Auggie wrote:I have always been a huge fan of 30 mm Tradition Napoleonic figures.
I continue to buy them add some customized animation and build small vignettes.
However, I am looking for a new manufacturer/scale because I can't seem to find much out there in 30 mm.
So, I am looking at 28 mm, which could work with some 30 mm.??
My problem with 28 mm is that too many figures look like the legs are too short, the hands look huge and weapons look out of scale.
The members here are doing a superb job at painting and creating wonderful dioramas using 28 mm.
Could some of the members post some thoughts on their favourite manufacturers. Which ones have the best proportions, detail etc. Napoleonic preferred.
Thanks so much.
Cheers,
Auggie
Auggie
As you can probably tell I am a huge fan of the Perry miniatures in 28mm particularly their Napoleonic range.
I love their Napoleonic extras range which are in my opinion superb.
They have a huge choice on their website and take Paypal which makes things a lot easier when paying for your items.
The figures in my opinion are nicely sculpted for 28mm and have a lot of nice detail which lends them well for painting. The range compared to other manufacturers is quite reasonable in price and you can bulk out units with their plastic range which I find very reasonable.
I think Vicrix have a nice range of 28mm Napoleonic plastic figures and these are well sculpted with good facial detail and again in my opinion paint up really well and can be mixed with Perry or Warlord miniatures.
I recently bit the bullet and bought some 28mm Napoleonic Calpe miniatures for the first time and these figures look superb with good sculpting and a lot of detail on them. They do not have as big a choice as Perry and their figures are a tad more expensive but looking at them I think they are worth it.
Between these three manufacturers there are many posibilities for dioramas. vignettes or just collections.
Hope this helps.
Cheers
Gerry