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/amg/ Army Men General - Suddenly ninjas

Anonymous Sun 09 Jun 2024 15:06:48 No.11025293 View View Reply Original Report

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Welcome to the Army Men General!

Previously: >>11000260

>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 Tue 11 Jun 2024 05:58:05 No.11027252 Report

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Very quiet...

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Anonymous Wed 12 Jun 2024 02:33:18 No.11028256 Report

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wishing these were more popular with the current gen

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Anonymous Wed 12 Jun 2024 03:27:23 No.11028327 Report

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>>11028256
It's not easy to find them in stores, army men have always been a good impulse buy but if you don't see any on the shelf you forget about 'em. The death of mom and pop dollar stores and the consolidation of that market into the Dollarama/Dollar Tree duopoly here means you'll rarely find what was once a dollar store staple - currently neither of those chains have army men, at least in my area. TRU hasn't had any for a while, Walmart has a few pic related but they're easy to miss.

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Anonymous Wed 12 Jun 2024 16:55:29 No.11028974 Report

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>>11028327
Outside of German Amazon and eBay, good luck finding a good Wild West set...

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Anonymous Wed 12 Jun 2024 17:49:20 No.11029070 Report

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>>11028974
There was an excellent dollar store on the other side of town here years ago that had a huge toy section, including quite a few army men options (got a pile of tanks there). One time they had pegs full of Wild West packages, each one with a conestoga wagon and horses, some cowboys and indians and, oddly, a couple of British WW2 soldiers mixed in. My brother and I bought the hell out of 'em, I mostly wanted the Brits and he was into the rest but he ended up giving me all his stuff years later. I really miss that place, think it got taken over by Dollar Tree and was never the same after.

Had to downsize some a few years ago and ended up selling most of the wagons and a good chunk of the cowboys and indians, kinda regret it but that's life.

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Anonymous Thu 13 Jun 2024 06:08:51 No.11029901 Report

Quoted By: >>11029903 >>11032748

The conclusion of the Grey arc is still pending; meantime more of the ninjas.

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Anonymous Thu 13 Jun 2024 06:10:42 No.11029903 Report

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>>11029901
Rediscovered them while kicking off my major overhaul, they and their grey and black brethren will be seeing more action for sure.

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Anonymous Thu 13 Jun 2024 06:13:34 No.11029905 Report

Quoted By: >>11029907 >>11032748

>>11029903
Have two different sets of ninjas - good quality high detail ninjas that have poses in white, grey and black (from ToySoldiersDepot) and cheaper, plainer ninjas in black and white (dollar store find from a bygone age).

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Anonymous Thu 13 Jun 2024 06:15:01 No.11029907 Report

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>>11029905
They paired up really well with WW2 Japanese troops, how fitting.

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Anonymous Thu 13 Jun 2024 06:17:45 No.11029909 Report

Quoted By: >>11029910 >>11032748

>>11029907
Note the archer picking off the tree sniper, they know all those tricks cuz they invented 'em eh

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Anonymous Thu 13 Jun 2024 06:21:21 No.11029910 Report

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>>11029909
When a patrol investigating loss of contact with the artillery battery discovered the massacre, not a trace of their assailants was found. No footprints, scraps of torn clothing, weapons, not even the arrows or shuriken that clearly felled some of the unfortunate soldiers. Almost as if they had been slaughtered by phantoms...

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Anonymous Thu 13 Jun 2024 17:46:39 No.11030551 Report

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>>11029070
Nice haul for the time being. I heard someone on here say that you could combine the cowboys and the wagons with khaki-coated British from AiP for a Boer War scenario, or the MPC African natives from the old Tarzan sets for the Battle of Blood River between the Boers and the Zulus. Loads of mix-and-match fun to be had with different types of plastic miniatures.

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Anonymous Fri 14 Jun 2024 04:18:05 No.11031285 Report

Quoted By: >>11032748

>>11030551
Yeah sounds like a good setup. That pic was what was sold off, roughly half the wagons; located and resettled the other half earlier today in the midst of the general overhaul. If the anon with amazon giftcard from last thread is around, I hope you found something worthwhile. Ordered a couple tan versions of this tank, they arrived today.

