The Gendarmes d’Elite Ride Out Of Perry Miniatures!
July 11, 2014 by brennon
Perry Miniatures have sounded the charge and the Gendarmes d'Elite are now riding forth in both bearkskins and helmets to charge down the enemy and rout them from the field of battle!
First up we have some painted examples for you of the basic riders done by Mystic Spiral. They look as classy as anything and while they are decidedly more relaxed in the saddle they do look equally menacing too. It would be rather cool to see them done going full throttle though with swords outstretched!
To go along with the rank and file the Perry twins have also released some command units with both bearskins and helmets too so they will match whichever set you go for above. I like the ones in the bearkskins more I think mainly for that commanding officer bellowing orders at the top of his voice and the bugler calling for a charge!
Some very cool miniatures as you might expect from the Perry twins and certainly something to get you excited for Napoleonics!
What do you think, bearskin or helmet?
Are those made from metal ? They look nice, but I am mostly done with metals these days.
Aye they are metal @yoshi
I’m not a fan of metal, either. It chips, it’s more expensive, and the poses and conversion opportunities are limited.
Between the Perry Brothers and Victrix, you could do an all-plastic(except for your general and maybe some artillery) 28mm Napoleonic British or French army. The other nations aren’t as developed and only have the basic infantry in plastic.
Nice figures
Metal is still the way to go with most figures I think
I find myself preferring metal for historicals and good quality plastics and resins for non-historical.
I should qualify that in regards to Napoleonics I think it would be impossible to produce all the specialist troop types in plastic due to tooling costs . Historical metals while expensive still arent too bad compared to SciFI and Fantasy metal models
I’m used to something weighty in my hand 🙂