Who wants WW2 Axis Cavalry?
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Uniforms and equipment are almost the same just change the upper body and head
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@Billy Baxter
Are you suggesting one Axis kit to cover Heer, SS, Cossacks in German service, maybe Italians, maybe Japanese, maybe Romanians, maybe Bulgarians, maybe Hungarians?
I think the idea has some merit. And ANY WW2 cavalry would be welcome.
Someone suggested generic WW2 cavalry during the last contest, and it was derided by some. But again it has some merit.
Horses, saddles, tack etc. This did vary between countries, but my guess is that WGA is going to use their generic horse and saddle for any/all countries anyway. So generic largely works here.
Riding pants and boots. Differences between countries largely indistinguishable in 28mm. Paint the pants the color you need.
Tunics. 80% of the countries are using 4 pocket long sleeve tunics tunics. Most of those tunics have stand and fall collars. Again, generic largely works.
That leaves webbing, heads, and weapons as the only very distinctive features.
For webbing seperate double ammo pouches, triple ammo pouches, and bandoleers that glue on would pretty much could cover it.
Seperate heads obviously. Seperate weapons (some overlap here.)
Kit could contain heads and weapons for two or three cavarly types. Other powers like Bulgaria could be covered with a head and bits sprue like the Death Fields Accessory Sprue sold separately.
I'm not saying this is ideal. I would love seperate cavalry kits for every power. But at this point with zero WW2 plastic cavalry kits, beggars can't be choosers.
Sidenote: No one makes 28mm Italian Cavalry who did some yoeman service. Not in resin or metal. Nobody. (Maybe a print file available somewhere?) Would be an awesome kit.
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Perhaps not the highest priority, interwars cavalry of various nations may be more popular sellers but I was reminded of this...
https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/german-cavalry-horses-1935/
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(German)
(Cossack in German Service)
(Romanian)
(Hungarian)
So a German Heer/SS/Cossack in German service kit seems super easy to do.
Making the same kit capable of covering Romanians and Hungarians (with appropriate ammo pouches and heads) seem doable. Pants, tunics, boots all LARGELY the same. Not ideal, but a decent representation could be achieved.
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