miniatures: gears & guts

Gears & Guts have previewed concept sketches and models being sculpted of their forthcoming WW2 Japanese zombies of their Facebook page.

Geheimkrieg: 731 anyone?

(photos and artwork copyright Gears & Guts)

miniatures: reaper miniatures

Some more German zombies this time from Reaper Miniatures in their wonderfully diverse Chronoscope range. Bit unusual in that they are armed but useful enough and wonderfully detailed models. The range also includes an excellent zombie officer and zombie Hitler.

(photo copyright Reaper Miniatures)

miniatures: blue moon manufacturing

Not quite sure whether these would be of any use in Geheimkrieg, but Blue Moon Manufacturing produce an interesting set of 14 Zombie WWII characters including Roosevelt, Hitler, Patton, Stalin, Goering, De Gaulle, Montgomery, Mao, Himmler, Yamamoto, Rommel, Eisenhower, Churchill and Mussolini...

(photo copyright Blue Moon Manufacturing)

miniatures: company b

Company B, who produce some lovely WWII AFV models have announced they have the licence for Gear Krieg models in 28mm which will no doubt prove popular with many WWWII gamers...

(photograph copyright Company B)

miniatures: pendraken miniatures (ii)

More inspired use of Pendraken's 10mm models for WWWII from  Javier At War including Mecha and Uber Soldaten...

(photo copyright Javier at War)

miniatures: pendraken miniatures

This blog entry on Javier at War caught my eye using the 10mm Pendraken dungeon set and various manufacturers 10mm models for a Castle Wolfenstein style game. Great for a small game if you have limited space, Geheimkrieg can easily be used for this sort of game by designating specific spaces or tiles in place of terrain squares with its non-measured movement system.

(photo copyright Javier at War)

miniatures: majic miniatures

6mm has traditionally been a popular scale for WW2 games over the years but not so much for WWW2. However Majic Miniatures have stepped into the breach with an interesting range of 1/285th models including Nazi UFO's Amerika bombers and Gear Krieg style walkers, as well as zombies and US and German super troops and rocketeers. John Lambshead has painted up a nice Amerika bomber here.

Majic also produce an interesting looking game called UFO Interception, the original game setting a P-51 against the Roswell UFO, the follow up a P-61A Black Widow against three foo fighters over the Rhineland.

(photos copyright Majic Miniatures)

miniatures: tqd castings

Continuing with 20mm Weird War Two, TQD Castings 1946 range is available from C-P Models and includes several blisters of infantry armed with late war and experimental weapons in the M1956 Stalhelm that was designed during the war but not worn until the creation of the Nationale Volksarmee in 1956. The Nachtjadgkommando with infra-red weapons are especially nice.

(photo copyright C-P Models)

miniatures: elheim figures

More 20mm, this time from Elheim Figures who produce one pack of German zombies in their Pulp-Horror codes. They also make some excellent historical WW2 figures which are well worth checking out.

(photo copyright Elheim Figures)

miniatures: cp models

20mm might not be the obvious scale for Geheimkrieg, but it has a lot going for it, especially the plethora of 1/72 models and 20mm historical figures. You could convert any 'secret history' stuff but if you do go down this route, you'll be pleased to find these 20mm German zombies (and other useful weirdness) from CP Models.

(photo copyright CP Models)

miniatures: studio junger

French company Studio Junger have released a new German "super soldier", a 55mm resin model somewhat reminiscent of the lead "character" from the file SS-Doomtrooper. Whilst it does not fit anything in the current Geheimkrieg background, it does bear a passing resemblance to some of the failed Nazi experiments rushed into service with mixed results on the Eastern Front...

miniatures: studio miniatures

Studio Miniatures have previewed the '3 ups' of their forthcoming 28mm scale plastic Nazi zombies. The box, which will retail for £20, will contain 30 zombies allowing for over 100 different pose variations. Looks like a "must" for Geheimkrieg players...

miniatures: dust tactics

Fantasy Flight Games are releasing Dust Tactics at Gen Con next week, this video previews it:

The infantry look like they'd be very useful in Geheimkrieg, the mecha (especially the US ones) are similar to what I envisaged AFV's to look like in Panzerfauste...

miniatures: amazon miniatures

Amazon Miniatures produce a range of Weird War figures entitled 'Tales of the Shadow Reich'. Whilst many of the figures are "Nazi She-wolves" and "Nuns with Guns", the line does include some nice German zombies and some Z Truppen which are useful for Geheimkrieg.

