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| It's about 5 years since I was looking at the 20mm Napoleonic ranges, so in my current tidying up mood it seemed reasonable to finish painting these Scots Greys. |
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| The colours aren't quite right because I followed the picture in Funken rather than look up several sources... also, I can't paint greys very well... Also, think you can buy a copy of Funken cheaper than £109. |
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| Still had the 25mm 7YW Hussars lying around so thought it would be nice to do a size comparison. As I have said in the past, the '20mm' ranges are really 25mm and I only call them 20mm to distinguish them from the later, much larger, 25mm ranges. Perhaps I should really call the larger figures 28mm? |
Very nice, they look grand, nice figures.
ReplyDeleteApart from the horses anyway!
DeleteWhat’s not to love about the Scots Greys….
ReplyDeleteIt’s a shame there was only one unit in the British Army…
All the best. Aly
Yes, but thousands of units in wargames armies across the world!
DeleteThey have lots of character and look lovely. The horses are classic early Garrison. I know they're not exactly '20mm', but I think they still fall under the old concept of 20mil - I'm guessing a lot of those early ranges were either 1/72 or otherwise meant to follow the Airfix size/gauge of 'HO/OO'... vague as that is!
ReplyDeleteThey don't fit all that well with other '20mm' figures - the Rose 20mm are totally compatible with Airfix, these you can't put with either. They are compatible, as here, with the likes of Garrison 25mm 7YW, Normans and Saxons, height wise they fit in with Minifigs '' Range though much slimmer. Minifigs in a catalogue at the time defined 25mm as 1/72nd scale; Airfix was 1/76th.
DeleteYes I have some of the Garrison Normans and Saxon - lovely figures - and I've always thought of them as 25mm.
DeleteLovely shiny figures there. I bought the miniature paints horse colour set. Really improved my awful horse painting.
ReplyDeleteHorse colour set sounds like a god idea.
DeleteThese are splendid Rob! As you say, their noticeably larger than the other classic 20mm ranges, but I find that they still work very well together. Using slightly thinner bases for them helps.
ReplyDeleteThey tend to be about 23-25mm in height but slim built.
DeleteI have quite a large quantity of unpainted Garrison Prussian and French cavalry which I bought from a collector about 30 years ago. They are great castings but to my eye just a little too large to go alongside my Hinton Hunts. If there is a good way to offload them other than ebay let me know!
ReplyDeleteYou've got me intetrested Simon!
DeleteHappy to supply the details to you seperately but not sure how!
DeleteSend me an email and I'll pass it on to Matthew.
DeleteThanks Rob, I think I've managed to email him direct via his Hinton Spieler blog site. Many thanks for your help and best wishes on you future projects
DeleteGlad to have been available to help...
DeleteHi Simon, I received your message and have sent one back. Please let me know if you don't get this!
Delete:) - try looking at some of the Facebook groups, there are a few dedicated to Old School Wargames...
ReplyDeleteMarvellous Greys. Scale 'growth' is the bane of wargamers. Mind you, and to contradict myself immediately, I have and do happily mix 'true' 25 mm figs with my 1/72.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes, James
Actullay Minifigs - who were the first to 'define' 25mm - defined them as 25mm being the same as a six foot man. On that basis, 1/72nd is pretty much the same as 25mm!
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