"Warrior miniatures AWI" Topic

I've been building both sides of the AWI in 28mm for the last year. Perry and Foundry metals and Warlord and Perry plastics.

Despite hundreds of webseaches for products, painting guides, pictures and TMP only today have I come across Warrior Miniatures.

They seem to do a range of AWI in 25mm. Has anyone purchased these miniatures? Are they a near fit for the main 28mm ranges? Quality wise how do they hold up? Does anyone have pictures of them naked or painted?

Warriors website itself provides nearly zero pictures – a massive failing that some other manufacturers replicate.

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Any details at all about Warriors AWI offerings would be most appreciated.

If TMP members don't know nobody will!

Well here is the page for their redcoats.

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They say they are 25mm, so a bit smaller than Perry.

I have never heard of them before. If yo do want to get a few more figures, I would suggest Fife and Drum miniatures.

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They are very true to scale and a slight bit smaller than Perry figures, but in their on unit they look fine on the table. They are wonderful figures to paint.

Matthew

Thanks for the quick reply 45th.

Fife and Drum are definitly on my radar. They'll be getting hit-up with a big order in the new year at some stage. I don't mind small variations of scale if those miniatures aren't mixed in the same units.

I see the redcoats now on the Warrior Miniatures picture page you linked to. Not sure how they look to tell the truth. What looks like a forty year old enamal paint job on them isn't helping much.

Their AWI range is cheap but some of their other ranges don't look great in their photo section. I've also found with the time that goes into prep, painting and basing that a few Euro difference in cost price of a unit is a very negligable part of my investment into the hobby.

Hopefully a few more posters have some more information on the mysterious Warrior Miniatures.

I've bought their 25mm Napoleonic British and some Zulu stuff in the past. First thing you notice is that they are quite slender -as most ranges were in the past. More like true 25mm than some of todays chunky monkeys.

Don't let that put you off though, mine were nice castings and they can paint up rather well. The price is difficult to turn down!

Great information Tin Hat. My interest is rising again.

The pictures of the miniatures on the website do show them as slightly flat. Would love to see better pictures of them with other lines to get a better handle on the scale. Any pictures at all of their Greenmountain Boys, Minutemen, Frontier Riflemen and State troops would be golden.

I'm not even sure from their site if the battalion packs they sell contain command options. In such a visual hobby I'll never understand companies that don't have detailed pictures of their stuff right next to the 'buy' button.

I have not had their AWI but l have previously owned their Romans,ECW and pirates. They are fine when painted up and superb value for money.

Thanks Londonplod.

Did you mix their miniatures with other 28mm ranges? How did you find the scaling compared to those other 28's?

Might have to buy a battalion deal now just to check them out. One big plus point for me is they sell their battalions in groups of twenty which is the standard unit size I've been building.

Did you mix their miniatures with other 28mm ranges? How did you find the scaling compared to those other 28's?

Warrior miniatures are 25mm not 28mm. They won't mix very well with 28mm ranges.

Their figures, unless changed in last decade are not up to modern sculpting. Average 1980s.no need.

Thanks MajorB and Jcfrog.

My interest in this line is nearly dead now. The limited photos available kind of make the miniatures look sub-par but from posts above I thought there might be hope. Better to get the unvarnished truth though than end up with a lot of unused minis.

Thought as well they might be big 25s but that doesn't seem to be the case so scale would be an issue.

From the lack of any information about this line I can only conclude it is nearly defunct old school company that only sells their decades old lines.

No matter. I was only excited about the extra variety they'd bring to the party. Perry, Foundry and eventually Fife & Drum will continue to be my mainstay with a few battalions of Perry and Wargames Factory units in plastic alongside them.

On a side note does anyone know anything about the Hinchliffe range? I think they have a very good reputation. Are they 28s or 25s?

Hinchliffe were sculptured in the 70s. So small vs. today's figs.

I found the ECW mixed well with Perry, l did some head swaps with Redoubt heads and it worked well.

Hinchliffe are "large 25mm" figures.
They're in the 1768 Warrant uniform, or "classic British".
The cavalry is slightly larger, being very compatible with Foundry.
The artillery is first rate.

I have a few of the Warrior AWI. If you are using Perry, etc. you will probably not find them a good mix. They paint up OK, but are far cruder.

Great information everyone.

Won't be bothering with the Warrior line.

Hinchliffe I'll be checking out for sure.

Just checking and Hinchliffe's web-shop is a nightmare to navigate. Why do some manufacturers make checking out and purchasing their offerings so painful? Without Winston Smith above telling me Hinchliffe's AWI were "large 25s" I'd have no clue form their site as they are calling the whole range 25/28s. Selecting full units looks like a massive headache.

Warriors Miniatures web-shop was the same – hence the point of this thread. Near zero pictures – no way of knowing scale. Although ordering units looked easier.

Many manufacturers are underselling their products. They make it hard for themselves to make money.

Many manufacturers are underselling their products. They make it hard for themselves to make money.

Some small manufacturers are happy with their existing level of business. I know that's a hard concept to grasp. :-)

I'm not even sure if making their products more visible and easy to purchase by their customers would increase their level of business. But experience would lead me to believe their would probably be a small improvement at least.

It would however make things easier for their customers. :-)