| Tango01 | 06 Dec 2012 3:33 p.m. PST |
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| Matheo | 06 Dec 2012 3:56 p.m. PST |
Ah, the Foundry Gendarmes, Perry sculpts. Can't get enough of'em. Still No. 1 after all these years. |
| Condottiere | 06 Dec 2012 4:46 p.m. PST |
Eureka aren't bad either--at least they have more horse variations/poses. But, Foundry seem to be the "gold standard." |
| Matheo | 06 Dec 2012 7:01 p.m. PST |
Don't get me wrong, I really like Eureka's variety and the fact that there's more than one barded warhorse in the range (plus the Ordonnance Archers – I think those are still the only ones in the market, unless someone wants to convert Perry plastics. For some people Redoubt's MAA might be good enough too).
But I just love the Foundry miniatures' bulk. Both look good enough in separate units, but put side to side Foundry wins imho. |
| Whatisitgood4atwork | 06 Dec 2012 7:34 p.m. PST |
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| Condottiere | 07 Dec 2012 4:04 a.m. PST |
And Eureka gave far more variety among the gendarmes, especially with the multiple plume and weapons options, as well as right arm pose, etc., etc. their proportions are more realistic than Foundry, but I have to admit that the bulkiness of the foundry gendarmes make them appear more imposing. |
| Matheo | 07 Dec 2012 7:01 a.m. PST |
The bottom line being – one just have to have both, anyways :D |
| Condottiere | 07 Dec 2012 9:28 a.m. PST |
You're right--and I do! 36 Foundry, 24 Eureka, and 30 Eureka lesser gendarmes/archers. Man, I have a lot of painting ahead of me. Just wonder if I'll get them all done before I expire! Or worse yet, someone comes out with even better gendarmes!!! |
| Matheo | 07 Dec 2012 9:47 a.m. PST |
Pro Gloria announced batch of Gendarmes (afaik 6 different horses to go with them) in mid-2013… ;) |
| idontbelieveit | 07 Dec 2012 9:47 a.m. PST |
the Foundry riders are nice, but the horses are crap |
| Phil the french | 07 Dec 2012 10:04 a.m. PST |
Fantastic looking figures, really impressive!
Phil. |
| Mako11 | 07 Dec 2012 4:29 p.m. PST |
I like the Foundry horses. A shame there are so few poses though, to make a proper unit look good. |
Puster  | 08 Dec 2012 2:40 a.m. PST |
Just one barded horse takes a LOT out of the quality of Foundry units – though you can get some of their WOTR horses to mix them up with the odd old-fashioned barding. You can also mix them with the new Perry plastic horses, which will be my project for this winter (redoing my Foundry Gensdarmes). What I also like about the Foundries is that there are characters among the mercenary knighs that work perfect as mounted leaders for the Landsknechts. Sadly most of their new Condottiere-range are unusable. Eurekas miniatures are of much better casting quality and look imho better as single minaitures, but suffer from being 10-20% too small when compared to most others. These are more in the 25-28mm range then 28-32 of all others. Still, the variety and character you can achieve with the metals are worth to get a unit or two. For the lighter units the Eurekas, Perry and TAG mix pretty well (no Venexia minis here, sadly – yet) for mounted crossbows, genitors or stradiots. Looking at the link given by Armand there are a lot of other units, especially the Foundry and Artizan landsknechts. Nice work!! |
| Tango01 | 08 Dec 2012 10:22 a.m. PST |
Agree with changing horses from other companies.
Those riders are quite good. Amicalement
Armand |
| Matheo | 08 Dec 2012 10:29 a.m. PST |
I've found Perry plastic horses way too big when compared with others, but that might be just my take. I feel that Warlord Games plastic ones are more in line with TAG/Foundry/OG (and certainly smaller Eureka), though purists will have to adjust their tack accordingly (Warlord's are for XVII century). Also, no barding on those :( Hopefully one day TAG will make barded renaissance horses. Maybe those Pro Gloria will do the trick, although not sure if Stephen will sell them separately. |
| Stuart MM | 08 Dec 2012 1:07 p.m. PST |
Wow, they're lovely, really colourful. I do have a softspot for the WF/Perry Gendarmes though the single caparisoned horse is a shame. I've mixed the latest Perry plastics with these and they work OK, here's a group en masse;
As for horse armour, with a scalpel and a bit of green stuff you can make renaissance barding yourself from that boxed set, here are some of my efforts;
These were relatively easy conversions, just a bit of patience really, there's more comment on my blog; link just scroll through the older posts and you'll see each of these projects in detail or click on the 'sculpting' link in the right pane. Stuart |
| Field Marshal | 09 Dec 2012 4:27 p.m. PST |
All beautiful stuff….Stuart your stuff has been my inspiration for Renaissance1 |
takes a look at flexible roads made from long-lasting flexible resin.
