Perry Miniatures - 28mm Austrian Infantry

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Another set of quality miniatures from the Perry workshops, this time representing a wide range of Austrian Infantry types during the Napoleonic Wars.

When you first open the box and look at the frames, there appears to be a bewildering amount of parts, but the rational is simple, from this one set you can build any  flavour of uniform form 1808-15, allowing for the many changes n style the Austrian Army went through in this period.

The set contains 48 figures, with 7 frames containing 6 infantrymen each, plus a command frame containing an additional 6 figures. All figures are in a marching pose and construction is limited to adding backpacks and heads.

Austrian Command Frame

Now here's the cleaver bit, there are a total of 18 heads per frame, with 6 each in Shako, Helmet and Landwehr headgear. Simply select the head you want and make up the troop type you require. Shakos were used from 1807 onwards, whilst helmets had been phased out by 1809, so your army could contain both - if you pitch it at about 1808!

The command frame (see right) includes an officer, standard bearer, drummer, sapper and 2 x NCOs. As usual there is a paper insert containing a couple of flags.

Production quality is up to the usual excellent Perry standards and these figures appear to be 100% compatible with the Victrix Austrian Infantry boxed sets to add some variety if you so which to your collection.

Warlord Games - 28mm French Line Infantry

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This release from Warlord Games sees a useful set of French Line Infantry for teh Napoleonic Wars, up to about 1812. The set consists of 28 x plastic figures supplied 4 to a frame, see below right, plus 4 x metal figures of an officer, standard bearer and drummer),

One figure on each frame has epaulette and is thus designed to be used as either a Grenadier or a Voltigeur, this ratio is rather high so some of the epaulettes can be carved off with a sharp knife to reduce the excess flank men back to the centre companies!


Moulding quality is excellent, with virtually no visible flash, the poses are very utilitarian, all figures are in a marching stance. This makes assembly easy, simply add a head and a backpack and you are done...

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... if you want variety then we'd suggest getting hold of some of the Perry or Victrix figures, they are totally compatible.

Back to the figures, as noted each frame has 4 figures, a selection of 5 backpacks (two with attached hangers) plus selection of 8 heads, wearing a selection of shakos, with or without plumes and / or covers.

Victrix Ltd - 28mm Napoleon's Middle Imperial Guard

This is Victrix Ltd's latest Napoleonic release, and the boxed set contains an impressive 60 figures that can be made up to field Middle Guard regiments during the 1812-1824 campaigns.

The box contains four identical frames, each with 15 miniatures therein, all the figures are wearing greatcoats (including officers , drummers and standard bearers) and there is a selection of 16 shako and bearskins adorned heads per frame, allowing you some flexibility in how each figure is uniformed.

The figures are also supplied with separate backpacks, that have to be attached to poses that include marching, firing and reloading.

Each figure is cleanly moulded and well designed and compatible with other figures in the range, so parts are interchangeable for great variety if required.
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RRP per Box	Figures per Box	Cost per Figure
£22.95	60	38.25p

           As of  Feb 2013.  (Multi Box Deals available to drive cost down further).

More coming soon...

Hat Industrie

Hat Industrie are one of the giants of traditional soft plastic soldiers, they have responded to the rise of hard plastic by releasing their own range of 28mm hard plastic boxed sets.

Their approach is unique, in that they have taken their existing 20mm figure designs and remastered them to the 28mm scale and released these. However, after an initial flurry of activity and despite the announcement of an extensive list of future releases,  there have not been no further releases, to date.

Hat Industrie Website  <Here>

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Product List

28mm El Cid 

28001 Spanish Heavy Infantry
28002 Spanish Light Infantry
28005 Andalusian Heavy Infantry
28006 Andalusian Light Infantry
28007 Almoravid Heavy Infantry
28008 Almoravid Light Infantry
28018 Andalusian Light Cavalry
28019 Andalusian Heavy Cavalry
28020 Almoravid Light Cavalry
28021 Almoravid Heavy Cavalry

28mm Napoleonic

28003 French Light Infantry Voltigeurs
28004 French Chasseurs (Marching)
28009 French Carabiniers
28010 Bavarian Infantry (Marching)
28011 Bavarian Infantry (Action)
28012 Bavarian Infantry Command
28013 Prussian Infantry (Marching)
28014 Prussian Infantry (Action)
28015 Prussian Infantry (Command)
28016 French Light Infantry Action
28017 French Light Infantry Command

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Future Releases

28mm Ancients

Byzantines

28mm El Cid 

Spanish Heavy Cavalry
Spanish Light Cavalry
Spanish Command packs

28mm Seven Years War

Prussians

28mm Napoleonic

Spanish Infantry
Wurttembergers
Austrians
Russians
Prussian Landwehr

More to come ...

