We Need A New 15mm Colonial Figures Reference List!

[Smokeyrone]

Smokey,

It is likely you have seen this site but just in case

www.britishempire.co.uk/wargames/figures

Is it irony that the link doesn't work for me?   

[Inkpaduta]

Crap!

I googled 15mm Colonial figures.

Look for Wargames: British Empire

Hope that works.

[FifteensAway]

I wonder how Irregular, Lancashire, Peter Pig all feel about being left out.  None nearly as prolific as Blue Moon/OG25 but, then, who is?  And, yes, I realize some of them are a bit back in time but not that long ago, Peter Pig Sudan in particular. 

Colonials in 15 mm work just fine since we can do much larger battles or have much better ground to figure ratios.  And, as always, once the action is joined the really nicely painted figures are just a hazard to the painter's ego since they will mostly be ignored and possibly broken.  Love the look of them but a playable gaming standard works better for me.

Oh, and we 15 mm enthusiasts can really go to town on the terrain if we want to.  Real cliffs, real hills, real rivers instead of tiny streams being called rivers, etc.

And even if there isn't that much being released, there is a plethora of periods pretty readily available, certainly the big ones: Zulu, Sudan, NWF, FFL.  The obscure troops are just as thin on the ground even in the larger scale, mostly.  Just a matter of choice, really.  And, for some, eyesight.

[Smokeyrone]

I wonder how Irregular, Lancashire, Peter Pig all feel about being left out.  None nearly as prolific as Blue Moon/OG25 but, then, who is?  And, yes, I realize some of them are a bit back in time but not that long ago, Peter Pig Sudan in particular. 

Colonials in 15 mm work just fine since we can do much larger battles or have much better ground to figure ratios.  And, as always, once the action is joined the really nicely painted figures are just a hazard to the painter's ego since they will mostly be ignored and possibly broken.  Love the look of them but a playable gaming standard works better for me.

Oh, and we 15 mm enthusiasts can really go to town on the terrain if we want to.  Real cliffs, real hills, real rivers instead of tiny streams being called rivers, etc.

And even if there isn't that much being released, there is a plethora of periods pretty readily available, certainly the big ones: Zulu, Sudan, NWF, FFL.  The obscure troops are just as thin on the ground even in the larger scale, mostly.  Just a matter of choice, really.  And, for some, eyesight.

Well said.

None of those guys are left out in my book, even if some have archaic web sites (emailing credit card no.s and no shopping cart, and online ordering function?  :O  )   

If I had the IT skills, I would create a site with links and pics of all 15mm Colonial figs   

It is still kinda weird, the lack of new 15mm lines for our genre.   

[FierceKitty]

Prefer 10mm anyway.

[Smokeyrone]

Prefer 10mm anyway.

LOL!   I once did a massive 10mm Zulu set up, individually based figures for TSATF. 

Probably have 1000 Zulus and 200 Brits.   

They look great on the shelf.  Never used them in a game. 

I think 10mm Colonial with single based figures was just too small.  Maybe rules with multiple based 10mms works better?

[FifteensAway]

One of the nicest looking games I ever played in used wonderfully painted 28 mm (?) singly based figures, probably over 1,000 figures, naturally the Zulus greatly outnumbering the British and other allies - which made it one of the worst games I ever played in!  Who wants to spend a couple of hours moving single figures only to be told the game is called after a couple of turns with no conclusion.

Multiple figure bases are essential for some periods, and natives for colonials must top that list.  Though, for other reasons, I no longer have much interest in the period (too much like mass murder even though I've often won playing Zulus back when I was willing to play them - which I attribute to problems with the rules rather than the period.  Still the period that turned me off.  Want opponents with a fighting chance with period appropriate functioning rules.)  But the uniform of the 24th is still my all time favorite.

[FierceKitty]

LOL!   I once did a massive 10mm Zulu set up, individually based figures for TSATF. 

Probably have 1000 Zulus and 200 Brits.   

They look great on the shelf.  Never used them in a game. 

I think 10mm Colonial with single based figures was just too small.  Maybe rules with multiple based 10mms works better?

My only solo-based figure is Sgt Rodney "Brass Balls" Edgecombe. I strongly prefer multiple elements,