My wishlist:

* Some fat WWII-soldiers. Perhaps a grumpy german chef or a chubby GI eating something.

* Drunken soldiers that are dancing, drinking and/or playing instruments.

* Headsets with gasmasks.

1/35th (or 32nd) steampunk

How about ceremonial groups bands, sentries, colour guards,marching troops slope arms, not dress uniforms as was seen at the end of ww2, in styrene of course.

Modern troops in MOPP gear?

just a thought...

k.

Modern brits in plastic (I hate resin), and modern aussies as their camo is great to paint!
Not full on action poses though but in the act of patrolling, etc.

How about the "typical" Nuclear family civilians? Dad, mom, two kids of varying ages, and perhaps a cat and a dog.

They could be waving or having a picnic or what not. Then have a few sets were they age...the kids become teens to early adults.

Also look at the latest kit releases too. Most box art shows the vehicle and not the figures. So try making the figures for the vehicle without infringing on the art copyrights.

WW2 British ETO figures in 1/35
Modern Soviet infantry and tank crew in 1/35

Iraqi Gulf War Army and modern Middle East Tank Crew

more 1/48 fig. of gen 2 quality , the avialable resin are rather pricey , Tamiya needs to hire some good artists for their fig sets , prices are ok but serious lack of creativity is obvious to all , I think master box is the only company on the right track when it comes to fig. sets being released at this time , keep it up boys.

More WW2 Brits/commonwealth figures.

WW2- Other nations in their national uniforms, not the British or US uniforms worn after the fall of their respective countries. Finnish troops to go with the Tamiya kits, more pacific theater options. WW1 infantry, heavy weapons teams. Mainly hope Masterbox and Miniart see this, I think they would be our best hope.

Injured and dead figures are easy to make. Just remember that limbs are postionable and grievous wounds contort the body into unnatural poses. Switch some torsos, arms, legs, heads. Add a little dark red to the clothing/badages. And, some brighter red onto which the blood may have been spattered. I use tissue to make badages for wounded figures. Turns out to be very realistic.

While we have a continuing onslought of artillery kits within the past 2 years we are still lacking variety of gun crews in life-like action, rest, and maintainance.
Epecially lacking are those in hot climate zones like Africa Pacific Asia etc. where the crews usually just wore boots, pants, and under shirts or worked bare chested.
The above go for all nations alike.
Cheers,
Guido

MODERN Australian soldiers , this century. Iraq, Afghanistan, East Timor. Trumpeter released the ASLAV Kit, but how about a patrol or passengers? (or equipmen to mount on the vehicles)

MODERN civilians, middle east and meditteranean (Muslims in non traditional clothing, but lots of young men in football jerseys and military cargo pants, sand shoes and bare heads!) stuff like that - look at any crowd scene in middle east and see what people are actually wearing! nobodies got on full traditional stuff - in fact if it wasnt for the dust and guns, the crowds could be almost anywhere in the world thata group of young men gather. unlimited potential.

Define what is modern anyway? its a stupid nomenclature. because what is modern today is outdated tomorrow. So a modern figure is what ? well I choose to say anything after the widespread intorduction of computers into military vehicles makes them modern, so post 1980's ? (Abrams) - the digital warfare age. but vietnam isnt modern - heck in a few years it will be half a century since it started ( for the US and its allies). How can a 50 year old war be called modern?

whats it matter anyways - these lists always get put together and rarely does anyone take notice. and if they do they produce another german figure set anyways. How can someone bemoan a missing figure from the tens of thousands available for the german genre because a piece of clothing isnt spot on ? when so many other fringe players have nothing at all? it makes me sick. ANd if someone makes the kits in styrene, usually they get nailed to the wall for some inaccuracy anyways (masterbox Iraq set 2) or turmpys PMC/ mortar team, and who brought out that modrn afv crew set with 5 figs ? trumpy? Dragon? whoever it was also a terrible kit if thats the best we can hope for in styrene they can keep it. utter garbage.

Tamiya just sits there on it hands and does nothing.

Dragon just doing to everyone what they did in the late 90's - remember they abandoned model kits and went of on that wierd doll tangent for a few years? well they have surely abandoned us again a few years back and gone off on a wierd nazi tangent. someone at Dragon has taken mein kampf too literally and taken it upon himself to produce every single vehicle from 1939 - 45. show me a diorama from ww2 that is "new" in design or doesnt have a hundred almost identical twins floating round the net somewhere ? we've seen it , been there done that. boring. next war please.

48th scale - the poor cousin. if they made some proper 48th scale modern vehicles perhaps they could make some proper figures too. but no all we have are shermans and t34's and tigers and stuff.. now we can produce a million aftermarket kits from that era aswell. more fail.

but no one reads these anyways.. mr tamiya-san sorry, but big fail. mr dragon man - sorry, but you need help (or you will never travel to Israel).

adam - peeved at model building.

one last thing - modern armies travelling on top of their vehicles - ??? What the heck! ? if modern armies do that then they deserve to be shot by snipers. not since vietnam - that war almost fifty years ago and hardly modern - has that been encouraged - im sure that the point of such travel wasnt for the view but the lack of protection in the vehicles - and that has been corrected for many years now with proper modern vehciles (bradleys, aav's, Lav, warrior etc etc)

I'd like to see Australian Aboriginals, even just the heads would be good.

There are lots of untold stories with the Aussie Blackfellas and I'd love to be able to model some of them.

While we are about it the people of PNG would be good too "Fuzzy Wuzzy Angles" played a big part in the Nu Guinea campaign.

Going with WW2 1:32 scale pilots and ground crews...German, Japanese, US, British.

I would like to see more veterans (think GAR/VFW/"Best Years of Their Lives", yes some with obvious injuries) and more guys in class "A" s (end of WWI through present day) and not just standing at attention.

Another subject which could be very interesting in my opinion is The women employed by Red Army during the war

As you for sure already known there were women enrolled in artillery, many female squadron of snipers, women in tank crew and so on

It could be interesting also seeing some civilian Russian (men women and young guys) who have defended Leniongrad and stalingrad from German invasion

How about some MODERN civilians?

Or as the "PLA Hong Kong Females on Parade" thread shows, how about some females in business dress NOT on parade and not in the PLA and frankly NOT in the military?

KIA's all the major players

More French Foreign Legion figures in 1/35 and not the stock, corny items.
American Civil War - always popular as there is a wide variety of uniforms.
Gurkhas are always an interesting topic.
Victorian era figures are another area of wide interest and their opponents also.

Some PLA figures in generic poses, standing, pointing etc!

P.T.O. civilians and natives with dugout cannoes and such. Troops from S.A.S., Merrils maraders with pack mules, S.O.G.'s ,coast watchers with radio equip.. gurillia fighters, China, ANZAC, naval and air personel; was alot of them in the hills. I could go on and on, but these are some starters.