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Hi mate,I think in general it's a safe bet that the Perry Italian Shields will be from a more up to date source.I know that doesn't really answer your question but in terms of size I'm guessing that the Perry shields are a better 'fit'. Then again, you would have to factor in that Perry Miniatures are slighter then most other contemporary manufacturers......
There are only so many ways to cast a curved or flat and oval or round shield...The Perry sprue looks like a selection of flat and curved ovals and a sprue of flat rounds, while flat and curved could be purchased separately from Mirliton. If I'm not mistaken Mirliton and Perry match in height, but not sure if this is for every range. Maybe it's the paint job, but the Mirliton faced don't look right...
Perry would be my preference for shields, but I'm looking to add something to offset the 11 Euro shipping charge in future orders from Mirliton. After viewing Pete's Monday, 6 August 2012 blogpost, in which he added Mirliton helmet crests to Venexia knights
I ordered three packs at 2.82 Euros each, with the total coming to over $20USD - cheaper shipping if these had been available in the UK.
Yeah, you're right, they look very dated!
Wow! Pete's really onto something there! They fit the plastic Perry knights really well! It's certainly an idea that is worth borrowing from.
I see what you mean, it's pretty clear what the crests look like from the illustration.TBH, I would just make them out of pasticard if they are as flat as they look. What do you think?
I was going to use plasticard for horsehair crests, though TBH I still haven't gotten the hang of working with the material, especially the thicker sheets - bought some thin sheets to use as cloth barding on Perry plastic horses. I don't think the crescent is supposed to be flat, due to the outlining/shading around the crest. The same figure appears in the lower left in this illustration and I'm now convinced the crest is mounted side to side - the illustrator has difficulty with perspective. Based on these Battle of Piombino illustrations and the reconstructions Massimo Predonzani's blog, even if the design on the men-at-arm's "coat" and horse barding differed, the crests were color coded: Malatesta's being red, white and green for instance.
For what its worth, the Mirliton crests fit Ok to selected Perry helms.These pics are from an aspirational project I had to do some 15th century Italians.I overlaid green stuff to the Perry horse bard, for cloth coverings.Sadly I've never got paint on the ones I did - yet!Simon.
How do these compare with the Perry ones?
Very well in my opinion: Colleoni condotta or Condotta I mixed heads, weapons and shields easily, I used both Mirliton's range: historical and former Grenadier, also some GW bits.
Since you have the Mirliton infantry, do the oval shields have any details on the back, like the Perry oval ones?