(photo copyright Amazon Miniatures)

miniatures: eureka miniatures

Australia's Eureka Miniatures produce a lovely set of pulp inspired US GI's, a 14 figure set called Easy Company: The Dogfaces (below) which are just great for the sort of rough characters who make up the 10th Special Service Brigade. Whilst they don't sport any weird weaponry, they should be easy enough to convert as required.

(picture Eureka Miniatures)

miniatures: what the?! miniatures

More useful figures can be found produced by US company What The?! Miniatures, who specialise in Weird War 2. The figures are really very nice and include some useful character figures for heroes in Geheimkrieg including this Sgt Rockesque Master Sergeant (left).

It was reported that they were going to release a pack of Lost Squad figures, based on the wonderful comic book, but this unfortunately appears to have gone quiet. If you like your Weird War 2 weird, then hunt down the Lost Squad TPB.

They do the obligatory Nazi zombies (above) which of course you can't have enough of, though in panzergrenadier uniforms they'll add a splash of colour (or camo) to your shambling masses. A nice variant is the pack of US Paratroop zombies (below) they do which are idea for the game - did Abteilung 848 collect cadavers at Normandy and ship them back to Spanner and Volman at the Anatomical Research Institute in Danzig?

(photos What The?! Miniatures)

miniatures: wargames factory

Wargames Factory's forthcoming SF Shock Troops in Greatcoats have a very Germanic feel to them and would make for very useful Geheimkrieg troops.

The box will contain 18 multi-part plastic miniatures with three different helmet options, seven unique weapon designs and loads of extras as can be seen by the shot of the sprue below.

Wargames Factory are currently running some pre-order offers including one combined with their plastic zombies.

(photos Wargames Factory)

miniatures: artizan designs

Artizan Designs range of figures are sculpted by the talented Mike Owen and two of their ranges are extremely useful for Geheimkrieg gamers.

The Thrilling Tales range is chock full of individual adventurers and bad guys, many of whom are useful for all sides in Geheimkrieg, not just the Nazis. However it is their alt-Germans that will hold most appeal.

The Sturm Battalion troopers (top) which make excellent Schreckentruppen, the Panzerbotscan be used as Mechanischritterkrieg and Nacht Jager (above) would work well as Racketentruppen.

The range also contains the British Immortal Battalion (above), which whilst not my idea of Blue Force would make for an interesting alternative unit full of mystery.

Their historical WW2 range should not be overlooked either. My Blue Force comprises for the most part of Artizan British commandos (above), with some West Wind Assault Troopers with beret heads and the US Paras (below) look the part of Special Services Brigade X. Ok, they don't have the weird weapons but a little conversion work is not beyond most of us and the likes of Hasslefree do some very useful armaments that can be employed.

(photos copyright Artizan Designs)

miniatures: west wind productions

When looking for suitable miniatures in 28mm to play Geheimkrieg, one of the first stops must be West Wind Productions and their excellent Secrets of the Third Reich range.

The German Mech Grenadiers (above) are useful figures and like most of the range come with separate heads which allows you to replace the helmeted gas mask ones you get with the models. The German range also includes zombies and werewolves which are must haves for Abteilung 848 players.

The British Assault Troopers (above) are again useful figures, especially those with their Assault Brens, a shortened Bren gun which looks like the kind of hand weapon Blue Force troopers would sport. As with the Germans you can replace the heads and heads in para berets make a good alternative. The British line also includes a Boyes anti-mech pack, just what is needed to take out Mechanischritterkrieg, though I wouldn't fancy the recoil given the figure is standing firing!

The US infantry sport torso body armour and probably aren't ideal for the Dirty Dozen look of the 10th Special Service Brigade, however the Jet Rangers pack (below) is extremely useful and the figures modeled flying or on the ground.

(all photos copyright West Wind Productions)