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1/35th figures/AM heads with Gas Masks

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1/35th figures/AM heads with Gas Masks
Posted by smeagol the vile on Monday, August 15, 2011 1:07 AM

Anyone know where I can find figure kits and or AM heads that have gas masks, from any country and any era?  Specifically ones that are sculpted well (like not the old emhar wwi kits)

 

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Posted by HeavyArty on Monday, August 15, 2011 6:18 AM

The only ones I know of is a couple figures in the old DML Urban Elite series.  One is in the  NYPD SWAT Team, one guy has a nice M17 gas mask on.  The other is in the British SAS set with a Brit mask on.  I don't know of any AM head sets that have gas masks on.

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Posted by Gear Head 6 on Monday, August 15, 2011 11:27 AM

..............DML also did a Hong Kong Special Police Unit (or something like that) which is the SAS set with one of the figures holding a riot shield, different heads for the two figures not in gas masks and U.S. style Kevlar helmets..................At Least one of the figures, in Zvezda Russian Anti Terrorist Unit set, seems to be wearing a full containment suit of some kind judging from the box art.  I have the set but I haven't started putting it together yet...............Tamiya had a couple World War Two gas masks in their  U.S.  Army accessory set that could be adapterd to figures with some work.

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Posted by smeagol the vile on Monday, August 15, 2011 12:10 PM

Thanks guys.  I just find the gas masks to be a really cool subject and worth modeling but noone seems to make kits with them.

Might be worth to try and sculpt one that can fit over 1/35th sized heads and then recast it...

 

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Posted by ajlafleche on Monday, August 15, 2011 2:03 PM

M Models has a couple:

They are available from The Red Lancer

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Posted by smeagol the vile on Monday, August 15, 2011 3:01 PM

Those are very nice, I remember seeing that lancer with the horse gas mask before, it was unbelievably expensive.

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 15, 2011 3:15 PM

Verlinden used to put out a resin head set w/ German soldiers wearing the WW I styles masks---I may have a few of 'em...

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Posted by ajlafleche on Monday, August 15, 2011 4:16 PM

smeagol the vile

Those are very nice, I remember seeing that lancer with the horse gas mask before, it was unbelievably expensive.

Confused The lancer lists at $49.95, less than half the price of a typical 54mm mounted figure.

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Posted by smeagol the vile on Monday, August 15, 2011 5:21 PM

its marked as 1/35th and that is Still a LOT of money.  thats the price of a 1/35th armor kit which comes with a bunch of figures itself, for a figure and a horse...

 

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Posted by Gear Head 6 on Monday, August 15, 2011 6:25 PM

..........It''s possible Warriors Scale Models might make a head set with gas masks.

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Posted by psstoff995's lbro on Monday, August 15, 2011 7:03 PM
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Posted by Hans von Hammer on Saturday, September 3, 2011 6:32 PM

It would help a lot if you said what kind of pro-masks (protective mask, they're not called "gas masks" anymore...) you want..

M17 series

M24/M25 series

M40/M42 series

M43

German, Israeli?

WW2, WW1, Vietnam through 1990? 1990 through present?

Those are just the US masks I can think of off the top of my head..

What do you need?

 

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Posted by smeagol the vile on Saturday, September 3, 2011 7:48 PM

Any kind honestly.  Gas masks have a very cool scifi/steampunk/post apocalyptic look and are wonderful for figures and dioramas  in that kind of setting and at that point it doesn't matter what era it is from.

 

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Posted by Hans von Hammer on Saturday, September 3, 2011 8:50 PM

Ok.. Gotcha...

Lemme check my "supply room" (parts stash)..

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Posted by knabria on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 5:57 PM

Red Lancers also carries SmartMax figures (Mauser Earth & Smog). The one you might want to take a look at is Jeremiah Crow.

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http://www.smartmaxstore.com/jeremiah-crow-en.htm

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Posted by Hans von Hammer on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 8:01 PM

Ok, after digging through my stuff, I came up with only a couple figures that had pro-masks, I think once belonged to the SAS set I picked up on a whim back in the 80s...

But, I also remembered that the 1/35 Tamiya US Weapons Set (WW2) came with two pro-masks, complete with carriers and hoses... If push comes to shove, you could take a spare figure's head, remove a portion of the face, and glue the face-blank in, then cast as many copies of the head w/mask in resin as you need...

 

 

 

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Posted by smeagol the vile on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 8:20 PM

Thanks for looking into it hans, I appreciate it.

 

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Posted by HeavyArty on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 9:34 PM

There is also the Stryker SciFi figure from Author's Sculpt.

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Posted by BigDaddyBluesman on Saturday, September 17, 2011 1:40 PM

Why not try making your own from Squadron green putty or some of the Miliput type modeling putties I see. I have done that and with a little time you can make it look pretty good.

Draw a picture of what you want or use a picture and put a lump on the face, then use a pick or even tooth pick and try to mold it.

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