Modern Combat from Empress Minis (SAS, US, Taliban)

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**Kid_Kyoto**

Apologises if these have been shown before but they are new to me.

http://www.empressminiatures.com/page8.htm

**Squig_herder**

The detail on these are great. I would like to see a comparison between an IG and these and whether you can kit bash them/swap arms out.

Good find.

**Malika2**

Hmm, the giant heads make them look cartoony.

**Generalstoner**

Many of the 28mm heroic ranges look that way. I personally think these models are very nice.

**Malika2**

Not so much, these look more like actual 28mm models with GW sized (30-32mm) heads put on it. So whilst the bodies might have slightly more realistic proportions the heads become too big.

**Mr. Burning**

These have been around the block a bit but a good find none the less.

The head look reasonable to me. Certainly not too big.

**Necros**

They're ok but I agree about the cartoony look. heads are too big and the guns are too small

**ghosty**

Still might buy some though, i really like the british look. All unproffesional, but still pwnage.

Love the sniper/spotter combo.

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And £6 per quad bike is a bargain! Might make for some easy rough riders.

**Red_Zeke**

Proportions on a few seem just a little off, but they're pretty cool looking.

And there's even an EOD tech strapped up in the bomb suit...

RZ

**felixthecat345**

Nice, Melissia could use this for Codex: US army

Anyway, cool models. Nice find

**Corvus**

Why do I forsee the Mini Muj winding up in someone's Tallarn Desert Raiders?

**Fattimus_maximus**

They have MOLLE straps!!!

**Chaplain Pallantide**

Has anyone played Ambush Alley? I see that these guys were meant for said game, but it would be cool to know if the game was any good. I love skirmish based games with low model count. Easy on the wallet and easier on the marriage!!

**Kid_Kyoto**

Chaplain Pallantide wrote:Has anyone played Ambush Alley? I see that these guys were meant for said game, but it would be cool to know if the game was any good. I love skirmish based games with low model count. Easy on the wallet and easier on the marriage!!

The only problem I see is the need to build a whole mid eastern city to make it work.

But that would be fun!

**Aramus**

Necros wrote:They're ok but I agree about the cartoony look. heads are too big and the guns are too small

I agree about the heads, but the rifles are spot on in regards to size.

**Oshova**

Firstly . . . I would love to make an IG army with those, and some modern tanks =D

Secondly . . . That last picture reminds me of Hurt Locker =D love that film . . . must watch . . . need to do work . . . MUST WATCH . . . =p

Oshova

**poipo32**

I think the heads are oversized and the face sculpt look very weird.

**Kilkrazy**

poipo32 wrote:I think the heads are oversized and the face sculpt look very weird.

I'm not a big fan of the faces myself, however as often happens these pictures are 2.5 to 3 times the life size of the actual models and give a false impression.

You will notice the faces a lot less when the figures are on table.

**Regwon**

I love how on the first taliban picture everyone is running away from the guy with the RPG.

**Wearing The Bear Shirt**

What I like most about these is that they don't seem to be caricatures. They're all attempts at objectively realistic models. I think the current political climate makes it too easy to get away with catering to one side. The model-makers clearly understood that that was not the point. I like that they left that out of their models.

**Nightwatch**

Wearing The Bear Shirt wrote:What I like most about these is that they don't seem to be caricatures.

Funny, at least 5 of them screamed out "Chuck Norris In Disguise" to me.