What is your favorite 15mm Napoleonic figures?

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This is just a poll to see what is everyone's favorite 15mm Napoleonic
figures (by brand) and why? Remember, everyone has different tastes.
So, no bashing comments allowed!!!

 

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>This is just a poll to see what is everyone's favorite 15mm Napoleonic
>figures (by brand) and why? Remember, everyone has different tastes.
>So, no bashing comments allowed!!!


Totally biased, but Minifigs! I am one that likes my Naps in units all looking
alike. I also like realistic proportions and scale depth of straps and the
like. The range fits my mind's image of Napoleonic warfare.

Best,
Tom Dye
GFI
GFI/Minifigs: www.minifigs.com (303)361-6465
Attactix:Bill@attactix.com (303)699-3349

Makers of Minifigs to the Americas!

 

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OG/19th Century by far. I have 2 rather large armies, Austrian and Russian.
They are a mix of Old Minifig (pre modern minifig - on the order of 20 +
years old), Jacobite, and the newer ones are all Old Glory. The General
packs are unequalled by anyone else.

What I like the most are the variations in poses that gives the army an
"Army in motion" or a "living" feel that I don't get with single pose stuff.
The figures are sturdier and I like the diaroma look to the stands. The
ranges were very complete.

I also used them for my SYW and AWI, although Musket is also on my "buy on
faith" list for that period.

 

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> Totally biased, but Minifigs! I am one that likes my Naps in units
> all looking alike. I also like realistic proportions and scale depth
> of straps and the like. The range fits my mind's image of Napoleonic
> warfare.

I'm with Tom. All my French are Minifigs, as are the 9 large armies owned by
the players I game with.


Jimi

 

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Out from under a rock popped Jimi and said

>> Totally biased, but Minifigs! I am one that likes my Naps in units
>> all looking alike. I also like realistic proportions and scale depth
>> of straps and the like. The range fits my mind's image of Napoleonic
>> warfare.
>
> I'm with Tom. All my French are Minifigs, as are the 9 large armies
> owned by the players I game with.

Ten french armies sitting on a wall, ten french armies sitting on a wall,
and if one french army should acidently fall........

We now return you to your regular scheduled show.
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Minifigs, particularly any firing pose.

Regards, Bill Gray

Robert Singers wrote:
> Out from under a rock popped Jimi and said
>
>
>>>Totally biased, but Minifigs! I am one that likes my Naps in units
>>>all looking alike. I also like realistic proportions and scale depth
>>>of straps and the like. The range fits my mind's image of Napoleonic
>>>warfare.
>>
>>I'm with Tom. All my French are Minifigs, as are the 9 large armies
>>owned by the players I game with.
>
>
> Ten french armies sitting on a wall, ten french armies sitting on a wall,
> and if one french army should acidently fall........
>
> We now return you to your regular scheduled show.

 

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Out from under a rock popped Colonel (Ret) Bill Gray and said

> Minifigs, particularly any firing pose.

See that's an answer to what's wrong with top posting. What the hell was
that a reply to?

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I like the original Battle Honours ones in pewter, they were very fine, and
quality sculpting.

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On 17 Nov 2004 23:20:45 GMT, dye4minis@aol.com (DYE4MINIS) wrote:

>>This is just a poll to see what is everyone's favorite 15mm Napoleonic
>>figures (by brand) and why? Remember, everyone has different tastes.
>>So, no bashing comments allowed!!!
>
>
>Totally biased, but Minifigs! I am one that likes my Naps in units all looking
>alike. I also like realistic proportions and scale depth of straps and the
>like. The range fits my mind's image of Napoleonic warfare.
>
>Best,
>Tom Dye
>GFI
>GFI/Minifigs: www.minifigs.com (303)361-6465
>Attactix:Bill@attactix.com (303)699-3349
>
>Makers of Minifigs to the Americas!

I've always like Minifigs, but there seems to be a belief that they
are "too small". Why this should be I don't know. The range however
and the quality of the castings is and always has been superb.

Pity I sell OldGlory15.

At http://www.minifigures.co.uk/

Or did I already mention that once or twice ?

 

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>Pity I sell OldGlory15.
>
>At http://www.minifigures.co.uk/
>
>Or did I already mention that once or twice ?
>
>

Heck, Donnie. Let's mention it again! 8>)

Best
Tom Dye
GFI
GFI/Minifigs: www.minifigs.com (303)361-6465
Attactix:Bill@attactix.com (303)699-3349

Makers of Minifigs to the Americas!

 

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Out from under a rock popped Bill McHarg and said

>>> Minifigs, particularly any firing pose.
>>
>>See that's an answer to what's wrong with top posting. What the hell
>>was that a reply to?
>
> I was following the thread, and had no trouble figuring it out.

So was he replying to me or not?

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In article <cngfmt$kfm$1@peabody.colorado.edu>,
Ray Trochim <trochim@rintintin.colorado.edu> wrote:
>
>This is just a poll to see what is everyone's favorite 15mm Napoleonic
>figures (by brand) and why? Remember, everyone has different tastes.
>So, no bashing comments allowed!!!

I guess I forgot to add my $0.02 in.
Personally, I like the old Heritage figures because they have nice
detail and are easy to paint and base for gaming. However, there are 3
things wrong with the heritage figures. 1) They are true 15mm figures,
so they are dwarfed by the new larger 15mm figures. 2) I never did like
the cast flags... but that's easy to fix. 3) They are very hard to get
if not impossible to find these days.

