The Barracks - Miniatures for the tabletop

Welcome to The Barracks! 

Here you will find information on the miniatures that make up my 25-28mm tabletop armies for the Sikh and Company forces. As time and space permit, I'll add additional links to other scales.

Manufacturers

First up, a short list of manufacturers that equipped my armies

Foundry  (http://www.wargamesfoundry.com/) was the range that moved this project from the wish list to reality. A comprehensive assortment of both Sikh and British miniatures. Great detail and animation on almost every figure. Is there a drawback? Just one...cost. Foundry are often seen as the 'gold standard' in terms and detail and animation. Their zamburak camel guns are things of beauty.

Make no mistake - you get value for what you buy, but wargamers tend to need a LOT of figures to field their armies and I can't justify the cost of an 'all Foundry' field force. I was very fortunate to purchase most of my figures before exchange rates and price hikes pushed them out of reach as a foundation of the armies. I could not duplicate that feat in today's economy.
 
Old Glory (http://www.oldgloryminiatures.com/products.asp?cat=217) has stepped up and filled the void caused by Foundry's price increase. A solid line of the 'core' units (Infantry, Cavalry and Artillery) for both sides, Old Glory is your source for building armies for the tabletop. Yes, there are some holes - no camel guns,or elephants or even 'real' Sikh guns (hey, Russian Napoleonic 12 pound guns work really well) - but for fielding tabletop battalions, you can't go wrong, especially if paired with the Old Glory Army discount.

Studio Miniatures (studiominiatures.com) has launched a Sikh War project via Kickstarter that is off to an amazing start. The initial wave of figures has been released. The figures are nice, but the are larger than Old Glory (which are larger than Foundry).

Redoubt Enterprises (http://www.redoubtenterprises.com) have a lovely line of "Wellington in India" figures. I unabashedly repurposed their Indian Armored horse to serve as the Sikh Ghochurra. A little on the big side, they make an imposing cavalry force.

 Ral Partha - okay a long time ago (cough, cough - the 1980's - cough, cough) we dabbled in the Sudan campaign. While it never amounted to much, some figures lingered in the parts box. While basing up some Sikh War units, I found myself 'short' a few figures. I sneaked a few Sudanese into the middle of the Sikh formations, just one or two on a base, to round out the units appearance. The old school 25mm figures are noticeably smaller than the recent 28mm figures, but they still work.  Unfortunately, Partha is no longer with us in its original form having been resurrected as Iron Wind Metals. I don't think the old Sudanese range is still available.

Richard Houston's 25mm Colonial Range - An older long running range that was notable for offering some of the more unique figures - Sikh heavy guns and camel mounted zamburaks. Not the same detail as say Foundry, but solid gaming pieces and much, much more affordable. Currently out of production, but the molds are held by The Virtual Armchair General.