Partisans (1) French Resistance

I’ve used this kit for every project other than it’s intended use. I’ve turned these guys into Gangsters, Cowboys, Pulp Adventurers, Dieselpunk goons, and more! They’re fantastic base models for civilians, coal miners, and the list goes on. Because these kits are soundly in the middle of the 28mm scale, they take to many arm and head swaps with minimal conversion work. I’ve used so many of these guys at this point, if I were to make a Partisan force, I’d need another box!

This is a great box not only for WW2 but you can us them for steam punk as well they look great with deathfeilds arms but also anything pulp fiction as well. The many options are great and they all look so good was even able to make Indiana from one of them.

I absolutely love these models, particularly at discounted price. I proooobably own more of them than I will ever use unless they make their way into the early 1970s Northern Ireland campaign I'm always saying I'm going to organize. The detail is really nice, and the scarves in particular are the kind of bit that's made its way onto a lot of other models. If I had to make one criticism, it's that they don't seem to take plastic glue well for whatever reason... no matter how carefully I store mine, they keep losing arms and bases! It could be the type of plastic used, which definitely feels a bit different to my models from other companies, it could be the relatively small contact points, though equally it might just be a curse placed on me specifically.

I have obtained box of the partisans recently and have had total blast assembling them. Especially as the bodies seem to fit well enough with parts from other boxes both from Wargames Atlantic and some other companies. However, single complaint I do have so far is the Bren gun included on the sprue. Namely, the way it is cast makes the tip of the barrel susceptable to breakage when being removed from the rest of the sprue due to very thin barrel attached to rather thick feeder. With full care, it took me 3 attempts to remove one without breaking off the barrel. Looking forward to seeing how they paint up though.

Not having the arms numbered is ROUGH. It requires a lot of guess work for some of them. That being said, I love the varied bodies and the heads are stellar. Highly recommend kitbashing these with another kit. Too many SMGs on their own.