G'day, List Members,
I have an unidentified figure. Came in a platoon pack from GZG. Figure is a
Merc. Standing. Bush hat, goggles. Has a weapon in his hands that doesn't look
at all like the standard over and under
combat rifle. Looks like a more early-era combat rifle - magazine in
front of the trigger gaurd, large flash hider/muzzle break with
grooving. The butt of the rifle is under his right arm, the barrel points at a
point just beyond his left toe. He has prominent webbing pouches on his chest
(one on each side) which may be mag pouches. He has a small pouch at belt
level on the right just behind the rifle but.
Who is he? What's his stock number? What's the weapon he's carrying? I haven't
been able to find a pic of this guy on the net, he doesn't seem to match any
of the descriptions I've seen, AND I've only got one and would like to get
more.
I also have a weapon question about another merc - he looks like he's
wearing torso armour, he has a beret, standing, and he's holding some
form of rifle/carbine. It doesn't look like the standard over and
under rifle. It is thin, not long enough to be a sniper rifle, and he's
holding it across his torso with his right hand. The weapon seems to taper
towards the front and has a bunch of grooving along the bottom of the weapon
(maybe a handgrip?). It doesn't seem to have room for a big magazine, but
their is some sort of downward protrusion in front of where I assume the
trigger is...
If it was Traveller, I'd guess from size, tapered barrel and lack of an
apparent magazine that it was a laser carbine of some sort. But in the world
of GZG, it could be a shotgun, a laser rifle, whatever. Anyone know what this
figure is known as (stock number wise) and what the weapon is?
Thanks for the help fellahs. The Mercs are excellent figures, and I definitely
want to get some more, but I want to add some specific ones and know what the
arms are supposed to be.... (*grin*)
Tom.
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Well, the figure with the long arm weapon I'm pretty sure is a sniper rifle
(note the cam cloth wrapped around the fore stock). Bruce Matthews runs one in
his Merc HQ squad.
The second figure; does his jacket have a furlined collar? I believe this is
the "Squad Leader"The weapon isn't specified other than 'comabat rifle'(have a
look at 2300; almost a carbon copy of a laser rifle).
I have the actual codes at home in a Eureka Miniatures catalogue.
Owen G
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Glover, spake thusly upon matters weighty:
> Well, the figure with the long arm weapon I'm pretty sure is a sniper
Don't think so. This guy is holding his weapon at the front of the
receiver area/the magazine feed lip (maybe with a few fingers on the
mag), and the weapon is about half way between the standard over and under
combat rifle and most of the sniper weapons I've seen. I didn't see any signs
of camo cloth wrapped around the forestock because there does not seem to be
one. The barrel seems to exit the receiver
group and extend to a large flash hider/muzzle break but appears to
not have any forestock attached - the barrel is free hanging. If it
helps, his right shoulder is kind of leaned forwards. And my description of
the weapon was a little off, it points not at his left
foot, but about (in scale) about 6-8' out from it (it's at about a 45
degree angle). So I'm still at a loss to who this guy is.
I'm looking on the geohex homepage....
Now, take the guy on the far right, and put a very different looking rifle in
his hands and you'll pretty much have the figure I'm looking for.
http://www.geohex.com/visgm702.htm
It might? be a GL of some type - the flash hider/muzzle break is big.
But I thought that was just for sturdiness.
If you have any other ideas?
> The second figure; does his jacket have a furlined collar? I believe
I don't have my 2300 handy, but I will check. I am pretty sure the fringe
around his neck is the fur lining, and he looks like he might be wearing a
thicker jacket than some of the others. So, Squad leader he is. Thanks! Do you
know the catalog #?
Plus on a third guy, who is standing figure with what looks like a SAW slung
over his right shoulder (think he has a helmet on), the weapon kind of
disappears under the right arm at the bottom, but the top part sure looks like
an M60 kind of SAW (rather than like the long wierd looking they've given the
other mercs who're firing them) or maybe a Mossberg bullpup shotgun front end.
I'm not sure if it is a saw or a combat shotgun. I'd have guessed (based on
other SAWS I've seen the OU figures with) that it was a SAW, but the sling
he's got on it (over his right shoulder) has what looks like loops for 12
gauge shells - which would have no place on a SAW. So is it a
shotgun? Or some other third creation?
Thanks for the info. These are excellent figures. I just want to know which
ones are which so I can order more!
Tom.
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Thomas Barclay Software Specialist Police Communications Systems Software
Kinetics Ltd. 66 Iber Road, Stittsville Ontario, Canada, K2S 1E7
Reception: (613) 831-0888
PBX: (613) 831-2018
My Extension: 4009
Fax: (613) 831-8255
Software Kinetics' Web Page:
http://www.sofkin.ca
SKL Daemons Softball Web Page:
http://fox.nstn.ca/~kaladorn/softhp.htm
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