Tuesday, 25 October 2011

Rogers Rangers masters

Here are the first glimpses of Rogers Rangers figures in 1/72 from Waterloo 1815, an Italian company. Slideshow here. Whilst having good animation and good proportions the clothing and equipment are a fantasy - more of the influence of Northwest passage. Sad. Thanks to Thomsomfeld again.

3 comments:

  1. Not my preferred scale, but they look mighty impressive!!!

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  2. According to the forum I was reading they intended a mixture of historical and movie Rangers - well they managed the movie Rangers but the historical ones miss the mark. Don't they have Osprey's in Italy?

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  3. Not even right for the movie rangers as they had interpreted a scotch cap as a glengarry rather than a bonnet. A missed opportunity.

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