I received my Rebel Minis in the mail yesterday and am quite pleased with them. Already, I am sold on using 15mm. 25/28mm is too big to store, chunky looking and they make the battlefield too small. The 15mm figures I received, pictured below, make the green fleece blanket that I use for terrain actually look like a small ridge and not a load of dirty laundry. It looks more natural to me and that is without effort.
I purchased the following:
I am very pleased with my purchases. The groups of figures were bagged separately and packaged in a small box with newspaper stuffing. This is my first ever purchase of 15mm miniatures and I was a little concerned that they would be too small for these old eyes to work with, but I was pleasantly surprised. They are small, but highly detailed and I will have no problem painting them. I look forward to that. The flash isn't too bad either. I have seen much worse on 25mm miniatures.
I really like these Earth Force Home Guard figures. I didn't get the ones with the enclosed helmets, but plan to later. These figures will require a little clean up and several of them were slightly bent at the ankles which worries me a little because they are smaller than I am used to. I worried when 25mm sculpts were bent. Half of these guys arrived not being able to stand, but I expected that. It was usually the case with miniatures I purchased from Ral Partha many years ago. No sweat! Just clean them up with an X-acto knife and straighten them out carefully and slowly. They were around $10.00.
The German Assault Team looks great and I am really excited get started on them. My plan was to use them for various teams in skirmish play-testing, so they will be painted differently. $7.00 for 12 figures that look this great is an awesome deal!
Of course, I wanted to get some baddies to play-test with as well and I decided that the "armed gunmen" would be great for that. They actually look a lot better than I was expecting. They come in 4 different sculpts and I plan on using them like the German Assault Team , painting each one differently and using for various teams. On my budget, I need to have models that can be used for many purposes.
I purchased the following:
I am very pleased with my purchases. The groups of figures were bagged separately and packaged in a small box with newspaper stuffing. This is my first ever purchase of 15mm miniatures and I was a little concerned that they would be too small for these old eyes to work with, but I was pleasantly surprised. They are small, but highly detailed and I will have no problem painting them. I look forward to that. The flash isn't too bad either. I have seen much worse on 25mm miniatures.
The German Assault Team looks great and I am really excited get started on them. My plan was to use them for various teams in skirmish play-testing, so they will be painted differently. $7.00 for 12 figures that look this great is an awesome deal!
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