Eureka Miniatures Modern Wars Releases
June 21, 2011 by atomsmasher
Eureka Miniatures has released new 28mm 1980s Soviet and Afghan Heavy Weapons figures for their Modern Wars range. You can get a 12.7mm Dshk machine gun and a M1937 82mm mortar, with choice of Afghan guerrilla or NBC-suited Soviet crew.
From the website:
With a reputation for rugged reliability and easy maintenance in the field, these Soviet State Arsenals designs have flooded Afghanistan since the beginning of the Soviet-Afghan War, right up until the present day. They can also feature in any Third World Cold War flash point or Super Power confrontation you care to imagine.
These figures have some very nice detail and come from a range of modern miniatures from Eureka with some real depth. It'd be really easy to use them in post-apocalyptic and near sci-fi scenarios, too.
the soviets with the masks look rather spooky, and thats not fiction.
I’m rarely truly impressed by a historical mini… And I find those remarkable.
BoW Romain
A very nice written article and wonderful looking minis.
They sell a whole group of 1980s Soviet soldiers in NBC suits with AK-47s. I kinda want to convert them and give them different guns, make a cool post-apocalyptic squad for skirmish gaming.
BoW Adam
I will be using them for exactly the same reason, but the weapons they are carrying are perfectly fine for post-apocalyptic and especially for METRO 2033 games. AK-47s, PKMs and so forth will be around for ages, I am certain.
You’re probably right, the AK platform will probably be around in one form or another forever.
the Russians would go very nicely with some of the stuff from http://www.lead-adventure.com/ especially if your going for a post apocalyptic theme, like (as @pilkers said) metro 2033 or the S.T.A.L.K.E.R games.
Definitely! It’s the Lee Enfield of the future! 🙂
By the way, the miniatures can also be acquired from fighting15sshop.co.uk. As far as I know Eureka does not accept paypal (although they are very helpful and reasonable with P&P), while Fighting 15s do. And be ready to be very careful with the PKM muzzle. It’s been reported that it’s very thin and may break quite easily. So get your hair-drier ready! 🙂
wow i really like those figs!