"Don't you think this is a trifle out of date in a world bristling with H-Bombs, Sergeant?"
Right now, the photos on the Elheim website aren't clear enough to view details so I have to assume they are wearing WW2 era Battledress. Also can't quite make out if they are wearing WW2 era tin lids or the Cold War era MK IV? However, the poses are good, the SLR armed blokes in ECB01 are IMO better than the similar 1970/80s BAOR11, who look like their mess tins can be heard half way to the Kremlin.
Elhiem Early Cold War British (ECB01)
For Winter of '79 I'd use these guys straight out of the pack as militia/paramilitary types, possibly exchanging the helmets for bareheads and berets to give them a more irregular feel. I'm actually thinking of an 'Iron Column' of ex-Cons in blue prison battledress. There's also two support packs, each with 3 squaddies armed with a Sterling, Bren.and bazooka (the M20 'Super' Bazooka).
IRE02 Irish GARDA Police Plain clothes armed with UZIs
More immediately useful not only to our Winter of '79 games, but as 1970's European terrorists, undercover operators and special forces in mufti are IRE02 Irish GARDA Police Plain clothes armed with UZIs.
Cheers
Mark
You might also want to look at Under Fire Miniatures Riever 2025 range
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Especially the Countryside Militia pack, in the pipeline it looks like they are going to introduce mounted militia.
I know it's set in 2025 but it might be worth a look.
I was wondering if there was any sign of a consolidated sourcebook for your setting on the horizon.
I did a lot of additional research which due to space limitations never made it into the Wargames Illustrated articles. There are negotiations going on right now for a famous name to publish Winter of 79 publications. Watch this space. Mark
DeleteYou could almost do them as a faith column force with British kit but Soviet one peace camo suits.
ReplyDeleteI did not know Elheim did armed Gardai.
ReplyDeleteOh dear.