For the past few months we’ve been working on some new releases for the Resistant Roosters line. The first greens arrived in June and the latest batch arrived last week.
A pattern mold has been created for the first batch and we are in the process of laying out production molds. Early next week a pattern mold will be created for the second batch, with production molds to be created in short order.
Early war is my area of interest, as such you can expect to see more early war offerings in the future. The idea behind this set was to create a flexible, yet less expensive (to produce) set of figures. From our perspective we hit our goals. Production costs are in line with our expectations (given current figure pricing) and there is enough variety in the set to allow for stands without duplicate figures (or at least minimal duplication on a single stand).
This first part of the set depicts Early War Germans in field cap. Today’s pictures show painted examples of German troops in field cap. Figures in the second batch of greens represent Early War Germans in helmet.
Our sample figures were painted by Randy F. who had this to say about the castings he received:
The figures were easy to paint.
The details are well defined and easy to reach.
They also have enough character to make them interesting.
I like the way the figures model a unit moving across a field.
Our initial release will consist of three (3) platoon packs:
- Grenadier/Panzergrenadier Rifle Platoon in Field Cap
- Grenadier/Panzergrenadier Rifle Platoon in Helmet
- Grenadier/Panzergrenadier Rifle Platoon mixed field cap & helmet
We are still working out details for further expansion of Early War Germans. Our initial thoughts were post Poland organization, thus the lack of a light mortar section; however, we may revisit this and add a light mortar team as an option in a larger Company Box offering.
Molds and casting should be complete in early September – look for a release announcement around the 7th.
As for our next Resistant Roosters release, we are looking at Soviets circa 1939 – think Winter War…
Coming up next time, a look at our recently remolded 54mm Scruby Soldiers of the American Civil War.
