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Miniatures Adventure => Age of Myths, Gods and Empires => Topic started by: Alfrik on December 30, 2020, 12:22:11 AM
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Looking seriously at 1st Corps Shang Zhao line of ancients. Before I take the plung and spend a couple hundred dollars for the line to assemble my army....But on their site I didn't find a scale for the ancient chinese...or Indians.. etc. Anyone have a comparison picture or figure they can measure and drop a reply of? Many thanks.
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I don't have this range, but their Gauls and Carthaginians were pretty short compared to newer manufacturers.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/joekano/632443953/ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/joekano/632443953/)
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The Chinese ranges that 1st Corps sell ( Shang, Warring States and Han) were originally sold by Curteys Miniatures and are in a different style to their other ranges. I don't have the Shang but do have a Warring States army and believe they are consistent in scale. Taking a sample infantryman he seems to be 27mm foot-to-eye ( 30mm base to top of head), and matches well height wise with Foundry and Aventine. The cavalrymen sits on his horse about 41mm foot-to-eye, and he is noticeably smaller than a comparable Aventine cavalrymen. Looking at the two Curteys figures side-by-side the actual cavalry figure looks a tad squat.
IMHO the sculpting style is quite distinctive, almost caricatured, and I wouldn't mix them with other manufacturers in the same army. That said not many other people make these periods so you will probably have to use 1st Corps/Curteys if you want a Shang, Warring States or Han army!
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I concur with SJWi's size assessment. I bought an army of their Warring States figures and traded it before painting it. I thought they looked chunky before painting, but a friend of mine has painted it up wonderfully and it doesn't look chunky at all. I kind of kick myself for not painting it myself, it's a gorgeous army.
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By the way I should say that my Warring States army looks superb and I am very pleased with it. My only regret is that I don't have a "historical" opponent . You may find a similar issue with the Shang.
I must say I am intrigued as to why you are contemplating a Shang army.
I was rather seduced by the old Warhammer Historical book "The Art of War" which had lots of "eye candy" photos of the various Curteys ranges.
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Thanks all for the information. Thinking to buy an entire army in one fell swoop. I realized later .... that since they are all the same range and the chinesse are a bit shorter than say Nordic viking army types it should work out fine. They will be a historical mix with a fantasy selection of units when I fancy playing them as an alternate army :)