Digital Sculpts - German Officer in Heer Uniform 200730

[Rubicon Models]

My concern is that companies like Dragon have been rather too enamoured of the whole SS thing, and produce too many kits and figures which basically replicate Nazi propaganda.  In fact, most kit manufacturers focus too much on German subjects.  I really like the Rubicon have kept a reasonable balance of subjects - although the majority of the current pipeline projects do seem to be overwhelmingly German, I'm sure we'll see non-German subjects given equally extensive coverage soon (like the Sherman).

We are trying to keep a reasonable balance of subjects.  Unfortunately, there is a very limited choice for Allies vehicles in general for us to produce them in plastic.  We are a business and need to sell enough in volume to survive; being that said, we are looking into expanding our product range to include resin/metal products for less popular and/or expansion items.

German vehicles are historically more diverse, thus tended to be more popular.  We are already trying our best to keep a good balance of subjects.  For lesser WW2 countries, historical references are not easy to come by, so need more time to research... doesn't mean we are not doing them!

[nazadsam]

Do you have plans to make full box of plastic models? Since you have already have for example bodies from German solders and Russian head it would be easy to make full box of plastic or resin Yugoslavian partisan

[Rubicon Models]

Second and final batch of 5 minis for our US Truck Crew set, still a work in progress...



Enjoy!

[ultravanillasmurf]

I am assuming it is the angle of the lower legs, but they do seem a little short in the facing view?

They look okay in the angled view.

Is the guy next to the smoker on his '90s mobile?

Overall they are full of character, but how many variations are possible, if you are building more than one vehicle, you do not want the passengers in each vehicle to look the same.

[ripley]

Not bad at all . Only the guy lacing his boot up in set 1 is a problem IMO . The rest have so much potential if you include a few extra arms and heads for conversions . Keep up the good work

[airborne]

So really good, these will add a nice touch of style to the U.S. units.

[Rubicon Models]

Here is a sample of the General Patton prototype painted by our in-house artist Kent Lee.
Not the best of pictures because our photo booth is still not setup properly, enjoy!

[airborne]

Really delighted with these two, love to see more. the quality looks ace. My wife Eileen want this set painted with the Jeep or our M20.

[Rubicon Models]

Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko, Marshal of the Soviet Union.

Timoshenko was a competent but traditionalist military commander who nonetheless saw the urgent need to modernise the Red Army if, as expected, it was to fight a war against Nazi Germany. Overcoming the opposition of other more conservative leaders, he undertook the mechanisation of the Red Army and the production of more tanks. He also reintroduced much of the traditional harsh discipline of the Tsarist Russian Army.



Enjoy!

[Rubicon Models]

Who say you can't fit more than THREE infantry on a tank?
Our Soviet Tank Rider prototype samples painted...











Enjoy!

[ultravanillasmurf]

Very nice.

[Pinky]

They look very good - a bit better proportioned than Warlord plastic figures, but still compatible.  Could we see some photos of them unpainted? 

[Yaquir]

Very, very good! Realistic and dynamic poses 

[Klank]

Gamer suggestion... make a mounting base of some kind that can hold all the figures in a bunch that fits on to the back of your T-34 engine deck so we can place them on the model to show mounted tank riders and then remove them when they dismount and become regular infantry models (using other models of course).

[Lenzman]

You can use magnets to hold all the figures on to the back of the tanks.

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