Falcon Miniatures 15mm 1870 Series: These figures, which cover most of the important types for the war, are cleanly cast, correctly equipped with respect to the soldiers, and fairly well with respect to the horse. The positions are well suited for wargames, with most of the infantry in advancing or on guard positions. Anatomy is fair to very good. The smooth crisp lines of most of the designs fairly invite the paintbrush. No artillery, unfortunately, were provided, so I don't know if this manufacturer has ended the 15mm Franco-Prussian artillery blight. The prices, at 20 foot figures or 8 mounted for $4.00, 4 guns for $4.00, is a bargain. They are available directly from Falcon, Suite 102, 1 High Street, Medford, Massachusetts 02155. Having said all that, I should mention that these 15mm figures from base to top of kepi are 20mm in height. Thus they are about on a par with Pioneer, and obviously larger than Freikorps or the Snuggles and Bear foot figures, although the Snuggles and Bear horses, being originally designed for 20mm, make the riders roughly compatible in scale. I could quibble that the Spahi carries his saber on his person instead of under the saddle on the near side, but that subtlety has eluded all 15mm manufacturers so far. More Reviews Quality Castings 15mm WWII/Modern Heroes Miniatures 20mm Elite Forces Greenfield Hobbies 15mm Ships with Crew Ros Heroics 6mm 1870 Series Falcon Miniatures 15mm 1870 Series Munro Miniatures 25mm Franco-Prussians Wargames Foundry 25mm Marlburian Stone Mountain 25mm American Revolution Front Line Figurines 25mm Jacobite Rebellion and American Civil War RSM 25mm Seven Years War Frontier Miniatures 15mm Mex-Am War Whittlesey Miniatures 25mm Napoleonic Era War-Game Library Maps - II Konigratz A Year at War 1809 Dominance Renaissance Rules Setting Up a Wargames Campaign Third Edition Black Eagles Seven Years War Rules Charge! Or How to Play War Games Napoleon's Marshals Figure Base Terraining Material Armory Building Paints Osprey's Elite Series The Ancient Greeks Back to Table of Contents -- Courier Vol. VII #5 To Courier List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1987 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