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Anonymous Sat 15 Jun 2024 07:32:07 No.11032748 Report

Quoted By: >>11033677

>>11029901
>>11029903
>>11029905
>>11029907
>>11029909
>>11029910
>>11031285
Very nice pictures. Glad to see that people are still taking their toys outside and having fun. Sadly /toy/ has become mostly /consoom/ >>11032538

The only thread I've enjoyed are /amg/ and spooky skeleton where people have fun and take pics of their toys. However, with the new sage rules they unfortunately don't last very long

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Anonymous Sun 16 Jun 2024 02:11:45 No.11033677 Report

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>>11032748
Thanks anon. The autosage bs is annoying but the army men general will soldier on.

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Anonymous Sun 16 Jun 2024 02:20:35 No.11033683 Report

Quoted By: >>11045903

Been organizing my plastic armed forces storage better and catching up on long overdue administrative stuff, namely addressing piles of unaffiliated soldiers. Between integrating them into existing units or forming all new ones it's taken a lot more time than expected; still have to work on the vehicles, equipment and other accessories at some point. My brother left me all his troops and I finally got around to sorting and integrating them - this battalion nearly tripled in size to division strength, all hardened veterans of countless plastic conflicts in the past.

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Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2024 07:02:17 No.11037540 Report

Quoted By: >>11037542 >>11038184

The Sarge drew his K-bar left handed and just stood there waiting.
"You ladies get the hell out of here - this is my dance."

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Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2024 07:03:48 No.11037542 Report

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>>11037540

I'm not sure I would like to live in the world of my imagination.

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Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2024 07:05:48 No.11037543 Report

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>>11037542

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Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2024 20:41:08 No.11038184 Report

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>>11037540
>>11037542
Does Wilbur Smith write your imagination?

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Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2024 03:44:16 No.11039992 Report

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Alright pop quiz.
If you could sell the idea of 1 set. (2 opposing armies of maybe x2 x3 times 4-5 poses ) with
some "decorations" ( a tank or two and a couple of "boulders")
What would you design?
(you can also sacrifice one of the "basic" sets of 4-5 with 1 set of 4 "hero figures" different than the other 2 sets. )

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Anonymous Sat 22 Jun 2024 03:12:55 No.11041346 Report

Quoted By: >>11041419

I'm pretty new to /amg/, any medieval knights and horses themed set?

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Anonymous Sat 22 Jun 2024 04:05:54 No.11041419 Report

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>>11041346
Been plenty over the years, this one is widely available online, got a set on the way:
https://www.amazon.com/Building-Medieval-Military-Plastic-Simulated/dp/B07DWVKZRH/
Pic related was a TRU bucket set years ago.

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Anonymous Sat 22 Jun 2024 04:32:35 No.11041437 Report

Quoted By: >>11041588 >>11045614

>>11041419
This is fantastic, thanks so much. Loved the castle as well.

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Anonymous Sat 22 Jun 2024 07:27:14 No.11041588 Report

Quoted By: >>11045614

>>11041437
Sure thing anon. Got a set of just the knights previously, great poses and color-wise they fit very well with the knights of that TRU bucket (have a pile more of them from dollar store sets years ago)l. I did find that I already have a little castle in my collection, a chance garage sale find that's been forgotten until very recently. Thinking it'll make for a fun outdoor setup sometime; still need to wrap up the Green vs Greys arc too....

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Anonymous Sun 23 Jun 2024 05:50:38 No.11042839 Report

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bumping before the sinking starts

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Anonymous Sun 23 Jun 2024 07:42:37 No.11042922 Report

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Plastic brothers from another mother.

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Anonymous Mon 24 Jun 2024 00:21:21 No.11043756 Report

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Anonymous Tue 25 Jun 2024 04:32:44 No.11045614 Report

Quoted By: >>11045623 >>11045741

>>11041437
>>11041588
Following up, the castle, extra set of knights and impulse buy set of army men arrived today. Was surprised the castle comes in a box, hardly ever have anything get shipped in original packaging. Think part of the reason is the castle doesn't come with any assembly instructions - the box serves as your guide.

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Anonymous Tue 25 Jun 2024 04:39:01 No.11045623 Report

Quoted By: >>11045629 >>11045689 >>11045741

>>11045614
The box art depicts painted figs but the actual figs are unpainted - the back of the box seems to imply there's two versions of the set and the "B" version has painted figs, who knows. Great little castle set, easy enough to assemble, had a few minor struggles with a couple of the towers due to the cheap plastic but holds together quite well.

