W^D Models 1/72 British in Casual Poses

All of us who want to build WW1 dioramas or spice up our models with little men, must of course use the figures that are available to us. And as we all know they are in general geared at the wargaming community, which means that most of the figures they tend to have dramatic action poses. Which is a bit problematic as many, yes even most modellers as myself prefer more casual poses. Also, we Great War modellers have the problem with many 20mm figures being a little bit crude, but beggers can't be choosers, right?

Well, now they can!

A new Model Company has seen the light of day: it's called W^D Models, and the man behind it all is Barry Williams. And he aims to fill this empty niche. (This enterprise has been under way for some two years now.)

These soldiers are not a single set, but samples from a first range of 17 individual soldiers. They all show WW1 British WW1 in casual poses, and all have separate heads and/or arms. The four here show one digging, one bending down, one carrying two sacks and finally an officer standing with his arms behind his back. As you can see in the photos to the left, all have interchangeble heads - helmets or soft caps - making them suitable both for early and late war periods. Two of them also has separate arms, for maximum flexibility.

There is just one word for these figures: superb, absolutely superb. These are the best smallscale WW1 figures that I have ever seen!

The poses are natural and anatomically correct. The historical accuracy is top notch. And the sculpting is most impressive: you can see details on these figures that would make you think they were 1:35. If you don't believe me: just click on the pics to the left! Fantastic!

There is none of that clunkyness or a bit doll-like appearance that you see so often in white metal figures in this scale. Heads and hands are all to scale.

More details of these wonderful figures will be posted when I get them. Stay tuned. Barry himself can be reached by e-mail.
 

A really superb set of figures, from a new Company that shows real promise. To quote what I just wrote above: These are the best smallscale WW1 figures that I have ever seen! Can't recommend them highly enough!