New "Irregular" Moderns

jb · Post by jb » Sun May 02, 2010 5:25 pm

piersyf wrote:...,
so my challenge to anyone game enough to try is to have a shot at painting them ...,
,... (although I bet they're closer to 10mm than 6mm).

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I gave up on the GHQ infantry for personal use because of their size when next to the 1/285th vehicles, sorry,so it won't be me.

piersyf · Post by **piersyf** » Sun May 02, 2010 5:53 pm

Care to PM me as to whose modern infantry you do use? H&R used to be quite OK, and they have a new home now, but the castings suffered under NAVWAR and the new guys haven't had time to remedy things (if they intend to). Can't think of anyone else that would be any better than GHQ despite being oversized...

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Post by **GHQ** » Tue May 04, 2010 12:41 am

There is really only one way to address this situation: you are correct, these are not irregular infantry. We made a mistake. Occasionally things slip through, and when you look back, you don't have an explanation for how things came to be and you just have to admit that you made a mistake. TW-12 and TW-13 are what we would call 3rd World Regulars that can be used to represent a huge number of different forces all over the world. We do feel that these are very important infantry that fill a niche, and they are something that we had planned to release in the near future.

Irregular infantry are what we had in mind when these packs were planned, and when we listed them in our catalog. Unfortunately some wires got crossed in the discussions with the designer who worked on these. Multiple third world infantry ranges were discussed, and the irregulars were supposed to come for the April 30th releases. These came instead. The people working in production either are not military people, or knew that the regulars were coming in the near future, and didn't mention anything. The person who did the painting painted what he got, etc. Regrettably it is too late for the irregulars until the August releases (when the Regulars were supposed to be released), but that is when they will be out. They will be sub-Saharan irregulars.

The listing in our upcoming catalog has already been changed to correct this error, and our website listing has been changed as well. As previously mentioned, the current TW-12 and TW-13 fill an essential niche. Many countries around the world from the Cold War era to the present wear US WWII style helmets and use a mixture of European/Russian weapons. That is the niche that we have filled with these figures.

We are sorry for the confusion.

Thank you for your support,
GHQ

thetourist · Post by **thetourist** » Tue May 04, 2010 1:25 am

Thanks for the clarification GHQ. It just goes to show how great your customer service is once again. I will buy these, and the New Irregulars when they come out in August!

macscrooge · Post by **macscrooge** » Fri May 07, 2010 10:55 pm

This really is great news. Troops with G-3 and helmets have many uses. To name but a few:
Iranians, Saudis, Germans (1970s/80s), Norwegians, Spanish, Pakistani.

And because the G3 looks (as leat in this scale) so similar to the FN FAL, what about:
Canadians, Belgians, Argentines, Indians

Sure, the Irregulars will be useful too, but as will be evident from the above, I'm far from disappointed!