"Empress miniatures vs Warlord plastics and metals size" Topic

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TheMapleLeafForever	06 Aug 2024 10:26 a.m. PST
How well can Empress miniatures and Warlord plastics and metals figures be mixed together? Can anyone with figures from both manufacturers weigh in?
d88mm1940	06 Aug 2024 12:58 p.m. PST
Warlord minis mix well with Games Workshop Space Marines! Their boss, John Stollard (spelling?), chose a "characature" look on purpose. Empress mix well with Perry Miniatures plastics and metal. Rubicon are OK, slighty skinnier and less detail but make good vehicle drivers and passengers. Warlord figures are about the same height, but chunkier. And the equipment is larger which makes them sturdier to table breakage. However, I have very little breakage during games. My North Africa campaign has about 200 vehicles and about a battalion each of Germans, Italians, British (including a turban platoon), Americans, Free French (platoon strength), Vichy French (again platoon size) and a wild assortment of askari type native troops. I usually bought 3 or more boxes of Perry plastics when first released and supplemented them with at least one each of their metal SKU's! 82-83% Perry with small handfuls of Warlord, Rubicon, Foundry and Empress. I absolutely adore the Empress drunken Italian mortar crew!
TheMapleLeafForever	07 Aug 2024 2:15 p.m. PST
Has anyone also had any experience with Foundry and their size compared to Warlord?
d88mm1940	07 Aug 2024 5:04 p.m. PST
Foundry are small Perry's.
TheMapleLeafForever	09 Aug 2024 10:06 a.m. PST
Ah so not a really good match then!

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