2023 May Digital Releases
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May's theme is "Seadogs!"
WGA promises to drop loads of Seamen on us all May:
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I had some thoughts for a Seamen theme here:
https://wargamesatlantic.com/community/xenforum/topic/85084/monthly-themes
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I'm very excited for the Sea Peoples:
I kid. I recently purchased quite a few of Lucid Eyes beautiful Sea Peoples miniatures. A good Sea People STL will nicely compliment WGA's upcoming Trojan Chariot.
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First sneak peak for May:
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New update today 11 May:
Not immediately useful to me... But beautifully sculpted.
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Maybe the next time WGA does the Seamen theme they can do "Sinbad and friends" to compliment the WGA plastic skeletons.
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@JTam Hmm, we already have those from North Star:
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The "82nd Airborne" just dropped.
An awesome bonus set for MAY/FEB.
Overall these look amazing.
The belts and suspenders are corrected over the first renders which is awesome.
There is one notable error: This set should be called American Airborne or 101st Airborne. The mohawks were done by the 101st.
Nitpicks:
No M1 Garands. Infantry need Garands. Maybe there will be an expansion set. All the weapons are M1 carbines. Usually issued to engineers, RTOs, and the like. Uncommon in an Infantry Platoon.
Full stock M1 carbines. I need to do more research. I'm sure there were some floating around the Airborne on D-Day but they had to be rare on the ground.
Helmet with no nets. Uncommon with the Airborne.
Helmets with the aid dressing on the front. I've never seen it with the M42 uniform. The dressing on the helmet was more of a Market Garden/M43 thing. That being said it's super iconic and rule of cool probably should win here.
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Polish Uhlans dropped as well:
Another great set. Really nice subject matter and sculpting.
It would be great to see this translated into plastic at some point. WGA seems to be leading the way in "Blitzkrieg Era" plastic kits right now. This would be a valuable add to that.
It's worth noting there are zero WW1 or WW2 plastic cavalry kits. Any "modern" plastic cavalry kit would be welcome for WW1, WW2, modern, and sci-fi converting.
Nitpick:
The helmets appear to have the wrong shape.
Note the upward V shape on the side of the helmet here:
Here's an actual Adrian:
The bottom rim of the side is flat to just slightly upward curved at the front and back. Making if anything a downward pointing V on the side.
EDIT: This belongs in APR but I'm currently to lazy to move it.
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There was a sneak peak today (15 MAY 23) today as well.
There was renders of some nice looking generic pirates:
Urge to drink rum intensifies.
An armored Turkish admiral:
Looks boss.
And a Slann, I mean Space Frog:
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More sneak peak of the Death Fields aquatic aliens (17 MAY 13):
Fun.
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@JTam Elemental Battle armor is nicknamed Toads since when the Clans first invaded the sphereoids had never seen Battle armor, or self healing armor that hopped around,so they spread rumors that the mysterious invaders were toad aliens.
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Friday's Sneak Peak Email seems to show an underslung grenade launcher for the battletoads:
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@JTam LOL I buy off ebay alot and sometimes damage to metal minis happens just from its time in shipping. Not every metal model is Taget Games sturdy like your minis (even among Target Games models). Metal can warp, a lot of metals have bendy weapons that can break from metal fatgue (I have had bows, swords, and axes that get bendy which means they can break if they fall of the tabel the wrong way or re adjusted too much, so its not just a spearmen issue). Notice the the thin weapon parts, those can break from falling off a tabel and hitting the right spot, and the one in the center already had the broken staff when I got it and whats more seemed to have been a chronic issue:
Oh and then there is glue togethers metal models.
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Battle Toads dropped:
They look really good for what they are.
I really like the weapons:
Does anyone else find frogs with teeth disconcerting?
Where we are at 23 MAY 23:
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@Chris R
Possibly one could add scrim to the bare helmets?
http://peterw3169.blogspot.com/2013/11/ww2-in-28mm-156th-scale-british_7.html?m=1
Many of the Airborne guys had well scrimmed helmets on D-Day.
I did find ONE picture of a 101st Soldier in Normandy with a bare helmet:
But again this was rare. It's also distinctly possible he had a helmet net on D-Day but lost it in the days following. The GI net just kind of gets wedged in-between the helmet and the liner..... If you're using the steel pot for washing or crapping in than the net is a pain to put back on each time.
EDIT: I think he's just wearing the helmet liner in the picture. So he probably had a net on his helmet.
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The Turkish Admiral, Pirates, and Saxon conversion parts have hit.
Cool previews of the Sea People, WW2 US Navy, and Masters and Commanders posted as well.
All great looking sets.
There's a hint on the WW1 set as well:
Very cool.
Reference the WW2 set.
1. Hopefully they are saving Soviet Naval Infantry for later.
2. If they chucked a few 1903 Springfields in the set you could use these minis for several decades pre-WW2 as well.
Maybe the arms from the WW1 German Seamen will work on the WW2 US Navy and that will get you there if you squint your eyes. They are both "Mauser" rifles in the end.
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Evidently for this project you need an axe, BAR, and Lewis Gun LOL:
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Sea Peoples and Master and Commander dropped today 1 JUN 23:
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@JTam
Think I'm a troll, do you? I have just as much right to an opinion as you do. Just because I don't always agree with you on things and I'm not always happy at things WA release, it doesn't mean you have a right to brand me as such.
I certainly wouldn't agree that metals have superior sculpting capability to plastic. Find me your best example of a metal sculpt, and I wouldn't be surprised if I would be able to raise you with a plastic sculpt.
I would also say you're wrong in terms of STLs being cost-effective, certainly for the customer - STL files are generally costed per model, so they're fine for individual character figures, but the cost increases rapidly for units of 5 or even 10 from many sellers, because each extra model takes further time to design. Not to mention the initial start-up cost of a 3D-Printer, plus refill costs, the time taken to print something, and the frequency of botched jobs. Why bother with all of that when you can have a nice, affordable hard plastic set that gives you lots of figures and options for the price? Plus it's imperative that we as wargamers support our brick-and-mortar stores, which buying plastics certainly helps to do but 3D-printing rarely does.
Of course, 3D-Printers will no doubt improve in quality and become more affordable over time, so the age of the STL could well and truly dawn in the next 5 years or so, but right now hard plastic rules. You can see it with more companies gravitating to it - Warlord (particularly with their Epic Battles lines being so popular and intruding on the 15mm market that was previously dominated by metals), Gripping Beast, WA, North Star, Great Escape, plus all the companies coming to WA to design their stuff in plastic for them. Not to mention that the time of the metal figure is coming to an end - hard plastic, STLs and resin are seeing to that.
@Brian Van De Walker Metal parts can certainly snap off, you're correct, though I more have issues with stuck-together parts breaking apart than moulded-on parts breaking, particularly as metals are heavy and can fall off the table more easily, and hit the floor harder. Metal parts, because of their weight, are more difficult to pose as you're sticking them together, and of course it's been a known meme for a long time among the wargaming community as to how heavy loads of metal figures are to transport and store.
Another defect of metals, resin and perhaps 3D-prints as well is that for adhesives you're stuck between superglue, which is strong but sticks your fingers together and takes your skin off, and generic 'stick-anything' glues which are safer but variable in their effectiveness and quality. None of these sculpting media have anything as effective a combination as plastic models and poly cement.
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@Caratacus
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The US WW2 Seamen dropped:
Very cool. Greatly increases the uses/flexibility of the US Airborne set.
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So anyone else who likes the looks of the German marines?
Hope they get plastic they look great.
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