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Title: Warbase's Three Musketeers.
Post by: owaincaesarius on 27 January 2016, 09:34:18 PM

I have a large (probably too large) collection of Redoubt's Three musketeers range figures. However I like the look of the new(ish) Warbases figures. http://war-bases.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=131_154

So just wondering if anyone knows if they are compatible with the Redoubt figures?- which are on the large size. I rather doubt it myself but would be happy to be proved wrong.

Title: Re: Warbase's Three Musketeers.
Post by: dinohunterpoa on 28 January 2016, 12:13:35 AM

I also would like to know!  :)

Since they were originally done as a private commission, Redoubt musketeers figures are 32-35mm, but if you assume that in this picture the round bases are 25mm in diameter, the Warbases minis looks bigger than "true" 28mm!

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iuwekNjMMjI/VTE8xPzCovI/AAAAAAAAswo/lSUTIvc399s/s1600/1798817_827890857266637_651561373353003001_n.jpg)

The sculpts look very "big headed" to me...  This picture is from Warbase's Facebook...

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/12249718_918577734864615_8258375448320178640_n.jpg?oh=abdaefef7c7f34e508ce7e0205a3c406&oe=57470668&__gda__=1463423326_f14fe4febf6df44f78e30dde827ffb48)

And I've just found this:

(http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss205/BigP_from_the_GMG/Thirty%20Years%20War/RedoubtstartingWIP002.jpg)


Hope that helps!

Title: Re: Warbase's Three Musketeers.
Post by: owaincaesarius on 28 January 2016, 01:19:29 PM

Cheers for that. Agree about the WB's heads being rather pumpkin like. I'll take a look at York and if I remember take along a Redoubt musketeer to compare. I rather like the fact that the WB figures are in "civilian" attire and make a change from the usual tabards. Although truth be known I really need no more figures for this project at all, but it won't stop me adding any that fit the bill of course and those Red guards look good.......

Title: Re: Warbase's Three Musketeers.
Post by: olicana on 28 January 2016, 05:27:36 PM

I remember painting the Redoubt figures for a client. Nice to paint and bags of character but they are big.

The comparison pic is deceptive because it's apples and pears. I'm not against big. My Punic Wars Collection is a few Renegade figures, which are similar in size to Redoubt. But, en-masse, and if you are collecting all sides, they look fantastic. My advice is go with what you like and sort everything else out afterwards.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mwFfQDyGRDE/T2TshZOOsAI/AAAAAAAAEA0/ppmuIdS7lt0/s640/IMG_6205.JPG

Terrain rarely needs to be scale and often looks out of scale when in scale, so just go with what you want.