proxy ideas: Brettonians

[athensfantasy]

As many of you know, since GW stopped producing 10mm figures, I have started making lists that map warmaster troop types to miniatures that are widely available today and posted them on my blog.

for Brettonians here is my list and feel free to either send comments on my blog, or use this thread to suggest improvements, alternatives etc

http://www.athens-fantasy.gr/2013/07/brettonians-warmaster-with-non-gw-miniatures/

Bowmen
TBLine TB4180 Peasants with bow

Men-at-arms
TBLine TB4170 Heavy European infantry

Peasants
TBLine TB4179 Armed peasants

Squires
TBLine TB4166 Light cavalry with lance
TBLine TB4167 - Light cavalry with short weapon

Knights
TBLine TB4165 European Heavy Knight

Grail Knights
TBLine TB4164 Teutoni Knight

Trebuchet
Kallistra HA-06 Trebuchet

General
TBLine TB4163 - Command Group of the Teutonic Knight

Hero
TBLine TB4163 - Command Group of the Teutonic Knight

Pegasus
Eureka Pegasus Riders (not yet widely in production but probably already available on request)

Enchantress on Unicorn
Woodland Creatures [400FAN19] includes a suitable model

[forbes]

As the Brettonians are basically a high medieval army there are lots of historical ranges that could be used.

One point to consider is that while the size of infantry is pretty compatible between most historical suppliers, the size of cavalry can vary rather a lot. TB Line and Kallistra cavalry are rather bigger (similar in size to GW Empire knights) - most of the others are rather smaller, and probably similar to the very slim GW Brettonians.

Manufacturers to consider
Pendraken
Kallistra
TB Line
Old Glory
Magister Militum

100 Years War ranges are the most likely contenders, but earlier crusaders could be used - especially those with cloth barded horses, and War of the Roses are possibilities too.

The Pegasus Knights could be assembled from the Pegasus wings from Pendraken (which are the same as their Birdman wings).

[andys]

Kallistra do a pair of trebuchet in their siege equipment range

http://www.kallistra.co.uk/index.php?page=19#anchor1siegeeq

£6 for two is very cheap 

[kyussinchains]

Can I ask that we re-post the lists and links from your blog in the corresponding threads?

I only ask as in my search for pics and info, I sometimes find links to dead blogs when people move and don't take all the content

I'm not insinuating that this will happen of course, but I think having the list on the forum keeps things nice and neat, plus other people can add and edit stuff in if you have an attack of "real life (tm)" and are unavailable for any reason

[athensfantasy]

yeah sure, I can start copying staff here as well, i just might not be able to keep everything tightly in sync between the blog and the forum when 10mm manufacturers flood the market with brand new lines.... ah well....

When we have covered all the core races we can produce a pdf as well.

now if i could find an easy way to copy paste the links.....

[andys]

Copplestone Castings:

Men at Arms - City Spearmen
Bowmen - City Archers

[Stuart Bleything]

I like the look of  kallistra 100 years war spear man as the men at arms , and thier scottish infantry make quite nice bowmen .

Stuart

[Jurisch]

Hi,

Does anyone has an idea for the hippogryph?

Regards,
Jurisch

[forbes]

Eureka have just announced Pegasus knights

[Stuart Bleything]

They look really cool . How many different poses will they do .?.

Stuart

[forbes]

They are nice - says a pack of 8, but not clear on how many different poses

[Stormwind]

http://ironwindmetals.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=8000&osCsid=4vma1o8hu6lcsradpodusmhgt2

An absolutely perfect Hippogryph/Hippogriff!

Found it in this topic: http://www.wargamerau.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=147555 Which gives me ideas for other things as the Iron Wind monsters seem really good and well scaled.

[kyussinchains]

Word is that TBLine miniatures are currently not trading (the owner was in some personal difficulty) so their beautiful models should be considered OOP for the time being.... that being said, what are people's recommendations for suitable proxies now? I was looking at the old glory site but their pics are small and I have no idea how they compare to other ranges size-wise

[andys]

Pendraken proxys

Bowmen - ELM7
Men-at-Arms - EMM4
Peasants - ELM14, ELM8, ELM37
Squires - ELM2
Knights and Grail Knights - EMM1

[jchaos79]

Good choices!