| Scott MacPhee | 19 Nov 2008 2:23 p.m. PST |
I've been looking over TFL's "Sharpe Practice" and musing on playing some beach actions. Does anyone make suitable miniatures? I'd like to field figures that look like they just stepped out of the pages of a Forester or O'Brian novel. 40mm would be even better, but I realize that's a long shot. |
| willthepiper | 19 Nov 2008 2:27 p.m. PST |
Foundry has what you are looking for:
link |
| Pictors Studio | 19 Nov 2008 2:37 p.m. PST |
Yeah, the foundry figures are great. Steve Barber miniatures also has some nice ones. As does Britania. |
| John Armatys | 19 Nov 2008 2:41 p.m. PST |
Britannia have a 28mm range:
link
Tradition do a few figures in 30mm:
link
The tradition officer can be seen here:
link
(bottom left) |
| Scott MacPhee | 19 Nov 2008 3:20 p.m. PST |
Foundry doesn't have the naval officers I'm looking for. These link look promising, but again, no officers. The Steve Barber look very nice. Would they work with Old Glory or Foundry Napoleonic French? |
| Duc de Limbourg | 19 Nov 2008 4:09 p.m. PST |
AFAIK newline has a line in 25mil |
| KatieL | 20 Nov 2008 2:56 a.m. PST |
Steve Barber's might work with OG/Foundry; they're a little shorter than the Front Rank/Elite/Eagle cluster. They're VERY nice figures, crisp, detailed -- I liked them a lot but sadly the height difference really showed within units. Redoubt do a Marines landing party and also a suitable boat and rowing figures. |
| Captain Clegg | 20 Nov 2008 5:03 a.m. PST |
Also Parkfield have a few landing party figures in the Peninsular range. link |
| axabrax | 20 Nov 2008 8:22 a.m. PST |
The real problem is that no one makes enough French sailors, at least if you want to do boarding actions a la Master and Commander. |
| malamute | 20 Nov 2008 8:41 a.m. PST |
Try Newline designs they have a nice 28mm range that is reasonably comprehensive with both French and British sailors etc. |
| Arteis | 20 Nov 2008 9:59 a.m. PST |
For 40mm figures suitable for a naval landing party, take a look at the Workbench over at the Miniature Service Centre: link Although this is all AWI stuff, scroll down the page a bit, and you'll find some sailors which I think could work well for the Napoleonic period. |
