1/18 British civilians?

Your Main Forum For Discussing 1:18 Scale Military Figures and Vehicles.
Post Reply
User avatar
aferguson
Lieutenant General - MOD
Lieutenant General - MOD
Posts: 13646
Joined: Tue Oct 05, 2004 8:08 am

1/18 British civilians?

Post by aferguson » Sat Apr 14, 2012 12:48 pm

has anyone found a source of figures that could be used for wwii era british civilians? I thought somebody mentioned they had once.
i never met an airplane i didn't like...

Jesse James
Officer - Brigadier General
Officer - Brigadier General
Posts: 3484
Joined: Wed Oct 06, 2004 11:37 am
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Contact:

Re: 1/18 British civilians?

Post by Jesse James » Sat Apr 14, 2012 6:00 pm

Indiana Jones figures could be customized I suppose... Some of the 3.75" Harry Potter as well I imagine.
http://www.JediDefender.com Bringing Balance to the Force
http://www.FFURG.com The Ultimate Customizing Resource.
Now Hasbro, make us some Head Sculpt & Endor Uniform variations! The new Rebel Fleet Trooper gets the JJ Seal of Approval Though!

Jay
Officer - Lt. Colonel
Officer - Lt. Colonel
Posts: 1218
Joined: Sun Jun 25, 2006 6:19 pm
Location: Auckland, New Zealand

Re: 1/18 British civilians?

Post by Jay » Sat Apr 14, 2012 6:09 pm

I made these English girls from the Pirates of the Caribbean - Elizabeth Swann figure. I just painted them with tamiya acrylics in various period colours.

Image
"you get in a steep dive in this thing and you've got almost no maneuvarabilty at all. You couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with the broad side of another barn"

Jnewboy
Officer - Brigadier General
Officer - Brigadier General
Posts: 2124
Joined: Mon Dec 13, 2010 1:46 am
Location: California
Contact:

Re: 1/18 British civilians?

Post by Jnewboy » Sat Apr 14, 2012 7:40 pm

Jay wrote:I made these English girls from the Pirates of the Caribbean - Elizabeth Swann figure. I just painted them with tamiya acrylics in various period colours.

Image
That is great!! love the girls and the Me110 :P

You could also use some of the figures from "the golden compass"

tmanthegreat
Officer - Brigadier General
Officer - Brigadier General
Posts: 11238
Joined: Tue Oct 05, 2004 7:38 pm
Location: Central California

Re: 1/18 British civilians?

Post by tmanthegreat » Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:31 pm

The Dr. Henry Jones figure from the Indiana Jones line is probably one of the best "generic" civilian figures. With that case and umbrella, he makes a good refugee as well.
"If you fail to plan, you plan to fail."

User avatar
aferguson
Lieutenant General - MOD
Lieutenant General - MOD
Posts: 13646
Joined: Tue Oct 05, 2004 8:08 am

Re: 1/18 British civilians?

Post by aferguson » Sun Apr 15, 2012 4:26 pm

hm...some intersting ideas so far.

i found these:

http://tgftoys.com/Schleich-Blacksmith- ... egoryId=-1

http://tgftoys.com/Papo-Gardener-Farmer ... egoryId=-1

the way they are dressed they could pass for wwii era warehouse or dock workers, which is the look i've decided i'm after. I want something to go with my 'tip and run' fw-190, which i'm making from an r/c fw-190 that just came out.

i remember from when i was a kid, my dad telling me stories about these raids and i've always wanted to do a dio of some type.
i never met an airplane i didn't like...

User avatar
grunt1
Officer - Brigadier General
Officer - Brigadier General
Posts: 2979
Joined: Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:41 pm
Location: Indiana
Contact:

Re: 1/18 British civilians?

Post by grunt1 » Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:52 pm

Jay I remember that dio from the contest, it was awesome.. Still is actually!

Aferg, I have some of those farmers and they work well. Here is a Operation Market Garden shelf mini-dio I did a few weeks ago.

