Hi guys,

What do you all wanna see in 2012?

For me personally, I really hope to see:

1) SF figures in Iraq/A'stan
2) More Brits/Commanweath figures in WW2
3) SOG/MaCV from Bravo 6

What's yours?

Alex

Id like to see some really modern US marines like 2008-now!!! and some SF figures doing something, not just standing waiting for coffee

I wish for Soviet Spetsnaz and US SF in Afghanistan

As for Russian Spetsnaz, there are loads of figures in that theme from ANT Miniatures. Check the 1/35 scale gallery in "resin kit" tab:
http://www.ant-miniatures.ru or http://ant-shop.com

We have couple of reviews of ANT Miniatures Spetsnaz figures here: link

Also, I'm sure you know of Russian Spetsnaz and US SF figures from Evolution Miniatures. Very cool, here are the reviews: link

Cheers,
Mario

Alex, you can be sure with your third point,cause now I`m sculpting 2 figures from first set of MACV-SOG. Sometime dreams come true :-)

Vladimir,

Thanks! Definately going into my shopping list for 2012... I guess the next I can ask for are LRRPs?

Maki,

I do hope there will be more of the SF and spets from Evo and Ant and the rest...

Thanks Alex!
I think that LRRP will be ! You can add it in 2013 wish-list ,for example

Hi Folks,

My main areas of interest are British/Commonwealth troops and the Royal Navy.

Two resin manufacturers are active in this area Resicast and the Wee Friends range from Friendship Models.

On the Infantry side I'd like to see one or two more Medics. Resicast hyave a couple of wounded soldiers and will be releasing their first British Infantry Medic soon, I was working on him this morning.



I'd like to see a kneeling medic and a Soldier walking carrying a stretcher.

References are from IWM and for discussion only.

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/search

















The other area of development is in Early BEF figuers and I'm hoping for some additional developments there.

I'd also like to see some troops for is a Mortar Team. Both resicast and Accurate Armour do support weapons in the form of a 3inch and 4 inch mortar respectively and some suitable crew would be very useful.





On the uniform side I'd like to see more open collars, turned up BD sleeves , open BDs and Greatcoats.

One other area that we are lacking in is wounded British Soldiers/Prisoners. MB did a nice set of German Captives and I'd like to see a similar option for the British. A well though out set could easily double as prisoners and a varied and mixed order fo dress would make them useable in many theathers of operation.

My other great want is for some more RN figures. In particular a set of Officer/Perry Officer Heads and more working crew suitable for the LCVP, LCM3 and Vosper MTB.











I'd much prefer to see working type crew than those in smart navy uniform.

I'd also like to see more choice in Commonwealth head sets in general.

There are developments in a number of these areas so here's hoping for more in 2012.

Al

most of ANT figures are FSB Spetsnaz, I wish for GRU spetsnaz during the Afghan war, and I already have the Evolution figures, we need more, like a group in ambush position for example.

HI , in relation to Spetnaz figures, Masterclub have and ae also releasing some fantastic figures in this subject, check em out, you wont be sorry.

I had no idea you were in the fourms. I love your work to say the least. One thing I'd love to see are soldiers pinned down calling in air support or something to that effect.

Thanks Sean!
In 2012 I`m starting big series of action combat infantry. I think it can good for your idea.

Vladi

* Modern civilians
* Angels and Archangels
* Conventional and SOF Machine gunners firing from the hip, shoulder, and kneeling
* More missile "gunners": TOW, Javelin, Stinger, SA-80, RPG, SA-18, LAW, Milan, Recoiless Rifle, SMAW-D, AT-4, SPIKE, Sagger, etc.
* Knights wearing "fantasy armor."
* SWAT (the body armor and vests are different)
* More women and kids, and not in WW2 style

Vladimir,
If you want an idea how about along your Marines in Hue series one with an M20 bazooka which the marines had in storage in Vietnam and brought out to use in Hue to blast holes in walls so they didn't have to go through doors all the time.
But any Vietnam figure from you will make me more than happy
David

I'm looking forward to the action poses that Vladi's combat Infantry figures will have. I'd also like to see the following (all Vietnam era):

US Infantrymen patrolling carrying the lightweight rucksack with frame
Vietnamese civilians performing various activities
US Infantryman setting up a claymore
Other US Infantrymen in poses that would represent Soldiers waiting in an Ambush position
US troops conducting daily activities without gear on - just jungle fatigues and possibly headgear

Cheers,
James

I totally concur with James, and all the other "Nam requests.

Walley v

Hi folks,

The other group I forgot to mention are truck drivers. It would be nice to see some crews climbing onto trucks, unloading or loading stores etc.

For the Nam fans Firestorm Models have some interesting Aussie figures due out mid to end of January.

APC Commander



Infantry Soldier



News Photographer



I believe these other items will also be available shortly

CS002 APC Driver

CS003 APC Officer

CS006 Mine Detector

CS007 Mine Detector Soldier

CS009 Vietnamese Woman carrying pots

CS012 Aussie Infantry conversion set

CS013 Australian Plastic Jerry cans

CS017 Mine Damaged M113 roadwheel (2)

CS019 Centurion Mine Damaged Wheels

Al

Last year there was a great suggestion of German Motorcyclists having a rest or a nap on their motorcycles or in their sidecars. Sadly no such set has been released so far as this is something that is quite common in WW2 pictures from the Russia Campaign. With the long distances they had to cover

Hi Robert,

Royal Model do a figure oif a Sleeping SS Motor Cyclist and I am sure there was a release earlier this year of either a 2 man or 4 man crew sleeping on the MCs, just can't remember off hand who didi them.

Al

What would I like to see:

SF in combat
Marine door breaching team
Canadian Military ( other than blackdog) MODERN
British military MODERN
Austrailian Military MODERN
SF Hand to hand combat
more "Afghan civilians"
us stretcher barriers (TRUMPETER!)
us Javelin crew
SF calling in CAS (close air support) MODERN

Seems like it would be easy to satisfy at least three of those requests with one figure: an SF guy (In Iraq or Afghanistan) most likely Iraq, doing something different, like handing a bottle of water/soccer ball to a kid. (Or shaking hands with a shiekh.)

Hand to hand? Are you serious? In the course they used to tell us we were learning just enough to go out and get our own asses kicked.

CAS is probably going to look a little boring. Maybe the use of an AN/PED-1 or similar would be better.

Javelin crew? Look for it.

Sorry on the hand to hand I meant like an SF operator sneaking up on a guy with a knife or something

Al,

Thanks for letting us know about Firestorm's upcoming releases. The figures you had the pictures for look good, and if they are any indication of the others, I look forward to adding the Firestorm figures to some of my dioramas.

Cheers,
James