Koyote's SAGA Age of Crusades and Age of Chivalry

[valleyboy]

Thanks Koyote that's handy to see. I print my own resin sculpts and I now see Reconquer designs are producing some Scots

[Ivan S]

Very impressive collection! Including all these beautifully painted moors! And big thanks for sharing a photo of Medbury' medieval prints - I'm convincing a friend of mine to start an Age of Chivalry project with me, and while he's more towards printed models now, such photos work like a great ad!

Also a few words on Antediluvian's scale - it's not a matter of time the models were made, it's because Paul Hicks is known for making models on a smaller side of a scale, while many other sculptors already do bigger miniatures for a while (in case of Antediluvian it's very talented Matthew Bickley who made the more recent models for them, while initially they've bought some Hick's masters from Claymore Castings to start their historicals range).
Long story short - Paul Hicks miniatures, no matter when and where they were done, are great models on their own, but rarely compatible with any other range in scale, almost always ending up being on a smaller side of things. Other examples of his work - Baron's War metals from Footsore, many ranges at Empress or various AWI and Napoleonic Wars from Brigade Games. All small and look best while used alongside their own.

Gripping Beast (newer sculpt)

and that's in fact an old sculpt from Front Rank. Gripping Beast just bought them recently, like a couple years ago.

Sorry for all this 'Actually,..' sort of stuff about scale differences! Cheers!

[Koyote]

Very impressive collection! Including all these beautifully painted moors! And big thanks for sharing a photo of Medbury' medieval prints - I'm convincing a friend of mine to start an Age of Chivalry project with me, and while he's more towards printed models now, such photos work like a great ad!

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and that's in fact an old sculpt from Front Rank. Gripping Beast just bought them recently, like a couple years ago.

Sorry for all this 'Actually,..' sort of stuff about scale differences! Cheers!

No need to apologize. This is useful information. This explains why the relatively few Baron's War minis I bought are so small.

Also, did Paul Hicks sculpt Footsore's Mortal Gods minis?  I ask, because I ordered some Mortal Gods Thracians and they were also quite puny.   

Truth be told, because of these last few Footsore purchases, I've stopped buying models from Footsore Miniatures altogether, unless I need models from one of their older ranges.

Medbury, Footsore, and Antediluvian should all put PUNY MODEL warnings on the relevant models in their online catalogs.


Also, not all 3D prints are the same. If you are buying from a third party, you should acquire some test prints from that Printer before splurging on an entire warband, to ensure that the models are printed well (no or minimum print lines and crisp detail) and that the resin they use isn't the super brittle crap. 

[Ivan S]

Also, did Paul Hicks sculpt Footsore's Mortal Gods minis?

Not sure about this range, but it's definitely made by several sculptors. Maybe there are some Paul Hicks models too!

By the way, Perry metals (especially their older ranges) look good alongside Paul Hicks models. Also quite close in style too (both making less dynamic poses like those made by Matthew Bickley for example).

Also, not all 3D prints are the same.

Oh yeah, for sure! I'm running a small stl business making wargaming scenery and bits, so I've met with a lot of possible issues within 3d-printing! 
By the way, many of the resins became brittle crap at some point, since they are still polymerizing over time, and one day all resin models in our collection became somewhat similar in terms of brittleness and their physical properties as a whole.