Actually, here's the list from the Miniatures Page:
Adler/Dark Star
Ainsty Brigade Models
C-in-C
Fortress Figures Omni-Tac
Games Workshop Epic 40K Ground Zero Games Future Wars Heroics & Ros Irregular
Figures Ral Partha Battletech Reviresco Days of Empire Scotia Stan Johansen
Miniatures
Anyone who wants to rate any of these on a "1 is bad, 10 is good" scale for 1.
quality 2. value (quality for price) 3. service (including ship time) 4.
breadth of range
OK, we'll assume you need piccies of different manufactures together, as most
of the ones you mentioned have images on sites, though admittedly of varying
usefulness.
However, that now you mention it, what IS the story between Future Wars and
Dirtside Miniatures? That's a question directly concerning GZG. Corollary, why
so few piccies of the FW figs?
Jon, are you listening?
The_Beast
> OK, we'll assume you need piccies of different manufactures together,
Corollary,
> why so few piccies of the FW figs?
Yes. ;-)
Few pics because I haven't found the spare time to go back and take any new
shots of the earlier releases. Most of the new (ie: reissued) ones now get
photographed as they are released.
The old FW range was designed and originally made by CMD (as were the early FT
ships). When Paul Copeland had to give up CMD due to ill health, we (GZG)
bought both the FT and FW ranges outright. As most of the FW moulds were in
pretty poor condition at that point, we have been gradually remoulding and
reissuing them as time allowed ever
since, at the same time re-coding them as DF code items ("D" for
Dirtside, "F" for Future Wars) to integrate them into the Dirtside
product identity (aaahhgg, marketing buzzwords....) ;-).
All the DSM code items, on the other hand, were sculpted specifically
for GZG from the start - most are 6mm versions of our 25mm resins.
So, in a nutshell, GZG now own and make both the DSM and DF ranges, and we
consider them complementary ranges that can be mixed and matched as you wish.
> The old FW range was designed and originally made by CMD (as were the
D'oh, I'd figured that out awhile ago (or did you already explain it?). Well,
I've already complained about RL leaving me a bit crackers.
The_Beast
> laserlight@quixnet.net wrote:
> Actually, here's the list from the Miniatures Page:
scale for
> 1. quality
How about Reaper Miniatures CAV vehicle line?