Tango01 | 25 Jul 2016 11:41 a.m. PST |
…the French Revolution . Nice!
More here link Amicalement Armand |
Dave Jackson | 25 Jul 2016 12:05 p.m. PST |
1/72 is truly a lovely scale. |
deadhead | 25 Jul 2016 12:46 p.m. PST |
It was. In 1979/80…. But it is not TOTS these days. You can tell me that the figure proportions are better, the animation is more realistic, there is far more imagination in the choice of subjects. I would agree……But why would those minor details draw me away from 28mm? I am starting to realise just how good even 15/18mm castings are….proportions, posings, quality of moulds, choice of figures…but apart from all that, what have other scales ever done for me? The One True Scale (TOTS) has one thing going for it. Every blooming thing on my shelves (and now up in my attic, as I have no room and never actually use them) is in TOTS…28mm. Look at the guy with the ramrod…in 1/72 scale too…and weep |
45thdiv | 25 Jul 2016 2:08 p.m. PST |
Ah, it is good to be getting into Napoleonic figures these days. So many scales to choose from. And with a smaller scale, my table can play larger battles. |
Dave Jackson | 25 Jul 2016 2:39 p.m. PST |
45thdiv, you want to see a beautiful figure priming a musket, skirmishing…..when I owned True North Productions, I had Geoff Valley (yes, Ral Partha Geoff Valley) sculpt me a line of 1806 French Foot Dragoons, in gaiters (not boots)…….I should send you a pic. |
deadhead | 25 Jul 2016 2:56 p.m. PST |
EEEEEEEEEEEH…..kids these days….they have it easy. When I were a lad, our Dad, 'e'd come in't door, thrash me and our lad wi' belt and 'e'd cry "Do me a "beautiful figure priming a musket, skirmishing………… wi' one bristle on't brush". Eeee, we'd 'ave prayed for "a beautiful figure priming a musket, skirmishing". We dreamt of Acrylic Paint, that as took less than two days to dry (tha' should try using artists' oils in the 1970s) (and I do apologise for those in King George's Lost Colonies, or those south of Nottingham, who do have an idea about what this means…not sure I do, as I do live north of Leeds actually and I am actually Irish…but after a few jars, my three sons suddenly sound much less BBC and much more like this) |
45thdiv | 26 Jul 2016 5:00 a.m. PST |
Deadhead, yes, was able to follow your tale of days long gone. And heaven help you if you got it wrong. 🤕 |
Marc at work | 26 Jul 2016 5:23 a.m. PST |
I feel for your pain Liam – best you sell your 28mm collection, as it is clearly NToTS, and start again in glorious 1/72. Preferably while living in t' shoe box in middle o' road – if lucky… |
Tango01 | 26 Jul 2016 10:11 a.m. PST |
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von Winterfeldt | 27 Jul 2016 4:33 a.m. PST |
I am not looking back having abandoned 1/72 scale, though I don't have any dogma preventing me to do some 1/72 scale figures in case I like to. |
1968billsfan | 31 Jul 2016 4:38 a.m. PST |
I like how in 28mm, 4 soldiers on a stand represent a brigade. Each regiment is represented by a small colour guard and a line of battle has as many flags and drummers as musketmen. |
Gunfreak | 31 Jul 2016 4:43 a.m. PST |
I like how in 28mm, 4 soldiers on a stand represent a brigade. Each regiment is represented by a small colour guard and a line of battle has as many flags and drummers as musketmen. Where have you seen this? |
Supercilius Maximus | 31 Jul 2016 5:40 a.m. PST |
Which campaigns would these figures be useful for? |
von Winterfeldt | 31 Jul 2016 5:45 a.m. PST |
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