Tuesday 11 August 2020

More British Napoleonics

These models have been sitting around awaiting paint for a while.

Now they need wait no longer.




Three come from the Perry Plastic British set.
The Officer is a Victrix model.


The Victrix set really isn't very good. It was their first and they've learned a lot since. In particular the officer has a most peculiar, huchback type pose with the head thrust unnaturally forward.
The rest of the set was ludicrously over complicated - more like a Tamiya model kit than a set of soldiers. Most of mine remain on the sprues to this day.

This gives me a few more command to add to stands for games of Rebels and Patriots

Posted by TWD at Tuesday, August 11, 2020
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6 comments:

  1. Matt Crump11 August 2020 at 08:17

    Nice work they look the part despite your reservations about the sculpts 👍

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    1. TWD11 August 2020 at 23:01

      Thanks matt.
      I think three of the sculpts (the Perry ones) are lovely and hope I've done vague justice to them.
      It's just Captain Quasi-Modo I'm less keen on

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  2. Neil Scott11 August 2020 at 11:03

    Look great

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  3. Paul Scrivens-Smith13 August 2020 at 18:55

    I agree with your sentiment on the Victrix British and am solidly sticking to the Perry stuff at the moment, although there was one unit of Warlord Chevaux-leger recently that I rather regretted.

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    1. TWD13 August 2020 at 19:35

      I quite liked the Warlord Lancers set. Their horses (possibly because they're digital sculpts?) went together beautifully whereas the Perry horses needed a lot of fiddling and fettling (though they are more dynamic).

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    2. Paul Scrivens-Smith14 August 2020 at 13:04

      They are nice enough, but the legs are rather spindly and the greatcoat is over the wrong shoulder, and don't get me started on the box art ;)

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