We've been working on this range for quite some time now and we're finally ready to release them!  This first batch covers all of the American and Chinese forces, with infantry, command, mortars and artillery crews for both nations.  We'll have the British coming in the next 7-10 days and then the North and South Koreans following on before the end of the month hopefully.  Once these are all available, we'll be looking at all of the artillery towards the end of the year.  And don't forget that we've got most of the vehicles needed for this conflict already available here: https://pendraken.co.uk/modern/vehicles/

Phil's done a cracking job sculpting these and we'd also like to thank Sunray for all of his help and advice on this range.

Korean War

American - https://pendraken.co.uk/post-war/korean-war/american/
KUS1   Summer kit, advancing with rifle
KUS2   Summer kit, advancing with BAR
KUS3   Summer kit, standing, firing rifle
KUS4   Summer kit, standing, firing carbine
KUS5   Summer kit, standing, hip firing SMG
KUS6   Summer kit, kneeling, firing rifle
KUS7   Summer kit, prone, firing rifle
KUS8   Summer kit, prone, firing BAR
KUS9   Summer kit, .30 Browning MG team (5)
KUS10   60mm mortar with summer crew (3)
KUS11   81mm mortar with summer crew (3)
KUS12   4.2" mortar with summer crew (3)
KUS13   Summer kit, M20 3.5 bazooka with loader (5 pairs)
KUS14   Summer kit, throwing grenade
KUS15   Summer kit, radio operator
KUS16   Officers in summer kit
KUS17   Artillery crew in summer kit
KUS18   Winter kit, advancing with rifle
KUS19   Winter kit, standing, firing rifle
KUS20   Winter kit, standing, firing carbine
KUS21   Winter kit, kneeling, firing rifle
KUS22   60mm mortar with winter crew (3)
KUS23   81mm mortar with winter crew (3)
KUS24   4.2" mortar with winter crew (3)
KUS25   Officers in winter kit
KUS26   Artillery crew in winter kit
KUS27   Senior officer (2)      £0.50
KUS28   Sentry
KUS29   Casualty
KUS30   Tank commander (head/shoulder) in US helmet      £1.00
(Packs contain 10 figures @ £1.75 unless shown otherwise.)

Chinese - https://pendraken.co.uk/post-war/korean-war/chinese/
KCH1   Summer kit, advancing with rifle
KCH2   Summer kit, standing, firing rifle
KCH3   Summer kit, standing, firing Type 50 SMG
KCH4   Summer kit, kneeling, firing rifle
KCH5   Summer kit, prone, firing rifle
KCH6   Summer kit, prone, firing DP LMG
KCH7   Summer kit, Model 92 MG with loader (5 pairs)
KCH8   80mm mortar with summer crew (3)
KCH9   120mm mortar with summer crew (3)
KCH10   Summer kit, throwing grenade
KCH11   Summer kit, bugler
KCH12   Summer kit, radio operator
KCH13   Officers in summer kit
KCH14   Artillery crew in summer kit
KCH15   Winter kit, advancing with rifle
KCH16   Winter kit, standing, firing rifle
KCH17   Winter kit, standing, firing Chinese 7.62mm Type 50 SMG
KCH18   Winter kit, kneeling, firing rifle
KCH19   80mm mortar with winter crew (3)
KCH20   120mm mortar with winter crew (3)
KCH21   Winter kit, throwing grenade
KCH22   Officers in winter kit
KCH23   Artillery crew in winter kit
KCH24   Casualty
(Packs contain 10 figures @ £1.75 unless shown otherwise.)

And of course some pics to tempt you in!

KUS1 - American in summer kit, advancing with rifle



KUS11 - American 81mm mortar with summer crew



KUS20 - American in winter kit, firing carbine



KUS24 - American 4.2" mortar with winter crew



KUS28 - American sentry



KCH1 - Chinese in summer kit, advancing with rifle



KCH8 - Chinese 80mm mortar with summer crew



KCH12 - Chinese radio operator



KCH17 - Chinese in winter kit, firing SMG



KCH20 - Chinese 120mm mortar with winter crew



KCH23 - Chinese artillery crew in winter kit



So that's the first batch released, more to come very soon!

