GZG Figures arrived

Well, while waiting for the Brigade stuff I thought I would ooh and aah over
the goodies that arrived Tuesday (Nice speed Mr.T!) on the steps.

First the 25 mm stuff (yes, for Stargrunt and Starguard I still get the
occasional 25 mm figure):

1) The Amerindian Merc Scout - Excellent figure.  I have my Beastmaster
figure.  Roughly 23 mm from sole of foot to eyes.   Nice detailing on
belt gear, nice pistol grip looking combat shotgun,   uniform could pass
for civilian outdoor wear clothing if painted right. I see no flash to trim
and I think the seam line is very hard to follow since it is so slight. Superb
work.

2) The female Merc with grenade launcher.   Also 23 mm to eyes.  Well, I
was hoping to recreate Beastmaster's Ark but this figure will need
modification for that... Shoulder plates, partial back plate and breast plate
body armor details will require some creative paint and probably
some file and/or exacto work.   A great figure but not perfect for my
use as cast. There is lead to trim off the bottom of the base but no biggie.
snip, snip file, done. Her hair is too short for the ideal look but maybe some
creativity will fix that. There is small amount od flash between legs but a
quick exacto knife session will fix that easily. The GL is small enough top
pass for a futuristic PDW (Personal Defense Weapon, Beth) I like it.

3) The UNSC figure (female with IPW) - I was checking these out as deign
ideas for the space mice. 26 mm to the eye slit in the helmet. The helmet
could cover a short snout face, some felt dots could imply ear covers in the
helmet. I was not going to use the 25 mm figure for the mice but was wanting
to see what the 15 mm figures (below) compared to the 25 mm figures if I went
that route. There is a vent stub on the right side of the helmet it appears,
the flattened back of the helmet has some light pitting, there is some flash
to be fingernail clippered where the left hand is under the barrel of the IPW.
What I think is the seam line appears to blend in with the lines of the leg
armor. Generally an excellent to very good figure.

4) Just because, I ordered a Hammer's Slammer figure with closed visor HS 05
B. 26 mm to eye level. No flash noted, seam lines look very unobtrusive. This
dismounted crewman could double (with pistol and long arm) as heavy firepower
police, light security merc, or a guard in light combat gear on sentry duty.
Very nice.

15 mm figures - I ordered some UNSC (1package) to evaluate for Space
Mice. Six riflemen (3 of pose 1, two pose 2, 1 pose 3) the last has a slightly
larger weapon (shotgun or marksman??; one SAW or clip fed GL, 1 SL pointing
(weapon looks similar to rifleman #6.) Every figure has crotch flash; the SL
and pose two have some flash around armpits or helmets to trim. The helmets
lack some (because of scale I believe) of the flattened snout look but these
are good candidates for mice with the addition of a tail I think. Not perfect
for that but good. No final decision on yea or nay yet. Most of you know I do
not have 15 mm figures except for SF so I am not filled with experience or
expertise about 15 mm figures but these are good. Not as good as the OOP 15 mm
Ral Partha SF figures were but very nice.

6 mm figures -

2 x T22 - 6 eight wheeled tanks for my PHR troops.  Very nice wheeled
MBTs with minor flash on turrets and tank bodies. These will fit in and fill a
niche very nicely.

K-01 and K-02.  No, not kravak but MDC armed NEA tanks (two sizes) and
these have slightly less flash but will fit perfectly in the small NEA force I
want to field. I have 3 and two second hand tanks of these
numbers so I need to get a single K-02 since the NEA TO&E is threes for
units (or more likely field the 2 figure element as a HQ unit.)

Excellent work Mr.T!

Muchas Gracias,