MrZorro | 10 Mar 2017 2:21 p.m. PST |
My wargaming era experience has been from the 20th century to the year 40,000. So, I decided to try wargaming without guns. The system I decided to try first is Lion Rampant *BTW I can't find a page related to that system in TMP. So, what models and size do you recommend? Such period looks fun to paint so maybe 20mm and up. Where can I find nice medieval figures online in USA that does not dry my bank account? Thanks for any info. |
Jamesonsafari | 10 Mar 2017 2:58 p.m. PST |
Heck you are spoilt for choice. You could use old Warhammer Fantasy Battles Bretonnians. Lots of mediaeval figures available. Do you want chainmail, plate armour, fancy surcoats? Fireforge do a nice line of mediaeval figures in plastic. |
20thmaine | 10 Mar 2017 3:23 p.m. PST |
If you're willing to go to 20mm then you are spoilt for choice:
Have a look on Plastic Soldier Review under medievals – literally hundreds of beautiful figure. |
nevals | 10 Mar 2017 4:01 p.m. PST |
I would second 1/72 plastic suggestion. If you are interested in 1066 Normans and Anglo Saxons it is worth checking Strelets offerings. Hannants from Britain is probably the best source for anything you want and they have good prices. !/72 is great again and good way to go if you are on the budget. |
Yellow Admiral | 10 Mar 2017 4:44 p.m. PST |
If you want to play with large units, I recommend looking at 15mm anyway. They can still be fun to paint, and these days plenty of 15mm figures look pretty detailed. It's not too expensive to make big pike blocks in 15mm. For more skirmishy gaming I prefer 28mm. You can find really nice sculpts, and the size really encourages delving into heraldry. I have definitely had the most fun painting Medievals in this scale. I love 1/72 plastics (too much!) but I've shied away from 1/72 Medievals (and Celts & Romans, actually) because too many come with heraldic designs cast in relief on shields, surcoats and flags. It's asking me too much to fix that much of a casting error, repeated across hundreds of figures. OTOH, 1/72 looks like an *awesome* choice for the Dark Ages (before heraldic rules apply); large armies are cheap and there is a huge variety of poses available, great for "mass skirmish" battles. - Ix |
KSmyth | 10 Mar 2017 6:08 p.m. PST |
If you're doing Lion Rampant and, hence, don't need a pile of figures, why not go 28mm? Perry makes some gorgeous plastics for the Hundred Years War and The War of The Roses. I have 600 HYW figures from at least five manufacturers, and plastic Perry figures I picked up in December are as nice as any I've seen and a lot cheaper. 28's vs. 20's are an easy choice for me. |
Swampster | 11 Mar 2017 4:43 a.m. PST |
Each size has its benefits. You can certainly do heraldry on 15mm figs or even smaller. These are some Legio Heroica 15mm
and (now unavailable) 15mm Touller figures
More on my blog link |
coopman | 11 Mar 2017 7:26 a.m. PST |
"Medieval" covers a pretty large time period. What conflicts interest you, MrZorro? This would narrow things down a bit and we could better help you. |
20thmaine | 11 Mar 2017 3:17 p.m. PST |
28's vs. 20's are an easy choice for me. Me too ! Possibly the different choice of course…. |
MrZorro | 12 Mar 2017 1:49 p.m. PST |
Thanks to everybody for the advice and excellent recommendations, sorry I did not reply earlier but we the new members are not allowed to post for the 1st 3 days. *Actually I am not exactly a new member, I just forgot the username that I used many years ago in this website. Ok, I made a decision and purchased Zvezda's 1/72. 100 years war era, so late medieval. Got British and French Knights and infantry. They will arrive later in the week. Still not sure if they are 22.5mm or 25mm, does anyone know? also, should I use washes for added weight in bases? what size are the bases of these models? any advice is welcomed, Thanks again.. cheers ! |
20thmaine | 12 Mar 2017 3:52 p.m. PST |
Zvezda was the right choice – their sculpts are crisp and really well done – a joy to paint. |
Yellow Admiral | 12 Mar 2017 6:55 p.m. PST |
Individually mounted plastic figures benefit from some weight in the base. I often recommend pennies since there is literally nothing cheaper, but use whatever suits your basing needs best. For one boardgame, I mounted a few batches of 1/72 soldiers on steel nuts, which made the plastic figures so bottom-weighted that they re-stand themselves like Weebles. Kinda cool. :-) Still not sure if they are 22.5mm or 25mm, does anyone know? There's nothing to "know". They are 1/72 scale, so a figure of a 6' man would be 1" (25mm) tall (1"=72"=6'). The equivalent mm measurement varies by tradition and manufacturer but is usually called "20mm" these days, sometimes "22mm", and used to be called "25mm" (and later "true 25mm") back when that meant the figure height rather than the "sole-to-eye" measurement. - Ix |