Nineteen thirty-eight is the year this set of figures belongs to, and it is covered more thoroughly here than in almost any other range. The 1:35 resin figures include an infantryman in full field kit, a gendarmerie sergeant and a staff sergeant, members of the financial guard that patrolled the frontier, the crew of an LT 35 tank and a group of Sudeten Freikorps irregulars. Uniforms, webbing and headgear are specific to the Czechoslovak service of that year rather than approximations.
For anyone building the fortification models in this section, these are the figures that make the concrete mean something: the same scale, the same year, the same frontier.
Generic infantry can stand in for a lot of armies, but not for this one. The Czechoslovak field uniform of 1938, the gendarmerie's distinct dress, the financial guard's role on the border and the Freikorps' civilian-military mixture all look wrong if you convert figures from elsewhere. That specificity is the point of the range, and it is why these figures pair so directly with the 1:35 fortification models: both describe the same few months in the same few valleys.
A single figure beside a pillbox establishes scale and nothing more. Two figures establish a situation, and that is usually worth the extra work: a sentry and a passing gendarme read as a story, while two sentries read as a mistake. Keep poses complementary and avoid having both faces turned the same way.
The LT 35 crew is cast for a vehicle, so check the fit early. Resin figures rarely drop straight into a hatch; expect to trim, and to decide how much of the torso will actually be visible before you spend time on the lower half.
At this size the viewer sees a face from about half a metre, so aim for clear shadow and highlight rather than fine blending. Czechoslovak khaki is a greenish, slightly grey tone that shifts markedly with scale effect, so lighten the base coat more than reference photographs suggest and let the shadows carry the true colour. Leather and webbing want a separate, warmer treatment. Thinned model paints and a brush that holds a point do all of it; keep the varnish matt so the uniform does not fight the concrete beside it.
Other sizes in the association's figure range are listed under ŘOP figures.
