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Title: Who makes the best late war (ww1) Germans?
Post by: BjörnF on 03 April 2014, 12:19:33 PM: I "need" som germans to fight the russians on the east front in 1918. The russians are from Brigade and Copplestone. Who makes good Germans that would fit as opponents to them?
Title: Re: Who makes the best late war (ww1) Germans?
Post by: flags_of_war on 03 April 2014, 12:26:31 PM: Great War Miniatures?
Title: Re: Who makes the best late war (ww1) Germans?
Post by: Mike D. Mc Brice on 03 April 2014, 12:35:23 PM: Copplestone Back of Beyond russians? Great War late germans fit very well with those from size and style.
Title: Re: Who makes the best late war (ww1) Germans?
Post by: von Lucky on 03 April 2014, 01:36:51 PM: Another vote for Great War Miniatures.
Title: Re: Who makes the best late war (ww1) Germans?
Post by: BjörnF on 03 April 2014, 02:14:55 PM: Thanks for the suggestions. I have never seen them in the lead, so I will take a look at them.
Yes, the BoB range.
Title: Re: Who makes the best late war (ww1) Germans?
Post by: BjörnF on 03 April 2014, 02:19:21 PM: Would people also use them for the German Freikorps i Latvia or the Baltische Landeswehr?
Title: Re: Who makes the best late war (ww1) Germans?
Post by: scarabminiatures on 03 April 2014, 04:20:39 PM: You could use our (Scarab) Austrians http://scarabminiatures.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=5_1 (http://scarabminiatures.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=5_1), as many customers use them as German stormtroopers and they match nicely with the Copplestone Russians, as a forthcoming Wargames Illustrated article will show.

We also stock the Great War Miniatures Germans if you want to mix and match packs, plenty of pictures on the web store
Title: Re: Who makes the best late war (ww1) Germans?
Post by: AlyMorrison on 03 April 2014, 06:29:25 PM: Hi BjornF
Our Great War Germans work very well for Friekorps , when Dave and started the range we always intended to push it forwards to the post war revolutions( one day :? )
You can also use them as ex army revolutionaries , they used the same kit
Civilian based troops are harder , but you could use Boers ( we did ) or have a look at the Musketeer Inter war range , Tsuba also do some cool stuff

All the best. Aly
Title: Re: Who makes the best late war (ww1) Germans?
Post by: Franz_Josef on 03 April 2014, 11:25:16 PM: I like Great War's late war Germans, and also like Brigade Games stormtroopers (they match up reasonably well together- but the Great War machine guns and mortars are much better). For Freikorps, stay away from gas masks, and light kit works better than full packs (although assault packs are reasonable). Most Freikorps units didn't have full, regulation kit.

http://brigadegames.3dcartstores.com/Germany_c_375.html
Title: Re: Who makes the best late war (ww1) Germans?
Post by: AlyMorrison on 04 April 2014, 02:04:50 PM: Hi there

I just remembered this great picture of Friekorps, taken in Berlin (I think)
there are a couple of cool things there....

The flame thrower :o.... over kill or what.
The men in the peak-less stahlhelms, I think they were originally intended for the Turkish Army, this would be an easy conversion.

Also it shows us that we worry to much about figure compatibility lol

All the best Aly
Title: Re: Who makes the best late war (ww1) Germans?
Post by: Dave Knight on 04 April 2014, 03:43:18 PM: The Renegade figures provide good variety
Title: Re: Who makes the best late war (ww1) Germans?
Post by: Franz_Josef on 04 April 2014, 11:07:25 PM: I have a couple of packs of Renegade, but they are quite a bit larger than either Great War or Brigade Games (both of which are of comparable size to each other and to Copplestone). If you have the Copplestone Russians, a good command group to add to your late war Germans (or Freikorps) is from Copplestone's Back of Beyond range, the German Mercenaries pack
http://www.copplestonecastings.co.uk/range.php?range=BOB
The saluting figure looks like he was taken right from the Osprey The German Friekorps book, plate D 1, Korvettenkapitan Ehrhardt, commander of II Marine Brigade (Brigade Ehrhardt) (or both the figure and the Osprey plate are derived from the same photo?).

Also, Brigade Games makes a very nice range of WW I Austrians, which certainly can serve on the Eastern Front (and can do duty both as Austrian-Hungarian POWs fighting for the Reds, or as the Austrian equivalent of Freikorps, who fought against both the Poles and Ukranians in 1919-20).
http://brigadegames.3dcartstores.com/WWI--Italian-Front_c_208.html
Title: Re: Who makes the best late war (ww1) Germans?
Post by: Franz_Josef on 04 April 2014, 11:34:28 PM: This link has side by side comparisons of Great War, Brigade, Copplestone and Renegade figures.

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=15384.0
Title: Re: Who makes the best late war (ww1) Germans?
Post by: BjörnF on 05 April 2014, 12:58:03 PM: I like Brigade game's Austrians. I have the beardy chaps. They are very funny.
Thanks for the link.
Title: Re: Who makes the best late war (ww1) Germans?
Post by: axabrax on 05 April 2014, 04:13:41 PM: How is the casting quality of Great War Miniatures these days? I bought some a few years back from Northstar and was appalled by the level of flash and mould lines. Have they gotten any better?
Title: Re: Who makes the best late war (ww1) Germans?
Post by: Franz_Josef on 05 April 2014, 05:56:54 PM: I just received some a couple of weeks ago. They were ok - just a little more flash on a few of the figures than many manufacturers, but not horribly so.
Title: Re: Who makes the best late war (ww1) Germans?
Post by: area23 on 06 April 2014, 10:14:01 AM: Got my Great War freikorps last year and the casting was fine.
You can use Copplestone turks with headswaps for more variation w officers. Mix them with white russians for Latvia maybe..

The first two packs of Brigade's Austrians were done by Mark Sims of Crusader and are quite similar in style to copplestone. Mixed with russians they'd make perfect POWs, or Hungarian reds.

The Brigade Germans are fine too. Sizewise similar to the early BoB packs. I have the light ki and stormtroopers mixed for my freikorps.
Title: Re: Who makes the best late war (ww1) Germans?
Post by: AlyMorrison on 06 April 2014, 03:58:07 PM: Axabrax

I am sorry that your toys were not up to standard ...
A few years ago we had a different caster making our WW1 range, we now get everything cast and packed by North Star, if you have any problems please return your purchase along with as much harsh words and dare I say bad language as you see fit... :D
Nick is a very nice man and will do all he can to help...(we also know where he lives 8))

All the best. Aly
Title: Re: Who makes the best late war (ww1) Germans?
Post by: axabrax on 06 April 2014, 04:07:51 PM: Thanks for the reply Aly. My figs are pretty old---I will give the range another shot. The sculpts are fantastic :)