Miniature Spotlight; Brigade Games: War of 1812

  This is my second post on 28mm War of 1812 miniatures. Brigade Games has a rapidly growing range of American figures and an extensive range of British, Canadians and Indians. I check their website often to see what's new. Like Knuckleduster I will definitely be picking up more of these in the future. 

  I currently possess by Brigade Games; marching late war American Infantry, Marine heads and command group, British mounted officers and pioneers, and British light infantry packs. 

  Size wise Brigade Games are a perfect match for Perry plastics and some Perry metals. Like Knuckleduster I have mixed Perry in the same unit as BG and you cannot tell. I purchased Marine heads and command which was a great match for scale but the British light infantry heads were so small that they were unusable. Having said that, the scale and quality for the other sets I purchased was excellent.

  For US forces, Brigade Games makes late war Americans; artillery crew, U.S. Rifles, Frontier Infantry, Scott's Brigade, Mounted Officers, and late war infantry. For British and Canadian troops they have artillery and infantry in stovepipes and round hats, Caldwell's Rangers, Early Light Dragoons, Indians, Command groups, sailors, and most recently Canadian Voltigeurs. 

  Their pose quality and sculpting overall is excellent, and is often on par with Perry (the best IMO) though they do not make command groups for all types of their U.S. Infantry which meant adding coat tails to my matching command groups. They have excellent faces and proportions. 

  Their horses are very good and scale well with Perry. In many cases Brigade Games has the nicest version of units; their Canadian Voltigeurs and late war American infantry are the nicest versions of those units (Though all company's versions are nice). In some cases I thought Knuckleduster had nicer sculpts. 

  Customer Service seems to be a problem for this company. I was shorted a standard bearer and when I contacted the owner he complained of shipping changes for him! He did not send me another until I made another order, I was not impressed. They are a little on the pricey side but good quality overall.

Unit Number; 8 *but growing

Pose Number; 9 *Missing Some Command groups, though existing units do have a decent variety

Sculpt Quality; Ranges from 8 to 10

Metal Quality; 7

28mm Scale; 10 (*except the LI heads)

Historical Accuracy; 10

Customer Service; 3

Price; 6

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