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Anonymous Sat 11 Nov 2023 06:38:23 No.10726950 View View Reply Original Report

Welcome to the Army Men General!

Previously: >>10689542

>Plastic soldiers, knights and pirates, cowboys and indians, fantasy and sci-fi, cops and zombies, all are welcome here!

>Archived threads:
https://archive.palanq.win/toy/search/subject/Army%20Men%20General/

>Army men wargame rules:
https://combatstorm.com/
https://onepagerules.com/portfolio/one-off-games/
https://www.plasticcommand.com/
https://freewargamesrules.fandom.com/wiki/Special:Search?query=army+men

>Places to get army men:
https://bmctoys.com/ and https://victorybuy.com/
https://www.armiesinplastic.com/
https://www.toysoldierco.com/
https://www.classictoysoldiers.com/
https://www.toysoldiersdepot.com/
https://www.hobbybunker.com/
https://www.michtoy.com/
https://www.toysoldierhq.com/
https://micshaunscloset.com/
http://www.expeditionaryforce.com.sg/

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Anonymous Sun 12 Nov 2023 03:34:08 No.10728375 Report

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Post your paratroopers

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Anonymous Sun 12 Nov 2023 05:20:43 No.10728486 Report

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The few paratroopers I have are sadly not easily accessed right now; my airborne forces are almost entirely air cav. In the meantime here's some naval assets I've acquired this year.

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Anonymous Sun 12 Nov 2023 05:26:42 No.10728492 Report

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>>10728486
The carrier was part of a big kijiji score displayed in last thread, finally got around to the flattop heh. Alongside is a bucket of miniature ships and aircraft bought earlier from Amazon. Through happy coincidence, the aircraft seem largely about in scale with the big ship, not seeming out of place on its combat-scarred runways. They're a mix of the kind of aircraft you'd expect to see at sea, with a couple notable exceptions.

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Anonymous Sun 12 Nov 2023 05:56:37 No.10728521 Report

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>>10728492
The bucket had two of every ship and aircraft in grey and black, with extras of the former in black and the latter in grey for some reason. Someone on Amazon kindly provided an identification list for everything, most helpful as a few of the ships weren't terribly familiar to me.
Ships (left to right):
>Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine
>Long Beach-class guided missile cruiser
>Zumwalt-class destroyer
>Nevada-class battleship
>Enterprise-class aircraft carrier
>Independence-class littoral combat ship
>HSV-2 Swift-type catamaran
>Freedom-class littoral combat ship
>Seawolf-class attack submarine
Aircraft (left to right):
>MH-53E Super Stallion heavy-lift helicopter
>Harrier VTOL attack aircraft
>F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft
>F/A-18 Hornet fighter aircraft
>Rafale fighter aircraft
>C-2 Greyhound transport aircraft
>SH-3 Sea King anti-submarine warfare helicopter

Slightly visible on the far-side catapult ready for takeoff is one more jet, an F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft I forgot to include in the lineup. This and the F-16 are Air Force jets and would not be found on aircraft carriers normally, of course. It seems they also gave 8-bladed main rotors to the MH-53E and CH-3 when they should have 6 and 5 respectively.

I've had miniature warships of varying types show up in sets of army men over the last few years, got them in a container somewhere and whenever I find it I'll get pics too; the most I can remember is an interesting mix of WW2 U-boats, Soviet missile frigates and Nimitz aircraft carriers heh.

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Anonymous Tue 14 Nov 2023 02:03:11 No.10731479 Report

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As an 80s-90s kid I was aware enough of world events for them to impact my army men play. When I got this packet of soldiers I already had British, Germans, Americans so I decided these guys would be Iraqis. At some point one of the riflemen got whiteout on the back of a leg, can't remember if it was accidental or otherwise but from then on he was the Saddam Hussein of the troop, the leader fig who was usually the last to die in battle. Although the soldiers are in fact clones of a WW2 US soldiers set I still consider them Iraqis in my plastic armed forces, with good ol' Saddam still marching with them into battle.

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Anonymous Wed 15 Nov 2023 18:54:11 No.10733898 Report

Quoted By: >>10734868

How hard it would it to make your own armymen? I don’t have a 3D printer or anything, nor do I have any sculpting skills; I’m just curious.

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Anonymous Wed 15 Nov 2023 21:50:40 No.10734228 Report

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As can be seen in these post-battle reconnaissance images the much-hyped tan counteroffensive has been an unmitigated disaster. Between lax tan opsec and our superior intelligence-gathering networks we determined that their highly visible buildup at Birchbark Gap was a feint, with the main thrust aiming right down the Totenkopf Pass.

Accordingly, we maintained the impression of preparing for their assault at Birchbark while retaining a seemingly weak force in the Pass. However, not all was as it seemed...

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Anonymous Wed 15 Nov 2023 22:08:35 No.10734260 Report

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>>10734228
Hoping for the element of surprise, the armored tan column rolled straight down the Pass without any supporting artillery bombardment or even a line of sappers out front to check for mines. Had they taken either precaution the outcome may have been quite different, as the Pass was in fact heavily mined at its narrowest point. The leading heavy tanks learned this fact in a most brutal fashion (red circle).