There's six poses and one of each in both colors are included (green and tan army men for scale). The siege weapons and equipment are decent, haven't tried the catapult but the ballista is more show than go. Great value overall and can be easily disassembled for storage.

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Anonymous Tue 25 Jun 2024 04:45:24 No.11045629 Report

Quoted By: >>11045644

>>11045623
Added this extra set for the horsemen and it did not disappoint. As well as including another set of the six foot poses in both colors there are four mounted poses on two different colors of horse, made even more awesome in that all four horses themselves are different.

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Anonymous Tue 25 Jun 2024 04:58:35 No.11045644 Report

Quoted By: >>11045650 >>11047748 >>11050964

>>11045629
Between a good sale discount and the intriguing rocket truck and large stationary guns this army men set was an easy add-on. I did not have high expectations and can safely say they were met, more or less. The vehicles are definitely the best part of the set, with the fore-mentioned rocket truck and large guns being the only items sporting some paint apps. The guns are basically oversized M2 .50 machine guns but I can certainly see them as credible fortification guns. The two smaller trucks and four little frankengun things are single and two-halves pieces respectively with no moving parts. The two sidecar motorcycles by comparison are multi-piece assemblies with moving wheels and are fairly well-made. There are also two large rockets randomly thrown in as well (they appear frequently in these kinds of sets) and a little battle map with eclectic place names and some classic Engrish. I am almost certain the tank illustration at lower right is of Warhammer 40k vintage...

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Anonymous Tue 25 Jun 2024 05:04:11 No.11045650 Report

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>>11045644
The soldiers included are smaller than the average but larger than the next major scale down (1/72), being somewhere more in the middle. Had seen them before online but these are the first I've had directly - each soldier is posed with a piece of terrain. While this is a neat enough idea I feel like it's also very restricting and at the mid-size scale they're using the lower quality doesn't make up for it with good detail.

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Anonymous Tue 25 Jun 2024 05:08:36 No.11045655 Report

Quoted By: >>11045660 >>11050964

>>11045650
The colors actually match well with some soldiers I got some years ago at Walmart; size-wise though the latter are more typical of the 1/35 standard.

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Anonymous Tue 25 Jun 2024 05:12:00 No.11045660 Report

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>>11045655
The Walmart soldiers, was able to get a few boxes on clearance, seems they mostly flew under the radar thanks to their unremarkable packaging. Decent contents, especially like the stationary minigun and TOW missile launcher and the different barbed wire fencing.

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Anonymous Tue 25 Jun 2024 05:37:52 No.11045689 Report

Quoted By: >>11045715

>>11045623
Forgot to mention the castle pieces are designed so you could theoretically get multiples and combine into a larger fortress. Must admit the temptation is strong, could be fun to upsize it with a couple more sets and I still have another small castle that could serve as an inner keep. Possibilities... Also still have three old Siege sets for such purposes.

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Anonymous Tue 25 Jun 2024 06:09:41 No.11045715 Report

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>>11045689
Shopping around online I'm seeing a number of variants of the castle set, often it's the number and types of figures and siege weapons included that varies but there's some interesting takes on the castle itself. Some sets just give you the wall piece with the gates, others throw in a couple of the towers and there's at least one that adds in turrets for the tops of the towers. That last one also comes with a couple dragons, just might order one to check it out.

These are the red and black painted soldiers manning that Siege castle in last pic, brother and I bought a ton of them from dollar stores back in the day, they came in sets that included a catapult or bombard. First time I'd found a crossbow-equipped archer and the set of poses in general is great in that they're more rank and file infantry, with the two mounted figures more like their noble superiors. These guys haven't seen battle since that conflict over a decade ago, we'll see that can be amended in the near future.

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Anonymous Tue 25 Jun 2024 06:43:04 No.11045741 Report

Quoted By: >>11048168

>>11045614
>>11045623
Mine is arriving next Wednesday. Now I need to find some Dragon and other medieval fantasy figures...

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Anonymous Tue 25 Jun 2024 12:35:11 No.11045903 Report

Quoted By: >>11048171

>>11033683
I think it’s cool that you do that. I just dump everything into two bags.

