Our esteemed and beloved editor has finally given your servant a set of 15mm figures to review. This is a feat of no small courage. I knew naming one of the brigades in my On To Richmond game in which he played at Historicon would pay off. In the past I have made it all to clear that 15s are hardly my favorite scale. Over time, I have mellowed to the point of even liking some of the little twerps. The quality of the figures have certainly vastly improved over the years, and once in a while, something really fresh and different comes along that is worth collecting out of your favorite scale. Such is the little military band from Essex Miniatures. The almost continuous re-watching of my Gettysburg video tape demonstrates the ubiquitous nature of the army band during the period. I have for years favored the playing of period martial music in the background for my own games. From now on I will have a source for it. These little guys are cast quite well and measure 17M on the Barrett Scale. They actually look better under magnification. One caution, what looks like flash at careless first glance are actually arms that need glueing to instruments and shoulders. These are a can't miss item and are most highly recommended! On the KOCH MUST HAVE INDEX they rate a 10. Available from Wargames, Box 278, Triadelphia, WV 26059 * 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