Heroics & Ros 1/300 Sci Fi range

I remember seeing this range advertised many moons ago and I finally got a sample pack off them at Salute a few years back so decided to pick up the range. The company was bought out around 10 years ago and keeps going from strength to strength. I fondly remember perusing old Military Modelling magazines desperately wanting to see what all the military models looked like... listings being the sign of those times of course... we weren't spoiled like today with the veritable plethora of high quality images of every miniature we want... H&R still have some way to go with their website but it's a lot better than it used to be. The Sci Fi range isn't listed and the 12 code titles are lost to time... unless you know differently? They were talking of putting them on the website... let them know if you want that to happen! Mark Hides over at Conflict in Colour does a lot of their painting for them... it would be great to see these done by him.

GM1

GM2

GM3

GM4

GM5

GM6

GM7

GM8

GM9

GM10

GM11

GM12

There's another H&R post here about their old ancient 25mm plastics...

As always, enquiries@deartonyblair.co.uk

Rospaks - hard plastic minis of previous times...

A while back I picked up a few packs of these hard plastic miniatures. I'd read about them in my youth in the Heroics & Ros advertisements and always fancied them but never threw caution to the wind. They were apparently only available from December 1981 - October 1982 before, depending on who you listen to, they stopped production due to financial considerations / were bought off by metal wargame miniature manafacturers... shades of a conspiracy methinks...

Advertisement from May 1982 (Military Modelling)

They were bagged up in polythene with a stapled card header...

Loose examples of AG2 Scythian Archers and Thracian Peltasts...

AG3 Greek Cavalry

The figures are a little poor in detail and quality, closer to soft plastic really, but they must have filled a niche as the production costs were rather high... kind of adds to the mystery of stopping production. Heroics & Ros are still going strong although they have changed hands a decade or so ago. They specialise in 1/300 wargaming miniatures and it's great to see them at Salute in London on my annual exodus. Long may they prosper. They did do a Sci Fi infantry range of which I picked a pack up a few years back (although they're no longer on the website), I must find it and take some pics.

There is an excellent article on Rospaks at The Plastic Soldier Review here with lots more pics.

If you have any extra images or anecdotes about Rospaks please comment below or email me on;

enquiries@deartonyblair.co.uk