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Miniatures Adventure => Pikes, Muskets and Flouncy Shirts => Topic started by: SBRPearce on January 28, 2014, 08:26:33 PM
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I've decided to put together a small force of Parliamentarians to counter my buddy Scott's Royalists, and I'm leaning towards Warlord Games' infantry to get the most bang for my buck. But if I'm looking at other lines, which ones size/style well in direct comparison with WG? Whose figures wouldn't look wildly out of place in the same ranks?
Thanks, all.
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The Warlord Games Pike and Shotte plastics have quite a distinctive, stylised look. I wouldn't say any other lines fit particularly well with them stylistically. Not even sure their own metals have quite the same look - in fact some of them don't.
They are medium sized though, so you could go with the slightly smaller Perry or TAG ranges, or the much bigger (and IMHO better) ranges from Bicorne and Renegade. Redoubt are also on the large side.
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I mixed my Warlord minis with Renegade and Redoubt, and it seemed to work pretty well.
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I too find TAG thirty years war and Perry ECW go together quite well with maybe the perry stuff being the most problematic, although some of the perry miniature are slightly different sizes.
Generally, my renegade stuff is much bigger although the scale creep evident across this range, means that a few figs are passable alongside. You could look at the gorgeous, Empress ECW too which might be a fit size wise for Warlords stuff. The Empress stuff is so 'realistic' in style though that the warlord style jars in comparison.
If you search about the net, there are a few comparison shots of different ranges on various blogs. :)
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We have extensive ECW armies at the club, mostly Warlord, Old Glory, Foundry and Redoubt with a little Perry and even some Eureka miniatures.
I find that infantry across all ranges are reasonably compatible but maybe not in the same unit. Metal figures are usually a bit chunkier than the Warlord plastics but not that noticeable unless you look closely.
The largest of the lot are Redoubt. However even with these figures as long as the whole unit is redoubt they blend into the battle fine.
The biggest issue with Warlord IMO is the size of their horses. Compared to metal ranges (with the exception of Redoubt) they are quite large. Metal horses are usually smaller and more slender to save metal.
But again, as long as you don't mix manufacturers within the same unit you can't go wrong.
Cheers
Fuzzy.
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(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/3/577_26_09_09_11_02_51.jpg)
If I remember correctly those are (right to left) Renegade, Bicorne, Warlord, TAG.
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(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/3/577_26_09_09_11_02_51.jpg)
If I remember correctly those are (right to left) Renegade, Bicorne, Warlord, TAG.
That's my pic :)
And you're right (going R to L)
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This might be helpful too (I knew i had seen it somewhere...)
http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=119716 (http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=119716) There are some comparison photo links on there.
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Sorry I made an error. When I refer to redoubt in my previous post I actually meant Renegade miniatures.
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Cheers
Fuzzy
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Emil Horky/Horcata measure up fine. Perry ECW and Old Glory are shorter, but I still use them in the same army. I'm adding a mm in the basing for the Perrys though.
The two to the left are Perry, then two Horcata, and a Warlord plastic.
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a4/mrtnw/Miniatures2/ThirtyYearsWar/horcata-review2.jpg)