Forum Replies Created
-
I don’t have any of the new plastic Japanese infantry (not yet), but I have seen the pictures that Warlord Games posted. At first glance, you can quickly see how much more “Heroic Scaling” (puffy-beefy) these newer figures are compared to the original set of plastic Japanese infantry. Which means the arms, bodies, and other bits are probably not going to be interchangeable.
My Squad of 10 Soldiers does not fit into the ruined Farmhouse. How is that to handle?
NOT SURE?
In the vast majority of cases, it will be obvious enough
whether a target is in cover or not. However, sometimes
it might not be so easy to make a judgement either
because the situation is very marginal, or because it
might be impractical to get the necessary model’s eye
view. To quickly resolve situations where it is otherwise
impossible to make a clear judgement, simply treat the
target unit as in cover, but reduce their cover save by 1
(i.e. 5+ in hard cover, 6+ in soft cover).More information on pages 86 and 87 of the rule book.
Here was an easy kit-bash I did sometime ago. I had this extra 20mm turret from a Rubicon Models kit, and thought, “Hey, SdKfz234/1”, so a tweaked it to fit my 1:56 scale plastic Puma (SdKfz234/2) kit by Italeri/WG. Yes, nowadays, you can get the Sdkfz 234 and Variants kit from Rubicon Models, and with the 280048 expansion kit, you can also build an SdKfz 234/1. However, this wasn’t available yet.
Attachments:
My friend recently got the new Soviet Army starter set with the new plastic Soviet Infantry. I offered to assemble a few for him, so he gave me a couple of sprues. What this means is that I finally got a good look at the new Soviet Infantry sprue shown below.
Even before assembling, the first thing I notice is how much more “Heroic Scaling” (puffy-beefy) these figures are. Is Warlord Games going to turn Bolt Action into Warhammer 1940? Or is it simply because of Konflikt’47?
While assembling, yes, you will quickly discover they have a lot more heroic scaling to them, and you will quickly discover that the parts of these new plastic Soviet Infantry figures and the parts of the previous plastic Soviet Infantry figures (shown below) are not at all compatible.
The previous plastic infantry also had separate weapons, which was very good for lots of options and variety, but not all gamers like building models.
So mixing of parts from the new and the old for more options is out of the question, which is a shame really. Anyway, if you find “Heroic Scaling” of historical figures a bit comical, then I recommend you stock up on the older plastic Soviet Infantry while you can, which look better because they are more anatomically correct, and also because of the separate arms and weapons it gives you a lot more options.
