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Miniatures Adventure => Age of the Big Battalions => Topic started by: Peithetairos on May 31, 2014, 03:17:57 PM

Title: Battleline Miniatures 15mm SYW Late French - Royal Roussillon
Post by: Peithetairos on May 31, 2014, 03:17:57 PM

Hi all,

after the Eureka Grenzer review it is time to focus this time on a company that is not well know outside New Zealand (at least it appears that way). Apart from quite a sizeable 15mm collection they also offer 28mm Fantasy, Medieval, Samurai and Mongols.

Slightly hidden under the label 18th century they also have a 15mm SYW range, so far featuring British and French.

I got some of the French through a voucher and wrote a review featuring shots of bare tin and painted up miniatures.

I went for the regiment Royal Roussillon and also supply an overview of the colours used.

Check it out on my Blog (http://daggerandbrush.wordpress.com/2014/05/31/battleline-miniatures-late-seven-years-war-french-infantry-in-turnbacks-a-review/).


(https://daggerandbrush.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/french-turnback-battleline-painted.jpg)

(https://daggerandbrush.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/img_5812.jpg)

Title: Re: Battleline Miniatures 15mm SYW Late French - Royal Roussillon
Post by: Flashman14 on June 01, 2014, 12:45:18 PM

Well done! I love those mustaches.

Title: Re: Battleline Miniatures 15mm SYW Late French - Royal Roussillon
Post by: von Lucky on June 01, 2014, 01:23:24 PM

Beautiful painting.

From your review: "Some of the miniatures have slightly misaligned halves". This has been my experience earlier in the year when I painted a DBA Moari army. If I was required to paint more than 36 figures; as filing that hard (which when the casting is clean is great) alloy was not fun, would result in me not being motivated to paint them.

Battleline has aquired ranges over the years:
http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=168792

Which means that there's a slight hit-and-miss to a particular range's quality. That said, after this review I would consider them again.

Title: Re: Battleline Miniatures 15mm SYW Late French - Royal Roussillon
Post by: Jeff965 on June 01, 2014, 05:26:41 PM

Well whatever the quality of the figures, these are very well painted none the less. The faces look very characterful and there's some nice basing that sets them off a treat. I know what you mean though with bad castings, I'm a Perry nut but sometimes their metal figures need a lot of work before painting. Still well worth the effort.

Title: Re: Battleline Miniatures 15mm SYW Late French - Royal Roussillon
Post by: Peithetairos on June 03, 2014, 11:45:30 AM

Thank you for the positive comments regarding the paint job. They are nice enough sculpts, but as said in the review with a particular style. They remind me a bit of the style in the Asterix and Obelix comics.

The misalinged halves problem only affected a few of the miniatures, so it does not get too frustrating.