Victrix 28mm Norman cavalry done up as fantasy horse

[Miko]

A remarkable feat of eyesight! Brilliant result!

What are they made from? Last figures I had (still have) are lead Napoleonic British infantry


Miko (former member of my Secondary Modern School wargaming society)

[Tim Marlow]

A remarkable feat of eyesight! Brilliant result!

What are they made from? Last figures I had (still have) are lead Napoleonic British infantry


Miko (former member of my Secondary Modern School wargaming society)

Those are Victrix 28mm plastics Miko. Most of the others I’ve posted recently have been by North Star. Plastic figures have pretty much taken over the 28mm figure world, though there are still a great many excellent white metal sculpts out there (the silver bayonet range are superb). The strength of hard plastics is that every figure can very easily made to be unique. The other thing is that this scale of figures has grown a little over the years. Your old Napoleonic figures are almost certainly 25mm, so are a little smaller. Minifigs or Hinchcliffe dominated back in the day, so I’d guess they came from those ranges. I still have a British Napoleonic army made of Minifigs, and they look like midgets in comparison.

[Miko]

Those are Victrix 28mm plastics Miko. Most of the others I’ve posted recently have been by North Star. Plastic figures have pretty much taken over the 28mm figure world, though there are still a great many excellent white metal sculpts out there (the silver bayonet range are superb). The strength of hard plastics is that every figure can very easily made to be unique. The other thing is that this scale of figures has grown a little over the years. Your old Napoleonic figures are almost certainly 25mm, so are a little smaller. Minifigs or Hinchcliffe dominated back in the day, so I’d guess they came from those ranges. I still have a British Napoleonic army made of Minifigs, and they look like midgets in comparison.

Thanks for your comprehensive reply, I've recently toyed with the idea of returning to figures painting

and yep, mine are Minifigs, Hinchcliffe were a little more expensive but possibly better quality


Miko