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by Phil69 » Sat Feb 09, 2013 9:05 am
Hi Gents
Am slowly raising my Nap armies which are based around the beautiful front rank figs. Am looking for just a bit more variation in the poses of the figures and looking for views as to how well elite or foundry mix with them?
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by barr7430 » Sat Feb 09, 2013 6:15 pm
Not at all I would say. Neither the height nor the anatomy lends itself to mixing these ranges. Foundry much smaller and more rigid posing than Elite. FR stiffer than both in anatomy and taller. Wouldn't matter as distinct units on same table but not in the same unit in my view.
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Phil69
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by Phil69 » Sat Feb 09, 2013 8:35 pm
Thanks for that Barry.
Phil
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by Ben Waterhouse » Sun Feb 10, 2013 11:14 am
Are not Front Rank introducing variety packs for their Napoleonics?
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by Phil69 » Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:21 pm
Hi
They are indeed have heard from them today that reinforcement packs are planned for their British range.
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by simon boulton » Tue Mar 12, 2013 9:31 am
Phil,
Have had a look at the Calpe range of Napoleonics? They do a very nice range of Prussians, French and Saxons. Should fit in well with the Front Rank figures as they're big figures,
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by Robartes » Tue Mar 12, 2013 10:01 am
Just to give you an idea as to the difference in size between Front Rank & Foundry:
Left is Front Rank, right is Foundry. I probably need to do something about it, but we're used to the Bavarian giant and his pygmy escort by now
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by obriendavid » Tue Mar 12, 2013 9:35 pm
Robartes wrote:Just to give you an idea as to the difference in size between Front Rank & Foundry:
Left is Front Rank, right is Foundry. I probably need to do something about it, but we're used to the Bavarian giant and his pygmy escort by now
The thing to remember is that we are all different sizes, that could be Gunter and Barry based together
personally I don't mind the size difference.
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by quindia » Tue Mar 12, 2013 10:08 pm
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by EvilGinger » Wed Mar 13, 2013 5:44 am
mixing different sized models of the same scale together from different manufacturers only becomes a problem in periods when standard sized equipment is widely used, & this varies in size noticeably from figure to figure.
This is more noticeable if the figures are in close proximity on the same base of in the same unit.
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by barr7430 » Wed Mar 13, 2013 10:06 am
He IS a cheeky b u g g e r O'Brien isn't he. I mean, he's not exactly Goliath himself
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by Friedrich August I. » Wed Mar 13, 2013 10:09 am
barr7430 wrote:He IS a cheeky b u g g e r O'Brien isn't he. I mean, he's not exactly Goliath himself
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by EvilGinger » Wed Mar 13, 2013 6:13 pm
As I have said else where most wargamers have physiques for radio & defiantly should not be shown in photographs in any sort of public forum stick to the figures chaps.
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by Der Alte Fritz » Sat Mar 23, 2013 1:12 pm
It would seem that FR has enough variety of poses within its range to meet your needs. I use a variety of figure ranges but I don't mix different brands in one battalion unless one brand is missing basic command figures.
Most of my figures are Elite Miniatures, but I also use Connoisseur in their own battalions and they look fine alongside the Elites. I also use some Front Rank cavalry and limber teams and personality figures. Probably Calpe is the only range that is somewhat close in overall appearance with FR.