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I have a buddy who wants to paint decently detailed world war 2 miniatures, but we are having trouble finding a consistent line of figures. Does anyone have any information about any ww2 miniatures that isnt flames of war, with a decent amount of models to chose from?

Thank you for your responses.

Scale?

28mm Warlord are good. The Plastic Soldier Company are making some very interesting and cheap kits in 15mm and 28mm.

There are huge numbers of 20mm manufacturers out there, this is often considered the scale for historical wargaming.

any scale between 20-35mm i think would be fine. I will check out this plastic solider company.

i like old glory, though don't know much beyond the 15 mm miniatures they make

it seems uk based the PSC which I dont think he's willing to order from to be honest. anything more north american located would be prefered.

Many companies do 1/72 scale figures in soft plastic.

http://www.scalecreep.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=2751_2752

Warlord has some nice plastic world war 2 minis that should work, they are about the same size a warhammer if that helps.

Riker210 wrote:it seems uk based the PSC which I dont think he's willing to order from to be honest. anything more north american located would be prefered.

You should have no problem ordering from PSC even from canada. Also check out local hobby stores as my local store has PSC. You can check out the usual suspects like Elhiem http://www.elhiemfigures.com/, Sgt Major minatures http://www.sgmm.biz/, S&S models http://sandsmodels.com/page2.html


Ambush Alley Games has a nice list of 15mm,20mm and 28mm venders who sell moderens and WWII era figgies http://ambushalleygames.com/resources/miniatures take a peek around you never know what you will find. =o]

I think he found a brand he digs from some of these suggestions. Thank you for your posts !

Bolt Action?

Riker210 wrote:I think he found a brand he digs from some of these suggestions. Thank you for your posts !

If you don't mind us asking what ones did he choose in the end? It's always nice to meet another person who is into historical's even if they are 'Those 15mm weirdo's" [/joking]


What system are you guys planning on getting into? What era? Who's playing what army?