9thhussar
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Hi everyone glad to be back on hat forum after bit of an absence , cheers Dave
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Post by 9thhussar on Aug 24, 2020 19:04:06 GMT
hi - got myself box of hat 28mm Napoleonic Brit Lt Dragoons in pre 1813 uniform with Tarleton head dress. I don't paint much in this scale and just fancied a detour from my usual 1/32nd & 1/72nd scales.
Nice figures been trimming the flash off and undercoating today, but bit confused at the designated 28mm size as they are much smaller than Victrix/Perry 28mm yet are bigger than hats usual 1/72nd scale and fall somewhere in between.
They are only slightly bigger in stature than the recent Italeri 1/72nd figures which are by a different sculptor and bigger in stature than the older Italeri 1/72nd sets..
Anyhow going to enjoy painting them all the same and will get a few more hat 28mm Naps to go alongside them
cheers Dave |
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Post by Malcolm on Aug 25, 2020 8:51:59 GMT
Take a look at the size comparisons on "plasticsoldierreview". The problem is that with the designated 1/72nd scale figures can range from 22mm to 26mm. Nearly all of them should be at 24mm a 6 foot person would be exactly 1 inch. But even today most people are less than 6 feet tall. If you buy the Zvedza Seven Years War Prussian Hussars that are 26 mm tall they would probably be the right historic height in a 28 mm army since Hussars were smaller men on smaller horses.
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Post by davidmac on Aug 26, 2020 2:59:24 GMT
Back when the Courier was still published, they used "Toby Barrett" measure, which consisted of the figure's height, measured from the bottom of the feet/top of stand to the figure's eyes, along with an subjective "light, medium, or heavy" assessment.
TB measure was the most consistent measuring standard, but died off with the Courier.
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