Footsore size comparison

One of my friends asked how the Footsore figures compared to other manufactures so I got out the camera.

 Left to right War Games Factory, Artisan, Footsore and Gripping Beast

 Artisan the figure is on a slightly larger base but they are of similar size and proportion.

Hear is the Footsore figure next to an old Ral Partha figure a true 25mm its a touch shorter and his legs and arms are a bit smaller. 

Here next to the War Games Factory figure on the same base they are a good match but Factory figure is much lower quality (hey its plastic) 

My Gripping Beast Saga Bard.  The Bard is on a slightly thicker base but even so the bard seems a little taller. 

Finally next to the Griping Beast archer again they are on the same base and both are the same size though the Footsore figure might be a bit bigger in the body. 

(I have added the examples below to the original posting since its proven quite popular) 

 Old Glory, the now familar Foorsore figure, Games Workshops Lord of the Rings, DGS Freeblades figure and a Reapers Bones miniature. I tried to equalize the bases here.

 The Old Glory figure is a touch shorter and a little stouter but other than being form about 500 years later I might even try mixing these together.

 Here we have Bors next to Boromier again its a very close match the main difference being in the face but... well real faces are often very different from one person to another.

 Here we have the Footsore miniature next to Dead Generals Society and is one their Freeblades figures these are 32mm figures and he is appropriately large. Even so he seems almost in scale if he is being used to represent a big tall man.  Again his costume isn't right but if they could work in fantasy setting.

Last of all we have a Reaper "Bones" figure I couldn't quite equalize the bases but even so the Bones figure is a little bigger though this particular figure (an elf that I use to represent a female human, a witch/priestess) is smaller in the arms, and hands (and body, though the cloak doesn't make it obvious).  

DGS Freeblades figure

While Attending Total Con I got a chance to take a look at a new game called Freeblades published DGS Games.  Free Blades is a skirmish level war game set in a high fantasy world called Faelon.  I was impressed with what I saw.  The game had a mechanic that was vaguely similar to Hordes and Warmachine (though I don't believe it has the lose your leader lose the game mechanic) a very successful model and a fun one to play unlike those games I immediately fell in love with the figures so much so that I bought one to paint up even though I had not Idea what I would do with him (and I was tempted to buy more the figures are that good)!  I snapped these pictures at Total Con they were painted by the folks at DGS.

The Barbarian Urdaggar some of whom can change into animal shape.

 I believe these are the Grular who have steps horsemen flavor to them for the Mongol fans.

These are the Trilian which I believe are this game worlds elves or possibly the Faeries.

This one is borrowed (with out permission, but I hope they won't mind) from the game designers own gallery to highlight one of the things I really like about this line of miniatures, the female characters. This Enchantress isn't dressed in some long slit skirt and cleavage showing bodice but in a practical out fit a real adventure, traveler or warrior of either sex might wear and this is typical of all the the female character miniatures I got a look at.   OK at last here is my own work

The scale is 32mm and was purchased from Greenfield Games at Total Con. This is one of the Bandit factions.  I imagine this guy as a tough woodsman who has just put some fellow on the ground and has now drawn his knife for his "intimidation check."

I love the patched long coat, its practical not flashy it might look a bit more "old west" than "Medieval" but in fantasy world who cares.  Actually I picked this fellow because he reminded me of the Iroquois character from the movie "the Brother Hood of the Wolf".

I hope to see this game at the Hobby Bunker, Three Trolls, The Whiz and/or Game Castle in the future.