"French force for Sharp Practice" Topic
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| Col Blancard | 09 Jan 2018 4:06 a.m. PST |
Hi all, I've just finished putting together the core of my French Practice army.
see link I consider ordering pre 1812 artillery from Brigade Games – is that straight forward with customs? (since I live in the UK) Cheers, |
| Gregor6262 | 09 Jan 2018 5:08 a.m. PST |
Nice! I'm sure they will be successful in the field. |
| Artilleryman | 09 Jan 2018 5:41 a.m. PST |
Nice figures. Regarding artillery, the Brigade Games figures are fine, but relatively expensive by the time they arrive. You would be better off with one of the Victrix sets which give you guns and gunners together. If you are determined to stick with metal, I would recommend the Perry Guard Foot Artillery and do a simple head swop. |
| Hitman | 09 Jan 2018 7:57 a.m. PST |
Very nice looking figures. They look great. Brush work is very detailed. Thanks for sharing.
Regards,
Hitman |
| Col Blancard | 11 Jan 2018 2:51 a.m. PST |
If I order the Victrix artillery box for one gun+crew only, I may as well order from the US :) As for the Perry Guard artillery, they're not their best sculpts and the head conversion is not trivial (where to get the adequate heads in the first place?) |
 deadhead  | 11 Jan 2018 9:50 a.m. PST |
Interesting, the comment about Perry Guard Artillery. I thought mine were fine (I have examples of them all) but have no qualms about criticising even the Perrys, when deserved (which is not often). Did you mean the modelling ie proportions and anatomy, or the poses, or the actual casting itself? The last I do wonder about. I think some moulds do "tire" with time and flash, ejection pins, mould lines, dimples start to creep in. |
| Col Blancard | 11 Jan 2018 11:19 a.m. PST |
I was thinking about proportions, they are on the stocky side – compared with most of the Napoleonic range. I'm ok with cleaning miniatures (flash etc) if they're the best on the market ;) |
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