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Offline tim in saskatoon

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Great War British Figure Comparison
« on: March 03, 2017, 01:41:41 AM »
I have been working on a project for the battle of Vimy Ridge in 28mm. As it involves the entire Canadian CORPS, I thought I'd mix it up a bit and have entire brigades made up of models from different manufacturers. Now that my project is nearing completion and I have samples painted of (insofar as I know) every manufacturer of Great War British (late war) infantry (which I am of course using as Canadians), I thought I’d post some figure comparison pictures – because many miniature gamers are very concerned about such things. I’m not as concerned as others…

A few of the brigades are made up of figures that I've modelled and made moulds for and cast up myself. I have included them in the pictures just for fun - they are not commercially available.



Officers (from left to right): Scarab Miniatures, one of my own, Renegade, Gripping Beast/Woodbine Design, 1st Corps, Renegade Miniatures, Great War Miniature, Brigade Games, Old Glory, Irregular Miniatures, and Wargames Foundry.



Lewis Gunners (from left to right): Renegade Miniatures, one of my own,  Great War Miniatures, 1st Corps, Brigade Games, Gripping Beast/Woodbine Design,  Old Glory, Wargames Foundry, and Irregular Miniatures.



Bombers (from left to right): one of my own, Renegade Miniatures, Great War Miniatures, Brigade Games, 1st Corps,  Gripping Beast/Woodbine Design, Irregular Miniatures, Old Glory, and two from Wargames Foundry.



Firing (from left to right): one of my own, Renegade Miniatures, Great War Miniatures, 1st Corps,  Gripping Beast/Woodbine Design, Old Glory, Irregular Miniatures, and Wargames Foundry.



Advancing (from left to right): one of my own, Renegade Miniatures, Great War Miniatures, 1st Corps, Brigade Games,  Gripping Beast/Woodbine Design, Old Glory, Irregular Miniatures, and Wargames Foundry.



Kneeling (from left to right): Renegade Miniatures, two from Old Glory, Wargames Foundry, Irregular Miniatures, four from Gripping Beast/Woodbine Design

There are more pictures and a bit more commentary on my blog:

http://saskminigamer.blogspot.ca/2017/03/great-war-britishcanadian-figure.html

« Last Edit: March 04, 2017, 10:04:10 PM by tim in saskatoon »

Offline Driscoles

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Re: Great War British Figure Comparison
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2017, 08:29:12 PM »
Thanks for sharing !
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Offline Mad Gadgeteer

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Re: Great War British Figure Comparison
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2017, 03:59:09 AM »
Ditto!!!

Your blog was a great help as well. Do you have any plans to do something similar in re the French and Germans?
"May the dice of your God's roll like the breasts of your favorite concubine."  Graeme "Henry" Henderson, Dumfries c1980

Offline Infman

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Re: Great War British Figure Comparison
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2017, 06:50:24 AM »
Great work.

It's great to see the same poses from the different ranges together.

Offline tim in saskatoon

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Re: Great War British Figure Comparison
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2017, 08:06:44 AM »
Thanks guys!

Do you have any plans to do something similar in re the French and Germans?

No, sorry. I only happen to have figures from all these different manufacturers because I needed a LOT of British (Canadian) miniatures for my current project (The Canadian Corps attack of Vimy Ridge 9 April 1917). Most of the Germans I'm using are miniatures I made myself - with a few exptra things (like mortars and machineguns) from one or two other companies. I don't have any later war French at all.

Offline Johnp4000

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Re: Great War British Figure Comparison
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2017, 11:55:38 AM »
It is interesting seeing the poses like that, in a way I would say they all go together and just represent the different heights of individuals. I remember seeing a late war photo of some German troops where one was 6 foot tall while his mates looked about 5 foot compared to him!

Offline Metternich

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Re: Great War British Figure Comparison
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2017, 07:59:40 PM »
Thanks, this is a very valuable resource.

Offline swamp_wallaby

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Re: Great War British Figure Comparison
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2017, 09:20:33 PM »
Agreed. A valuable resource presented in a useful way.

Offline wrgmr1

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Re: Great War British Figure Comparison
« Reply #8 on: March 07, 2017, 07:07:19 AM »
Agreed, thanks Tim, great comparison.

Offline aphillathehun

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Re: Great War British Figure Comparison
« Reply #9 on: March 07, 2017, 08:45:31 PM »

Thanks for posting this!  I wish there were more comparisons like this.

 

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