Questions of Compatibility

Yesterdays Warrior Miniatures post has lead to a number of enquiries regarding size comparison with plastics and other metal figures. So what follows is a rather unscientific exercise in figure compatibility.

I have used the measuring system used on "The Plastic Pelisse" i.e. measured from the sole of the foot to eye level. I have used Newline Designs, DPC (old Pax Britannica), Kennington, Art Miniaturen and HaT as the labelled 20mm or 1/72nd scale. For the 25mm label I have used Warrior, Scruby & Connoisseur. Results are at the bottom of the page, what the pictures show is that despite the size measurement, bulk and style are sometimes more important when it comes to sharing the table!

(l to r) Warrior, HaT, Art Miniaturen, Kennington, DPC and Newline Designs

 

(l to r) Warrior and Der Kreigspeiler (sorry Ian I do not have any Hinton foot figures to photograph!)

(l to r) Connoisseur, Warrior, Scruby and HaT

(l to r) Kennington, Warrior & Art Miniaturen

The results of all this measuring is:

•  Newline Designs-20mm
• DPC-21mm
• Kennington-23mm
• Hat-23mm
• Scruby-23mm
• Art Miniaturen-24mm
• Warrior-24mm
• Connoisseur-29mm

Hope this helps making up a few minds!

Pavlovsk Grenadier Regiment

Warrior Miniatures is a name you may not have heard of, the figures are described as 25mm but the Napoleonics at least are 1/72nd compatible. These figures are part of a batch of "renovations" I am doing for my friend George. Other figures needing a touch up include some Warrior Prussian infantry and some Scruby Bavarian cavalry. They will follow in the coming weeks.

Lurking at the back is a Der Kriegspeiler standard bearer in greatcoat. The style of sculpting is definitely "Old School", the range is quite extensive and rather good value.

The full catalogue is available here.

Next up however are some more DK Prussian Hussars.

ECW Yellowcoat Regiment WIP

It has been a long time since I have been able to do a spot of painting and when the opportunity came along I finally started these English Civil War figures from Tumbling Dice.

My inspiration has been from the excellent Prometheus in Aspic and 20mm Nostalgic Revival ECW games plus Dux's collection of metal and plastic figures.

These four figures were undercoated at least 2 years ago the remainder are now being glued together (heads are separate on some of the castings) as I have just enough to make up one unit. Not sure about the exact unit or side at the moment, nor rules I will be using. Also apologies to any purists out there - I do not know much about the ECW and chose the poses because I thought they looked good together. There are not that many TD pictures out there on interweb-land and interestingly (or not) I will be posting some more TD figures on "Waterloo to Mons" as soon as possible. And I am so proud that I have not made any lame remarks about my "New Model Army" (apart from that one!).

But for now, I really must get cracking on George's figures - Warrior Miniatures Napoleonics.