What sources do you have for really good scale figures? Looking for ww2 figures and some modern ones for my wifes book nook hobby.
What scale are you looking at? 1/35, 54mm, 120mm?
1/35 and something around 40 mm
There is a wide selection to choose from today.
Dragon, ICM, DML are all excellent makers and cover WWII and modern in their catalogs.
Here’s a search from HobbyLinc on DML figures, to give you an idea:
https://www.hobbylinc.com/dml-plastic-model-figures
Here’s ICM’s catalog page for 1/35 figures:
https://icm.com.ua/catalog/?type=figure
There are also ICM sets that are currently out of print but which can be found on the secondhand market, too.
Airfix is another maker with decent sets of figures. MiniArt also has a great catalog of 1/35 scale figures, including WWII and modern subjects:
https://miniart-models.com/gallery/categories/figures/
Here’s a search at MegaHobby, for example, to give you an idea of what’s out there:
https://www.megahobby.com/shop?search_query=1%2F32+figures
Masterbox is another maker:
https://www.hobbylinc.com/master-box-1:35-scale-plastic-model-figures
Depending on what you want to do-make a diorama with several figures? paint single figures on bases/pedestals? etc-there is an even broader selection of individual figures or pairs or small groups. Verlinden is an old maker, possibly the earliest maker of quality resin figures for modelers. While Verlinden went out of business about 10 years ago, you can find his figures at reasonable prices on the secondary market. The catalog was picked up last year by a company out of Texas, too, whose name escapes me, but which sells on eBay.
Then there are companies like Pegaso, Andrea, and others I can’t remember off the top of my head.
In short, there are a lot out there. A couple more searches, and looking at your favorite vendors (online or bricks-and-mortar), and you’ll find a lot to choose from.
Hope that helps!
Best regards,
Brad
40mm is around 1/48, which means for modern, “civilian” sorts of figures, you might look at the O scale railroad figures out there.
For 1/35, a person can ‘cheat’ a tad and use 1/32 figures (they will be taller) or 1/36 figures (shorter, obviously)–which can be available in model car cataloges.
1/35 is also 54mm scale, another handy search term to have in one’s pocket as well.
The Texas company noted about is Squadron Shop, headquartered in Carrolton, TX, about 30 miles from my house. (Their mail order/online experience is far better than their brick-n-mortar one [:)]
Masterbox and Warriors do nice 1/35 scale figures.
If you’re referring to my post and my mention of a vendor in Texas, I’m sorry, but no, I’m not talking about Squadron. It’s Greg Cooper of The Scale Model Graveyard in Denison. He bought Warriors and Verlinden early last year. I’ve bought some of the Verlinden 1/35 scale diorama building kits from him. He’s redoing them in resin.
As far as 1/32 and 1/35 scale go, I would be careful about mixing figures in those scales. It’s not likely to work to put them side-by-side. It’s not a matter of height differences like we find in a normal group of people. It’s about proportions. A 1/32 scale figure will look bigger, proportionately, than a 1/35 scale figure. Just put the figures from Monogram’s 1/32 scale kits next to Tamiya’s 1/35, and you can see what I mean. The heads, hands, torsos, on the 1/32 scale figure will look bigger, proportionately, than those of the 1/35 scale figures.
Also, among figure makers, some consider 1/32 scale to be 54mm, while others consider 1/35 scale to be. Some consider 1/32 to be 60mm. It can be frustrating, but it’s a good idea to compare figures before using them togther.
Of course, figures of different scales can be used to create a perspective effect.
Thanks thats a lot for me to digest[8-|]