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Anonymous Wed 26 Jun 2024 22:58:17 No.11047748 Report

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>>11045644
Someone needs to create a little mini RISK game using Army Men iocns for armys.

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Anonymous Thu 27 Jun 2024 04:37:36 No.11048168 Report

Quoted By: >>11048171

>>11045741
Ordered two more castles, one of them with the turrets and dragons, should be interesting. Timmee has a fantasy figures set on Amazon, not much else that I've seen but didn't look hard. Don't know if pic related is available anywhere, was a TRU set years ago.

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Anonymous Thu 27 Jun 2024 04:41:00 No.11048171 Report

Quoted By: >>11048189 >>11051772 >>11051778

>>11048168
Closeup of the poses, man I love those candles.
>>11045903
Thanks anon, can't remember how I got it in my head to get into unit organization but it's been fun, if at times tedious and time-consuming (in a good way). Over the years I've adjusted acceptable unit types and sizes, still needs a little fine-tuning and a formal reference sheet but I'll get there eventually.

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Anonymous Thu 27 Jun 2024 05:04:15 No.11048189 Report

Quoted By: >>11048199 >>11051772 >>11051778

>>11048171
To expand on it a bit, every unit has designated officer figures, either based on distinct leader poses, arbitrarily designated figs or a combination of both if there are too few leader poses. The Afrika Korps set is a good example of a set that requires a combination of both - there are two distinct officer poses with the flat cap and a third leader pose (guy with raised arm) but there may not be enough to satisfy minimum officer requirements; the difference can be made up of other poses, usually for the lowest ranks.

Unit officer requirements are based on unit type and size: the Afrika Korps is division-strength at over 400 men so has a requirement of a major general, at least one lieutenant general and two or three brigadier generals minimum, with lower ranks in greater numbers accordingly. It is also a special case in having a field marshal (the Desert Fox himself of course). Below the division there's brigade with a lieutenant or major general commanding; battalion with brigadier general or colonel; company with colonel, major or captain commanding; platoon with captain or lieutenant commanding; squad led by a lieutenant or sergeant. There used to be the regiment (a couple units retain this designation, for now anyway) but I found it to be redundant and have largely phased it out.

Ideal unit strengths tend to have significant wiggle room, usually justified by assumed background reasons such as attrition or wartime necessities - a company may have as few as 30 men or as many as 75, with the "official" requirement somewhere in the middle. Ideally there are 2 squads to the platoon, 2 platoons to the company, 2-3 companies to the battalion, 2-3 battalions to the brigade, 2-3 brigades to the division, with every unit theoretically able to be internally structured as such.

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Anonymous Thu 27 Jun 2024 05:20:09 No.11048199 Report

Quoted By: >>11048235 >>11051953

>>11048189
Some armies are easier than others to structure; pic related is the accumulation of several sets of soldiers where an identical number of each of the 8 poses was provided, leading to the standard 8-man squad comprising the bulk of the brigade. To facilitate overall leadership of the unit a portion of the squads were reorganized into a command platoon using appropriate poses (the group front and centre), with the remainder organized into two fire support platoons and two recon demi-squads.

Ironically this unit and its smaller grey counterpart haven't been fully integrated into the order of battle (aka having their sheets typed up and pose photos taken), keep forgetting heh.

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Anonymous Thu 27 Jun 2024 06:00:22 No.11048235 Report

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>>11048199
On a related note, elements of this unit had their baptism of fire in the bloody assault on the Greys not too long ago. Post-action assessment deemed their performance to be "satisfactory" at best, something of a harsh critique. However there were multiple mitigating factors that ultimately served to give them a positive reputation undeserving of such conclusions:
>an elite formation, they were nonetheless relegated to 3rd wave reserves status instead of leading the assault, something they were well suited for
The desperate short-notice nature of the offensive and doubts about these untested soldiers contributed to this decision, one of those great what-if moments armchair generals will debate vigorously for years to come
>they were directly responsible for shooting down at least one enemy helicopter gunship and knocking out a tank
>only one reinforced company's worth of the unit was available for the offensive yet their combat performance was comparable to/greater than the much larger units also engaged
>despite heavy losses and the tide of battle turning against them they were the only Green unit to hold their ground in the face of the oncoming Greys
While the right flank was collapsing with the Green units there routing, these troops were doing their best to stand firm on the left and parts of the centre. Ironically, had there not been the sudden dramatic shift in fortunes that ultimately decided the battle and the unit been forced to fight to the last man, they likely would've gone down as legendary warriors.

