"Which manufacturer serves which period of time?" Topic

Hello, everyone,

nice to be part of the community now. After working on the English Civil War in recent years, I am now looking for a new project. With the American War of Independence, I found it too. To find the right models for me, I bought them from different manufacturers. They will be painted in the next weeks and months. There are a few questions for my long-term planning.

Since I want to work historically accurate, I ask myself for which period of time or campaign the manufacturers are suitable?

Wargames Foundry 1775-76?
Perry Miniatures 1777-? Saratoga and Philadelphia campaign?
Fife and Drum? Philadelphia campaign?
Front Rank 40mm?

Which period or campaign do you prefer? For what reason? Many thanks in advance.

I buy figures that look good. I never limit the years or theatres they appear in.
Best example is the British 23rd Foot, Royal Welch Fusiliers.
They were in Boston, in 1775.
Suppose I paint them up in the 1768 Warrant uniform. Foundry, Front Rank, Hinchliffe… I even want to do some wearing the fusilier cap.
Does that mean that I can't use them at Guilford Courthouse, where the uniform and head gear was radically different?
I happily use all kinds of different look figures throughout the War.

Check out our 40mm AWI Trident Designs figures. They fit in well with Front Ranks 40mm, miniatureservicecenter.com.

isn't this a matter of scale you game in

Assuming 28mm.

I have used lots of different brand figures. But have finally settled on Foundry, Perry, Eureka and a few special Front Rank figures.

Foundry:
Warrant British, Continentals, Uniform Militia, Artillery, mounted units and officers, Minute Men (non-uniform militia).

I use Warrant British for the NY/NJ and the Penn. campaigns.

Perry:
Basically what Foundry doesn't have. Hunting shirt infantry, Saratoga and Southern British, Germans, Cavalry, Queen's Rangers, French, Northern and Southern Militia. More mounted officers including German and French, Indians. Foundry and Perry complement one another.

Eureka:
They make ragged Americans, which I use anytime, any campaign. They are perfect for the New York/New Jersey campaign.

Front Rank:

They have a few figures no one else makes.

Warrant British – I used them for the NY/NJ and the Penn. campaigns.

Fife and Drum figures look great in pictures but I haven't bought any as of yet.

A tangental answer, I'd get your samples painted and decide which you enjoyed painting the most then buy more of those.

For me F&D would be my pick. The casting quality is great and they are dead quick to clean up. Not all figures are such clean castings.

I use Kings Mountain for the Southern Campaign because that's what they were specifically made for.

That and I get them free!