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Work In Progress / Re: Digital Sculpt - Russian Truck Driver
« on: July 27, 2015, 12:46:34 am »
Looks good!
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Work In Progress / Re: M3/M3A1 Half-Track Personnel Carrier
« on: July 04, 2015, 06:03:03 am »
I see four .30-cal and one .50... Do you need so many guns? Don't get me wrong, extra guns are welcome, but other stowage is also welcome.
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Work In Progress / Re: SdKfz 251/1 Ausf D - More EXPANSION KIT info
« on: June 30, 2015, 09:20:32 pm »
Looks very interesting!
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General Discussions / Re: On the Drawing Board - UPDATED June 13, 2015
« on: June 23, 2015, 03:37:05 am »Please say it's a Hetzer..!
Cheers
SP
I hope so too!!!
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General Discussions / Re: Rubicon in the future
« on: June 19, 2015, 04:55:43 am »It is a long learning curve to sculpt great figures. Unlike making plastic vehicles, which is rather straightforward; there is a lot to learn about digital sculpting... the style, the techniques, the proportion, etc!
We are already working on a few figures with reasonably moderate results. These figures will be closer to the Perry's style! To start, we will only be doing drivers as most of these miniatures are (in some way) half concealed, just in case customers are not satisfied with them.
BTW, when we first started doing some prototype figures, we did them in "true" 1/56 scale, got them printed and put them side-by-side with some Perry and Warlord figures... you will be very surprised! At least we are!!
Warlord's Figures are hideously deformed... but make lovely wargames figures, just don't compare them to ordinary humans.
The Perry's are better, but if you compare them to say 1/48 figures from Tamiya, you will find that the Perry and Tamiya figures have the same "girth", same size hands and same size of heads... but the Tamiya figures are longer.
I don't know which are more popular, I know I prefer the Perry Miniatures style though. Maybe you should position yourself somewhere in between?
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Work In Progress / Re: SdKfz 251/1 Ausf. D - updated with more info!
« on: June 07, 2015, 10:52:13 pm »
That stern antenna could be mounted on your regular tank to denote a command vehicle too
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Work In Progress / Re: Proposed Project: SdKfz 250 Alte or Neu ??
« on: May 07, 2015, 11:26:55 pm »
I prefer the Neu version because it will go with my Normandie project. (But I will probably buy the Alte anyway and send it to the desert.)
One note is that you have been doing lots of late war, and if you are doing an Alte version maybe you should do more early war stuff too?
One note is that you have been doing lots of late war, and if you are doing an Alte version maybe you should do more early war stuff too?
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Wish Lists / Re: Modern Military Vechiles
« on: April 29, 2015, 06:36:27 pm »
Stuff like civilian trucks like the Toyota Hilux for use as technical would also sell very well, I think, if you include some weapon options.
Not only used by insurgent but also by US special ops.
Not only used by insurgent but also by US special ops.
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Work In Progress / Re: Tank, Cruiser, Mk VI (A15 Crusader)
« on: April 06, 2015, 04:34:06 pm »
This one is looking very good. Will need one (or three) for my Desert Rats, and and AA variant for my Normandy brits.
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Work In Progress / Re: M5A1 Stuart / M8 Scott
« on: April 06, 2015, 04:32:38 pm »It just occurred to me - if you're going to have an M5A1/M8 kit and a separate kit with the Recce parts, why not make the separate kit an M3A3/Recce? You'd only need to do a new hull, which would also justify the additional sprue you'd need for the Recce variant (which otherwise just consists of an armoured turret ring and some machine guns). Then (like Cat suggested) you could market the M5A1/M8 as a US vehicle, and the M3A3/Recce as a British/Commonwealth vehicle.
That's a good idea!
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General Discussions / Re: Italeri news
« on: March 09, 2015, 06:53:09 pm »...but their origins are apparent to anyone who has built the PSC version.
I've built the PSC 15mm Panzer IV. Do the tracks on the 28mm version have the same annoying gap where they're supposed to link up?
Not as such. Both the 20mm and 28mm go together wihtout problems if you align the pieces correctly; some pressure is needed to keep the tracks from springing apart though, and the join is very visible. I always hide it under some mud.
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General Discussions / Re: Italeri news
« on: March 07, 2015, 06:35:44 pm »
I like the PSC kits in 20mm, upscaled to 28mm they are not so good. Those two are the only Warlord kits I have, so I do not know if any more are made from PSC kits. Warlord have changed some small details in the conversions, but their origins are apparent to anyone who has built the PSC version.
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General Discussions / Re: Italeri news
« on: March 06, 2015, 11:09:17 pm »Garga - see the thread I started on the apparently increasing overlap between Rubicon and Italeri/Warlord: http://forum.rubiconmodels.com/index.php?topic=147.0 While noone really agreed with me, I think there is a major issue brewing here, with a strong likelihood that we'll end up with virtually every vehicle available from both.a) italeri products are in my view inferior to yours with respect to quality of design and options but they are still high standard products. I have just bought a couple of their tanks from warlord and i should say that are not bad and in particular far better than resin counterparts.
I think the level of quality is pretty close. I've bought all of the Italeri vehicles released so far, and they tend to be accurate and well detailed, although they aren't as easy to assemble. Their smaller components are often more accurate that Rubicon's. I don't like their approach to the tracks and running gear though - I think Rubicon are ahead of them - but kits like the Panther Ausf A and Puma are very nice. Assuming Italeri actually release their announced Panzer III and StuG III, we'll get a direct comparison. Warlord's own kits are inferior to Rubicon's. Look at their new T-34/76 compared to Rubicon's.
I think Warlord's own vehicles (those without the Italeri lable on the box) are upscaled Plastic Soldier Company kits. Their universal carrier sure and Panzer IV sure is. While ok kits, the detail really suffers.
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General Discussions / Re: To Some - Size does matter!
« on: March 06, 2015, 01:44:51 pm »
Dust tactics figures are 1/48 scale, definitely larger than 28mm.