Saturday, 31 October 2009

First steps

I have finally got round to taking some pictures of the beginnings of my latest project- 15mm. I have already decided on my first project in this scale which I have detailed in the previous post. 15mm does seem to polarise opinion: for some (me included) the minis are small enough to achieve mass effect and large enough to appeal to the painter in you, but for others it's the complete reverse: too large for true mass effect and too small to bother picking out all the detail. I have only completed one mini as a tester but I though I would take some pictures of the various ranges I have samples from to show how they scale up next to each other in case anyone else is interested in buying some.










From left to right: Mirliton (from their 'Condottieri Italiani' range), Venexia ('Italian Wars 1495-1559), Corvus Belli ('Hundred Years War'), and Peter Pig ('Wars of the Roses' and 'English Civil War').
Below are some better pictures of the painted Italian light halberdier.














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3 comments:

  1. Consul31 October 2009 at 18:43

    I have to admit, I'm not a big fan of 15mm. There's not quite as much detail as 28mm which I love and you don't get the scale and grandure of 6mm.

    It certainly looks like an exciting project, though, and I will be following with great interest.

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  2. El Grego10 November 2009 at 04:28

    I'm starting to think more about 15mm's for my projects as well - I just paint the big minis too slowly...

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  3. Miniature Minds8 December 2009 at 21:08

    Consul - each to their own :) I still really enjoy painting 28mm figs, in fact I am currently working on the Citadel LotR range, but I am a complete 15mm convert and there are some lovely minis out there. Have you seen the 15mm HYW plog on Geektactica?

    El Grego - Same here! It really is very enjoyable to complete miniatures so quickly. I will be posting some pics of my Corvus Belli HYW billmen soon.

    J

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