"Hi All" Great X-mas, not bad New Year, I`m awaiting a medical test thats been delayed by the "Holls " appears I`ve become animic No Vampires in the family either. Still the same old happy Nut ...

Really awesome conversion theme and execution; dig the blurbs about the characters, too!

@Mike Higgins on the other hand, if someone plans to game WW1 US vs German it's fairly appropriate, since most of their fighting was from May 2018 onwards. 

The directive for camo helmets didn't come out until July 1918, so if you did do the camo helmet you would really be restricting your timeframe to the last couple months of the the war for gaming. ...

@Bill Thomas  Wow, fascinating. https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/12/11/soviet-armored-ww2-patrol-boat-bk-31-recovered-stalingrad/amp/ https://www.relicsww2.net/bk-31-armored-boat-ra...

Happy 2023 everyone 😍

@JTam sadly not, just found it during a research project a while back... that is BK-31 that was recovered from the Volga in 2017 (or thereabouts...). It was sunk during the Battle of Stalingrad and...

Forum name: Mark Dewis Title: American Outlaw All Wargames Atlantic parts. Body is from Panzer Lehr, head is from Dark Age Irish, arms are from WW2 Partisans. Initial build was going to be more p...

I'd be very keen to pick up a few boxes of the Heretics in plastic, though I agree there's some overlap with The Damned. 

Some interesting sci-fi kitbashing using WGA Lizardmen.... https://phillipislandgamingsociety392176732.wordpress.com/2023/01/06/xenos-rampart-project/

If you are worried about a 50mm looking too empty, you can change how widely the legs are spread to a degree - compare that image with the goblin rider on the box for instance.. In fact, if you alt...

Excellent size comparison and run down of available metal miniatures (and a plastic kit bash): https://www.reddit.com/r/boltaction/comments/zwkko8/28mm_romanian_miniatures_scale_comparison/?utm_...

Good short (25 minute) overview of the war: American History Hit | The French & Indian War on Podbean, https://www.podbean.com/ea/dir-kjjms-15fbbd16 Or here: https://shows.acast.com/american...

@Alessio De Carolis  I've never heard the word "glamorous" and "Russian" (Army of WW2) used together before ;) Certainly they do have a certain mystique though.

The Romanians started the war with little to no submachine guns, but like most of the powers they became more and more common in Infantry squads as the war progressed. The most common SMG was the ...

The Romanian Army's primary medium machinegun was the ZB-53.  A very serviceable belt fed arm.  The British license built these as the Besa.   https://www.imfdb.org/wiki/ZB-53_...

@Mark Dewis  Romanian.  But I knew what you meant. (The Bulgarians did have an interesting helmet though.  It's a modern shape with strong medieval vibes.  Would be great for ...

@William Redford still waiting for it. But Victrix have pictures of the sprue on their website. https://www.victrixlimited.com/en-pt/products/ancient-horse-archer?variant=40162608152675 From I ca...

LOL at Penny and Goggles. Appreciate the parts breakdowns for the conversions.

@Vitor Soares how many female torsos and heads do you get in a box?

As an interesting note, the Bulgarian helmet was of Dutch design (and even manufactured there), so a Bulgarian kit would have heads (briefly) useful for 1940 Netherlands, and possibly for an interw...

@JTam bought a set already. 😊

Inspector Ryder explosive temper makes it hard for him to work with a human partner, luckily his canine partner Chase is on the case! Ryder: Head, Torso and Whalloping Stick: Victorian Policemen ...

Officers Cleaver and Haven represent som of the higher brass in the Bobbies. While Cleaver may be more interested in enforcing licenses, Haven charges head first into action.   Cleaver He...

Heavy Weapons and Riot Breakers: Callahan and Patrick don't care for their reputation as the goon squad, but when the going gets tough, no one handles a Tommy bitter like these two   &nbs...

Much better than those RGD ones

Patrol Men: Officers Murphy and Sonny always obey the law and give their suspects a chance to surrender peacefully  Murphy: Head and Whistle: Victorian Police Blaster: Death Fields Corpo...

Inspector Penny and Goggles make up the forensics team, searching for traps and ambushes using their high-tech computers enhanced arms. Goggles Head: WWI field hospital Doctor Torso:Victorian ...

Thought I'd share the start of my custom Death Field Team: The RoBobbies: At first look the perfection obsessed synergies of the Binarchy seem like an unlikely sponsor for such a chaotic and unciv...

@BS Kitbasher  Before I came across the Quar I was considering the very same thing for WW 2 Italians, using them as generic alt-history troops. Your point about less distinctive helmets echoes...

I'd buy some of these to use for Sci Fi or Alt Hist modeling projects.  It's refreshing to see equipment, and specially helmets, that one can identify with a time period but not instantly with...

@Andreas Penzkofer It is from the Star Wars: Andor TV series on Disney+.

Hello, I hope not to embarrass myself, but from what movie ist the picture from? Best regards, Andreas

@Alessio De Carolis  All good points.   Reference having enough "appeal".  WW2 is the most popular/widely played period for historical tabletop wargamers.  Romanians may ...

Romanian army in 1939 was bigger than, f.e. US' one, after all, and they've a grudge against Stalin, for Moldova's seizing, so they choose to support Hitler's attack, as the Finns. The problem natu...

Using the 3D printable Gurkha bodies and loads of bits from my spares box I have built and painted these "Balkan-ish" partisans.  I printed the bodies using a Cel Robox FDM printer - which do...

@Lord Marcus : Is video acceptable? I have got a 360º-video of a grognard heavy weapon painted to the maximal standard I could achieve (and in a lightbox) for exactly this opportunity. The n...

It would be interesting see more of all the other “non-main” WW2 nations released in plastic and as you said the Romanians are a practical force to build due to fighting on both sides.

The standard Romanian light machinegun was the ZB 30.   https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZB_vz._30 Fundamentaly the same as a Bren gun it is an excellent arm.   ...

Romanian Infantry equipment and uniforms: Fairly standard wool tunic with stand and fall collar. In the warm season the troops would be issued cotton tunics.  These faded very quickly comp...

Romanians represent a true (plastic) gap in the market.   Romanian troops on the Eastern Front outnumbered all other German allies combined.  This is impressive considering th...

Victrix has a new set: The female torso/miniature looks good:  

@Red Bee peasants for the renaissance/medieval range are still coming, and as far as i am aware will be made available to all subscribers from december. They apparently had some technical issues wi...

Yeah. My guess there is the sculpting didn't get done in time, so they deferred it until later since the Japanese peasants already counted for Renaissance, while the Monks are very usable for that ...

@Berggeit There's always the chance they might add new plastics for one of their other Osprey collaborations, like Dracula's America or Lion Rampant. But while the latter is a historical army game ...

Is the Tommy Gun guy supposed to count for World Ablaze?  Fair enough if so.  I'm perfectly satisfied if some months are something like "PIAT and arms" for the Resistance set.  ...

@Berggeit  Good info.  Thank You.

@Grumpy Gnome To be honest they don't look like Orcs either, the veiny bodies and frog-like fingers and toes don't look particularly Orcy to me. I'd have thought that if WA wanted to make Orcs, the...

@Alessio De Carolis  I'd like to see a bronze clad phalanx against a few Aliens.  I think they might do OK in open field combat.  The REAL challenge will be when the Aliens disperse...