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[Gluteus Maximus]

How difficult would it be to convert plastic French to passable Alamo Spanish ?

Very easy I'd have thought.

[white knight]

I wonder if they could be used as a conversion base for some Gundam Wing style scifi uniforms.

[Admiral Benbow]

I can only hope that those Victrix miniatures will be compatible with other existing 28 mm napoleonic lines. As here are the same people involved as at Valiant Miniatures, namely Julian Blakeney-Edwards and Stephen Hales, I'm a bit concerned about compatibility. The WW2 plastics are very nice sets indeed, but so big that they won't fit into any other 20 mm range ... That has lead to a lot of disappointed collectors and gamers and much angry comments on the web.

[garyapsledene]

Why dont you ask them, they are very good at replying to any questions.

[garyapsledene]

Hi all

Latests news from Victrix, plus first pictures of the French.

Also first pictures of mounted British Generals and Colonels by the talented Paul Hicks

www.victrixltd.com/news_1.php

cheers

[Aaron]

The officers look nice and the French muskets look much better than the oversized ones the Brits are lugging around.

[garyapsledene]

Hi all and Admiral Benbow

I got in touch with Steve of Victrix regarding the concern about compatibility of Victrix with other ranges.

This is Steve's reply:-

Hi Gary,

One of the things we thought was very important to do was to make sure the
figures were compatible in size and bulk with an existing metal range. The
figures are 28mm to the eye and are compatible in size and bulk with Perry
Miniatures, Eagle miniatures and probably the new Alban miniatures although
I don’t have them in my possession at present, they look of more naturalistic
Proportions.


Hope that helps?

Very best regards,

Steve.

[Captain Blood]

Gosh - lovely stuff.

Are those horses by you too Mr Hicks? They look really excellent.

Bit of a shame that there's a great big delay announcement though... These new plastics ventures do seem to be having their fair share of teething troubles with 'tooling' and injecting... 

By God, I am weakening fast in the face of these. They look so damned good. I vowed I'd never touch Napoleonics ever again back in about 1985!

But these... These look appealing in a way the recent plastic Roman and ACW offerings just didn't. They look substantial. They look proper. They look... Irresistible dammit! 

[garyapsledene]

I have to admit that the French muskets look more in proportion than the British versions. Specially after comparing the pictures in the British gallery and the French photos, the musket butt looks almost twice the size.

Any thoughts on the French shako, too wide at the top?

[Lowtardog]

OOH me likey very much

[Aaron]

Any thoughts on the French shako, too wide at the top?

I wasn't sure if they really flared out that much or if it was a trick of the eye caused by the photo angle.

[Paul Hicks]

They are Ebob horses.

Paul

[Captain Blood]

Well they're jolly good, and set your riders off a treat. Lovely.

On the musket front, I have been in a few erm.. events and theatrical productions in which we have had cause to run around with replica Brown Bess muskets, and I can tell you from first hand experience they are bloody huge - not nice neat, well-proportioned things like modern rifles.
Those Victrix British muskets don't look out of proportion to me.

[Aaron]

I've handled and fired a fair few originals and repros myself. It could just be the photos I have seen, but they just looked too thick to me. Not enough to put me off of them though.

[garyapsledene]

I am not complaining if the musket too thick or not, just want to get my hands on them as soon as possible!

Not so sure about the French shako, but like everything we are seeing here, its just photos and maybe trick of the light.

The Horses are Ebob?