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Offline Inkpaduta

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15mm Great Northern War
« on: January 23, 2018, 06:11:11 PM »
My son is thinking about doing a GNW project.
He would like to do it in 15mm.
What companies have GNW figures in 15mm?

Thanks

Offline meninobesta

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Re: 15mm Great Northern War
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2018, 08:56:43 PM »
Coincidently me and my friends were talking about this during the weekend

try:
old glory
dixon
essex
legion heroica on February is starting a miniature range for Poltava

and probably there are a couple more
but I think you have enough to start browsing
Cheers,
Pedro

Offline vtsaogames

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Re: 15mm Great Northern War
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2018, 09:38:34 PM »
Blue Moon.
And the glorious general led the advance
With a glorious swish of his sword and his lance
And a glorious clank of his tin-plated pants. - Dr. Seuss


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Offline meninobesta

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Re: 15mm Great Northern War
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2018, 09:50:45 PM »
Blue Moon.

I stand corrected... when I+ve said old glory, I meant Blue Moon (which are available from old glory uk).. better get some sleep ;D

Offline vtsaogames

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Re: 15mm Great Northern War
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2018, 03:26:52 AM »
On this side of the pond, there are two Old Glory outfits, Old Glory 15's which sells the original OG 15mm figures, and Old Glory which sells 25mm, 10mm and Blue Moon. It is a source of constant confusion to the uninitiated.

Offline The Grim Mariner

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Re: 15mm Great Northern War
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2018, 07:40:17 AM »
Old Glory 15's are available through Timecast in the UK whilst Old Glory UK sells Blue Moon 15's.

there is also Roundway & Warrior to consider for 15mm GNW I believe.
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Offline Baron von Wreckedoften

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Re: 15mm Great Northern War
« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2018, 10:46:49 AM »
Be aware that in the Dixon GNW range all the Swedish pikemen are left-handed.
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Offline vtsaogames

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Re: 15mm Great Northern War
« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2018, 02:01:46 PM »
Be aware that in the Dixon GNW range all the Swedish pikemen are left-handed.

How sinister.

Offline jazbo

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Re: 15mm Great Northern War
« Reply #8 on: January 30, 2018, 06:27:42 PM »
The Dixon figures are dynamic and great quality sculpts.

They do however work out VERY explensive.
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Offline TomMcC

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Re: 15mm Great Northern War
« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2018, 05:11:01 PM »
Hello,

I used 15mm Blue Moon figures for my GNW.  They're modern 15mm, so a bit closer to 18mm in height.  But nice sculpts.

I can't find out how to add photos here, so here is a link to my blog where you can see a game we had at our club. Hopefully this will give you an idea how the figures look on the table.

http://mylittlewargameblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/great-northern-war-bash-with-painted.html

cheers,
Tom

Offline Baron von Wreckedoften

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Re: 15mm Great Northern War
« Reply #10 on: March 04, 2018, 06:28:05 PM »
How sinister.

And yet they were quite dexterous.

Offline vtsaogames

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Re: 15mm Great Northern War
« Reply #11 on: March 04, 2018, 09:48:25 PM »

Offline meninobesta

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Re: 15mm Great Northern War
« Reply #12 on: March 05, 2018, 10:27:09 AM »
Hello,

I used 15mm Blue Moon figures for my GNW.  They're modern 15mm, so a bit closer to 18mm in height.  But nice sculpts.

I can't find out how to add photos here, so here is a link to my blog where you can see a game we had at our club. Hopefully this will give you an idea how the figures look on the table.

http://mylittlewargameblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/great-northern-war-bash-with-painted.html

cheers,
Tom

great collection :)

which flags do you use for your 15mm GNW miniatures?

Offline DintheDin

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Re: 15mm Great Northern War
« Reply #13 on: March 06, 2018, 09:18:31 AM »
great collection :)

which flags do you use for your 15mm GNW miniatures?

Their colors pop! They really look great!
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Offline TomMcC

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Re: 15mm Great Northern War
« Reply #14 on: March 07, 2018, 07:15:22 AM »
Thanks for comments, gentlemen. 

The flags were home made.  There's a Swedish website on the GNW which had flags of most (or all) of the regiments at battles.  And flags for Sweden, Russian and Saxony. I'll try to find the link later today if I still have it.  I think I may also have used Russian website. 

The flags may only have displayed one side.  I can't remember now which flags showed both obverse and reverse.   

Anyway. I copied the flags as a jpeg picture, then did some work in MS Paint to mirror image the single side and turn it into a two sided, obverse and reverse. I had to remember to allow enough space between the two sides for the flag to wrap around the standard pole.   

Then I did some work to import all the flags I'd made into a MS Word doc. I then printed out some test sheets and re-sized the flags to get a size that looked good on the model. Or looked good to me.  :)

I ended up with infantry flags about 22mm high and, if I remember, the cavalry flags were about 14 or 16mm high.

It was a long process but I was happy with the end result.

Also, as a wee postscript.  Blue Moon standard bearers have cast-on flag poles and they are quite thick with a tendency to bend and maybe break just above the hand.  It's a nuisance, and if I was to do them all again, I would remove the flag pole and replace it with wire.  I used a unbent paperclip. ;) 

And strangely, the Blue Moon pikemen come with closed hands and no pike, so the hands have to be drilled to take a wire (or paperclip) pike.

I hope all this helps,
cheers,
Tom





   

 

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