Landships II

Metal Minis.. Irregular Miniatures a fairly extensive range with what looks like some some good  belgian and french troops resonable quality.....

 http://www.irregularminiatures.co.uk/

Spencer smith also have a number of small ranges...... Jacklex 20mm old fashioned wargames quality,  Tradition 25mm on a par with the best......

http://www.spencersmithminiatures.co.uk/jacklex/worldwarone.html

http://www.spencersmithminiatures.co.uk/jacklex/russojap.html

http://www.spencersmithminiatures.co.uk/tradition/wwi.html

Reviresco.....wargames figures, quality of sculpting toylike...

http://www.tin-soldier.com/sg/british.htm

Brittania miniatures.... games quality

http://www.britanniainkerman.com/brit/frontpage/siteintroindex.htm

Cheers

James H wrote:

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Try this mob, old scout. They seem to be still in business.

http://www.northstarfigures.com/shop/greatwarminiatures/index.html

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 They Are 28mm though

Try Gunthwaite Miniatures for metal figures suitable for RN, RNAS and 'Colonial' personnel. They have a nicely illustrated website and can be obtained from Halifax Modellers World. Perhaps not to W^D standards, but close. Here's a link : http://www.gunthwaite.co.uk/index.htm
jellytwig

I haven't had the opportunity to try the Gunthwaite figures yet, but I'm sure my wife deserves a shopping trip to Halifax in the near future !

Here is a pdf version of the xls file. Unfortunately it is a wee bit wonky (to say the least). Enjoy!

Thanks. I took a couple of decisions;

I only included what is released. Who knows when Pegasus or Caesar will release their French, or Strelets release their British and Honved cavalry, etc?

I left out figures from 'nearby' conflicts ('nearby' in time, rather than distance). I have some of those figures, such as Basmachi, Franco-Prussian War French and Bengal Lancers, but how useful they are is a personal choice.

They can easily be included.

And I wasn't sure how to display the metal and resin figures. Consequently the plastics are listed individually whereas the metals and resins aren't.

Any suggestions anyone?

According to Mike Creek on the Strelets site, the Pegasus French are 'nearly ready'.

Yes please carry on we should all be grateful that you are doing this service for all of us. As to future releases with my W^D service cap on that an excellent idea. I have plans for future releases but it would be nice for me not to duplicate what someone else is doing. Also it would be nice to have some idea what you lot would like seeing released in the future.
Keep on truckin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have far too much spare time.

Here is the list again, with plastic 'forthcoming attractions' added. Can someone/anyone download it and check it works, please.

Hi Phil  good work on the list, I have found another manufacturer Garrison Figures of Greenwood & Ball ltd which are still actually in production and producing a few Rose Miniatures  WW1 figures, their ancient greeks were some the earliest metal figures I bought at "Under Two Flags" near bond street tube I think back in the 70s..

Heres the link only a few at the moment

http://www.garrisonminiatures.com/index.asp

http://www.garrisonminiatures.com/catalogue/index.asp?rName=World+War+1&rBrand=%20Rose%20Miniatures

According to Vintage 20mil there was also a range done by greenwood & ball 1870-1917 a rather odd dating but i cant see these on the lists...... this is a list of what they did......maybe the moulds masters dont exist anymore ?....

1870-1917 Period
Infantry
Boer War Highlander, firing
Boer War Highlander, advancing
Boer War Highlander, officer
Boer War British Foot, marching
Boer War British Foot, on guard
Boer War British Foot, officer
Boer War, City of London Imperial Volunteers, on guard
Boer War, British dismounted cavalry (sun helmet), walking rifle at trail
1900 British Line, spiked helmet, advancing
1900 British Line, spiked helmet, firing
1900 British Line, forage cap, marching
1900 Royal Marine, Broderick cap, advancing
1900 Royal Marine, officer
1900 British Foot Guard, full dress, at ease
1900 British Foot Guard, full dress, officer
1900 British Rifle Brigade, firing
1900 British Rifle Brigade, officer
1870-1900 Prussian, Grenadier Guardsman, mitre hat, at attention
1900 German Jaeger, marching
1900 German Jaeger, walking rifle at trail
1900 German Jaeger, dress uniform, at ease
1900 German Line, picklehaube, firing
1900 German Line, picklehaube, marching
1900 German Line, picklehaube, advancing
1900 German Line, picklehaube, officer
1900 French Line, advancing
1900 French Line, marching
1900 French Line, firing
1900 French Line, officer
1900 French Foreign Legion, drummer
1900 French Foreign Legion, marching
1900 French Foreign Legion, walking rifle at trail
1900 French Foreign Legion, at ease
1914 British Foot, peaked hat, marching
1914 British Foot, peaked hat, standing
1914 British Foot, peaked hat, firing
1914 British Foot, peaked hat, officer
1914 French Infantry, advancing
1914 French Infantry, firing
1914 French Infantry, throwing grenade
1917 German Infantry (pot helmet), advancing
1917 German Infantry (pot helmet), firing
1917 British Infantry (tin helmet), advancing
1917 British Infantry (tin helmet), firing
1917 British Infantry (tin helmet), throwing grenade
1890 Indian Infantry, marching
1890 Indian Infantry, officer
British Artilleryman, pillbox hat, standing
1870-1914 French Zouave, firing
1870-1914 French Zouave, attacking
1900 Italian Bersaglieri, fast walk, rifle at trail
1900 Italian Mountain Gunner, standing
Cavalry
Boer War British Lancer (sun helmet)
Boer War British Mounted Infantry
Boer War British Hussar
Boer, firing from saddle
Boer, rifle on thigh
Boer, holding rifle
1890 German Dragoon, holding rifle
1890 Bavarian Lancer
1890 German Officer
1890 German Uhlan
1900 French Chasseur, holding carbine
1900 British Life Guard
1900 British Dragoon
1900 British Hussar
1900 British Lancer
1900 Scots Grey
1900 Scots Grey, officer
1900 British Guards officer
1900 German Mounted Jaeger (MG Coy)
1914 British cavalry
1914 British officer
1915 Australian Light Horse
1915 Australian Light Horse, officer
Indian Lancer
Indian Officer
British Officer, pillbox hat
British Cavalry Trooper, pillbox hat
British Hussar Officer, full dress
British Hussar Trooper, full dress
Horses
Standing
Walking
Trotting
Galloping
Mule
Artillery
1870-1900 Breech loading cannon
(This model had a metal body and plastic wheels)

