Absent figures you would like to see more of

For a long time I've wanted to see more female military figures.

In the historic sense, the Soviet military in WWII is well known for having women in active combat.

In the modern sense, women are everywhere in most militaries.

I noticed the comment on the last page about figures of police and firefighters and such. I agree with that and I can't tell you how many female police officers, rescue workers and paramedics I've seen.

I'd just like some decent female figures that aren't the pin-up girl, or porn posture type.

Irish3335 wrote:

How about a totally new figure line?  Like police and firefighters...that would make a whole new branch of model building...be neat to have a cop doing a carstop, or a firefighter going in to a building...in all scales

Yep, in 1/24-1/25 & 1/32-1/35 that would be great, then there would be something to put with the handful of emergency vehicle kits out there. The only firefighter figures I know of are German which I find kind of funny, the Germans even dominate the modern civilian figure market.

 A good set of 1/35 aircraft firefighters in the baked potato suits and some PJ's would be nice too.

Deputy Brad;

For World War II figures of Canadians you have to check out the following

www.ultracast.ca - Great figures in Resin

www.friendshipmodels.com - Dougs Originals - Great Figures in Resin

Now on the plastic side of things

Tamiya

35223-700 - British Infantry On Patrol - Nice kit of 5 Figures

Dragon

6055X - Canadian Infantry - Nice set of 4 Figures

6023 - Red Devils - Nice set of 4 Paratrooper Figures

6199 - 2nd SAS Regiment - Nice set of 4 Figures 

6212 - British Infantry - Great set of 6 Figures!

Master Box Ltd.

MB3512 - British Troops CAEN 1944 - Good Set of 4 Figures (2 Commandos and 2 Infantry)

Now don't let the "British" on the box fool you. The equipment used by the Canadian army during the Second World War is the same. The main difference as far as modelling goes is the colour of the Battle Dress Uniform, Canada's uniform was more Olive than Khaki in colour. Use good references and you can't go wrong.

The Para and SAS figures are great too if you intend to build a diorama or vignette of 1st Can Para. The Canadians wore the same kit as the British Para Regiment so the conversion is minor and simply in the marking schemes. Again good reference is essential.

As far as Modern Canadian figures....Well not yet. But, you can convert U.S. figures with minor mods to pockets and field gear to make your own.

Hope this helps.

I don't know where you are on the face of the globe, but just a reminder HERITAGECON 1 - Canadian Modellers at their best! The show will be at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in February. Check www.warplane.com for the details under coming events.

Cheers;

Gregory

More variation in 1/35 Modern figures and Vietnam era. And a few Aussie WWII in 1/35

Cheers

Robert

More styrene, production figures al la Dragon, Tamiya, Trumpeter, etc. of anything other than German. i.e. all of the figure types mentioned earlier.

There are already plenty of german offerings. What we need more of is the other armies and personel in packages and poses. You can already find just about anything in resin or metal now but this can be cost prohibitive. At anywhere from $8 -  $10 ea that can be expensive as opposed to a set of the above for $7.50 for 4-6 figures.

I totally agree with civilian figures, not uniformed.

Would love soemthing in around 1/35 scale, or even 1/48---great for doing anairshow or static demo!!!! Lots of figs out there of girls in 1/6 scale but thats another subject....

Also, would like to see a line of modern accessories for these. years ago Tamiya and Fujimi came out with pit crews and girls for the sidelines, even thier biker figures havent been updated in ages...and then these are 1/24 scale.  Modern digital cameras, cell phones, laptops, etc would be the real kicker ticket, and even the resin companies have not latched onto the latest trend.  Custom Dioramics had a line of stuff for cars years ago that cold be used with figures, but that stuff gets dated pretty quickly...

David

In 1/35th I would like to see more available Italian figures especially for North African use. Along with that, support weapons and equipment for Italian forces.

I would really like to see some truly modern Special Operations figure sets.  Dragon used to do such a great job with those.  From Dragon I'd love to see Modern Special Forces (preferably 5th SFG operating in Iraq/Afghanistan), Modern US Army Rangers (OIF), Modern US Army Airborne Infantry (OIF), etc.  The ones that are available are very dated even by "modern" standards.

Stephen

upnorth wrote:

For a long time I've wanted to see more female military figures. In the historic sense, the Soviet military in WWII is well known for having women in active combat. In the modern sense, women are everywhere in most militaries. I noticed the comment on the last page about figures of police and firefighters and such. I agree with that and I can't tell you how many female police officers, rescue workers and paramedics I've seen. I'd just like some decent female figures that aren't the pin-up girl, or porn posture type.

 The only one I know of is the Zvesda 1/35 soviet sniper team:

http://www.internetmodeler.com/2007/february/first-looks/zvezda_russnipers_review.php