_GOTOBOTTOM
Figures
Military figures of all shapes and sizes.
News
Mantis: WW2 Germans & Hippos
Maki
Staff MemberSenior Editor
ARMORAMA
Visit this Community
Croatia Hrvatska
Joined: February 13, 2002
KitMaker: 5,579 posts
Armorama: 2,988 posts
Posted: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 - 11:34 PM UTC


Mantis Miniatures released new 1/35 scale sets for January 2019.

Read the Full News Story

If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
Paulinsibculo
Visit this Community
Overijssel, Netherlands
Joined: July 01, 2010
KitMaker: 1,322 posts
Armorama: 1,239 posts
Posted: Thursday, January 31, 2019 - 02:32 AM UTC
Oohhh!
A pointing one......
We haven‘t seen such guy before.

maartenboersma
Visit this Community
Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Joined: October 10, 2010
KitMaker: 764 posts
Armorama: 742 posts
Posted: Thursday, January 31, 2019 - 02:50 AM UTC
At Least he unbuttoned his Wendejacke....which is nice.

I like em.
Taeuss
Visit this Community
Manitoba, Canada
Joined: January 03, 2016
KitMaker: 3,791 posts
Armorama: 3,778 posts
Posted: Thursday, January 31, 2019 - 11:37 AM UTC
They're okay but I can't help but feel that the guy in the sheepskin coat has a slightly pudgy face. I figure any time spent on minimum rations in a cold environment tends to slim one down. Nervous tension naturally helps too. I'd accordingly replace his head.
SmallSoldier
Visit this Community
Alberta, Canada
Joined: December 20, 2007
KitMaker: 93 posts
Armorama: 91 posts
Posted: Friday, February 01, 2019 - 06:31 AM UTC
Yawn...
Taeuss
Visit this Community
Manitoba, Canada
Joined: January 03, 2016
KitMaker: 3,791 posts
Armorama: 3,778 posts
Posted: Friday, February 01, 2019 - 02:14 PM UTC
On the other hand the hippos ROCK! I just haven't a clue as to how I'd use them in a dio...
zorrolobo
Visit this Community
Distrito Federal, Mexico
Joined: May 31, 2013
KitMaker: 1,457 posts
Armorama: 1,440 posts
Posted: Friday, February 01, 2019 - 04:18 PM UTC
A good friend of mine sculpted this hippo in 1/35. It could make an interesting piece in a diorama:



obg153
Visit this Community
Texas, United States
Joined: April 07, 2009
KitMaker: 1,063 posts
Armorama: 1,049 posts
Posted: Saturday, February 02, 2019 - 02:36 AM UTC
If you could source(or scratch) an appropriate figure, the hippos could be used in a "Tarzan Makes War on the Nazis" kinda dio.
M4A1Sherman
Visit this Community
New York, United States
Joined: May 02, 2013
KitMaker: 4,403 posts
Armorama: 4,078 posts
Posted: Saturday, February 02, 2019 - 12:52 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Yawn...



Concur...

KIDS! WE NEED MORE KIDS!!! How many times have we seen the poor kids in WWII photos and newsreels that have been caught up in the miseries of WAR??? Or, for that matter, kids of ANY era or time of war would be entirely appropriate...

MORE GIs and TOMMIES, PLEASE! And, as an afterthought, the Japanese Fighting Men of World War Two have been distinctly under-represented... The Germans weren't the only combatants during WWII...
M4A1Sherman
Visit this Community
New York, United States
Joined: May 02, 2013
KitMaker: 4,403 posts
Armorama: 4,078 posts
Posted: Saturday, February 02, 2019 - 12:53 PM UTC

Quoted Text

If you could source(or scratch) an appropriate figure, the hippos could be used in a "Tarzan Makes War on the Nazis" kinda dio.





BRAVO!!!
M4A1Sherman
Visit this Community
New York, United States
Joined: May 02, 2013
KitMaker: 4,403 posts
Armorama: 4,078 posts
Posted: Saturday, February 02, 2019 - 01:00 PM UTC

Quoted Text

They're okay but I can't help but feel that the guy in the sheepskin coat has a slightly pudgy face. I figure any time spent on minimum rations in a cold environment tends to slim one down. Nervous tension naturally helps too. I'd accordingly replace his head.



REAL people come in ALL shapes and sizes, my friend... The "pudginess" that you mentioned could also mean that this guy is a relatively "new arrival" in this Winter environment. Actually, I posted some comments a few days ago about this very subject- We could use a PLETHORA of "pudgy" people, "FAT" people, old people, skinny people, tall and short people and UGLY people. I fail to see why every single figure HAS to look like someone out of Hollywood's Central Casting... Don't like the face on this guy? Replace it with a HORNET Head- HORNET markets a bewildering array of different heads for just about any situation...
M4A1Sherman
Visit this Community
New York, United States
Joined: May 02, 2013
KitMaker: 4,403 posts
Armorama: 4,078 posts
Posted: Saturday, February 02, 2019 - 01:05 PM UTC

Quoted Text

A good friend of mine sculpted this hippo in 1/35. It could make an interesting piece in a diorama:






I LIKE THIS HIPPO!!! He/she would look PERFECT at some 1/35 NAZI Party Rally...
M4A1Sherman
Visit this Community
New York, United States
Joined: May 02, 2013
KitMaker: 4,403 posts
Armorama: 4,078 posts
Posted: Saturday, February 02, 2019 - 01:09 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Oohhh!
A pointing one......
We haven‘t seen such guy before.




Really? I mean REALLY?!? A pointing German? That's UNHEARD OF!!!

Ohhh... I get it... This guy is pointing at one of the Hippos...
M4A1Sherman
Visit this Community
New York, United States
Joined: May 02, 2013
KitMaker: 4,403 posts
Armorama: 4,078 posts
Posted: Saturday, February 02, 2019 - 01:16 PM UTC

Quoted Text

A good friend of mine sculpted this hippo in 1/35. It could make an interesting piece in a diorama:






BEAUTIFULLY SCULPTED! Your friend should market this stuff!!!
zorrolobo
Visit this Community
Distrito Federal, Mexico
Joined: May 31, 2013
KitMaker: 1,457 posts
Armorama: 1,440 posts
Posted: Sunday, February 03, 2019 - 05:28 AM UTC

Quoted Text

BEAUTIFULLY SCULPTED! Your friend should market this stuff!!!


We are trying to convince him.
Taeuss
Visit this Community
Manitoba, Canada
Joined: January 03, 2016
KitMaker: 3,791 posts
Armorama: 3,778 posts
Posted: Sunday, February 03, 2019 - 04:21 PM UTC
Your friend's work is truly amazing and -if I could think of a good dio- |I'd buy that one!
SmallSoldier
Visit this Community
Alberta, Canada
Joined: December 20, 2007
KitMaker: 93 posts
Armorama: 91 posts
Posted: Monday, February 04, 2019 - 06:00 PM UTC
Problem is... they sell.
 _GOTOTOP