Cheers

Unfortunatly nothing but they also do some zulu war figures and they dont look too bad a little toylike perhaps..... as to size their sold as 20mm I would class them as old style wargame quality....

I was thinking it might be worth asking for a few samples and do a review...


Cheers 

-- Edited by Ironsides on Thursday 19th of November 2009 02:22:57 AM

Many thanks, Mr. Animal. If I might so opine, the 'Status' column in the 'To Be Released' section is somewhat pessimistic in tone.

I don't recognise the Preiser figure. Which set does it come from?

Hi PDA heres a link for the Preiser site which suprised me no end, as for years it had been a page under construction, has complete catalogue listings and pics which are extensive, 1/72 scale is largely limited to WW2..... they also did a very nice big box set of 1900 Victorian style figures in 1/87 many would work as WW1 civilians.....

http://www.figuren.de/

Does it constitute WW1 if you use the figures as crew and passengers in a 1920s converted WW1 Handley Page 0/400 bomber diorama?......

http://www.figuren.de/showpage.php?SiteID=29&lang=1

As far as photos are concerned I use a 5 year old Canon powershot digital camara it has full manual and auto settings including macro, normally I use it on auto+macro setting for small stuff.. usually something comes thats ok... I bought it because I needed a camera that would do full manual settings for my work.....

Cheers



-- Edited by Ironsides on Sunday 22nd of November 2009 05:20:41 PM

Hi PDA heres the Victorians.......best found on ebay....

http://shop.ebay.de/i.html?_nkw=preiser+1900&_arm=1&_armi=Figuren&_armm=94&_dmd=1&_ruu=http://modellbau.shop.ebay.de/Figuren-/114303/i.html%3F_nkw%3Dpreiser%2B1900%26_arr%3D1%26_dmd%3D1%26_sop%3D1&_sop=1&_rdc=1

Ok just found this, click on link below and download the catalogue PDF "Miniaturfiguren H0. Maßstab 1:87. In historischer Kleidung." here you'll find the following for 1900? in parade uniform.....

http://www.figuren.de/showpage.php?SiteID=29&lang=1

12185 Kaiser Wilhelm II, Kaiser Franz Joseph suite, 6 painted figures

Cheers

-- Edited by Ironsides on Sunday 22nd of November 2009 09:41:19 PM

There is a rumour just starting that Zvezda will be making WWI Russians and Germans in 2010.

Good news if it proves to be true.

Great reference sheet for us newcomers to braille scale. Thanks for the effort!


A question, though ... is 25mm what is generally acceptable to use with 1/72 scale armor?

Cheers!

28juni14, I searched through Preiser's range to see if they made Kaiser Bill in 1/32. It seems like something they would definitely be interested in doing, but the closest I could find were some excellent figures for the 7 Years War (1756?). Maybe you could write to them? Their figures are very good, but sadly nothing for The Great War in either of our preferred scales.

Oscar Zulu, thank you. You're welcome. Your question is a good one and very difficult to answer! It depends on two things, in my opinion; the 25mm figures and what you personally will accept as 'normal looking' (or 'good looking' or 'compatible').

Part of the question is down to scale. If you do the maths, 1/72 scale means a 72 inch (6 feet) tall man should be represented by a 1 inch plastic toy soldier. 1 inch is 25.4mm, so in theory 1/72 scale plastic soldiers should be the same size and proportions as 25mm metal figures. But clearly they are not!

Similar mathematics applies to the other small scales of 4mm to a foot (figures should be 24 mm tall) and 1/76 (figures should be 24 mm tall), so they should be compatible. However, scale does not seem to apply to metal figures, with the noticeable exception of W^D Models (which are true to scale at 4mm:foot). Citadel figures used to be called 25 mm, then they became 'heroic 25 mm', and now they are nominally 28 mm, but really they are quite large even for 28 mm. 'Traditional 25 mm' should be about the right size, but personally, I would try to buy ones that are skinny looking to match in with plastics, or, only use them with Strelets plastics (which are chunky).

A lot of people say 20mm metals are the right size to use with 1/72 plastics. According to the laws of physics this should not be true. But, as previously stated, manufacturers don't always stick to scale (something called 'scale creep').

All of which is not much help! So the ultimate answer is, 'whatever you think looks good together is right. No-one can argue with you about that. It is your money and your hard work that put it together.'

Something really useful would be if someone posted photos of metal, plastic and resin figures side by side and with 1/72 and 1/76 (and other braille scale) vehicle kits in the photo also.

Yep, that's about right, there are no good sets of Tommies (in my opinion). There is just the laughable old Airfix (HaT reissue) one:

http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=542

or the nice, but limited (not many poses), Emhar one:

http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=80

or the faceless HaT Canadians:

http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=1130

My preference is with the HaT Canadians, but it is a disappointing set from a manufacturer who normally turns out good quality work. (In my opinion.)

BTW the Airfix Mark I turns into a Mark II really easily, much easier than trying to make it into a Mark I. And the Mark II is much easier to paint!

I'll agree about their being no decent plastic Brits - the HaT British heavy weapons will no doubt be the best available