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According to the PSC site these will be avalible from next wednesday 16th jan. For you 1/72 people these will be avalible in Feb.

From the site:

145 hard plastic miniatures including 5 bazooka teams and good mix of riflemen, BARs and command figures. Options for Thompson SMGs and carbines. There are even some snipers with Springfield rifles. A US rifle company in a box.

Priced at £18.50. Not bad at all and they seem more 'dynamic' than PSC's pervious attempts at infantry.






Also the M3/M5 halftrack is due in March with the Heavy Weapons and 15mm Stuart's after that.

not bad at all, but they really do remind me of the army men i had as a kid!

They look quite nice. I cannot help comparing them with the new BF plastic's which are in some way's superior.

But for US line infantry these are great and as you say more "Dynamic"...

What is kinda funny is that some of the poses,that i had of some Green Army men.

Yeah, they do look like these things I had when I was a kid.

I too am having flashbacks to our dear ol green army men

Still they look nice. Now I just need some half tracks

How fragile are PSC infantry?

I have some of their Fireflies and 3 out of 5 gun barrels have snapped so far and I am now quite wary of buying anything with thin components.

Depends how much care you take of your models to a degree...

Their infantry are pretty fragile (and light), I'd avoid their infantry (or any plastic infantry for that matter). Over fragile gun barrels are one of the complaints many people make about PSC tanks. I've not had any of mine break, though I know other people who have suffered breakages.

As ever shop around for what's best for you.

All my infantry guns tend to snap, metal/plastic it doesn't matter. I have been wondering if it has been an accepted fact that most FoW armies are armed with carbines.

I haven't had any problems with metal infantry, a few bent guns but they are easy enough to bend back. My PSC Shermans are also fine but it seems that the 17 pounder is simply too long for the plastic to cope with the rigours of gaming.

The only metals i have had problems with breakage is my Airborne 50. cals.

Big P wrote:
Depends how much care you take of your models to a degree...

Agree with this. They're not toys, after all.

 eorltheyoung wrote:

Big P wrote:
Depends how much care you take of your models to a degree...

Agree with this. They're not toys, after all.

This.

There are a lot of Transport Options out there in the net that are designed specifically to transport FoW models. Sure theyll increase the cost of your army but keeps it alive much longer .

I personally use this for my 1750pts of British Armor:



I have 2 of the infantry trays and 2 of the medium tank trays (which have separate space for your turrets preventing them from warping or breaking. I even have some room for additional units if i buy some. 25 euro is not even expensive and since you can choose your combination of trays it should be capable of transporting almost every army up to 1750 pts.
http://www.feldherr.net/uk/mini-plus/mini-plus/feldherr-mini-plus-flames-of-war-custom-case.html?SID=88cf0c0254d729ad035a0054b3306375&___from_store=de

If anyone buys a set,i would be more than happy to buy or trade for the Snipers.I need them for my Glider Infantry and nobody makes a GEneric GI sniper.

Isn't it strange that after all these years, and countless versions of WW2 troops in miniature, that they still tend to sculpt them with close-fitting, pristoie uniforms and minimal gear. If you look at photos of real WW2 troops, especially in NW Europe, their uniforms tend to be baggy, they carry a lot of gear, and they're generally quite untidy looking. For a great deal of the war in NW Europe, the troops also wore overcoats - I know Normandy is the default option for figures, but it would be nice to see sculptors looking beyond that.

Not all of them...





But I do take your point, that in the field you tend to overload yourself because you never know when the next re-supply is coming. This is doubly so for Para's as they will jump with as much kit as possible.

Don't know about you, but even with all my time in Warzones around the globe on operations, this image causes me to shudder more than anything else.



OAP's and the socially inept, dress as from the past with decommissioned weapons for the clapping masses, sometimes I do ponder about our society and much of what goes on raises a wry smile.

haha the 'socially inept'. Too true.

I think a real para would make him eat that beret.

When did Peter Griffin become a GI.

I'd like to think that a real Para would have a bit of respect for the elderly...

 ArbeitsSchu wrote:

I'd like to think that a real Para would have a bit of respect for the elderly...

Have you met many paras?

Palindrome wrote:
I think a real para would make him eat that beret.

How do you know he's not a real para? It's not like there are no actual veterans who reenact.

Yeah, some of you are reading rather a lot into one photograph.

Palindrome wrote:

 ArbeitsSchu wrote:

I'd like to think that a real Para would have a bit of respect for the elderly...