Wow! You guys have been busy!

Quote from: mad lemmey on 07 July 2018, 08:08:59 PM
Wow! You guys have been busy!

We have indeed!  We've trained up one of the guys to do production moulds, so we've gone from 3-4 moulds per week to 3-4 moulds per day!

 

Looking forward to seeing the next batch of releases for this range

 

Quote from: Leon on 07 July 2018, 06:37:34 PM

Phil's done a cracking job sculpting these and we'd also like to thank Sunray for all of his help and advice on this range.

I'd like to thank James...(and Nobby,for finding lots of the reference piccies, as well.)

Cheers - Phil

Looking good....

These look really good I can also see them being proxies for other things I need

Take care

Andy

Lovely job. Glad I can order what I want without kneeling or firing figures. TBH I'll probably use WWII BAR gunners rather than prone ones.

Will there be some MGs for the winter?

If it were me, I'd have stuck the radio ops in with the officers. Can't see how I'd use 10 radio operators. 

But these are minor gripes. I am building my OOBs.

Can't wait to get some Centurions on the ground. 

This is a big commitment by Leon and Dave.  Thank you Pendraken.

Korea - particularly the early war retreat to Pusan and the Inchon landings offer really good table top scenarios. 

I am experimenting with model railway H0/00 & N gauge "mountains" as backdrop features. Token really - bit like 20 trees = a jungle.

Outside Korea, Phil has wittingly created a lot of proxy figures.  The US early war (summer ) will pass nicely for WW2 as will the Brits in smocks - late war 1945 era . The 1950s bush hat/tropical Brits will make good 14th forgotten army.  The Koreans (S &N) will proxy for Latin American and Bush war types.

The 41 Royal Marine Commandos are my favourite sub range . Lots of NATO and Bush war applications. 


Really love the detail on the command figures.  Some of these will even be able to be used with Falkland range.     

Quote from: Sunray on 09 July 2018, 11:17:03 AM
Outside Korea, Phil has wittingly created a lot of proxy figures. 

"Wittingly"? Techno?

Our Techno?

Oi !!

You Oik, Nobby.

(But I don't think I can take any credit for making any 'proxy' figures....Wittingly, or not.  )

Cheers - Phil

First class range, now what rules...

Centurion Rules!

Those finish a tad early, after all the Roman empire finally died in 1453 !

Quote from: Ben Waterhouse on 09 July 2018, 01:12:21 PM
First class range, now what rules...

As discussed when the range was a gleam in Leon's eye,  the rules that need less tweak are BKC . 

90% of the kit is WW2, and it fits the post war era as opposed to modern.  For me the dividing line is guided weapons.

Leon has already sussed a downloadable Korean supplement. 

A major tweak  may be  revision of the Sherman M4A3E8 over the much vaunted  T34/85, especially with well trained US crews.  It came out best in the tank v tank encounters. 

Just wondering if any of the US figures will proxy for ARVN infantry?

Quote from: alan_lockhart on 10 July 2018, 05:22:55 PM
Just wondering if any of the US figures will proxy for ARVN infantry?

Hi Alan (from Antrim ?)- the light order and WW2 small arms  of the South Koreans would fit early war ARVN- to a point.

These figures are to Phil's neat style and not as "bulky" as the Vietnam range, so with a lighter build, could well serve as a proxy for Vietnamese.

   

Quote from: Steve J on 07 July 2018, 09:02:46 PM
Looking forward to seeing the next batch of releases for this range

Me too! I'm looking at some scenario ideas, even Chinese Civil War.  For me, Korean War scenario(s) have to involve some sort of tanks.  Researching Canadians or British vs Chinese.