Renegade vs. GreatWar

[Hammers]

The uniforms were not really uniform on neither side in the beginning, were they. In One of my books early Germans are depicted in regimental uniforms, even the field variants. Bavarians seem to differ a bit from Preussians and so on.

Thanks, Helen.

Aaron, I vaguely knew about the plain grey. But plain grey is just so, well... plain. I think the greenish grey was introduced in 1915, so it is still okay to use on early war spikey-headed Germans (Even though I use mine for 1914). And I have seen depictions of Germans in 1914 in a greenish uniform. They would seem to be wrong, but I don't really mind. It's only toy soldiers and I never was much of a stickler at the best of times.

[Poliorketes]

When i did my time in the Budneswehr around '89/'90 we still had the NATO-olive uniforms. In the 1980ies, it's been rather easy to produce large quantities of uniform cloth in exactly the same colour. But unless a unit got brand new uniforms, the colour shades varied a lot. Sun, washing, dirt - no two of us looked alike.

In '14/'18, this must have been even more the case - new clothing from different manufacturers, the material getting worse over the course of the war and a lot more wear & tear on the uniforms in use than in the peaceful summer of 1989. So I guess you can vary the colours a lot, just don't make them to bright

For my late war germans i use Revell Dust Grey for the trousers and Green Grey for the blouses, both over a coat of a darker shade of grey, e.g. Foundry black shades or Revell Tank grey.

[Aaron]

Plynkes, it sounds like we think a lot alike. I base coated ten last night. Hopefully by monday I'll have a few pictures of beastly bosche in greenish grey tunics!

[Agent Skinner]

Gentlemen,

when addressing the question of sizing, its always referred to the standard infantry model.
I do use renegade and gwm along each other and to my eyes it looks quite fine.

But now im planning to reinforce my Bavarian cavalry (renegade) by some GWMinis.
Renegade horses are huge 
Dose anybody ever place one renegade Cav.model next to a GWM one?

Thanks in advance,
Josua

[Wirelizard]

Thanks for reviving this old thread, it partially answers my question about the size of Brigade's WW1 figures that's been unanswered for a few days in my The Short and The Tall thread.

I'll be flipping my unpainted Copplestone gigantic Brits for Brigade's tropical Brits, I'm pretty sure.

[Sangennaru]

sorry for re-reviving the thread, but it seems to be still really usefull!

and what about the French? i want to buy a regiment of 24 troops from the renegade, but i can integrate it with some heavy weapons from maelstrom games (Great War Miniatures)... is it possible? are they too different?

i know that you all already answered to this, but without photos is hard to say--- and the photos on the maelstorm site are pretty small and undetailed!

Thanks,
Jack

[ushistoryprof]

and what about the French? i want to buy a regiment of 24 troops from the renegade, but i can integrate it with some heavy weapons from maelstrom games (Great War Miniatures)... is it possible? are they too different?
i know that you all already answered to this, but without photos is hard to say--- and the photos on the maelstorm site are pretty small and undetailed!

I mix and match the infantry of both, I have not compaired their cavalry. Here are some Renegade and Great War French figures together:

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the infantry man on the left is renegade, the officer is Great War.

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The MG crew is Renegade, the men are Great War.

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