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Tuesday, February 11, 2020 - 12:05 AM UTC
New resin figure sets from Tommy's War.
Corporal, Tank Corps (TW32050)
This figure is designed to work in conjunction with figure TW32049 and shows tank crew in typical clothing and kit for 1918 as they would have appeared at the Battle of Amiens where armoured regiments helped punch a hole in the German lines. This figure wears his army tunic and trousers and Brodie helmet. He would have had a red/blue halved disc painted onto his helmet and also worn on his shoulder. Heavy Branch MGS used colours to distinguish units and this practice continued into the Tank Corps. He wears his Tank Corps badge, corporal titles and overseas chevrons. The figure is depicted wearing his mailed face mask which was worn by crew to protect them from splinters and other debris, common inside tanks of the period.

Private, Tank Corps (TW32049)
This figure is designed to work in conjunction with figure TW32050 and shows tank crew in typical clothing and kit for 1918 as they would have appeared at the Battle of Amiens in where armoured regiments helped punch a hole in the German lines. This figure wears British Army brown canvass coveralls which were issued to help protect crew and mechanics against the grime found on the inside of the tanks. He wears the Tank Corps badge on his cap and his kit is the 1914 pattern with Webley .455 revolver.

Army Chaplain, Attached 8th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment (TW32048)
This version is based on Theodore Bayley Hardy VC, DSO, MC who was killed in October 1918 while attached to the 8th Lincs. who won the Victoria Cross in July that year for tending to wounded men and taking them to safety while under constant enemy fire.

Private, 8th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment (TW32047)
Although the figure could depict many British or Empire soldier at the time it was given the title of 8th Lincs to fit with the Chaplain figure (TW32048), but could be used on its own to represent any English, Welsh, Irish, Lowland Scottish, Australian, New Zealand or South African regiment serving in Europe from 1917 through to the end of the war.

All the above figure sets are cast in light grey resin
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Really a very well sculpted and painted set of soldiers. A very unusual subject, that chaplain. And next to this all from a time frame which doesn't have too many alternatives. WW1 military figures are still hard to find. Therefore, I think it is a pity to see them in a 1/32 scale rather than 1/35 {which would have led to more sales I guess}. They would have been a welcome subject beside all WW! AFV already available......
FEB 11, 2020 - 01:59 AM
Indeed, very nice figures. But the logic of making them to 1/32nd scale eludes me here...
FEB 11, 2020 - 08:03 PM
Tommy’s War is making 1/32 stuff almost exclusively. These figures are envisioned as a stand alone miniatures or as a part of 1/32 scale figure vignettes. 1/32 scale (54mm) is the usual scale for historical miniatures, with the 1/35 getting more popular for those who build vehicles and dioramas. Mario
FEB 11, 2020 - 08:25 PM
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