One thing is certain - they will get another chance at battlefield glory someday.

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Anonymous Thu 27 Jun 2024 18:04:09 No.11048898 Report

Quoted By: >>11048932

>>11048235

>>One thing is certain - they will get another chance at battlefield glory someday.

SPOILERS :)

Good to know though.

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Anonymous Thu 27 Jun 2024 18:25:51 No.11048932 Report

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>>11048898
>SPOILERS
Heh not necessarily, as mentioned only part of the unit was engaged, the bulk of the brigade was unavailable to be deployed in time.

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Anonymous Thu 27 Jun 2024 18:52:12 No.11048963 Report

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If there's decent weather tomorrow or over the weekend we'll see about concluding the Greys arc...

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Anonymous Sat 29 Jun 2024 03:30:21 No.11050946 Report

Quoted By: >>11050953 >>11051588

So there's good news, bad news and more good news. The good news is the conclusion has been shot. The bad news is it won't be up until the next thread...

The other good news is more stuff arrived today! From AliExpress I received one half of an order, consisting of a set of yellow and blue pirates and pirate skeletons (skeleton pirates?) and an army men set:
>Warfare The Millinium Edition

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Anonymous Sat 29 Jun 2024 03:34:32 No.11050953 Report

Quoted By: >>11050964

>>11050946
Mostly ordered this set for the vehicles, particularly the interesting naval vessels. Along with an aircraft carrier there's a pair of guided missile cruisers (heavily based on the Soviet Slava-class), a pair of attack submarines (apparently inspired by the Akula class) and a couple speedboats. Been steadily growing my plastic navy, have lost count of my flattops but I'm always looking for other warships.

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Anonymous Sat 29 Jun 2024 03:40:09 No.11050964 Report

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>>11050953
Also included are a pair of flags (Canadian and what seems to be that of Imperial Germany), a chunky twin-barrelled tank often found in such Chinese sets, a helicopter that can't seem to make up its mind which real-world copter was its primary inspiration, a truck and a handful of green soldiers. These last two are the same as in this set here >>11045644 >>11045650 >>11045655 ; the other half of the order is a second of this set but with tan/yellow soldiers and another set with the pirates and skellies that also comes with a pile of terrain pieces and accessories. I'll probably hold off on posting those figs until that set arrives.

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Anonymous Sat 29 Jun 2024 18:14:05 No.11051588 Report

Quoted By: >>11051934

>>11050946
Nice collection and such a friendly-looking cat. All you need to do now is throw in some Wild West bags for the full shebang of plastic miniatures.

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Anonymous Sat 29 Jun 2024 21:30:05 No.11051772 Report

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>>11048171
>>11048189
>mHow does one get into unit composition? Like, you’d think someone like me who has been into history and military fiction for most of their life would know this, but I know literally nothing. It!’s extra embarrassing in my case because I play games like HoI III, EUIII, and Mount and Blade where it’s a part of the game. Yet I know nothing. The only thing I can tell you is that a unit is effectively destroyed if it falls below fifty percent.

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Anonymous Sat 29 Jun 2024 21:32:17 No.11051778 Report

Quoted By: >>11051944

>>11048171
>>11048189
How does one get into unit composition? Like, you’d think someone like me who has been into history and military fiction for most of their life would know this, but I know literally nothing. It!’s extra embarrassing in my case because I play games like HoI III, EUIII, and Mount and Blade where it’s a part of the game. Yet I know nothing. The only thing I can tell you is that a unit is effectively destroyed if it falls below fifty percent.

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Anonymous Sun 30 Jun 2024 00:55:21 No.11051934 Report

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>>11051588
Got a decent cowboys and indians collection, wasn't planning on sampling the meagre offerings but your post persuaded me heh. Found a store selling bags of 60 in four different colors, got one of each ordered. Pic semi-related, downsized the collection some years ago and these were sold on kijiji, was about half of the total and none of the cavalry so there's still plenty left.

