Mr_White wrote:I don't know much about the background of minis at the scale besides the old Citadel Dark Future line. Is it only one person doing the minis Alliance/Strelets/Red Box/Linear A or is this an in-joke?
I don't know if I am the only person who thinks this, but I noticed a couple of years ago that there are common elements in several ranges by different figure producers. Alliance's historical Amazons and Linear A's Amazons were very similar in style, so much to me that it looks like the same sculptor. To my eye they also share a lot of similarities with Linear A's other ranges - the Sucessor ranges for example.
Similarly the Red Box 1745 Range and Strelets' WSS share a lot of similarities, as well.
Things I noticed was the images of the masters - all made in that same coppery-brown coloured medium. Sculpting styles - you can drop figures from one manufacturer into a unit with those of another and not notice the difference. Common masters for horses is another indicator as well.
It's not an earth-shattering revelation and I don't want people to think that I am saying that this is a bad thing. Far from I really admire the sculptor's work, I am a big fan, but in the same way that people celebrate Ron Cameron - who did early Airfix sculpts like the DAK, or the chap who did the ESCI sculpts - I think this sculptor should be celebrated.