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Miniatures Adventure => Age of the Big Battalions => Topic started by: Leftblank on 08 April 2016, 11:22:20 PM

Title: Cheap Napoleonic 6mm MDF miniatures - a good (enough) quality?
Post by: Leftblank on 08 April 2016, 11:22:20 PM

Comparison, published on our club site. A small company, Commission Figurines, is producing laser cut 6mm MDF armies. Extremely cheap. Pics and comparisons with standard 6mm tin miniatures.

http://amsterdam6shooters.nl/node/702 (http://amsterdam6shooters.nl/node/702)

Title: Re: Cheap Napoleonic 6mm MDF miniatures - a good (enough) quality?
Post by: robh on 13 April 2016, 11:25:57 PM

Interesting post, the little wooden guys look pretty good from a gaming distance. The neat basing goes a long way to completing the effect.

For close order linear eras of combat they would make for an interesting option.

Title: Re: Cheap Napoleonic 6mm MDF miniatures - a good (enough) quality?
Post by: Macunaima on 15 April 2016, 12:57:02 AM

I bought a bunch of these last year and they are really nice! I am doing them up in old school, toy soldier style, but they can be done in a more realist style as well.

Title: Re: Cheap Napoleonic 6mm MDF miniatures - a good (enough) quality?
Post by: Shipka on 15 April 2016, 07:10:43 AM

Would be interested to see more painted examples

Title: Re: Cheap Napoleonic 6mm MDF miniatures - a good (enough) quality?
Post by: robh on 15 April 2016, 10:03:24 AM

There are some other pictures on the Commission website:

http://www.commission-figurines.co.uk/page23.html (http://www.commission-figurines.co.uk/page23.html)

I think these are unusual enough to make an interesting LAF painting club, see how different painters/styles work with the concept.
7yrs War/WSS is a logical era for this approach, but I think ECW/30yrs War would be a candidate too.  A single base tercio done like this would be spectacular.