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Anonymous Sun 30 Jun 2024 01:06:38 No.11051944 Report

Quoted By: >>11051953 >>11053229

>>11051778
Unit composition is all about army management and cohesion; Boudicca's rabble at Watling Street, though heavily outnumbering the Roman legions sent against them were plainly outfought by disciplined infantry units and that's just one example of many. Of course translating all this to army men is more for fun than anything unless you're going into proper wargaming with them.
>a unit is effectively destroyed if it falls below fifty percent.
Gameplay mechanics require those kinds of arbitrary parameters but real life has considerably more variation in both ends - some units have famously fought down to a fraction to their nominal strength, others have broken and run at the mere sight of the enemy. Depending on what kind of play I'm up to with my troops, I may or may not give consideration to the official unit composition. The Green assault on the Grey fortified line largely ignores unit composition but this also fits well with the arc - all units available to be thrown at the line on short notice with little consideration for deployment by unit, which can be argued was a significant factor in the assault's failure to take the line.

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Anonymous Sun 30 Jun 2024 01:22:28 No.11051953 Report

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>>11051944
The nature of your plastic armed forces factors heavily in how you set up individual units - if you're just going by color and not considering individual sets of poses or size variation it will probably be fairly easy to standardize a system. I went with real-world unit designations but (above company level) not their typical strength - an IRL battalion can be upwards of 800 men. Plastic armies sound more grandiose if you can boast brigades and divisions, heh.

Whichever starting point you have with your plastic armed forces you'll want to decide on a rank system for the units - a company or battalion is just a designated mass of troops if they don't have leadership. This Grey battalion, identical to the Green brigade here >>11048199 has squads of 8 men (1 of each pose with the binoculars pose designated an officer), with a command squad, recon demi-squad and heavy support platoon.

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Anonymous Sun 30 Jun 2024 01:31:03 No.11051965 Report

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>>11051953
When I started the system I opted to go with distinct sets of poses; a couple exceptions have been added to the order of battle over time but in general it's kept to the formula. Each unit will also have something in their official designation depending on their most distinct characteristic(s). Pic for example is designated a National Guard Support battalion - they're a little top-heavy with support units such as mortars, bazookas, flamethrowers and minesweepers but at the same time are poorer quality plastic, thus the NG designation. These guys would mainly see action in a high-intensity conflict, possibly one that's not going so well and their lower military quality would be made up some by their profusion of heavy weapons.

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Anonymous Mon 01 Jul 2024 04:29:41 No.11053229 Report

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>>11051944
>>11051953
>>11051965
Thanks for answering. I’m not sure I have enough men to even pull something like this off, but I’ll definitely screenshot and keep it in mind for the future.

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Anonymous Mon 01 Jul 2024 05:07:16 No.11053244 Report

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>>11053229
Sure thing anon. Would argue that even a handful of soldiers could be formed into a unit, just a matter of designating officers and if there aren't any obvious leader poses anyone will do. One of my first armies was a set of cheap knock-off US soldiers (based on an old Airfix set) and they only had six of the poses (pic related). Since it was around 1991 they became my Iraqis so my Germans would have some allies against the British and Americans. Through accident or design one of the standing aiming riflemen got a little whiteout on his back leg and from that point on was known as Saddam, the leader of the army. Many years later when I officially formed the unit as a company and designated officers he remained the commander with a rank of colonel; other soldiers of different poses made up the rest. There's 54 men in the unit, formally known as the Iraq Republican Guard Company.

Saddam and his boys are among the most experienced troops in my order of battle, though they have always been all but wiped out in every campaign. Still, if you're needing a fanatical rearguard that will fight to the last man, they won't disappoint and just might give as good as they get.

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Anonymous Mon 01 Jul 2024 05:14:03 No.11053249 Report

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>>11053244
Been making good progress on organizing and storing my troops better; the best way to save space while still keeping the units distinct is lots of ziplocs. Got one large tote filled up and a second nearly there; the largest units of division size have their own containers and some bucket sets are being kept intact for now.

Figuring out all the vehicles, accessories and terrain and the non-military stuff (knights, cowboys & indians, etc) is going to be fun... Working to get to a point where I can access the extra-large tote where the balance of my army men tanks, trucks and the like have been stored, trapped under skyscrapers of containers full of Halo Mega.

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