Front Rank Napoleonic Russian Guards

[Arthur]

New reinforcement packs from Front Rank - no lapels as far as I can tell so these are suitable for the Preobrajenski, Semenovski and Ismaïlovski regiments. Pavlov grenadiers to follow soon according to the latest Front Rank newsletter.   




http://www.frontrank.com/

[Atheling]

I must say that I really like these. Anatomically the' new' filler packs are an improvement on some of the older sculpts.

 

Darrell.

[olicana]

I pretty much used FR reinforcement packs for my recent Peninsular War order in its entirety (which included 37 Btns of infantry). They are wonderful figures.

Granted FR suit my painting style, but Alec is one sculptor you can always rely on for a very sound, clean, metal casting. You need very little prep time (or glue) with Front Rank figures.

Alec, if you read this. Any chance of more generic Brigadiers for the Brits (and possibly [?] other nations)? Reinforcement officer packs - now that would be a novelty!

[Atheling]

Granted FR suit my painting style, but Alec is one sculptor you can always rely on for a very sound, clean, metal casting. You need very little prep time (or glue) with Front Rank figures.

I wholeheartedly agree James. The mini's are virtually flash free and finely cast.

Darrell.

[Elk101]

I think I've been pestering in the 'suggestions' section for about ten years for these.

[PAULSPENCE]

Agree that these are fine-looking chaps and must get some!

Also agree that some more Peninsula war generals woul be great.

Keep on hoping that there might be Russian/Spanish/Austrian limbers one day.

Cheers,

Paul

[Atheling]

Agree that these are fine-looking chaps and must get some!

Also agree that some more Peninsula war generals woul be great.

Keep on hoping that there might be Russian/Spanish/Austrian limbers one day.

Cheers,

Paul

All these new FR Reinforcements have got me thinking Brits in the Peninsular War..... but then again so have the Perry's stuff on their Metal's workbench!! Decisions.... decisions..... 

Darrell.

[olicana]

All these new FR Reinforcements have got me thinking Brits in the Peninsular War..... but then again so have the Perry's stuff on their Metal's workbench!! Decisions.... decisions..... 

Darrell.

It's a hard one, isn't it. I went FR because:

1. Always good clean castings. So are Perry, just saying.
2. I like figures with some chunkiness and horses with 'solid' legs that are well attached to their bases. Perry figs are thinner and the their horses are sometimes a bit weak 'at the base' - I'm forever having to bend my Crusades period horses and fear that they will one day come away from their base; individually based they would be fine (see pic below).
3. Alec's sculpting style suits my painting style.
4. Perry figures are too full of detail. This is a good thing if you have time to paint them or don't have too many to paint. I generally like to paint figures in batches of 40+; I'd paint Perry castings in batches nearer 20+. The process of getting them done would be much slower - as I said earlier, I recently bought 37 (24 man) battalions which is quite a few to get done.
5. Alec gives fair discounts as a matter of course. I've obtained discounts for large Perry orders from Dave T. in the past, but not as good as Alec can give - especially on an order of £2000+ (the parcel weighed in at 28KG). I've never gone to directly to Perry Minis for a large order so I don't know if they will give discount on direct sales.


In this shot you can clearly see what I mean. Some of the horses are leaning to the side because when they are picked up on multiple figure bases, the legs bend - I based my light cavalry mostly 3 to a base, heavy cavalry up to 5 to a base - and the legs are to the base on thinly cast 'tufts of grass'. They look great, but from a practical wargaming perspective they are too delicate (IMHO).

[jeffreyw3]

This is very good news--and FR's being a little "beefier" is perfect for the Guards.

[Arthur]

the Pavlov grenadiers are now out as well :

[Atheling]

Yep, me likes!! 

Darrell.