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Post by Forum Admin on Dec 1, 2018 6:23:22 GMT
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Post by Pat on Dec 1, 2018 20:09:58 GMT
Pose quantities seem good as given in the images. Size: The given opponents are the 8060 Austrian Infantry. But the slightly fuller figures of the 8071 ANZAC Infantry look more natural. In any case, please do not make them taller than 166 scale centimeters. Italian men of a century ago were no giants, see www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2831262/Thank you. |
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Post by waynew on Dec 1, 2018 21:42:43 GMT
It's not my era anymore (with more than a little bit of sadness) - but Pat makes some good points, I think. I've looked at the pics of the sets in question and the Australians do look just a bit more natural in the pics.
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Post by Marcuzzo on Dec 2, 2018 20:03:37 GMT
ehm...
Arditi above all used knife in body-to-body fighting;
these figures aren't realistic
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Post by barbierir on Dec 3, 2018 20:40:30 GMT
They look very good but I second the suggestion for the Arditi to have at least one pose wielding a knife and perhaps another bomber or two, they used plenty of bombs and knifes. Their pose look a bit too static. As for the infantry have you considered to make all figures headless with a separate sprue with 1915 cap, adrian helmet, adrian helmet with bersaglieri plume and alpini cap heads? So the figures could be customized for all the war. For 1915 you trim the gasmask box and insert the cap. For 1916-17 use as the adrian helmet. For 1918, ideally, you should again trim the gasmask box and add the british gasmask pack on the chest, but this latter point would need another sprue and it's perhaps too much work on some figures.
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Post by Ironsides on Dec 4, 2018 12:05:15 GMT
Easy enough to convert a few with knives from at least two of those figures, though as always more is better, perhaps add an extra arm with knife for the grenade thrower to replace the rifle(or remove it and add a knife at the digital stage) though logic dictates a grenade thrower should have his off-hand free to prime the grenade... and add an extra Arditi head to convert an extra figure etc...
The biggest problem is perhaps no early Italians, which I think would require another set, otherwise its basically conversions alround though other then heads with kepis and no gas mask cases there not much to change, I think this could be done digitally using the current scans from the heavy weapons mortar man( wearing ordinary soldiers kepi) and officer figures...
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Post by Redneck26 on Dec 6, 2018 23:28:05 GMT
These guys look great. I also like the idea of arditi with close combat weapons, but I prefer to do my own conversions, which means that these are great for me. For sizing they should match up to Hat WW1 Germans (not the airfix reissues) and WW1 Austrians. Nicely done, Hat, i look forward to these.
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Post by plasticpanzers on Dec 7, 2018 0:46:21 GMT
Are the cap feathers going to be separate on the sprue? (LOL!)
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Post by Jesse guest on Dec 9, 2018 21:43:05 GMT
I have no previous knowledge in WWI Italians, nor any figures. But man that heavy weapons set looks interesting! I need to read some about Italy in WWI...
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Post by Michelangelo on Dec 26, 2018 18:17:01 GMT
Please do not that ALPINI's cap, because it's the worst I've ever seen. It is like a Messican Bandit rather then an Italian Alpino,
1st there is no black feather: even in battle no Alpino would be without it
2nd the "crown" of the hat is too tall
3rd the the brim: it must be in the front as wide as the head or little more, and more bended near the head on the rear and on the sides.
I hope to be usefull to your good project.
I hope you will do the best sculpture of Apini Arditi
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Post by History20mm on Jun 24, 2020 18:42:20 GMT
The knives appeared a lot but just in posed pictures. In real action it was used only in the cutting trench moment. Handguns were very usefull.
The poses are amazing.
Maybe the fez hat are a bit too much as out of statistics.
The hats without feathers are ok if the figures are used as "arditi del popolo", ex soldiers and one of the first opponents of the early fascists, during the 20s.
In my opinion, the whole set can be used for good representations of the "biennio rosso" civil fights on different sides, armed civilians too.
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Post by davidmac on Jun 24, 2020 19:50:57 GMT
Wow! That first guy with the dual light machine guns--he's a force to contend with! Hope he's got a strong back. And stomach.
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Post by Ironsides on Jun 24, 2020 21:54:03 GMT
The Mg is a Villa Perosa and fires pistol ammo, this vid may explain why hes strapped it to his chest... 
Obviously not loaded as no mags:
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