Warlord Games

Warlord Games are currently the 'biggest' of hard plastics manufacturers, with a wide range of boxed set available, all backed-up with metal figures to provide specialist troops and highlights to your plastics armies.

Additionally, Warlord Games, make extensive use of metal 'add on' parts t their basic plastic sets to enable a much wider range of units to be represented.

Based in Nottingham, UK - the company was created in 2007 and is run by John Stallard (ex Games Workshop and author of Warhammer ECW Rules ) and Paul Sawyer (ex Games Workshop and best known as the former editor of White Dwarf).

Another Wargames notable linked to the company are Rick Priestley (again ex Games Workshop and author of Warhammer, Warmaster and many other games systems).

Warlord Games Website <Here> 

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Product List

Ancients

Celtic Warriors

Ancient British Warriors

Dacian Falxmen

Tribesmen of Germania

Early Imperial Romans: Praetorian Guard

Early Imperial Romans: Scorpion Battery

Early Imperial Romans: Auxilaries

Early Imperial Romans: Legionaries

Early Imperial Romans: Veterans

Early Imperial Romans: Legionaries and Scorpion Set

Ceasar's Legions with Gladius

Ceasar's Legions with Pilum

Greeks: Classic Greek Hoplites

Greeks: Ancient Greek Hoplites

Macedonians: Phalangites 

Macedonians: Royal Guard 

Spartans: Spartans

ECW

Royalist Infantry

Parliamentary Infantry

Scots Covenanter Infantry

Royalist Cavalry

Parliamentary Cavalry

Firelock Storming Party

Thirty Years War

Imperialist Infantry

Swedish Infantry

Swedish Cavalry

Napoleonic War

French Line Infantry

Russian Line Infantry 1812-1815

Pavlovsk Grenadier Regiment 1789-1815

Prussian Landwehr Regiment 1789-1815

Colonial

Anglo-Zulu War: British Infantry 1879

Anglo-Zulu War: Zulu Married Regiment 1879

Anglo-Zulu War: Zulu Unmarried Regiment 1879

Anglo-Zulu War: Natal Native Contingent 1879

WW2

American Infantry

British Infantry

German Infantry

Japanese Infantry

Soviet Infantry
US Coloured Infantry
US Marine Infantry
US Rangers

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More coming soon ...

Victrix Ltd

Victrix as founded by Stephen Hales and Julian Blakeney-Edwards (previously of Valiant Miniatures) specialise in Napoleonic and Classical Greek 28mm figures. Their plastic offerings cover infantry and artillery boxed sets, with their first sets going to market in October 2008.

Up untilJune 2012, Victrix also had a supporting range of metal figures, however, this was sold to Brigade Games in te USA, who will now develop and maintain the metal range.


Victrix Ltd Website  <Here>

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Product List

Napoleonics
VX0001  British Waterloo Infantry, Centre Companies 
VX0002 British Peninsular Infantry, Centre Companies
VX0003  British Waterloo Infantry, Flank Companies
VX0004 British Peninsular Infantry, Flank Companies
VX0005 French Napoleonis Infantry 1807-1812
VX0006 British Napoleonic Highlander, Centre Companies
VX0007  British Napoleonic Highlander,, Flank Companies VX0008 French Napoleonis Infantry 1804-1808
VX0009 Napoleon's Old Guard
VX0010 British Napoleonic Artillery
VX0011 Napoleon's Old Guard Chasseurs
VX0012 Austrian Napoleonic Infantry 1789-1805
VX0013 Austrian Napoleonic Grenadiers 1789-1815
VX0014 Austrian Napoleonic Infantry 1806-1815
VX0015 Austrian Napoleonic Landwehr 1808-1815
VX0016 Napoleon's Middle Imperial Guard

Ancients
VXA001  Athenian Hoplites 5th to 3rd Century BCE
VXA002  Spartan Hoplites 5th to 3rd Century BCE
VXA003  Theban Hoplites 5th to 3rd Century BCE
VXA004  Mercenary Hoplites 5th to 3rd Century BCE

More soon...


