French Infantry WW1 (1 Viewer)

[Guy]

More pictures of these very promising figures . Hope they will get more "compagnons" on foot or on horseback
guy:smile2:

 

[Rob]

I imagine they will!:wink2:

Rob

 

[lancer]

Just some thoughts in regard to the French infantry and what might be coming down the line. By the date that these figures are depicted for, late 1917 or 1918, the French infantry had evolved into a task specific formation. Compared to when it went to war in 1914, when the rifle, bayonet and the heavy machine gun were the French infantry weapons of war, the French Army, like all other armies involved, had become a much more complicated and diversely armed organization. There were grenadiers, flame thrower teams, the famous Chauchat and it's teams, riflemen with grenade launchers, light trench artillery teams, the heavy machine gun squads, and the medical units. All these would be needed to correctly portray the 1918 French Army in the attack, or defense, for that matter. My point being that there are a lot of options in weaponry and action poses to be done for the 1918 era French infantry. These new Poilu from TGM show a remarkable accuracy and give me a great hope for TGM's additions to this line. It is going to be fun to see what TGM has in store for the future as the options are many and TGM has shown it is not afraid to go into areas where others have not. -- Al

 

[gk5717]

Ever since I seen Paths of Glory as a kid these French soldiers WHERE WW1!
Gary

 

[Warrior]

Other than a set or two from ONTC, has anyone depicted late war WWI French in metal matte finish?

I don't think so and I'm not sure why, makes no sense to me...................

 

[lancer]

Other than a set or two from ONTC, has anyone depicted late war WWI French in metal matte finish?

I don't think so and I'm not sure why, makes no sense to me...................

I have the 2 (?) sets that ONWTC made of the Poilu and think them excellent figures, but they are only 6 figures and long out of production. The only other Poilu in matte Horizon Blue I am aware of are done by Soldiers of the World of NZ. They can be ordered as gloss or matte. IMO, the SoW figures are outstanding as gloss finished figures, but are soft on detail as matte finished figures and don't meet the current criteria for realism as a matte figure. I have a lot of hope for the TGM WW1 range. The TGM German stormtroopers were very well done and the new Poilu and Doughboy figures look to be outstanding. I expect great things to come. -- Al

 

[gk5717]

There is a company in France, Hachette that made a whole line of French WW 1 soldiers in various uniforms. I had a contact in France who supplied them to me. The figures themselves varied figure to figure as to quality. Some good, some not so good. A while back I sold some of them but I kept all the ones with the adrian helmet and blue uniforms.
I never could figure out why these were not available world wide. Hachette also did a line of WW 1 figures depicting WW1 soldiers of various countries.
Gary

 

[lancer]

There is a company in France, Hachette that made a whole line of French WW 1 soldiers in various uniforms. I had a contact in France who supplied them to me. The figures themselves varied figure to figure as to quality. Some good, some not so good. A while back I sold some of them but I kept all the ones with the adrian helmet and blue uniforms.
I never could figure out why these were not available world wide. Hachette also did a line of WW 1 figures depicting WW1 soldiers of various countries.
Gary

Now that you bring it up, I remember seeing those. It is too bad they weren't available over here as there were quite a few I could have used for the early war grouping I'm putting together with an eye towards doing a dio. I decided not to order any from France because of the pricing. I would have loved to had the 75mm gun and crew. -- Al

 

[ivanmoe]

There is a company in France, Hachette that made a whole line of French WW 1 soldiers in various uniforms.

Hi Gary,

I believe that Hachette is a Japanese publisher. It has a long history of selling magazine models, miniatures and even multi-issue kits. The downside to doing business with them is that you either have to subscribe to the associated magazine title or seek back-issues from a bookstore. Lots of luck with that last endeavor, BTW. In terms of after-market sales, there's always Ebay. Checked there, and found a pic of this figure (and several others):

Edit: Well, darned if I'm not completely wrong. Hachette is in fact a French publisher. I'm going to have to research this some more, as I've been buying model airplanes on a subscription basis from a Japanese bookstore for a couple of years now. To the very best of my knowledge, those models (of Japanese warplanes) can't be be purchased anywhere else. In fact, they are VERY rare on Ebay as well. :redface2: Evidently, my models are made by a Japanese subsidiary:

http://www.j-planes.jp/home.html

 

[marco55]

I thought the first Hachette was made by KC?
Mark

 

[gk5717]

I thought the first Hachette was made by KC?
Mark

Andy told me this in regards to Hachette. K&C did Hachettes first 30 plus FFL figures then Hachette had someone else do the rest of that series. The WW1 figures K&C did not do as you can tell by the quality, they really do vary figure to figure.
Gary

 

[RISORGIMENTO]

hi, Hachette released the first partwork about 14-18 War in the 2000 year (the 1st picture) and one second collection in the 2010 year with two miniatures each release (2nd ppicture). The FFL series was released in the 2004 year with the first 30 superb miniatures made by K&C.
Atlas editions released a further 14-18 series (only French Army) with many nice figures like the gun crew.
cheers
Carlo