WW2 Compatibility

[Jagannath]

Hey all,

I’ve wanted to do a weird war(ish) project for ages and have decided to get my backside in gear. The project will likely need to draw from a wide range of minis and having bought a few I see there’s a pretty wide range of sizes and proportions. Given I’m starting from scratch, what 28mm ranges should I picking from for widest range of compatibility? I’m a fan of chunky sculpts (Perry Foundry ww2, Artizan) but widest range of compatibility best - especially is compatible with Konflikt 47 and Warlord plastics.

Any help appreciated, don't want to make the mistake I made buying old west.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Perrys are not very chunky.

Okay the figure on the left was Warlord.
I would suggest the Empress Volksgrenadiers and late war British (there are late war Americans as well).
https://www.empressminiatures.com/german-27-c.asp
https://www.empressminiatures.com/great-britain-30-c.asp


One day I will have a comparison photograph of Warlord plastics and Perry plastics.

[Tim Haslam]

Crusader and Artizan are your chunky types.
Lovely to paint, and still my favourite, but more modern figures are perhaps better proportions.

[Jagannath]

Thanks all - looks like there's a nice range there and if I use Artizan I can also pick from the Pulp range where appropriate.

[wmyers]

Searching for “size comparison “ photos online is probably your best bet.

What exactly are you building for forces?  Compatible with regular WW2 late war figures?  Very sci-fi ish? 

What do you have (your first post stated you bought a few) you want to add to?

[vodkafan]

Crusader and Artizan would be my go-to ranges to mix together, they fit seamlessly in my opinion and you can get almost everything you might need. You can find a lot of Black Tree Design WW2 second hand and a few of those blend in fine with the aforementioned.
All the others don't really fit together, Perrys are tiny, Paul Hick's sculpts are a bit thin for my liking, Chiltern are very large, Westwind (the original range) are 1/60 with small weapons, 1st Corps vary a bit, from what I have bought, because different sculptors ...the list goes on, but as you said you didn't want to get into your Old West situation again...