tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6585554576823373126.post3641811490016709030..comments2023-10-31T00:45:10.115+09:00Comments on "Serrez les Rangs!": Minifigs and "Pas de Charge"; Good old days?Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07889130893225462338noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6585554576823373126.post-70552190236458171222021-02-25T23:59:48.055+09:002021-02-25T23:59:48.055+09:00I love the old Minifigs 25s (and the 15s for that ...I love the old Minifigs 25s (and the 15s for that matter). As a sculptor in the industry (Knuckleduster's Gunfighter's Ball miniatures) I've had to sculpt with extreme detail to stay relevant, but I actually prefer the Minifigs, believe it or not. I take issue with the notion we take for granted that more detail = more fun = better wargaming. Sure, the badge on the cartridge pouch is "realistic," but so is pain, fear, and grieving mothers, which we happily omit (well, to be fair, fear is boiled down to a morale chart).<br />I prefer serried ranks of matching figures in classic poses with grace and good proportion. I deeply respect and salivate over the modern figures from the Perry Brothers et al, don't get me wrong, but all that excellence is exhausting in some way to me now. The vintage thing makes me feel like a kid again. Napoleonics are kind of a 70s-80s hobby, and 30 year-old figure styles evoke that era.<br />Can you tell I've been on Ebay looking at Minifigs and trying to stop myself from building a Peninsular War army in a 3rd scale (I've got them in 6s, 15s, and 40mm skirmish)?Forrest Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04011241618490213564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6585554576823373126.post-84546115490848363592009-07-10T10:09:20.350+09:002009-07-10T10:09:20.350+09:00Good point on the posing! Times certainly have ch...Good point on the posing! Times certainly have changed.<br /><br />I never really got the hang of painting Hinchliffe Napoleonics. While I have to say that they were- and remain- capable of being painted to an extremely high standard by many people, I wasn't one of them! <br /><br />I also found them somewhat over-animated for my taste, which is why I'm still no fan of Elite. With Minifigs the product was consistent, if unspectacular, and the range was vast. Few if any real gaps. <br /><br />Minifigs were also easier to paint, no small consideration for me back then struggling with my tins of Humbrol enamel, and the all-pervasive smell of turps which earned me dark looks from my mother!<br /><br />Yet I remember pictures of masses of Hinchliffe figures painted up for the Leipzig game at the Wargames Holiday Centre many years ago in the early issues of Wargames Illustrated, and they looked magnificent; the hobby doesn't get much better than that!Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07889130893225462338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6585554576823373126.post-23527877975681750442009-07-10T06:58:07.478+09:002009-07-10T06:58:07.478+09:00Howdies Robert
I too started in metals with Minfi...Howdies Robert<br /><br />I too started in metals with Minfigs and Hinchliffe. I remember the move from the plastic sets and how we all longed for units where we could finally get all of the rank and file figures in the same pose. Now we want varied posing! Pity the manufacturers!! 8O)<br /><br />My preference was for the Minifigs over the Hinchliffe which I thought were too inconsistent, gangly and scrawny. Others disagreed.<br /><br />I got the Prussians without the covered shakos so that I got all the lovely edging along the top and other decoration on the shakos.<br /><br />The first rules I used were the Bruce Quarry Airfix Napoleonic Wargaming guide.<br /><br />Saliute<br />von Peter himself<br />http://web.mac.com/nataliendpeterPeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105552186156921948noreply@blogger.com