Victrix Ltd - 28mm Waterloo British Infantry, Flank Companies

This boxed set complemnets the Vitrix's 'Waterloo British Infantry, Centre Companies' box, in that it provides all the parts and figures required to flesh-out your tabletop regiments with the appropriate numbers of Center and Flank figures.

As such this set should be viewed as an 'add on' purchace to the 'Centre Company' box, figure out the numbers you need and buy proportionately.

All the comments made about the 'Centre Company' box set apply here, they are the same basic figure frames, except with arms and equipment frames appropriate to flank companies - ie winged shoulder straps.
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The Boxed set comprises of 52 figures distributed as follows:

4 officers/Standard bearers

4 NCO's
4 Drummers
12 advancing figures in 3 different poses
8 march figures in 2 different poses
8 standing firing figures
8 standing loading figures in 3 different poses
4 kneeling figures

40 heads in uncovered belgic shakos with 8 different faces

4 bare heads
4 drummers heads
8 heads in covered belgic shakos with 2 different faces

48 back packs with 4 variants

64 pairs of arms for officers, ensigns, NCO’s, drummers, firing, advancing, at charge, loading and marching positions
4 hands holding pistol 4 spare muskets 4 drums
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More detail to come...

Victrix Ltd - 28mm Waterloo British Infantry, Centre Companies

This is the first release by Vitrix Ltd. and will be the beginnings of a large range of Napoleonic subjects by the Company. their approach is slightly diffrent from other manufacturers, in that the well stocked box, will only provide figures to represent center companies of regiments.

To field flank companies you will need to purchace an additional box of teh appropriately named 'Waterloo British Infantry, Flank Companies'.

The box contains 52 figures with Belgic shakos and includes command figures for officers, standard bearers, NCO’s, drummers, as well as 4 paper flags and fast play rules.

The figures are well proportioned and a delight when built, however, they do require an investment of time to build, due to the large number of small parts - all arms, heads and backpacks are seperate, which then need to be added to the basic torso/legs piece. Note one figure on each frame has seperate legs as well.

Each figure frame contains 13 figures of Britsh Waterloo Flank company, there is also a secondary frame containing heads, arms, backpacks, sergeant, officer and musician parts.

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The Boxed set comprises of 52 figures distributed as follows:

4 officers/Standard bearers

4 NCO's
4 Drummers
12 advancing figures in 3 different poses
8 march figures in 2 different poses
8 standing firing figures
8 standing loading figures in 3 different poses
4 kneeling figures

40 heads in uncovered belgic shakos with 8 different faces

4 bare heads
4 drummers heads
8 heads in covered belgic shakos with 2 different faces

48 back packs with 4 variants

64 pairs of arms for officers, ensigns, NCO’s, drummers, firing, advancing, at charge, loading and marching positions
4 hands holding pistol 4 spare muskets 4 drums
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More detail to come...

Perry Miniatures

Perry Miniatures is run by the renowned Perry Twins (Alan and Michael) who have been leaders in wargames figure sculpting for many years now. They have 'day jobs' with Games Workshop and have in the past worked to create the Wargames Foundry ranges. They are now in business for themselves.

Perry Miniatures Website  <Here>


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Product List

Wars of the Roses

WR1   Wars of the Roses Infantry

WR20 'Mercanaries' European Infantry 1450-1500

WR40 Mounted Menat Arms 1450-1500

American War of Independence
AW200   AWI British Infantry

Napoleonic
BH1      British Napoleonic Line Infantry

BH80    Napoleonic British Hussars

FN100  French Napoleonic Infantry

FN120  French Napoleonic Heavy Cavalry

FN130  French Napoleonic Line Dragoons

FN140  French Napoleonic Hussars

PN1      Prussian Napoleonic Infantry

AN40   Austrian Napoleonic Infantry

RN20   Russian Napoleonic Infantry

American Civil War

ACW1   ACW Infantry
ACW2   ACW Cavalry
ACW70 Zouave Infantry
ACW80 Confederate Infantry 1862-65

Colonial

SA30  Mahdist Ansar - Sudanese Tribesman 1881-1885

WW2
8th Army Infantry
Afrika Korps

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Coming Soon

Wars of the Roses

Light Cavalry 1450 - 1500

Foot Knights

American War of Independence
Continental Line Infantry

American Civil War
ACW Artillery



And there will be more...