After the first tanks were knocked out by the mines our defending forces opened up a powerful preregistered barrage, pounding the Pass directly behind the chokepoint. Tan armor started maneuvering around the minefield through the more difficult terrain to the side of the Pass, exposing their flank to accurate fire from our tanks, one of which was knocked out by a brave tan crew still occupying their disabled tank amidst the mines and their burning comrades, though they were forced to abandon their vehicle shortly after (yellow circles). A few tan units survived long enough to briefly overrun one of our forward gun positions and destroy another tank but they advanced no further, succumbing to a hail of ATGMs from our valiant defenders (blue circle).

Seeing their last forward tank blossom into smoke and flame the demoralized second echelon turned tail and fled back up the Pass, taking their dead but leaving the field and much wrecked armor in our possession.

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Anonymous Wed 15 Nov 2023 22:17:25 No.10734269 Report

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>>10734260
Just to rub salt into the wound, we landed a double blow to the tan invaders by launching a surprise assault on their siege lines around the beleaguered Fortress Emerald, smashing through the unwary sandmen and relieving the garrison from their 17-day ordeal. Preliminary reports indicate the bulk of the besieging army is retreating in great disorder, abandoning large stockpiles of supplies, heavy guns and crippled armored vehicles.

This mighty double victory ahead of the winter snows bringing combat operations to a halt for the year will give us the momentum for our own counteroffensive in the spring. We will not stop until the every last tan has been driven from our sacred soil.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 16 Nov 2023 03:43:27 No.10734868 Report

Quoted By: >>10735283

>>10733898
Not super difficult. You just need a printed, blender skills, proper space for ventilation, potentially paint...
You'd be better off sculpting your own with green stuff. No, green stuff is a brand name product of hardening clay-like modeling stuff.>>10733898

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Anonymous Thu 16 Nov 2023 07:58:53 No.10735283 Report

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>>10734868
Thanks.

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Anonymous Fri 17 Nov 2023 17:24:20 No.10737701 Report

Quoted By: >>10737707 >>10738069 >>10747355

>>10726950

What’s a good not GI Joe army toy line? My son is getting into army and loves vehicles, trucks, tanks, etc.

>looking for a toy line or few brands where the vehicle is bigger than the soldiers and + if they can go in the vehicles

>ok with a few toy brands if they fit together and are similar scale

Thanks for any discussion

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 17 Nov 2023 17:26:37 No.10737707 Report

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>>10737701

Also he is 5 so quality / detail is t too big of deal but would at least prefer realistic looking uniforms. I think I remember having 6” when I was a kid with real camp and fully painted but they were posed and no articulation like army men. That would be cool if still around

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Anonymous Fri 17 Nov 2023 22:14:39 No.10738069 Report

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>>10737701
I mean, the cheapo figures on Amazon are good for the vehicles and accessories cheap, but if you want other figures that aren&t GIJoe but scale well enough will extra articulation, hunt down some World Peacekeepers guys. I've seen them around in Big Lots, but if you have to buy them online, you might have to do some digging/go secondhand on a lot of them on Ebay. Either that, or Lanard Corps figures. Those are slowly disappearing from Walmart I think, but those I've seen surface at Ocean State Job Lots. Hope this helps.

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Anonymous Sun 19 Nov 2023 23:32:30 No.10740913 Report

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This is my 1:18 scale German soldier and Indiana jones truck that I restored after it was destroyed by kids playing with it. They are both 15- 20ish years old

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Anonymous Mon 20 Nov 2023 23:35:41 No.10742418 Report

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>>10740913
Very nice

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Anonymous Tue 21 Nov 2023 19:45:32 No.10743919 Report

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>>10742418
Thank you

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Anonymous Tue 21 Nov 2023 19:54:11 No.10743930 Report

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>>10742418
Those look like German infantry you have there.

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Anonymous Wed 22 Nov 2023 01:04:20 No.10744460 Report

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Anonymous Wed 22 Nov 2023 01:32:49 No.10744503 Report

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>>10743930
Afrika Korps, one of the finest formations in my plastic armed forces.
>>10744460
kek I can hear Waspinator's voice in that pic

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Anonymous Thu 23 Nov 2023 19:46:41 No.10747355 Report

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>>10737701
20th century toys Ultimate soldier has great army figures. As for vehicles, anything 1:18 scale should fit them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 26 Nov 2023 02:34:28 No.10750684 Report

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>>10744460
You can do that with toy soldiers? If I knew that I would of made dioramas of little green men fighting giant ants. What's the bug line you use?

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Anonymous Thu 30 Nov 2023 00:55:08 No.10756765 Report

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>>10734269
Awesome! Love AARs and battle reports like this.
Presumably once winter conditions arrive, partisan activity within the House will increase?

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Anonymous Thu 30 Nov 2023 18:49:29 No.10757801 Report

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>>10756765
Possibly, though the presence of other factions can complicate things.

Page 10, new thread will go up later today.

Anonymous

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