Following an email exchange about the splendid Rose Miniatures
Roman slave market, Rob of
Garrison Miniatures who now also owns the Rose moulds very kindly sent me some samples of his ranges. As yet I've not had time to paint any of the figures, so for the time being here are photos of some of the 'raw' castings. My first ever metal wargames figures (
Spartan Hoplites) were Garrison products, so I've always had something of a soft spot for them.
Back in the 1970s when the other main manufacturers were Hinchliffe and Minifigs I remember that according to warped wargamer logic - because they were significantly cheaper (14p each as against 17p for the others) that Garrison were seen as slightly inferior - crazy. Whatever your own recollections are, I can assure you that if these samples are anything to go by Garrison ought to be taken very seriously indeed. I believe that Rob has recut the moulds and he is clearly using a high quality metal which makes these very crisp figures indeed.
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Scythian bowman from the Rose Prestige range. Spot on at 25mm tall. |
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| Romans from the Garrison 20mm range. At 23mm tall these are highly compatible with many of the modern plastic figures. |
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25mm Gladiator - again these chaps are bang on 25mm. |
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Another Gladiator. |
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| Norman archer (complete with accurate haircut!) and Saxon Fyrd. 25mm again. |
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Prussian 25mm from the Seven Years War range. Probably somewhat beyond my painting ability! |
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| Rose 20mm French Napoleonic cannon. |
