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Welcome to Enemy Lines Miniatures.
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Allied soldier

Fallschirmjager

I have to admit that these are the figures I wanted when I started sculpting a few years ago. I was inspired by the grim fighting at the battles of Monte Cassino and Anzio in Italy in World War 2 and wanted a range of tough looking German paras and British and American infantry with which to wargame the fighting. I confess I was disappointed with the depth of the ranges available when I made my decision, which tended to offer only the standard infantry variants, no HMGs or similar with which to create an interesting wargame scenario.
I also wanted to use larger figures - I'd rather paint fewer, more varied figures before I lose interest in an overly ambitious project. I already have collections of unpainted platoons in smaller scales. Although I initally looked at 28mm figures, I decided to go with 36mm as there appeared to be a greater availability of AFVs in 1/48th scale. So here we are, a tonne of green stuff later, with the first few packs of what I hope will be a very comprehensive range of 36mm WW2 figures.
After the initial release of figures armed with small arms and grenades, we'll add packs of POWs, casualties, wounded, snipers, HMGs and mortars etc and maybe some more esoteric figures such as soldiers armed with captured weapons. There might even be some monks and civilians from Monte Cassino along the way. Of course, I have to fit this in with my day job, so if it's not been updated a while, email me at info@enemylines.co.uk to find out what's in the works.
All in all, plenty to create loads of interesting wargame scenarios. In addition, I'll have packs of weapons and accessories to dress up your figure bases and wargames tables. The range starts with German paras and British infantry with plans to extend to regular German and American infantry.
I've tried to portray the figures as armed and equipped in the fighting at Cassino and Anzio, although these would also be appropriate for other arenas such as Crete or Tunisia. British Army figures can also be used for Poles, Canadians, New Zealanders etc. There is a set of rules for urban combat for larger figures in the pipeline, intended to recreate the intensity of close quarter fighting in a built up area. Unfortunately, they still need play testing so it may be a few more months before they're ready! Also in development are some ideas for a cheap, modular, building system to recreate Italian style towns / suburbs to fight through (more details to follow soon).