Manufacturers

[RMD]

As has been said: Tony Barton in 15/18mm and Paul Hicks (Empress, Woodbine, Hinterland, etc, etc) stole the Perries' crown some years ago in 28mm.

[Purple]

Wargames Foundry.

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[Paul]

Rackham Miniatures were brilliant until they killed themselves by going to prepainted plastics! Although the metals, which are often superb works of art are still available from the Ukraine.
Studio Miniatures have some very nice early colonial ranges, with more figures on the way and they deserve credit for having a zombie in a chicken suit!
Midlam for their weirdness are worth a shout too.
There are too many others who are excellent to list them all but GW deserve an honourable mention for pushing the boundaries of detail and introducing hard plastic figures to mainstream wargaming (Hands up who remembers the DrastiK Plastik Orc or the Psychostyrene Dwarf?).

[FreddBloggs]

I would add Sean Peraira of Newline, not for his 28mms (nice clean sculpts but perhaps a touch wooden in posing at times) but for his 6mm for Rapier Miniatures. He even adds eyes to them, in 6mm, the man is a maniac!

Richard Ansell has a distinct style, that you either like or don't, but his skill level is high.

Paul Hicks I find can be variable.

[goat major]

good call. The Rapier 6mm sculpts are excellent - if i ever went 6mm i'd be giving your range serious consideration

[battleeditor]

Holger Eriksson, who carved his masters from wood, from which spawned Spencer Smiths, the most exquisitely detailed and accurate miniatures ever created.







Ahem.





Yeah, I know, but I love ‘em.

Actually, I think we should give the Perry twins their due. A host of ranges, highly consistent sculpting and great accuracy. Shame about the casting occasionally, though.

Bill Thornhill, Musketeer Miniatures, Footsore Miniatures et al, a real talent.

Richard Ansell, Paul Hicks, Les Higgins, Mark Copplestone, Adam Clarke (sculptor of Black Scorpion)... There’s actually a lot of talent out there.

And of course Tony Barton.

And whoever creates GHQ 1/285 micro-armour.

[levied troop]

Can’t disagree with any of the above (I rate the Perry’s particularly for always including casualties, civilians and good vignettes in their ranges).

Matthew Bickley is also a damn good sculptor (Boot Hill range particularly). He can’t sculpt horses very well but his humans are a joy.

[Penda]

Matthew Bickley is also a damn good sculptor (Boot Hill range particularly)....his humans are a joy.

I’d have to agree with that! If you’ve seen his recent Uxbridge for WI then you might revise your view on his horses by the way.

[Penda]

While I’m on this subject, the poor casting and harsh effects on the brushes make Perry figures less of a joy to work on than they should be, at least for me. While Paul Hicks has done some nice stuff I can’t help but think his designs are a bit ‘samey’.

[levied troop]

Matthew Bickley is also a damn good sculptor (Boot Hill range particularly)....his humans are a joy.

I’d have to agree with that! If you’ve seen his recent Uxbridge for WI then you might revise your view on his horses by the way.

You're right, that looks very much better:
https://www.wargamesillustrated.net/sho ... -uxbridge/