Beavers and Skunks and South Americans, oh my!

A couple upcoming minis being released:

Splintered Light Miniatures (http://www.splinteredlightminis.com/) is releasing Animal Warriors suitable for 15-28mm games.

Skunk Warriors

Beaver Warriors

Frog Warriors (a little Deep One-ish I think)

The line also includes Armadillos and Possums. Packs of six estimated to go for $6.00

Khurasan Miniatures (http://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/) announced a new line of 15mm models for the Chaco War. No, it's not some food war between Del Taco and Taco Bell, it's actually the largest of deadliest war fought in the Americas during the 20th century.

Khurasan Miniatures writes: We're happy to announce our latest scheduled line - 15mm models for the Chaco War, the largest and deadliest war fought in the Americas in the 20th century.

From the company's announcement on http://www.theminiaturespage.com/

"This war was waged between two poor nations, Paraguay and Bolivia, over an extremely hostile landscape, the Chaco. Often said to have been a war fought "over nothing," it was in fact of critical importance to both nations. Bolivia, which had become a landlocked nation due to territorial losses in the Pacific War, desperately needed access to the sea, and a port on the river Paraguay would provide the nation with eventual access to the South Atlantic. But this would spell disaster for little Paraguay - with a larger nation now so close to Asunción, what was to stop the fate the nation had almost suffered in the late 19th century, when larger nations obliterated the Paraguayan male population in the War of the Triple Alliance and carved up much of its territory?
The fact that oil fields were believed to exist in the Chaco certainly caused multinational oil companies to egg the combatants on, but it seems clear that the countries would have fought, oil or no oil. "

Now, the animals I can always use for a game (I'm thinking "Cheesehawk Down" in particular. The 20th century Chaco War intrigues me. It's a new line, which means reasonable start-up, everyone nows I love the obscure stuff, plus the them of next year's Cold Wars is South American conflicts, and I don't see many entries going in for the theme games.