Image

User avatar
aferguson
Lieutenant General - MOD
Lieutenant General - MOD
Posts: 13646
Joined: Tue Oct 05, 2004 8:08 am

Re: 1/18 British civilians?

Post by aferguson » Sun Apr 15, 2012 7:46 pm

i never met an airplane i didn't like...

granch
Officer - Major
Officer - Major
Posts: 853
Joined: Sat Nov 27, 2010 4:21 pm
Location: Switzerland

Re: 1/18 British civilians?

Post by granch » Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:03 pm

There are some figures of the Harry Potter brand, one very well dressed, old fashionned old man, rather tall (more like 4"), sorry I don't know his name, and the Harry Potters friends in their college uniform are not bad. In one Indiana Jones movie, you can find a small boy with a cap, also old fashioned dressed. If you don't see what I mean, I can try to make a pic (but have first to kindly ask my daughter).

User avatar
aferguson
Lieutenant General - MOD
Lieutenant General - MOD
Posts: 13646
Joined: Tue Oct 05, 2004 8:08 am

Re: 1/18 British civilians?

Post by aferguson » Mon Apr 16, 2012 4:39 pm

actually, the first thing i thought of was the Harry Potter kids in their school uniforms....but i didn't really want to have my fw-190 strafing school children (even though it happened), so i decided on warehouse/dock workers instead. Not sure who the old guy you are talking about is, unless it's Snape in his black robes? There's Dumbeldore, but he looks like a wizard (cause he is).
i never met an airplane i didn't like...

Jesse James
Officer - Brigadier General
Officer - Brigadier General
Posts: 3484
Joined: Wed Oct 06, 2004 11:37 am
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Contact:

Re: 1/18 British civilians?

Post by Jesse James » Mon Apr 16, 2012 4:56 pm

Really there's a lot of Indiana Jones possibilities... Indy with RPG, one of the cheapest figures, is one of the most generic figures in the scale at this point. TLC Indy has a necktie on which is unique and pretty good for the period though not good for dockworkers.

Feel like shelling out a lot, you could get Toht or the Cobra COmmander he's based on. :) Vintage Toht is probably cheaper, sadly.

There are some Fisher Price figures in the scale that could probably work, and be very basic, but under articulated, and needing a paintjob and possibly head swapping to give a better looking modern toy sculpt to the face.
http://www.JediDefender.com Bringing Balance to the Force
http://www.FFURG.com The Ultimate Customizing Resource.
Now Hasbro, make us some Head Sculpt & Endor Uniform variations! The new Rebel Fleet Trooper gets the JJ Seal of Approval Though!

Jay
Officer - Lt. Colonel
Officer - Lt. Colonel
Posts: 1218
Joined: Sun Jun 25, 2006 6:19 pm
Location: Auckland, New Zealand

Re: 1/18 British civilians?

Post by Jay » Mon Apr 16, 2012 8:13 pm

You could also try the various accessory figures that go with 1:18th die cast cars. Googling "1:18 gas station figures" bought a few up for starters....
"you get in a steep dive in this thing and you've got almost no maneuvarabilty at all. You couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with the broad side of another barn"

granch
Officer - Major
Officer - Major
Posts: 853
Joined: Sat Nov 27, 2010 4:21 pm
Location: Switzerland

Re: 1/18 British civilians?

Post by granch » Tue Apr 17, 2012 2:45 am

Well, personnaly I prefer articulated figures. Here are some from the Harry Potter movies and the 2 below left are from Indiana Jones. I've posted a new topic for figures that have a more modern look.
Image

acisne
Officer - 2nd Lieutenant
Officer - 2nd Lieutenant
Posts: 282
Joined: Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:49 am
Location: Houston,TX

Re: 1/18 British civilians?

Post by acisne » Tue Apr 17, 2012 3:16 pm

Short Round and Elsa Schneider.

But wouldn't any American figure work? Just black-wash the teeth. :lol:
(just kidding to our British brothers)

Post Reply