Seven years war plastic figures

[Tym]

I do remember posts in the past on this subject but how much of a reality is it?

[frank xerox]

In 28mm none that I've heard of, a few in 20mm though.

[Phil Robinson]

Nope, Ebor started a Kickstarter a while ago but it was cancelled due to lack of interest.

[westwaller]

Don't Warlord games have some in their Black Powder range? ( Not my period so might be wrong?)

[SJWi]

Re Warlord afraid not. They produce figures for the early 18th century Marlborough period plus the American War of Independance. They also produce Scottish highlanders for the Jacobite rebellion but strangely not their Government opponents.

[frank xerox]

They have a fair FIW range but all in metal

[clibinarium]

The big problem for SYW plastics is that there is a profusion of uniform variety within armies. They are all basically similar, but differ greatly in detail. The Russians are the most homogeneous followed perhaps by the Austrians, but the likes of the French and Prussians have so much variation (collars/no collar, lapels/no lapels, different cuff styles and so on), that you would have to compromise on accuracy.
If you could solve those issues, you then have to remember that SYW is still niche compared to ACW or WW2, and you have to sell boatloads of plastics to make it viable. Plastics tend to be for subjects that you need loads of troops for. For Naps you sometimes see more specific troop types, but the period is so popular (relatively speaking) you can still sell a lot of, say, Chasseurs a Cheval.

[traveller]

If you are looking for plastics due to the lower cost, I think there are great deals for metal from Crusader Miniatures, £23 for 20 miniatures with choice of Austrian, Russian, British, Prussian, French

https://www.crusaderminiatures.com/prod.php?prod=1024

lovely figures to paint 

[SteveBurt]

The Spencer Smith range is still available; pretty low quality by today’s standards, but it was used for both armies in Charles Grant’s book.