Have you met many paras?

Yes many.

WW2, Palestine, Northern Ireland and Falklands vets.

One of the beauties of my research was that I got to talk to many and a good mate was an former 2 Para PT trainer. All very nice and very well adjusted people.

 Hordini wrote:

How do you know he's not a real para? It's not like there are no actual veterans who reenact.

His beret hasn't been shaped properly.

Palindrome wrote:

 Hordini wrote:

How do you know he's not a real para? It's not like there are no actual veterans who reenact.

His beret hasn't been shaped properly.

Ok? If he was a Para, he obviously hasn't been in service in a while. Simple mistakes can be made, my Green Beret buddy has to be reminded occasionally to fix his beret when he is in his A's

 ArbeitsSchu wrote:


I'd like to think that a real Para would have a bit of respect for the elderly...

On exercise once on Salisbury Plain the Para's threw faeces at passing Landy Defenders (Officers Vehicles), I remember my own vehicle was caked in "Guano", I remember this quite vividly because about 800 metres away a Company of Gurka's were sitting quietly in neat lines talking to one another. A starker contrast I couldn't imagine, same Army different ethos.

Para's are animals, disciplined but still have that feral streak - and No mistake, you want frontline, shock assault Infantry - You pick the "Rough, tough and mean" of course there are exceptions, but Para's aren't recruited for their social graces or their amazing academic abilities. Some come out well adjusted, but most don't - The amount of Para's who end up in trouble on assault charges is an interesting statistic.

 Hordini wrote:

Palindrome wrote:
I think a real para would make him eat that beret.

How do you know he's not a real para? It's not like there are no actual veterans who reenact.

Anyone who has seen active service would not dress up as themselves and run around pretending, ( like a Fireman or Policeman doesn't dress up in his spare time and pretend to do the same job during his time off, because it is mentally ill).

Those that cannot let go when they leave the Services are usually doomed and won't re-adjust to society and expect everyone to be as they demand and adjust to them. Exactly the same as the "Unspoken Rule" that people don't talk about what happens on Operations, or when they have to do the less palatable parts that their duty demands.

 mwnciboo wrote:


Anyone who has seen active service would not dress up as themselves and run around pretending, ( like a Fireman or Policeman doesn't dress up in his spare time and pretend to do the same job during his time off, because it is mentally ill).

Those that cannot let go when they leave the Services are usually doomed and won't re-adjust to society and expect everyone to be as they demand and adjust to them. Exactly the same as the "Unspoken Rule" that people don't talk about what happens on Operations, or when they have to do the less palatable parts that their duty demands.

I actually take a fair bit of offense to that. Two of my military buddies, one being a Green Beret, all reenact. One does Civil War, he works at Gettysburg now, and the other does World War 2. My father, now retired Air Force, did it for a while before he was forced out from a back injury.

Stop stereotyping all reenacters who were active service as mentally ill.

EDIT: I should also mention, I help with reenactments at Gettysburg and im enlisting soon. I don't consider myself mentally ill...
DOUBLE EDIT: Wait, this was originally about PSC! Yeah I was never a fan of PSC's infantry, and these do look a lot like the old Army-men that I used to have (I should buy some of both and do a quick comparison...)

Palindrome wrote:

 washout77 wrote:

Ok? If he was a Para, he obviously hasn't been in service in a while.

A para's beret is sacred. Plus shaping a beret takes about 5 minutes and is the first thing that is taught in basic training.

Yeah im quoting in a previous post, sue me hahaha

Mkay, you're right. I'm gonna concede so that this can get back on topic

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 mwnciboo wrote:
Exactly the same as the "Unspoken Rule" that people don't talk about what happens on Operations, or when they have to do the less palatable parts that their duty demands.

Servicemen talk about ops all the time, they may leave certain things out but I haven't heard of this 'unspoken rule'.

Weird editing shenanigans going on there.....

 washout77 wrote:


EDIT: I should also mention, I help with reenactments at Gettysburg and im enlisting soon. I don't consider myself mentally ill...

Top tips,

1. "I should also mention....." Don't mention this at basic training
2. Enlisting soon.....Good on you, but until you qualify and see active service you will only ever see things from one side of the glass.

Experience tempers everything - Dressing up and playing pretend is great for kids but Corinthians 13:11 puts it best "When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me."

Pushing models around a table is one thing, dressing up and running around is quite another.