Cool thread/idea Brother! I watched GI Joe back in the day as a kid.  I remember griping (as a kid) that it was dumb they had laser rifles but would always just throw them up in the air in fa...

I know there is a GI Joe RPG coming out. I am kind of tempted to get it, but dont think my gaming group would give it a fair shot. I used to love GI Joe as a kid... had a ton of the toys of course....

Yesterday was yardwork... Cutting the grass, mulching, etc... My arms feel like jello and motivation is low to work on stuff today. But... i still managed to get 4 guys done.  So... Here is o...

Darn it, those are some great looking French soldiers!  I really really REALLY dig all of these WWI/Interwar/Early WWII kits from Wargames Atlantic - the WWI Germans, the Italians, the French,...

Thanks, Grumpy!  :D  I'd never make a good scholar, though - I have a tendency to scoop up any weird pseudo-science or other distraction, if it appeals enough to my taste in weird pulp f...

Have you considered Five Parsecs from Home instead of Stargrave? Many folks find the campaign aspects of Five Parsecs better than Stargrave for building a narrative... whether that narrative would ...

So, next, with little more to work with so far than a vague skirmish conflict between colourful, gimmicky Eisenkern-based "bad guys" vs. generic modern soldier "good guys", I turn to rules sets.&nb...

@Yronimos Whateley Mate, I have the utmost respect for your scholarly approach to the hobby. You are a font of knowledge that never ceases to amaze me with the breadth and depth of your inform...

So, first, for the un-itiated: G.I. Joe began its life in the 1960s as a fairly straightforward but small collection of four large 12" (30cm) action figures realistically representing the differ...

...well, not necessarily American, but - Illusration:  Sneak Peeks for at least one upcoming WGA set.... Looks like Wargames Atlantic might be in the final parts check phase of development f...

Yeehaw!  I was wondering if GEG would releast another gunfighters kit, glad to see they have!  I kinda wish they had a few more characters per box, but there were so many cool bits in the...

I hadn't heard or read about Wargames Atlantic doing Blitzkrieg era Germans. If they do, I hope that they don't model them wearing leather y-straps. During the Blitzkrieg era, the y-straps weren't ...

@Miyuso I like both. Anyway you can do both to differentiate different squads, or guys banded togather from different regions?

@JTam Yeah, that was... yeah. I rewatched all of southpark when i got HBO plus... all of it. That was actually one of the better episodes... But I like Mrs. Garrison. 

@John Wilson  Or even the Return, thanks to the Boushh helmet part of the Crew set... 

@Grumpy Gnome  I thought so.  WGA did a great job with these. WGA indicated they were going to do "Blitzkrieg" early war Germans at some point to match..... I hope they keep with the e...

I've previously described the Stargrave miniatures as background Star Wars extras....they look like they would fit in the background of the original movie on Tatooine.  

@JTam   Good choice JT, that model seems to be the most popular over the Blogosphere and specialist websites. 

@Miyuso   I vote for the blue. Wait, is that purple?  Not blue?  I'm a touch color blind.  (They wouldn't let me in EOD.) The Persians really seemed to like some garish col...

@Mumbleford Waits  As far as I do remember, back to W40K 1.5 and 2, Penal Battalions included Adeptus Mechanicus personnel since they were responsible for the explosive collars, under Commiss...

I think I like the blue... but I would have likely chose a more purplish blue.

I snagged one each of the Stargrave kits; I dig them, and I'm interested in the new females, but female Cannon Fodder is top priority, for sure! They have a good Star Wars/Firefly aesthetic and lo...

@Grumpy Gnome  Totally agree with the Gnome. They do have an Oldhammer flavour, like old W40K models -IGuards, Pirates, Personalities. So not the best sculpt -if compared to models from other...

Blue or Green? 

That is great news about the plastics and metal sculpts being roughly the same size.

@Yronimos Whateley  Reference: Eloquently put as always. I'll put it another way.  They don't look good.  Or to put it another way, they look cra*py. I'm more annoyed than I sh...

@Steven StGeorges  Reference: I'm pretty sure the Space Miner upgrade is literally a sprue of Oathmark Dwarfs.  You're supposed to chop their little pick hands off and use those to ma...

I got this female not Yarrick a few months ago: https://wargameexclusive.com/shop/imperial-soldiers/imperial-female-brave-commissar/#view-2 It's a nice model.  

@Mumbleford Waits  Reference: Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.   The old metal miniatures for reference: I've given thought on how to make similar miniature...

While paying a visit to NorthStar website and looking for any new Coppelstone's models for Rogue Stars -a pity the range is dead- or new FG stuff, I came across an ad for the SF version of the latt...

@Steven StGeorges  Commissar is definitely in the works. How else can I keep the scum and villainy in line? And the prisoners too! ;) As for human bombs, @JTam is absolutely right re: de...

@William Redford  No trouble, usually OOP like these will stay available for about a couple of months..  since they are old sculpts nowadays players are not fond of. 

Merci.

@Frank Reischmann  Great find!  Really fits the aesthetic. + =    

Nice little write up from WSS about the WGA French. https://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/wssblog/project-1940-a-french-distraction/ Seems they mix well with Warlord French metals and potential...

@Yronimos Whateley  The GI Joe idea deserves its own thread.  I hope you start one.  I'm not a giant GI Joe fan but I certainly have some ideas.  Plus I just want to talk about...

@Yronimos Whateley  Wild West Women seems like a solid guess. Might be some serious blood on the streets when the "WGA Womens" meet the  "GEG Girls" (Not to be confused with "GGG" - ...

@Grumpy Gnome  Always knew you were un Homme de Goût, my dear GG.

@JTam no... they said "soon"... but other than that?... no, not yet

I am also a big Michael Cain fan. That is what caught my attention.

Those StarGrave kits aren't bad, especially for what they are - pretty much the only option out there for this sort of thing!  But yes:  I think it's a concept that Wargames Atlantic has...

🤣     I'm thinking it'll be available in April?    REALLY early in April.  Maybe around the first day....

It does look like it's going to be a fun set, whatever it is! Both Vivendiere and Russian Women Commies sound like great guesses to me.  The Russian Revolution women in particular sound like ...

@William Redford  Did Shieldwolf put out any type of timeline for the Desert Girls try 2?

@Steven StGeorges  You're welcome ;) Please don't send your banker and/or spouse after me. Sci Fi Lustria/Amazon is an intriguing idea. What explanation do you really need though?  YO...

The orignal post showed a skirt and heels. Comrades, its got be the Communards! VIVA Revolution!

https://wargamesatlantic.com/blogs/news/the-russians-are-coming Some of the arm to body joins look weird (Officer arms too low) (Red Soldier number 3 in the top picture) but maybe that was t...

Sneek Peak 14 APR 22: Well this promises to be awesome. I think the footwear places this somewhere in near modern times.   I'll make a guess:  Vivandiere.     &...

Don't know, but I'll be in my opera box with my dog at the ringside...😛

@Grumpy Gnome based on your suggestion, I bought a victrix chariot sprue... I will see if I can conver Boudicca in to my conquistadors and use some dark age Irish to crew the chariot...