Connoissuer Figures has released a new range of American War of Independence 25mm figures. They are by a new designer and are not similar to the Gilder sculpted figures generally sold by this company. The figures measure 28M Barrett Measure with excellent fine detail. I'm also impressed at the accuracy of the uniform research. Now the bad news. The figures suffer from an attempt to make them easy to cast and to minimize undercuts. This unfortunately also minimizes their attractiveness and results in a few odd distortions. This is a shame, as the sculpter, Mike Tyson, obviously has a great deal of talent. As I mentioned, some poses are better than others. I received four poses for review. The charging musketeer, in his regimentals, is running with shouldered musket while holding on his hat. This is a very attractive figure, but one probably doesn't want an entire unit of them. The advancing figures that I recieved are in a marching position and aren't very good. They are leaning back in a very awkward position. Another charging position (possibly) is more of an advancing pose with the musket pointed to the side and is quite acceptable. The fifer boy is also fine, and is particuarly useful to fit in with other ranges. The range has 28 foot and 7 mounted. Figures included are musketeers, grenadiers, highlanders, hunting shirts, light infantry, 4 artllerymen, light dragoons, British Legion, Queen's Ranger and a mounted colonel. There are Hessians and rangers to follow. I would urge the AWI gamer to get some samples of these figures and see for one's self. There are many poses that I haven't yet seen. With some better production techniques, I'm looking forward to more work from this sculpter. The figures are $1 for foot or rider, and $1.45 for a horse. They are available from Connoisseur Figures, PO Box 8647, Tampa FL 33674. Their phone number is (813)931-9428. * The Courier uses the Tobey Barrett Measurement [BM] System to simplify comparison of figure sizes. The number is the height in millimeters from the bottom of the figure's foot (top of base) to its eyes. The letter refers to the "heft" of the figure: L=light, M=medium, and H=heavy. Thus, Hs will fit in with other Hs and some Ms, but not Ls. More Reviews Errata: That Deadly Ground Rules Mirliton 15mm 15th Century Italian Command Bicorne Miniatures 25mm ACW Essex 15mm ACW Band Musicians Dixon 25mm Seven Years War Prussians Front Rank 25mm Jacobite Rebellion Imperial Enterprises 25mm Marlborough Connoisseur 25mm AWI GHQ 1/2400 WWI and WWII Ships Bull Dancer 25mm Minoan Mycenean Quality Castings 15mm Pz VIe Tiger I Architectural Heritage 15mm and 25mm Buildings 20mm WWI German Trench Mortar and Crew Brittania Miniatures 20mm WWII US Infantry Washington's Wars Rules Frontline Skirmish Rules 1900-1950 Pony Soldiers Indian Wars Old West Rules Swedish Colors and Standards of the Great Northern War 1700-21 Danish Army Museum Booklets GHQ WWII TO&E Files 1,2,3 Poltava Osprey Campaign Series From Golan to Sinai Command Post Quarterly Rapid Fire WWII Rules WWII Orders of Battle How to Win Wargames DBM Army Lists 1071-1500AD Napoleonic Uniform Books Battles of the American Civil War 15mm ACW Flags Scale Specialties WWI Ship Names Back to Table of Contents -- Courier #67 To Courier List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1995 by The Courier Publishing Company. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com