Underwhelmed by Perry Miniatures

[Hupp n at em]

TBH that is the stance most actors take in WW2 action scenes. I wouldn't know if its appropriate combat drill for the time though.

I guess I can't argue with that. 

[YPU]

Oh man that picture is perfect for this argument. 

[Too Bo Coo]

I have some Perry Normans and I was... underwhelmed.  Next to Foundry and Conquest the Perry horses looked sickly.

Perry on the right, Conquest on the left

[vodkafan]

I have some Perry Normans and I was... underwhelmed.  Next to Foundry and Conquest the Perry horses looked sickly.

Perry on the right, Conquest on the left

I can understand being a bit partizan over horses. Like every type of figure people have favourites.  I don't find the Perry horses too bad but there are others I like better such as Redoubt.
Going back to the Perry figures I have been sourcing around and have been able to replace the Naval Brigade and Camel Corps units completely with a mix of Britannia, Redoubt and Essex miniatures. In the case of the Camel Corps (which was an ad hoc formation anyway) the resulting crew have a wonderfully motley appearance...so I will be selling on my Perry miniatures of those units soon.

[westwaller]

I wonder if the lack of character has anything to do with the fact that now the Perry brothers don't work for GW anymore, they have worked out that they need to release x boxes of miniatures a year, so they are pushing through the releases a bit faster.

I base this theory on comparing the early WOTR releases with some of their later sets, such as their Desert Rats, although the miniatures in this set are very nicely sculpted, well proportioned etc. as we would expect from the Perry bros, the WOTR sets have separate heads with a lot more character, one can just take a look at one of Captain Blood's WOTR threads to see this.

[Ogrob]

The Agincourt french came out this year and I found it to be a lovely kit with bags of options. Don't think I've seen a GoT-modeller who didn't love it. Maybe it's just that the Perrys have a certain taste in their colonial/modern stuff should look?

[Too Bo Coo]

The Agincourt french came out this year and I found it to be a lovely kit with bags of options. Don't think I've seen a GoT-modeller who didn't love it. Maybe it's just that the Perrys have a certain taste in their colonial/modern stuff should look?

I agree the plastics are beautiful kits.  The lead however....

[Lowtardog]

I dont mind them, understand what you are saying though. For me they are good stock figures as a good price too so happy with that, the casting is a bit dodgy at times so agree on that point also

[Elbows]

The horse up above is odd, since..again the plastic horses are quite good from the Cavalry box I had.  Weird.  I don't own enough Perry stuff to really comment - though the plastic buildings I've had from them are crap.   

[Too Bo Coo]

The horse up above is odd, since..again the plastic horses are quite good from the Cavalry box I had.  Weird.  I don't own enough Perry stuff to really comment - though the plastic buildings I've had from them are crap.   

The Conquest one on the left is plastic, but the right (Perry) is lead.  I was really excited to buy them at Crisis a couple of years ago but once I got them out of the blister I wished I bought more Foundry....

[Charlie_]

In regards to Perry horses...

This week I painted my first ever Perry horses! And the first horses I have painted in about 10 years. They were a joy to paint, and I am really impressed with the sculpts. They are metal ones from their WOTR range. The horse posted above does look vastly inferior. Is it from their Crusades range? I don't know if that came out before their WOTR one or not. I also have loads of their plastic WOTR horses - though I haven't painted them yet, I really like them. Really nice proportions, very realistic.

[Too Bo Coo]

In regards to Perry horses...

This week I painted my first ever Perry horses! And the first horses I have painted in about 10 years. They were a joy to paint, and I am really impressed with the sculpts. They are metal ones from their WOTR range. The horse posted above does look vastly inferior. Is it from their Crusades range? I don't know if that came out before their WOTR one or not. I also have loads of their plastic WOTR horses - though I haven't painted them yet, I really like them. Really nice proportions, very realistic.

It's one of their Normans.

[Charlie_]

Here's the metal WOTR horse. Sorry for bad pic!

[Too Bo Coo]

Here's the metal WOTR horse. Sorry for bad pic!

Much nicer than mine, no doubt.

[Blofeld]

I definitely understand the criticism and for most skirmish or small force engagements the lack of character is very apparent but some sets, particularly the WoTR Foot Knights,are real gems. Then again I was distinctly less impressed with the Men at Arms from the same line. I think it does vary but for me they're more appealing than the Warlord models because, for some reason, they faces always look a little odd, don't know if that's just the paintjobs on the site or what but they've just never looked quite right. I guess at the end of the day it very much is horses for courses, I do believe that metal models, brought in smaller quantities typically than your mass ranks of forty odd plastic minis should be correspondingly a little more dynamic or interesting at least.
Thanks
Blofeld