hi there guys ive come across a company
called valiant miniatures ( 1/72) while at work and the figures look great but alil big ive put the sprue next to a diecast tank we sell and they seem a bit bigger :S. but i have read an article in a magaezine memory does not serve me for the name of the mag. but a guy has used revell's panther ausf A and AB white metal figures for the diorama. and valiant miniatures look nearly the same.

im just wondering if anyone has had any valiant miniatures in past or anything or what people views are on these? are they good enough to use in diorama's?

or stick with revell and airfix's figures??


thanks in advance

Tony

I've done large VM figures, some are very soft on detail and a bit off size. But as with anything in nature -sizes can vary. I would use them in a mixed manufacturer diorama.

I can't offer any direct points on the 1/72 scale figures from VM.

hi scott thanks for the reply
so your saying i should use VM, revell and airfix figures together give them a mix really ?


tony

Hi,
I've got the US WW2 figures from valiant and the thing I like about them is that they are hard plastic.
The PROS:
They come with separate accessories like weapons, helmets. Some figures have separate arms that allow different poses. The detail on the ammo belts and shoes are not too shabby either.
The CONS:
They are however a bit on the chunky side especially when compared to other 1/72 hard plastic figures (preiser, hasegawa). And I think the weapons are bigger and I'm not too keen on the webbing detail.

But for me, the biggest setback are the heads. They have big heads (in relation to height) which are typical of wargames type figure proportions but not normal human proportions.

Here's a link to a figure I made using one of the figures from their WW2 GI set.
http://armorama.com/forums/155409&page=1

There's also a lot of nice examples on valiant's site.

It's probably not good to mix figures from other manufacturers, but if you do, it would be good to swap the heads. Avoid mixing weapons because you wouldn't want different sized rifles, mg's etc.

I remember seeing an article online that had a photo comparison of figures from different manufacturer's but can't find it now, i'll post it when i do find it.

You might also want to post in the braille scale section of the forum instead of the figures section.

ooh, I found, here's a great article on figure sizes, hope it helps

http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/ShowFeature.aspx?id=25

thank you sonny
i remember seeing your bazooka man i really liked him great figure
i think i might stick with the main 1/72 figures n maybe use a boxset of valiant figures for a vignette


tony