RE: Plastic fis was: Just a thought

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>Absender: emu2020@wattosjunkyard.com
>Betreff: RE: Just a thought
>Empfänger: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
>Datum: 03. Apr 2001 07:13
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> 1/72 modern troops exist.  These figures would likely be your best > 
chance for sci-fi conversions.	Cut down the M-16s on Americans.  
> Ad some fine wire around helmets to represent the cables for optics?
> 
> Modern British or French would be good too as they have nifty > 
bullpup guns which always seem more futuristic.

There are sets of modern British, Americans, Russians and Germans, 
though (AFAIK) no French. Also WWII figures.

> > why not plastic 1/72nd figures for SG games?  Well, I realize
> > that those figures (1/72nd plastic SF figures) are not even close > 
> to common - but do they exist at all?  I realize that the plastic > > 
figures part of the hobby is supposedly extremely depressed ...

Not really my impression at the moment. They have been down (compared 
to metal) for a long time, but there is a slow upswell, with a variety	
of manufacturers (Revell, Italeri, HaT, Emhar, Nexus ) producing new 
stuff or re-producing old ones.(though this is mostly ancient through 
Napoleonic period). There are some moderns, and a fair number of WWII
sets. 
Though with the latter, everyone concentrates on the same main subjects 
(e.g. quite a number of Afrika Korps German sets, but no Italians)

> > Does anybody have any ideas if such figures or easy conversions 
> > would even be do-able???

Depends on what you want to do. Head swaps and some other conversions 
are easy. Replacing weapons would be more difficult. 

Check out 
http://www.geocities.com/dbplastic/
This is mainly for ancients gaming, but the painting/modelling tips and 
links to manufacturers should be universally helpful.

Greetings
Karl Heinz