Wargames Atlantic Preview Plastic French Resistance Kit!
October 5, 2020 by brennon
A new World War II set is on the way from Wargames Atlantic soon and in classic fashion, they've not gone for something typical. This first set is going to be a selection of Partisans, French Resistance fighters who are taking the battle to the Germans in order to free their land from their iron grip.
French Resistance // Wargames Atlantic
This set has been designed so that they would work for the French Resistance but also a selection of different Partisans too should the need arise. You'll find miniatures which represent these freedom fighters as they became more and more organised, battling against the Germans with scavenged and stolen weapons.
French Resistance // Wargames Atlantic
As always this looks like this is going to be a versatile kit which will be filled with all manner of interesting options in terms of outfits, accessories and of course weapons. You could even use these miniatures for imagined conflicts as well as those that actually happened.
These miniatures are a little way away from their pre-order date but this gives you a good look at what Matthew Leahy has been working on right now. The prototypes are looking very flashy indeed and I could see a lot of people looking towards the Resistance as a way of experiencing World War II from a different perspective.
With a lot of World War II skirmish games out there which play with a handful of miniatures, it would be good to pick this kit up and play out the exploits of the Resistance through the streets of Paris and the farmlands of Normandy.
What do you make of these new plastics?
"...it would be good to pick this kit up and play out the exploits of the Resistance through the streets of Paris and the farmlands of Normandy"
Ooooh that’s going to sell LOADS. Not only useful for French Resistance (Western Front), but also Partizans (Eastern Front with a few weapon swaps), AND ECW3 armies.
…this one came out of the blue, didn’t see anything “leaked” previously on this one.
they didn’t leak anything for it, it’s one of a few they’ve got running in the background the sneaky bastards!
Naughty of them……
I imagine the Bolt Action Soviet Weapon Sprue would do wonders for converting them over to Eastern Front Partizans (even although the Bolt Action weapons can be “oversized” at times).
Funny I immediately thought wonder if can be used for VBCW or as you call it ECW3
Also they should work well for Dalek Invasion and any 4’s – 6o’s retro appocalypse game
Cracking stuff.WA continue to surprise me ( and my wallet ).
The last sneaky peek from these guys there was a glimpse of a bren gun. I thought we were going to get some BEF.
Oh wellnever mind with a few weapon changes and some heads I’ll be able to bolster my Volkssturm considerably.
Reinforcements for the glorious VBCW socialists. Yes please!
victory and socialism!
Yes comrade! This kit is an absolute belter!
Red Clydesiders – Maxton’s Own
Engels Brigade of the Salford Communist Party
Commissar Jack Jones and the Liverpool International Brigades
Shapurji Saklatvala and the Red Battersea Rifles
The opportunities are endless!
I’ve still not decided what nine are: mill workers from my home town or any of 1000 trades from my current home. Currently they’re mostly armed chaos in cloth caps. One day I’ll make some backstory.
So bloody ecstatic at this announcement! Just echoing the comments below but there a so many things you can do with these, VBCW, Spanish Civil War, partisans of all different kinds – personally, I’m thinking of using these as a cost effective supplement for gaming the Warsaw Uprising (amazing metals out there already but the use of plastics will help lower the entry point considerably). Oh, and how’s this for a slice of fried gold? Reusing my 8th army British for Palestine 1945-7 then using these chaps in suitably Mediterranean tones to represent the Irgun, the Stern Gang, the Haganah.… Read more »
I know their was some fierce fighting when the Germans were pulling out of Paris. They should be good for the Warsaw ghetto uprising as well.