't going to say "helmet's wrong."

He'll say "cool beans ok where's the bren carrier?" And the answer is:

Well, where is it? And the 6lb Antitank gun.

Wait a second where's the.. so on and so on.

So you see what I mean is, if we DONT GET ON BOARD with this scale and supply all the stuff on the shelf like the ex-GW guys did with Flames of War 15mm, this scale is going to have big trouble.

So, answer? "BattleBox" for $50.00 USD USD Supply a handful of plastic guys and 2 vehicles in a box; Brit/Canadian, Yanks, PanzerGrenadiers, Russkies, Japs. Box it. Sell it. Copy what GW does.

Bolt Action and all the other guys making this stuff are fighting for us. I know that 28's are a totally viable replacement for 1/72 scale and can't wait to see Russian BT7's. But these companies need investment beyond us just buying their stuff and we need to understand their process.

Oh and by the way this idea of making heavy stuff to fit the scale like Tiger tanks, JSII's, JPanther etc. is ridiculous. Unless you're going to play on a table 16 feet long, spending resources on making the heavy vehicles is pointless in this scale.

Daimler, Humber, SdKfz222, M8.. that's where the cool stuff is in WWII gaming. And kids love seeing armored cars anyway. Essentially just make "Car-World-Wars II" I guess is what I'm getting at. Urban street fighting in WW2. hehe.

Not disagreeing with you, but also not sure where you've been for the last 5 years or so… there are TONS of 1/48 vehicles and ordnance models around… Tamiya, AFV Club, Corgi, Classic Armor Diecast (RIP), etc. etc… and infantry/AT guns from Crusader, Artizan, BAM/Warlord… very tasty stuff and readily available. I know, I've bought alot of it ;-)

Cheers

w.