Excellent Figures by 'Alpine'

[MAGNA]

Originally Posted by Geek44

You might like to look at 'Tank' figures (Russia) as well. They do a superb range of WW2 figures and also modern Russian figures too. I believe they sell heads and maybe even arms and legs as seperate items too but don't quote me on that. They have a great range of figure 'accessories' too such as weapon sets etc. This link is to an Aussie guy who sells Alpine and Tank stuff.

Firestorm Models - Aftermarket Military Hobby Kits

Wow!! Great stuff there. The 1/72nd stuff..... drool. he diorama and accessory gear is excellent. Thanks greatly.

[Geek44]

My pleasure mate...I thought to include the link to 'Tank' itself but I thought the Firestorm link more useful...you can Google 'Tank' easily. The guy at Firestorm isn't really a 'people' person and dealing with him personally by email can be interesting but he's quick and efficient and does his best to help. He has an 'Elite Buyer's Club' which I benefitted from a couple of years back when I had some cash to splash. If you spend over $300 you start saving quite substantially. He also has 'sales' when he emails you with the sale start time. He posts a list of sale items on his site and it's first come, first served. He also sells subscriptions to some hard to get and exotic magazines...'AFV Modeller' (UK) is a pretty good publication...kinda like a 'boutique' modelling magazine. Good quality paper and design...it's almost a book and has great info and articles followed by a set of reference pics of a specific subject each issue. One that stuck in my head was a photo set of ex German vehicles used by Syria in the 6 Day War. The mag would be perfect except for its price and the fact that it's bi-monthly. The other thing that bugs me is that they spend all that time and effort to produce a pretty slick mag...and it's always full of typos and bad grammar.

[Panzermacher]

[quote=Geek44;25994]Not talked about much I suppose but figure painting (to me) is an art by itself. As we all know, a good figure can be the icing on the cake for a vehicle model. They can be used to tell a story or make a point. At the very least, they lend a sense of scale and size to a vehicle. To my mind, the figures available today are far, far better than they used to be but natural, fluid figures are still few and far between. However, there are some excellent figures available and 'Alpine' from the US make exceptional examples. Here's the single set I own. They're all resin figures, come with a choice of heads for each one and assembly consists of attaching arms and head. That's it. It's a shame my photography can't show better detail as these are beautifully sculpted and moulded.

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Nick, I remember you telling me about this brand quite a while ago and sending me a linky....but now, seeing them up close....they look fantastic! The choice of heads is a neat idea......never can have enough of that!

[Geek44]

I'll get some better pics of my pair and post 'em. Alpine are US made I'm pretty sure so they may be quite a bit cheaper for you...as you can see (I think) I paid nearly $40 for two figures...glad I'm not building a huge diorama. They might be cheaper now because the Aussie dollar is around 90 cents US as I type. I bought these figs. a while back...maybe when a dollar bought about fifty cents US.
'Cheaper now'...who am I kiddin'?

[Whiterook]

Sounds good!