New Set Announcement: British Infantry (1916-1918)

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Y. Whateley - August 17, 2021

The other comments might have a good point about the Indian uniforms/heads, though I really like the sculpting on these Indians!

I also think the pith helmets are a great idea. Maybe replace the Indian heads with pith helmets, and reserve the Indians for their own set?

A box of Indian soldiers – a British Infantry 1916-1918 II set – doesn’t seem like it would be as versatile as most of the other sets in this line, so maybe something else could be included with the Indian bits for some value-adding, to make up for the limited number of heads and arms that could practically be included for variety… maybe some bits for Vickers gun / Stokes mortar crews or something?

David Lothian - August 17, 2021

Awesome looking figures. Can’t see any slouch hats for anzacs. Just a personal thing. I look forward to seeing the complete figure range.

As for another WW1 range, how about Brits in shorts with sun helmets?
Another one I just thought of is Japanese troops.

Y. Whateley - August 17, 2021

Oh, I mis-remembered the in-development Russian Napolenonic set as a WWI set. Maybe a WWI/Interwar Russian set might be a good one to try, for a tabletop Russian Civil War and Eastern European conflicts of WWI?

Giancarlo Torres Celi - August 17, 2021

Very nice set. I also can not wait for the Hispanic Napoleonics. Very good work guys.

JH - August 17, 2021

Great idea, and lovely figures. Three things: as has been said, the caps with flaps really are the wrong shape for “Gorblimey” caps; helmet covers were very common, and the set would benefit from some of them; and although an Indian set would be super, they had markedly different uniforms and webbing, so the Sikh heads are a bit of a waste – if you’re trying to produce vaguely accurate figures.

Y. Whateley - August 17, 2021

This is shaping up into an excellent set!

With British, French, Russian, and German sets of this sort either in the works or already available, seems like the Yanks would be the obvious next step, and I for one would certainly find a use for some interwar American soldiers in more than just WWI & WWII historical gaming.

On the other hand, the less-obvious choices are always fun, too, and it seem to me that Austro-Hungarians and Ottoman Turks would be interesting, useful and popular sets, while Serb, Montenegran, Romanian, Belgian, and Greek sets would be a bit riskier, but out to really start hitting some of the more obscure areas that nobody else seems to be in a hurry to try.

It also seems to me that the Spanish might be an interesting “interwar” faction to work with – they might match up well with the “French” partisans for a tabletop Spanish Civil War….

Speaking of the French Resistance, I wouldn’t mind seeing the French Resistance II, or perhaps a set of gangsters and/or anarchists – that is, more “civilian” figures. I love the first French Resistance set – more of this sort of thing is definitely welcome, I think! That first set ought to make an excellent “IRA” for a tabletop Irish Civil War against this British Infantry set assembled and painted as Irish and British soldiers, come to think of it (these WWI British uniforms shouldn’t be very far off from the Irish National Army of the 1920s, if I’m not mistaken, while the “French” resistance guys can easily pass for generic Irish civilian outfits of the era!)

Alex - August 17, 2021

What next? 15mm versions, please!

Heinrich - August 17, 2021

They look nice, but would look really great with Pith Helmets.

An extrovert paints - August 17, 2021

Italians, please!! With some arditi, Bersaglieri, and Alpini head options!

Stuart - August 17, 2021

A British WWI infantry set is most welcome. Good to see Lewis guns included. One of my grandads was a Lewis gunner in WWI and it would be great to be able to depict him and his pals. A few comments though. Personally, I would sacrifice the Sikh heads in favour of Australian – although a separate set of Empire heads would be even better. Covered helmets would be more useful than the peakless Brodrick cap, which saw little service in WWI. If the round cap with the flaps over the top is meant to represent the “gor blimey” cap, it looks a bit too small and rounded; typically, this was a shapeless mess of a hat – hence the name.

British cavalry, with ammo bandoliers instead of webbing/pouches, or Russians would be my choice for the next set.