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07-23-23, 02:15 PM | #196 |
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Herald 'Modern' Infantry
Not so modern now, these may have been pocket money cannon fodder when we were kids but they are still lovely figures, especially when they're in new condition like these with all their original paint
They're supposed to be British and although they wear 1950's-60's british battledress (along with the "turtle" helmet) the only one with the correct FN-FAL self loading rifle is the guy at front left; the others seem to have Armalites or some such
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07-23-23, 06:20 PM | #197 |
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When did the Webley get phased out? Maybe those carrying handles just need snipped off.
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07-24-23, 09:18 AM | #198 |
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Those other two almost look like paintball guns. Instead of a stock it looks like there is a co2 bottle sticking down from the bottom of it.
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07-24-23, 10:18 AM | #199 |
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On looking closer they're meant to be SA-80 rifles - that's the mag behind the pistol grip and the carrying handle is where they would also position a sight
I got to use the FN-FAL SLR as an army cadet - no-one used the carrying handles on them - seemed a bit strange after carting the .303 around on the shoulder. The .303 was always preferred for target shooting by anyone in the know I don't know about the Webley We always were issued with the turtle helmets but with NATO plain olive green tunics
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07-31-23, 07:30 PM | #200 |
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BMC is either upping their game or bought the rights to some nice sculpts. On Amazon and their website they have some nice Korean War figures with Americans, North Koreans, and Chinese. Much nicer than most BMC figures, and a period rarely covered especially winter wear.
The old bolt action .303 is sometimes recommended as a good crap hits the fan rifle, even better an Ishapore version in 7.62 x 51 Looks like Webleys almost hung around as long as 1911s
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08-01-23, 03:57 AM | #201 |
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^ Very interesting - the style of sculpting of these looks highly similar to that of Conte Collectibles, who model their 60mm figures in a soft rubbery material. Conte's toy soldiers are so good as to make them very suitable for use in dioramas as models, as well as toys
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08-01-23, 09:56 PM | #202 |
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/\ Aren't those Roarke's Drift mealey bags?
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08-01-23, 10:34 PM | #203 |
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Saw a rant disguised as a review complaining about some American Indian toy soldier sculpts being make exclusively in "red" plastic.
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08-01-23, 11:17 PM | #204 |
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Amazingly resilient, they were still being used in WW2.
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08-02-23, 12:03 AM | #205 |
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...no doubt when it was...'zulu time'??!
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08-02-23, 02:25 AM | #206 |
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You should go watch the guy eat a Boer War ration in the prepping thread.
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08-02-23, 04:03 PM | #207 |
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"Where are we now Sailor, plus 6 or minus 18 Zulu?" "Dunno Sir, it's too dark thirty to see my watch!"
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08-05-23, 11:28 AM | #208 |
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Crescent Toys 60mm Modern Army
The real main provider of carpet cannon fodder back in the 1960s was probably british maker Crescent Toys. And for a few of their ranges they produced figures in two distinct sets and scales - 54mm and 60mm. Although on the same themes (i.e. Army, cowboys, red indian warriors) the figures are quite different and clearly by two different sculptors
They are very different This is the large sized 'Modern Army' set and, as with the Herald figures, the accurate portrayal of weapons was not over important
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08-21-23, 04:14 PM | #209 |
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"Lone Star" Normans
These guys from Lone Star's 'Harvey' series were very familiar to those of us making war in our short pants in the 1960s. They came in green plastic so have always been associated with the 'Robin Hood' set which are in exactly the same colour and have identical bases. This has often seen them described as 'the Sheriff's men', although they were designed to crew Lone Star's two siege machines, so what the Sheriff of Nottingham's men would be doing playing with these I don't rightly know; the catapult in my photos is not by Lone Star - I used it just to display the figures as it looks near the right scale
See my earlier post here for more info: https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...4&postcount=64 I love the Norman captain who seems to be directing the crew - he's a great looking figure just on his own. I resisted the temptation to give them colourful heraldic surcoats and opted instead for this overall colour of dark leather with some metallic bronze mixed in - I wanted them to look more like battle-worn veterans than men-at-arms at a tournament
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08-22-23, 04:07 AM | #210 |
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I think the Captain's head would make a great Genghis Khan.
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