"Eureka 18mm Crimean War figures" Topic

For those of you who have first-hand experience with this range, I would be interested in hearing your impressions about the quality of the figures, variety, historical accuracy, and durability on the table.

Thanks,

Don

I ordered a bunch of samples once. They were absolutely gorgeous. They were sculpted by Mike Broadbent, who does a good job of research, so I would expect them to be very accurate, but I'm no expert. I'm toying with doing Crimea eventually and will either go with Baccus 6mm or these.

I have just nearly completed my Crimean armies using Eureka 18mm figures.

The range is not complete – for example there are no French light infantry, staff or artillery and no Russian or British light infantry. On the website the British look to be very bandy but in fact this is not noticeable when they are painted so you should not let that put you off.

As much as I like the figures I have to say that there are a few inaccuracies. The Russian officers' caps should have peaks and the British infantry should have shoulder boards while their officers should have epaulettes. Some of the details are very fine and not so easy to pick out with the brush.

Nevertheless they do look very well when they are painted and based. I only need to finish my British cavalry and then I am ready to go.

You can see some painted Eureka figures on the Wargamorium blog – thewargamorium.6sided.net

Let me know if I can be of any further help.

Regards

In this new modern world I do not think one single manufactuer has ever did one entire single range that did not have at least a "few inaccuracies" in it -- based on what I read on the computer anyway?
regards
Russ Dunaway

Quite right Old Glory but DCW1962 did ask about the quality and the historical accuracy.

Regards

True.

Thanks for the photos Broglie. Here are some photos of nicely painted Russians (not by me). If you did not know beforehand, I think these could be mistaken for 28mm figures they look so good!

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Speaking for myself, I'd love to see Brits in winter coats and undress caps, preferably with a ragged look to them. These would match up nicely with the outstanding Russians for a scenario like the Battle of Inkerman.

Artillery limbers with riders/gunners would be a nice addition to the entire range.

DCW1962

I agree I would like to see the range expanded to include French staff and artillery as well as some siege artillery, gunners and sappers for all sides. The photos you posted are really impressive. Now you know why I take my photos from a distance!

Regards

I really like the Eureka Miniatures Crimeans and they were a major factor in getting into this period. Perhaps if you also bounce Nic with an email they can start pushing out some of the figures to fill in the holes! Particularly the French.

The bayonets are a little thin – I generally tend to cut off bayonets for durability purposes as I find that if you lose a bayonet you lose if at the hand not the musket end – and the British Guards in bare metal certainly look bandy legged but I believe they will paint up fine. The standards are a little thin but I always cut these off and use Xyston steel pikes for my standard poles anyway. Eureka also do an odd moulded banner which is far too heavy for the pole they put on the figure but I use paper flags anyway so I discard these.

I also am not a fan of the over the shoulder marching pose as I find the musket tends to bend in a U shape but you don't have to get that pose. In truth I would have preferred the musket to be slightly thicker as I tend to like a bit of chunkiness for durability. They are not too bad though.

I really like the Russian and British Lancers and the cavalry in general seems nicely proportioned. Some of the lances are moulded next to the horse so are pretty durable.

Overall I think the detail and proportion is good and they paint up very nicely.

I recommend them. I saw a comrades sample figures and was hooked. The major downside for me is painting the Russians. Although very easy in their greatcoats it also makes them incredibly boring to paint! I opted for 32 figure battalions and I still have not finished the 8 that I bought. Still stalled at 6.

My British are 24 figure battalions and I have 3 Highlander battalions so that is a painting challenge yet to be met! :)