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Have just receieved some Fantassin figures and thought I might share my views. I have been buying a few packs where AB dont make the equivalent or to add cmd figures:
French line Cmd standing - two officers, two drummers and two eagle bearers, all the same. Reasoanable quality, especially the officer. Better than their advancing colleagues. Will use the drummers and the officers;
Chasseur a Cheval cmd - two officers, two buglers. Horses at usual Fantassin standard (which I dont like). Figures Ok, but I dont know if they will get used;
Murat and Soult - Murat will paint up nicley, but the Soult figure could be any French general or marshal;
Nap HQ set - this has Nap leaning on a table with maps strewn over it, Berthier writing at a table, Roustam holding a pretty average horse, two ADCs dismtd, one mtd Chasseur passing a despatch. Generally nice work, but the ADCs are virtual copies of the AB ADCs.
The latter point is the key. When they copy AB poses (which they do), they cant look like anything, but poor copies. When they develop their own poses (which often have a bit more animation) they provide some worthwile variation. I probably wont buy any more cavalry as throwing away the horses to replace them with AB is not that economical.
John
Have just receieved some Fantassin figures and thought I might share my views. I have been buying a few packs where AB dont make the equivalent or to add cmd figures:
French line Cmd standing - two officers, two drummers and two eagle bearers, all the same. Reasoanable quality, especially the officer. Better than their advancing colleagues. Will use the drummers and the officers;
Chasseur a Cheval cmd - two officers, two buglers. Horses at usual Fantassin standard (which I dont like). Figures Ok, but I dont know if they will get used;
Murat and Soult - Murat will paint up nicley, but the Soult figure could be any French general or marshal;
Nap HQ set - this has Nap leaning on a table with maps strewn over it, Berthier writing at a table, Roustam holding a pretty average horse, two ADCs dismtd, one mtd Chasseur passing a despatch. Generally nice work, but the ADCs are virtual copies of the AB ADCs.
The latter point is the key. When they copy AB poses (which they do), they cant look like anything, but poor copies. When they develop their own poses (which often have a bit more animation) they provide some worthwile variation. I probably wont buy any more cavalry as throwing away the horses to replace them with AB is not that economical.
John