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rwwin wrote:
If you want some more scale shots, I did a few with Heroclix, Hasslefree, Horrorclix, Copplestone, Wargames Foundry and Zombicide at my blog:

http://thecolorblindmodelpainter.blogspot.com/2013/05/wargames-factory-survivor-scale.html

Nice , I personaly always like to see size comparison shots, have bought a few minis that were a wee bit too small IMO due to scale creep.

I love these figs!!

Im going to use them as Insurgents in our "Bushwars" games. We use the Bolt Action rules.

I've been told that Wargames Factory has women survivors figures on preview at Historicon.

The set includes Uzis, RPG, double barrel shotgun, Mac-10, compound bow, pipe bomb, tennis racquet, golf club, among other weapon loadouts. There is some crossover with the men's set regarding weapons (AK47 for example) and pouches etc. but there are quite a few new weapons, and types that people had said they wanted on the first set. There's a couple revolvers in the set although not as many as some might like. I would expect pictures on their Facebook page after the con.

I look forwards to seeing them.

Is a character armed with both a tennis racket and a golf club count as having two close combat weapons?

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
Is a character armed with both a tennis racket and a golf club count as having two close combat weapons?

LOL, I'll have to make one of those now.

Their WWII Russians are now up for sale. They look fantastic to me.

Those WWII Russians look good. The female soldier head looks promising for kitbashing.

rwwin wrote:
If you want some more scale shots, I did a few with Heroclix, Hasslefree, Horrorclix, Copplestone, Wargames Foundry and Zombicide at my blog:

http://thecolorblindmodelpainter.blogspot.com/2013/05/wargames-factory-survivor-scale.html

Thank you so much for taking the time to put together these shots, I have been wondering how the heroclix scale works vs other manufacturers. I am looking to use some of the Bioshock Infinite Heroclix figures, so I needed to know the scale before I committed.

Cheers!

Yeah, thanks for the comparison shots. Very nice.

The WW2 Russians are very interesting. Not as armoured as Cadians, but much better proportioned. If I hadn't started an IG out of Dreamforge, they would be it.

Look what just popped up in the WGF facebook newsfeed:

Well crap. Those look awesome! Damn, I'm really going to have to get some of these and the guys. What am I going to do with a bunch of armed civvies though?

Looks promising. If it's the same layout as the men there'll be fifteen heads and eight normal torsos, so hopefully I'd be able to get 24 adequate models out of it for $22.

 AlexHolker wrote:
Looks promising. If it's the same layout as the men there'll be fifteen heads and eight normal torsos, so hopefully I'd be able to get 24 adequate models out of it for $22.

A sprue has 10 unique bodies, 1 is a child. Fifteen heads, two are children's heads. One child with helmet, one with bow.

The set is pretty similar to the men, in terms of figure posability, arm to torso combos, etc.

Like the men's set, there's a sprue of additional arms, weapons and accessories.

 Barzam wrote:
Well crap. Those look awesome! Damn, I'm really going to have to get some of these and the guys. What am I going to do with a bunch of armed civvies though?

First though: insurgents.
Second: mix-and-match with other bits to make mercenaries, freedom fighters, screaming victims, objectives, etc.

Looks very nice. A few look like resculpts or re-uses from the Mens kit, but overall a very nice set.

Someone needs to teach the fat chick how to hold and fire an RPG. Or better, teach the sculptor those things.

Because some random civilian is going to know the best way to hold it when forced to do so by a zombie apocalypse? Just like magically?

 frozenwastes wrote:
Because some random civilian is going to know the best way to hold it when forced to do so by a zombie apocalypse? Just like magically?

Actually I bet if I handed one to a random civilian, the ergonomics of the RPG are gonna dictate almost every single one holds it more correctly than fat chick does. And anyone willing to pick one up and give it a try has probably seen them fired on TV and in movies many times so will have a beginning of a clue as to how to do so.

Sorry, sculptors not knowing how something works is not a good excuse to sculpt something in a way that doesn't work. It is lazy. Two minutes looking at the images that come up on a google image search of 'RPG firing' goes a long way.

I dig it. It's nice that there's a decent variety of body types and varieties, and it isn't all musclewomen or supermodels.

 CptJake wrote:
Someone needs to teach the fat chick how to hold and fire an RPG. Or better, teach the sculptor those things.

To be fair, that could be my fault when I built it. However, I didn't see any other way to configure it with the arms that were labeled with that body/RPG match. It could be that she isn't supposed to be aiming it, but again I went with the best fit for the shoulder and arm. I built the WGF kits as 'stock' as possible, with no modifications to components, and in supplied poses, so that the buyer doesn't get any rude surprises.

If these were my kits I'd make some mods, like shaving down the thick brims on the cowgirl's hat, and officer's hat in the men's box. As a customer, I'd be mad if I opened the box and the figures don't match the ones I see on the webstore etc.

At least she appears to have removed the warhead safety pin, unlike some insurgents.

Issues with miniatures not holding weapons appropriately (as well as proper body position, etc) are inevitable when dealing with a kit with interchangeable pieces like this. You either deal with it, attempt to make modifications yourself, or buy monopose sculpts where the sculptor has the ability to control all aspects of the sculpt positioning.

Multipart isn't an excuse for every sculpting error (Remember the hideous WGF greatcoat HW kit?), but folks should know what they are getting into when they buy a plastic multipart kit. In most cases there are some sacrifices to be made for the freedom that you get when you do your own assembly.

I get that it is a minor issue (and will be buying a set of these), but minor as it is, it is a pet peeve of mine when sculptors mess up something a tiny bit of reference could fix.

 CptJake wrote:
I get that it is a minor issue (and will be buying a set of these), but minor as it is, it is a pet peeve of mine when sculptors mess up something a tiny bit of reference could fix.

There's four armless RPG launchers on the accessory sprue FYI.

I agree with you about research- it's important to 'get it right' as much as possible. There was without question an error on one of the accessories. I'm not sure if that got fixed after the test sprues. I can't imagine it would keep people from buying the set, but for me it was a real head-scratcher.

Hmm...I may pick up a box just for the bits.

I'm really impressed by the look of these and will get a set when they are released. I'm currently painting up the 'men' set and have to say that these are some of the most realistic figures I've ever seen; and they paint up well also. The only quibble I may have is that some of the poses are a bit '?' (that's the only way I can describe them), still just about all figure ranges have these bizarre poses! Damn good minis all the same!

Grr.... I thought I was done with plastic crack!

But they keep pulling me back in!

Well, thanks to my brother, I think I know how I'm going to use them. Both sets will be great to use in games of Fear and Faith! Maybe I'll have to snag a set of the guys from Brookhurst tomorrow.

 CptJake wrote:

 frozenwastes wrote:
Because some random civilian is going to know the best way to hold it when forced to do so by a zombie apocalypse? Just like magically?

Actually I bet if I handed one to a random civilian, the ergonomics of the RPG are gonna dictate almost every single one holds it more correctly than fat chick does. And anyone willing to pick one up and give it a try has probably seen them fired on TV and in movies many times so will have a beginning of a clue as to how to do so.

Sorry, sculptors not knowing how something works is not a good excuse to sculpt something in a way that doesn't work. It is lazy. Two minutes looking at the images that come up on a google image search of 'RPG firing' goes a long way.

On a similar note, the woman with the bow has the arrow on the wrong side as well. That is one of my biggest pet peeves in films and even worse on miniatures. Looks like some converting will be in order.