I started out playing Napoleonics using 25mm figures decades ago, but
I guess the main reason I like the Heritage Napoleonic 15mm figures is
simply because they were some of my very first 15mm gaming figures.
And at the time, some of the only quality 15mm figures availabe to the
gamer.

As for replacements? Well, no other figure blends in with my Heritage
armies, so I ended up building new ones. Very slowly at that too.

-Ray

 

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I have a presderence for miunifigs. Sharpest detail, well proportioned.
My next favorite is Stone mountain. I like the slight variations in the
same pose.

Donnie wrote:
> On 17 Nov 2004 23:20:45 GMT, dye4minis@aol.com (DYE4MINIS) wrote:
>
>
>>>This is just a poll to see what is everyone's favorite 15mm Napoleonic
>>>figures (by brand) and why? Remember, everyone has different tastes.
>>>So, no bashing comments allowed!!!
>>
>>
>>Totally biased, but Minifigs! I am one that likes my Naps in units all looking
>>alike. I also like realistic proportions and scale depth of straps and the
>>like. The range fits my mind's image of Napoleonic warfare.
>>
>>Best,
>>Tom Dye
>>GFI
>>GFI/Minifigs: www.minifigs.com (303)361-6465
>>Attactix:Bill@attactix.com (303)699-3349
>>
>>Makers of Minifigs to the Americas!
>
>
> I've always like Minifigs, but there seems to be a belief that they
> are "too small". Why this should be I don't know. The range however
> and the quality of the castings is and always has been superb.
>
> Pity I sell OldGlory15.
>
> At http://www.minifigures.co.uk/
>
> Or did I already mention that once or twice ?
>
>

 

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>3) They are very hard to get
>if not impossible to find these days.
>

Ray, Duke and I are on a quest to find the masters, molds and who has the
rights. We may have located where the molds are stored, but ownership is
elusive.

Just wanted to let you know that "behind the scenes", efforts are being made to
try and change this situation. Not an easy one to solve!

Best,
Tom Dye
GFI
GFI/Minifigs: www.minifigs.com (303)361-6465
Attactix:Bill@attactix.com (303)699-3349

Makers of Minifigs to the Americas!

 

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I actually have a bunch of these figures, still in their unopened
blister packs, from many years ago when I and CPT Alan Curtis brought
every pack on the rack from the US Cavalry Store . . . . . for 25 cents
a pack. They still have some of the best sculpted figures out there.

Regards, Bill Gray

DYE4MINIS wrote:
>>3) They are very hard to get
>>if not impossible to find these days.
>>
>
>
> Ray, Duke and I are on a quest to find the masters, molds and who has the
> rights. We may have located where the molds are stored, but ownership is
> elusive.
>
> Just wanted to let you know that "behind the scenes", efforts are being made to
> try and change this situation. Not an easy one to solve!
>
> Best,
> Tom Dye
> GFI
> GFI/Minifigs: www.minifigs.com (303)361-6465
> Attactix:Bill@attactix.com (303)699-3349
>
> Makers of Minifigs to the Americas!

 

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>Subject: Re: What is your favorite 15mm Napoleonic figures?
>From: "Colonel (Ret) Bill Gray" hmgs1@hmgs.org
>Date: 11/19/2004 7:55 PM Eastern Standard Time
>Message-id: <csKdnTlZP5CbCwPcRVn-pw@comcast.com>
>
>I actually have a bunch of these figures, still in their unopened
>blister packs, from many years ago when I and CPT Alan Curtis brought
>every pack on the rack from the US Cavalry Store . . . . . for 25 cents
>a pack. They still have some of the best sculpted figures out there.
>
>Regards, Bill Gray
>
while not a fan of over-quoting previous messages...Bill, please your response
is totally enigmatic....

what figures are you talking about?

 

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>From: trochim@rintintin.colorado.edu (Ray Trochim)
>Date: 11/17/04 3:26 PM Central Standard Time
>This is just a poll to see what is everyone's favorite 15mm Napoleonic
>figures (by brand) and why?


I actually like the old Mikes Models second generation French Old Guard,
highly detailed fun blocks of lead. charactitures

 

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RMCaras520 wrote:
>>Subject: Re: What is your favorite 15mm Napoleonic figures?
>>From: "Colonel (Ret) Bill Gray" hmgs1@hmgs.org
>>Date: 11/19/2004 7:55 PM Eastern Standard Time
>>Message-id: <csKdnTlZP5CbCwPcRVn-pw@comcast.com>
>>
>>I actually have a bunch of these figures, still in their unopened
>>blister packs, from many years ago when I and CPT Alan Curtis brought
>>every pack on the rack from the US Cavalry Store . . . . . for 25 cents
>>a pack. They still have some of the best sculpted figures out there.
>>
>>Regards, Bill Gray
>>
>
> while not a fan of over-quoting previous messages...Bill, please your response
> is totally enigmatic....
>
> what figures are you talking about?

Rick,

Sorry. There were the old Heritage 15 mm Napoleonettes. First figures I
ever bought. Six packs of Russiian 1812 Grenadiers firing got me started
in the hobby.

Regards, Bill Gray