A heads up guys that LKM/QRF have just released some nice looking 15mm Modern Germans that will make excellent Mid-tech Infantry proxies, and once more, won't simply look like Modern US. Of course, I'll need to add some visors first ;-)
QRF 15mm Modern GermansMGI01 Infantry advancing with G36, £2.00
There are 6 packs in the initial release:
MGI01 Infantry advancing with G36
MGI02 Infantry firing G36
MGI04 Infantry with MG3
MGI05 Snipers
MGI06 Command
MGIS01 Milan Teams
MGI02 Infantry firing G36
MGI04 Infantry with MG3
MGI05 Snipers
MGI06 Command
MGIS01 Milan Teams
QRF 15mm Modern GermansMGI02 Infantry Firing G36, £2.00
Modern French and Chinese are on the way too. Corresponding with Geoff, the French will be in the new FRELIM kit. I'm hoping they will make OUDF proxies without the McStarburger 'Royale' look.
There's also more in the way of Modern Brits: - Snipers, GMG, Javelin teams, underslung grenade launchers, command, plus a heap of support weapons including a ground mounted 40mm auto-grenade launcher. If you are not too fussy, some mix and match of the support weapons with the Modern German infantry is possible for a discrete Tom. War force.
Of course, the great thing about the Modern Germans is their Flecktarn camo! Pure Sci Fi, and comes in desert and urban varieties too.
It's worth scanning the QRF catalogue for 'different' Modern kit to equip your Mid-Tech forces. The Yugoslavian M80A MICV being a great example. It's a BMP, but it's not.
QRF 15mm ModernYUG02: MCV M80A, £6.00
Both Master Chef and myself use the Brazillian URUTU E11 APC as an off-world para-military police armoured vehicle. The French VAB wheeled APCs, US LAV-AT, plus South African Ratels are equally all worthy of including in your Mid-tech Sci Fi inventory.
Whilst on the subject of Mid-Tech Proxies, I ordered a pack of US Special Forces from Rebel Minis which arrived last weekend.
Lovely figs. Would have preferred leader types in helmets & in combative command poses, but I can work round that in this instance. Will certainly get more with my next order from Mike. Incidentally Master Chef uses these as 'Ships Marines' due to their resemblence to the Colonial Marines on Battlestar Galactica.Cheers
Mark
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The Rebel minis look sharp, did you paint them like Galactica figures or is that a generic camo?
ReplyDeleteWork has been a leeetle intrusive into my painting time over the past week and a bit. The photo in the post is from the Rebel Minis site. Master Chef painted his black like the Galactica Colonial Marines. Click on 'Battlestar Galactica' to be taken to the Wiki about the Marines.
ReplyDeleteMine are still waiting to be done but I'm going for a new urban FleckTarn that's still under development and which looks really cool.
Cheers
Mark
Hmmm... I wonder if you could take a piece of styrene tube, cut small slices from it, and cut each of those in half to make a simple wraparound visor. I'll have to go play with some styrene to see how well that would work.
ReplyDeleteInteresting idea Andreas! Let me know how you get on.
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Mark
I have samples of Rebel Minies new ultra-modern US Army figures and they're outstanding. I think they'll make a good addition to "mid-tech" to "transitional tech" troops, too.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy rebel minis. Simple sculpts, easy to paint, pretty clean castings and cheap by industry standards.
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