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Friday, July 24, 2015 - 03:31 AM UTC

ICM has announced two new sets of figures, Greek Evzones and Italian WW1 infantry.

The Evzones were elite units of the Greek Army founded in 1833 and who proved themselves patrolling the Ottoman-Greek border as mountain troops, afterwards against Turkey and again during the First World War.
They faced the German invasion in 1941 as part of the Greek Army of the time, and this is the period represented on this set.
It offers one officer and three soldiers, using different weapons in a combat situation, and will be available for sale soon.

The other set is for Italian infantry in World War I. Again one officer and three soldiers in combat situation, loaded with all their equipment.
Some of the figures have been moulded with moustaches, a nice touch considering the time they are depicting. They are still on work with no release date.

At least to my knowledge, these two sets fill a gap for armies and eras often overlooked in 1/35 scale, and offer new chances for original scenes.

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brekinapez

phantom, those are cinnamon rolls

JUL 25, 2015 - 02:39 AM

phantom_phanatic309

That's what they look like! They're very strange.

JUL 25, 2015 - 02:56 AM

TonyE78

Third greek soldier is carrying a Chauchat. Do keep in mind that the pictures of the figures in plastic are only tests from earlier this year and that the final result could very well be different. Both helmets and rifles might only be random placeholders for items that have not been made yet when the pictures were taken. The boxart itself might be a better indication perhaps since it would propably be more recent.

JUL 25, 2015 - 03:00 AM

Oblivion

I suggest you study the role of German banks and firms in bribing Greek politicians to buy German military equipment. And speaking of corruption, you should ask yourself why Germany is not extraditing Christoforakos to Greece. I will let you search for him online, you will find more than enough. And to be on the topic, in 1953 Greece was among the countries to sign the treaty to postpone payment of war reparations and the forced loan until Germany was unified into one state again. Do I need to tell you when this happened and how much Germany has paid to Greece? So yeah, I guess it is the Greeks to blame.

JUL 25, 2015 - 05:56 AM

CMOT

I am sure the Greeks are well aware they are not without blame as regards the situation they are in; by the same score the EU did not do the checks needed when Greece entered the EU. So do these two issues or wrongs mean that the old should be allowed to die and the rest including the young starve and suffer because they cannot afford electricity and medication? Do we really want the cradle of civilization as we know it to fall into a state from which it can never recover? Now let’s get back on the subject of these new figures from ICM and not putting the boot into the Greek people. Come on this is a site covering a hobby we are all supposed to enjoy, not somewhere where we turn on each other.

JUL 25, 2015 - 06:12 AM

young_sven

Sorry for even commenting about Greece and their financial situation, my point was simply that it is not a laughing matter, but it just added fire to an unecessary discussion in this post. I will choose my words more wisely next time. My bad. Those of you who wish, please do continue laughing at others misfortune at your leisure. Back to the figures and modelling.

JUL 25, 2015 - 10:43 AM

RECON22

Really......blame the Germans, from WW2 days.! Great figures Darren.

JUL 25, 2015 - 03:46 PM

phantom_phanatic309

Cheers. I thought it looked familiar but I didn't know what it was called. I didn't even think they saw any use after WW1. A nice addition.

JUL 26, 2015 - 12:06 AM

Bravo1102

Those are rolled straps. Looks like the straps were long for carrying additional equipment like bedroll or mess gear. Most nations did that with the long excess of leather strapping during the 19th and early 20th century. I can think of French packs going back to Napoleon's day, British Slade-Wallace equipment as in the Zulu War and so forth.

JUL 26, 2015 - 03:12 AM

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