These troops lack none of the detail of the 25mm Franco-Prussian War figures from the same manufacturer which were reviewed some time ago. In fact they seem to have been somehow photographically reduced from the same models. They are rather large for 15mm troops but in that regard are essentially compatible with the Pioneerseries in the same scale and period. Unfortunately no artillery models were received for review. That brings up a general note. I have received no artillery models for the 1870-71 era for review except Snuggles and Bear and Pioneer, both of which are, among other things, woefully underscale. The problem is not serious for French cannons, which are essentially the 12pdr Napoleon so widely used in the ACW and a smaller but essentially similar weapon. Most people will settle for any colonial wheeled machinegun for a Mitrailleuse, although it isn't quite right (some Gatlings were used, but most French machineguns were of the Montigny pattern). The only proper Krupp gun known to exist is the Ral Partha Krupp 5.5 made for the Egyptian and Dervish armies of the Sudan Wars. More Reviews Irregular Miniatures 25mm The Joust Alliance Miniatures 25mm Medievals Geo-Hex Modular Terrain Mike's Models 15mm Seven Years' War Editions Brokaw 15mm Age of Marlborough Essex Miniatures 15mm Vikings and Saxons Dixon 15mm Samurai Die Kaiserzeit 25mm Franco Prussians Frontier 15mm Franco Prussian Wargames Foundry 25mm 1870 Artillery Wargames Foundry Franco Prussian Painting Guide Generalship and Tactics in America 1861-1865 Book Jagdpanzer WWII Rules Osprey Men-at-Arms Napoleonic Prussian Cavalry (2) 1807-1815 Osprey Men-at-Arms #167 - Brunswick Troops 1809-15 Osprey Men-at-Arms ACW Union Artillery, Cavalry, & Infantry President Washington's Indian War: The Struggles for the Old Northwest 1790-1795 Back to Table of Contents -- Courier Vol. VII #3 To Courier List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1986 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