BoLS Lounge : Wargames, Warhammer & Miniatures Forum
Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 13
  1. #1
    Battle-Brother
    Join Date
    Oct 2011
    Location
    Katy tx
    Posts
    44

    Default The plastic soldier company?

    Anyone have any thoughts on these models? Im debating getting some purely for the price difference!

  2. #2

    Default

    Good stuff - I've gotten their T34s, Panzer IVs, Halftracks, and Soviet Infantry.

    They don't come with all the stowage the FoW ones have, but you can buy FoW stowage, or make your own, and still save a heap of money.

    The infantry are FAR superior to the FoW stuff, especially as they lack those horrible bobble-heads that FoW metals have.

  3. #3

    Default

    Yep, its all good stuff. You might also check out the 1/100 stuff from Zvezda, also very good and cheap.
    To a New Yorker like you a hero is some kinda weird sandwich, not some nut who takes on three Tigers!

  4. #4
    Battle-Brother
    Join Date
    Oct 2011
    Location
    Katy tx
    Posts
    44

    Default

    Tanks for the replies guys. I'll take a look at that other company. Just got hooked up with 10 iv panzers and a few panthers from a friend so gonna turn the army into panzers with grenadiers in half tracks. How long does plastic soldier company take to ship usually?

  5. #5

    Default

    Never brought from them direct, always get mine off ebay.
    To a New Yorker like you a hero is some kinda weird sandwich, not some nut who takes on three Tigers!

  6. #6

    Default

    Just a shame they dont make Crusaders.

  7. #7

    Default

    You may also want to check out Game Models [URL="www.gamodls.com/"]www.gamodls.com/[/URL]. They have tanks and vehicles for most every country involved in WWII, including Japan. They also have other models that you can't really find anywhere else, such as the various landing craft.

  8. #8

    Default

    One thing they don't have (particularly Zvezda which another poster mentioned) is the over-emphasized detail of Battlefront minis. Things like grills, tools or channels between plates tend to be less defined and more in line with realistic scale. This can make thing a little harder to pick out for painting (wash/drybrush doesn't go as far) and a little easier to just blend in to the rest of the model when your eyes are at tabletop height.

    When buying 20 T-26s I'm still going to go with Zvezda every day, but it's something to be aware of.

  9. #9

    Default

    Bought only t-34 from them, nice models and more reasonable priced than battlefront ones.

  10. #10
    Initiate
    Join Date
    May 2014
    Location
    Delaware
    Posts
    3

    Default

    Uriel, are you thinking about going to any official Battlefront tournaments? As they are sticklers for a HIGH percentage of the models being used being FoW product...

Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •