A CONSUMER REVIEW - Bretonnian Knights of the Realm on Foot 

Great review! Thanks for showing all the different ranges and their comparison of sizes - that was FANTASTIC!

Thank you for the review. I'm tempted to get some Frost Grave Knights and try placing my old left over Knights of the Realms heads on them.

Very helpful video, thank you for all of the information provided here.

The earliest Citadel miniatures were 25mm (foot to eye). They look diminutive next the later 28mm models which would be standard for many years. GW switched to 32mm a few years ago, perhaps on the theory that bigger toys seller better and plastic is very cheap as a production material the cost is not a concern. Though of slender proportion, the Perry miniatures are 30mm; this might have been a good choice as the jump to 32mm is quite noticeable.

While I don't think that there are really that many peices per model, I HATE GW's new style of splitting models down the center or splitting arms in two. It makes kitbashing so much more dificult. I understand that the trade off can be more detailed minis, but thats not always a good thing.

Thanks for the I'm depth comparison, as nice as they are, I think I'm might be looking at using other foot knights, maybe wargames atlantic ones since they're releasing their own.

Good video displaying the scale differences between alternative miniatures. While I don't agree with your assessment of the GW miniatures, it can be useful to those looking to save some cash on minis. I do agree with your assessment of the transfers, however. To me, I don't think they hold any value but if they are going to be there, the sheet should have a strong variety available.

I’ve yet to try Perry…. I’m very interested!! They look good. But still don’t scale well with GW??

Thanks for the helpful review. The frostgrave knights seem to offer the best cost-performance ratio(for my army Perry miniatures are a bit too skinny and non-bretonian in contrast to my highland and older GW ones). Hope you´ll upload a 9th age battle with these miniatures one day.

Really appreciate the size comparison and kit bashing options…..

I think part of the difference is that Games Workshop set is scaled to 32mm, while the others are in the older 28mm scale. They should work better with the 5th and 6th edition models. The amount of detail on the GW models is both a blessing and a curse. It makes them much better looking when painted, especially if you're not good with freehanding insignia, but also makes the painting process much more time-consuming, and any missed details will annoy you.

best way to do rank and file modles (imo) is torso with or without seperate legs, arms with weapon options, head. All interchangeable and posable of course. GWs way is nice for display painters i think, but then again, why would you want 20 of em.

Good review - GW are a miniatures company and this shows. For gaming figures, your alternatives are great example. I’d also add in Mantic Games though they make limited human figures to compare too

GW doesn’t think of casual gamers

thanks for this very nice comparison. just getting back into warhammer the old world myself and the scale comparison was extremely useful. between the overcomplicated assembly and weird scale these knights look pretty mediocre. these bretonnians will look crowded even on 25mm bases. for GW prices they should be premium quality and presentation and they are not.

This was exactly the way I felt with Stormcast Vigilors… it just seems over complicated to put the model together… 10 pieces!! For one mini! And no freedom to put the mini in the pose of your own…. Whereas Frostgrave, Oathmark, Fireforge are for sure no way on the level of detail and quality…. But are far easier and more fun to make due to allowing the person freedom to input their own creativity.

I don't like the new scale for GW miniatures, sorry. I prefer 28mm, even "heroic", but not this 32mm or even larger :(

Those new knights on foot miniatures look more akin to Reiksgard than anything Bretonnia has in their roster. IMHO, Perry Miniatures and Wargames Atlantic make knights on foot that fit better the Brets aesthetic (not to mention more affordable kits as well).

You seen primarily concerned with height. Remember that, in reality, not everyone was/is the same height. A +/-1-3 mm difference in height @28 mm scale, i.e. 1:56 scale, for example, would mean a real-world difference of +/- 56 mm to 168 mm (i.e. roughly 2-6 inches). That is hardly anything to be concerned about given the nature of human height. It would be good to see knightly units with men of varying height. The real concern is the height to thickness ratio of the minis - this determines the squatness of the figures (short & fat vs. tall & lanky). I am tall and fat, so personally I would look out of place on your gaming board, and in flesh-overflowing armour. I must qualify that statement by saying that I am referring to a plastic miniature version of myself.😁 Great video - the first I have seen of yours. I suggest using a simple scale measuring device on a table/wall with the minis in front of it, taking the video directly above/facing said table/wall. I can see you struggling to align the minis in the take. It doesn't mean I do not like your video, just some advice on sprucing up your production. Plan what you are going to do and ask yourself if there will be any issues when presented in your planned method. +1 Subscribers In the long term for this channel, please be careful and not fall into the trap of bashing (hating on) companies for their choices, you will inevitably alienate some viewers, as can already be seen in the comments section (yeah, I am a comment reader). For example, if you generally only bash GW for their products and mostly praise other companies, you are going to cut _a_ _lot_ of viewers from subscribing in the future. But hey, you do you. I am personally an eclectic viewer, taking both the good and the bad in its various forms, taking in the relevant information and ignoring the clearly biased views. Not that I am saying I am seeing that in your presentation right now, it takes time for presenters to reveal themselves fully. Good luck with the channel. I look forward to seeing more from you.

The axes look ridiculously large 😆

It's laughable that the GW knights are wearing ridiculous looking jousting helms and many of them hold their swords in ways that the medieval fight books expressly tell you not to. 😂

I want to buy into TOW. but I also do not want to buy into TOW. And from a GW hobby, these knights are absolute win for me. but? seems too High Def to really be game pieces. as a display the immerision breaks. so it's a good looking set I want to do a army of Imperial/Inquisitorial guard, but at the same time... too much work.

So GW have given up on selling anything useful for miniatures battles, and just wants to be Hasbro selling toys to kids for Christmas? That's what I get from this.

7 pieces is not particularly complex in my opinion. Hammerers, which are pretty easy to assemble is 8 pieces each.

Highland miniatures. Their models are much better. I just painted a mounted knight. It printed in 3 pieces. Horse, knight, and shield. That’s it. No mould lines, no clean up, no assembly. Print and paint. It’s so easy.

They need to make their models different from others on the market to justify their markup. Hence, the complexity. They have a love-hate relationship with Bretonians and get annoyed that other people sub in other models from other company's. If you want to go to official contests, you need the real McCoy's. