"Meeples & Miniatures: New Video Miniature Reviews" Topic

Pretty nice. I think it's great to see so much emphasis on 28mm because it really is becoming the best choice for miniature wargames; working with just about any terrain larger than 15mm and less than 1/48th scale; yet again more reason to start to shift from the dead 1/72 ranges

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Dead 1/72nd?

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28mm best choice?

Different horses for different courses.

28mm is good for skirmish gaming where you only need a few figures on the table and painters can go to town on each figure but if to try to do larger actions, particularly in the more recent periods where firearms become prevalent then a table can become very crowded which can lead to ludicrously compressed ranges (40K take a bow). When you move down to the smaller scales this problem is lessened though I am not sure it ever goes away.

The true splendour of a napoleonic line battalionis lost in anything less than 28mm.

Neil was rather harsh in his video. I feel that if he had taken a little time to learn more about how the figures go together he would have received a far better result.
Having said that the Zulus are one of the first of the WF efforts. Their latest are far superior. They do still take a different set of skills to assemble and work with than GW figures however.

Haven't these been out for some time? WF must have released at least a half-dozen other sets since the zulus. Sets which, as others have said, show a lot of improvement in their production.

I think the review was a bit harsh too. I didn't find that they took any longer to prepare than any other plastics (and less than some). I didn't have any problem with the arms but I dry fitted them all before glueing. I do agree that the arms for the Martini Henry didn't fit at all. I like the nice, thin shields and it only took a second to strip a bit of the pole away so you could get a good fit to the hand.

As for the anatomy; yes, several of the torsos are on the chubby side but then, if you look at contemporary photos, this reflects reality. Other figures have a slighter frame. Its not often you get different body types in one set of model soldiers!

28mm seems to be yesterday's range. The availability of 1/72 scale is exploding. The problem with a miniatures review is that it is obliged to focus on a particular scale whereas rules reviews can be applied across the hobby.