Not tempted by
Pirettes?
http://www.markusrothkranz.com/pirettes/pirettes_video2.htmlClose to 30 manufacturers do such, some offering only 1 or 2 characters (sometimes oddly hidden, such as Copplestone 'Duellist' in the Cobalt-1 SciFi range), while
Eureka and
Bronze Age at least have a dozen each.
For individual characters, as for totally irregular bodies, the flagrant differences between miniatures ranges are a plus.
Tabletop units must 'show' their nature: thus, a regular close order regiment has to look as if ready for a 'clones war'. Even if representing the same historical unit at the same nominal scale, figurines from different sculptors show differences, not only in the rendition of the human body, but in the size and details of hats, of weapons... Thus, miniatures from any other manufacturer can be included only for 'special characters', mounted officer, drummer &c. On the opposite, a fully irregular bunch has to appear as an aggregate of individuals, all as different as possible. Here clothes and weapons are personal issue, thus variations are *expected*; people vary widely in height (there would be a difference of # 2.5mm between '28mm' miniatures of Sarah Shahi and Sigourney Weaver) and bulk (compare Kate Moss with Pamela Anderson)
. In this case the wide differences of style and interpretation of 'scale' between manufacturers are precious; so much the more as one can easily gain (or lose
http://adventures-in-the-indies.blogspot.com/2011/07/caribbean-few-pirates-more.html) ± 1.5mm by playing with the thickness of the bases (variations of bases thickness are obvious when the minis are in a display case, but disappear on a playing surface). Thus any figurines within the 25<->30mm or 28<->33mm ranges are fully compatible. Even more, indeed: an old French sailors song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hX8YDNUVSs (telling a Jackaroe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyAu4dbW4BE -like story) states that a girl was barely 15 when she dressed as a man and joined a ship crew: thus a few members of a totally irregular warband / ship crew, or of a collection of individuals, may still have to grow; on the other hand, people taller than Sigourney Weaver by 8 inches or more *do* exist.