| kingscarbine | 15 Jun 2011 7:55 a.m. PST |
Hi, The Eureka figures look nice. What other companies have suitable ranges? |
| DeanMoto | 15 Jun 2011 8:08 a.m. PST |
Brigade Games, OG, Victrix…more I'm sure. |
| Bye bye | 15 Jun 2011 8:24 a.m. PST |
Elite Miniatures
Trent Miniatures |
| Wizard Whateley | 15 Jun 2011 9:03 a.m. PST |
I have quite a few Trent figures. They need to fill in some gaps, but still nicely sculpted. |
| Duc de Limbourg | 15 Jun 2011 9:08 a.m. PST |
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| Neojacobin | 15 Jun 2011 10:34 a.m. PST |
Dixon does some from the Egyptian campaign. The dragoons are particularly nice. |
| idontbelieveit | 15 Jun 2011 1:59 p.m. PST |
"I have quite a few Trent figures. They need to fill in some gaps, but still nicely sculpted." I bought some of these years ago and they are indeed nicely sculpted. But I don't think they have added any new figs for years either. Is it a dead-in-the-water range of figs? |
| Duc de Limbourg | 15 Jun 2011 2:14 p.m. PST |
They have added new figures but these concentrate upon Ireland and the Caribean |
| kingscarbine | 16 Jun 2011 4:09 a.m. PST |
Thanks. Foundry also has figures under the Napolionic range. Are the Perry Mins AWI French usable? |
| apathostic | 16 Jun 2011 6:23 a.m. PST |
I'm using Perry AWI as French Republicans with head changes with Victrix early French infantry. Once I get my head around it, I'll do some WIP pics. |
| mashrewba | 16 Jun 2011 6:40 a.m. PST |
The Trent figs are great with masses of character-especially the French.
SOME figs have muskets which are too flimsey but I've replaced these.
They are still bringing stuff out -recently for the West Indies.
There is almost too much variety if thats possible in some cases -27 different Hungarian infantry but as yet no officers, drummers etc.
The Russians are good solid figs but noticably bigger than the rest of the range. There are loads on E Bay with pictures, which helps!! |
 Der Alte Fritz  | 16 Jun 2011 7:04 a.m. PST |
The Elite French Revolution era figures are really tall, more like 30mm+ figures. They won't fit in very well with other ranges, but they sure do look nice. |
| Robespierre | 16 Jun 2011 7:06 a.m. PST |
I'm not sure how the Perry figures are supposed to work with just a Vitrix head swap? For a start, French infantry didn't wear a waist belt in the Wars of the French Revolution. Don't get me wrong apathostic – if you like the Perry figures and that's what you want to do, then fair enough, but it just seems a lot of trouble to go to (for a finished model that is still not accurate) when you can simply buy 'off-the-shelf' 28mm Republican French infantry from any one of the manufacturers mentioned above. (Correction) Ahhhh – I've just realised you're using the "1779 coat" versions of the Perry figures (rather than the 1776 – with the belt). Sorry – My mistake (but it still seems like a lot of trouble to go to though) |
| CooperSteveOnTheLaptop | 16 Jun 2011 8:29 a.m. PST |
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| Decebalus | 16 Jun 2011 9:38 a.m. PST |
Nobody mentions Eureka. Maybe because they are from australia and very expensive. |
| Duc de Limbourg | 16 Jun 2011 9:45 a.m. PST |
And the first post by kingscarabine mentions??? :-) |
| DeanMoto | 16 Jun 2011 1:13 p.m. PST |
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| Cheriton | 16 Jun 2011 2:38 p.m. PST |
>>The Elite French Revolution era figures are really tall, more like 30mm+ figures.<< Now that is a wargames figures…  |
| Upplander | 16 Jun 2011 4:46 p.m. PST |
The Brigade Games figures for the Egyptian Campaign look beautiful and may tempt me. I also love the Elite figures. |
| apathostic | 16 Jun 2011 9:56 p.m. PST |
Robespierre, the problem stems from being given said figures by clients and having to come up with a solution. They do work, so long as you use them for the less formal members of the Republicans. I'm using the Southern Militia in shirt sleeve for the conversions, so more demi-brigade militia conscripts than line infantry per se. If that makes sense . . . |
| Robespierre | 17 Jun 2011 4:39 a.m. PST |
Yes – makes perfect sense. I see where you are coming from now. |
paints brigs for the British fleet.
