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Great news! Don't do the Italian or Eastern fronts myself, so A/H troops a bit redundant. But there is such interest in this period, I would have thought there is significant scope for more figures:
1. Early war BEF kilted Scots and Highland Light Infantry;
2. Early war French Zouaves, Tirailleurs, Chasseurs and Spahis;
3. French, British, and Belgian colonial;
4. 'Colonial' artillery (including guns from the Emden used by von Lettow-Vorbeck);
5. Portuguese;
6. ANZACS, Brits, French, and Turks for Gallipoli;
Great news! Don't do the Italian or Eastern fronts myself, so A/H troops a bit redundant. But there is such interest in this period, I would have thought there is significant scope for more figures:
1. Early war BEF kilted Scots and Highland Light Infantry;
2. Early war French Zouaves, Tirailleurs, Chasseurs and Spahis;
3. French, British, and Belgian colonial;
4. 'Colonial' artillery (including guns from the Emden used by von Lettow-Vorbeck);
5. Portuguese;
6. ANZACS, Brits, French, and Turks for Gallipoli;
I am supposed to be working at home during the lockdown ... but can't help myself looking at the forum.
I'm a lawyer by trade, but a historian by passion - with a particular passion for the Great War. One of the things I really like about Strelets figures is that they can be mixed very well with metal minis (Early War Miniatures complement Strelets very well). Further, being plastic they can be readily converted.
One thing I would point out is that for some of the more exotic uniforms of some units of the French Army in 1914, a bit of lateral thinking and the use of a scalpel will get results. The Crimean and even Napoleonic ranges (particularly as far as cavalry) have figures that can be pressed into service with minimal conversion. There are a couple of manufacturers of Zouaves that with appropriate modification of the rifles at this scale, work well.
Also, some of the Turkish troops from the Russo-Turkish War range can also be used as WW1 Ottoman troops (thinking here particularly of the artillery - there is plenty of photographic evidence that the Turks used ordinance that was almost antiques in the Dardenelles and Palestine).