Grubman, here's a comparison photo of one of my Artizan old west 28mm next to an HLBS 40mm, (note that the 28mm fig is on a slottabase, while the 40 is not ((yet)):
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And thanks for the compliment!
They are so well painted you get this impression they are GI Joe doll size (even though 40 mm lets you know how big they are) ...but really they aren't that much larger at all.
What's really funny is that when I first looked at the (size comparison) pic I was wondering why you took the picture with the figs sitting on the floor, since I saw people in the background...untill I realized those were other figures on the table in the background :oops: