Top 5 non plastic Napoleonic ranges

[@scarfacejosh123]

My top 5 is Perry, Perry, Perry, Perry, and Perry

[@Losantiville]

Who?

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

That's why I banned them 🤣

[@WanderingCelts]

While not 28mm, Prince August has a lovely selection of molds at 25mm. These are for those who wish to cast their own. The Wellington, Napoleon and Blucher on horseback are fantastic and can be bought cast and primed. Nice selection in the video.

[@harriettubmangaming9792]

The prince August figures are fantastic and i own most of the Napoleonic ranges, the 3 Austerlitz molds they do are larger, closer to warlord games and are very good

[@JackSargePainting]

There are some hidden gems in the North Star ranges under Muskets and Tomahawks. Currently they have Peninsular War, Retreat from Moscow, and War of 1812. Not as complete as the other companies you mentioned, but could supply some useful additions and variety. 🙂

[@nigelmaddaford8613]

There's also some French in the Crusader miniatures section

[@trinovante6083]

Elite, Calpe, Elite, Calpe, Elite The depth of the range is fantastic , the quality of the figures, especially on mass is superb , and reasonably priced , great service , you cant go wrong , and no spindly horse legs like the Perrys

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

@@trinovante6083 I think we are very far apart on Elite minis 🤣

[@trinovante6083]

@@NapoleonicWargaming No spindly horse legs on Elite miniatures or Calpe, unlike Perry ones , which are so thin , and snap really easily I have some Sudan cavalry of the Perry's , which had to throw away because the broke and are so thin i could not repair them

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

@trinovante6083 that's fair enough dude! If you like them, then you go for them! I must say I do quite like Calpe, Elite..? I don't want to be mean, so I'll say they were excellent for their time

[@SonOfSalop]

As a channel connoisseur, that 'Heeeeeeeello everybody and welcome back to the channel' was easily in the top 5 hello everybody and welcome back to the channels.

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

Hahahahahaha. Thanks!

[@theenigmaticgamer]

Very interesting video. Unless I am mistaken, the Foundry range is almost thirty years old.I don’t remember seeing any new releases from them in recent years.

[@oitoitoi1]

Not sure how much the range will expand since Bryan's passing.

[@damonbrentnall5907]

Have a look at Black Hussar and Calpe Miniatures, both nice metal ranges.

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

Both great, BH in particular just didn't make my top 5, though their camel with the cannon on his back is an all time fave!

[@oitoitoi1]

​@@NapoleonicWargaming the postman and mail coach of the imperial guard from BH are on my must haves list

[@eruditefool4183]

Do some of the superb AB range... What more does a man need?

[@stompie51]

Great video. I had a go with some Napoleonics because of your channel for the first time but it was a box of Victrix British and it didn’t go so well. I may have a go at some Walord French and Russians instead.

[@scottsharp3789]

Sash and Saber miniatures have some outstanding models also. Limited range but excellent models.

[@WargamingHistory]

A really big fan of Front Rank myself, a have mix’s from all of the ranges you mentioned depending upon year, plus old glory and Elite miniatures.

[@Daveed56]

Does anyone pay any attention to old school 25mm Minifigs anymore? Love the figures and it's like they've been relegated to the dust bins of collector's back shelves.

[@merlin4084]

Mostly because they don't scale with anything modern. They may be 25mm, but they are 25mm in the sense that 1/72 scale is 25mm (for some reason people call it 20mm, but it's actually true 25mm).

[@steveseaman7794]

Sadly that certainly seems to be the case, I just have my British and French armies of the Waterloo period made up of Minifigs and Hinton Hunt in boxes, although shortly to be set up in a display cabinet as regrettably wargaming is not a thing where I live in the Dominican Republic.

[@nigelmaddaford8613]

I've recently dusted off some napoleonics from the stash which includes Connoisseur and Essex. Now looking to expand, Eagle have generously sent some samples and have various bits on the way from ebay to see what's compatible.

[@jackchisnall9316]

Mostly agree, I love Eagle figures and Ian is so helpful but can't get past Front Rank infantry with 28mm heads and torsos on 20mm legs!

[@realitycheckreally8412]

Metals have to Elite Miniatures, Front Rank, Calpe, Piano and foundry...

[@ctid98]

Got some Eureka Miniatures revolutionary French coming my way, hope they are as good as they look and you rate them.

[@skipsmoyer4574]

At Historicon, another large collector talking over figures agreed with me. Heritage were fantastic figures

[@mikedewberry5833]

Be interested how they compare size wise for mixing and matching

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

I'm hoping to put together a chart, sort of green, mix in units, amber, mix in army, but keep distinct units and red, nah, they'll look daft

[@TwisstedSage]

Can't really argue with any of these judgements, mostly cause so many are outside my price range, or are simply so rare I have no means to compare them. I don't think I've ever seen an "Eagle" miniature except on line and then there's certainly no way to compare. I'm also very permissive when it comes to mixing in different sizes to the same unit, especially large units like Swiss or other Renaissance blocks. I just figure it adds to the animation of the unit if there's not to many of the same pose, next to a whole bunch of one other larger or smaller figures. I've got some award winning pike blocks that have bunches of Perry lads, mixed in with Old Glory and even a good dollop of beautiful but wee Ral Partha & Mirliton . I can get some Front Rank from a secondary retail site and its hard to move past them, even though they're still quite pricey but one of these days I'm bound to pop for the 42 pounds for a reinforcement of 24 figures of their French lights. Not bad but still on the high side when you add in the shipping, even inside the US. I'd just as soon pop for some Perry's from their plant cause in comparison the excess is just pennies. Did you check out those Mameluke Guard from Brigade Games ? Thanks for the eye candy. Hugs

[@BootsontheTable]

Obviously your rules mate but I can’t believe you’re leaving out the Perry metals as they do plastics….. they have continued adding both to their ranges and are always quality. I wouldn’t have Eagle in there, yes a good range but as you said very small and I have found that the castings can be very variable. Foundry are lovely but as you said very small and also expensive although they do their end of year sale which can help if you save up your orders. For me: Perry; Piano; Offensive; Elite; Front Rank. Honourable mention to North Star who do some lovely minis

[@ericfox4386]

My tops for metals - Front Rank, Elite & Perry's

[@peterlowitt6445]

Eureka, the skytrex WFR and Calpe

[@clive3490]

Agree with Foundry & Front Rank being where they are in the list. Not bought any of the others though

[@donaldsettle990]

I have lots of 20 mm lead Napoleonics. American manufactured. RSM 95 and battsleonfeur

[@panenka7656]

STL top 5 would be awesome.

[@miketogwell1000]

Murkowski poles are excellent, The Baden range is a bit of a let down Piano - Lucas is doing the 1809 Danube campaign (probably in the top 3 of/when you do digital)

[@matthewwheelden9263]

The Eagle minitures are pretty good. The shakos are the only disappointment for me. I was advised by my local club that they would mix well with my Perry's and I will continue to use them but I suspect I won't be as happy as I would have been if I'd gone all Perry's.

[@PerfidiousAlbion1815]

Perry, Foundry, Front Rank (a bit large) Morawski, Connoisseur

[@jackOldham-ob3pf]

Hi, I was wondering if god forbid you ran out of start collecting ideas, you could do Denmark, Sweden or maybe a Swiss Army?

[@VioletMoonMediaWargames]

Foundry...... 8 miniatures for £12, so £1.50 each, yet models at £1.60 are 'inexpensive'? The main Napolionic range, covering the Revolution through to Waterloo is scultped by the Perrys, but the excellent, often overlooked, peninsular range (and some other early war) sculpted by Michael Brown is available through their 'Casting Room' offshoot.

[@merlin4084]

I have to correct you on a lot of what you've said about using Eagle with Minifigs. Minifigs is true 25mm. As in 1/72 scale. Everyone believes 1:72 scale is 20mm, but when you do the math its actually 25mm (average height of men = 1760mm, 1760 / 72 = 24.4). If you wanted to go GW about it, Minifigs are more Heroic 1:72 scale by today's standards. Eagle, and I assume Foundry, are more true 28mm, or 1:64 (1760 / 64 = 27.5mm). So, you really cannot mix these with Minifigs at all. What Perry, Victrix and Warlord are making is 32mm scale minis (1760 / 56 = 31.4mm). I think they call them 28mm because that's the most recognizable brand of scale and because they measure to the eyes they can technically claim they are 28mm scale (after all, take 150mm (roughly rounded up measurement from my eyes to the top of my head) off 1760mm and do the calculation all over again and you get a result of 28.75mm). You'll have a much easier time mixing Eagle and Foundry into these than to mix them with Minifigs, and you've seen most of my Swedes with Eagle officers mixed with Perry line infantry plastics. It's noticeable, but its not as bad as you make it out, and with some clever basing you can make sure no one really notices.

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

@merlin4084 I've got some foundry and mini figs so we'll have a proper look in the livestream about their comparative sizes. Good points though!

[@skipsmoyer4574]

Another I like and available now are the Hamilton range, sad only French ( which I don't have even 1 figure) and Russian ( which have everything I need)

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

@skipsmoyer4574 I've not heard of them, I'll check them out!

[@davidbenton8775]

Go on, Tim. You know you need to move into the future... 6mm is the coming thing. And Baccus6mm cover the Napoleonic era quite extensively.

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

Haha, I'm good thanks! Though I have thought aboit 6mm Blucher on the past...

[@Rusty_Gold85]

The Murawski's and Black Hussars, Front Rank are the top sculpts . Perrys have too many worms so drop down . Warlord metal additions to packs are let down by the shittiest horses legs. Brigade games the old Victrix range are in United Dumb states and cost too much to post. Wargames foundry have a massive range but most are 25mm. There was Avanpost who are tops but I believe he was Russian

[@geebards]

Foundry cavalry are even worse than their infantry inasmuch as they look like midgets riding ponies. Beautifully detailed to be sure but just no longer compatible. I think their proportions are stunted looking. I also can't fathom their prices considering the age and pose limitations. I refuse to buy them these days but used to mix their officer packs with my Elite Miniatures rank and file.

[@robinhorne1146]

Waffle waffle waffle - please script your videos and aim for far far shorter videos!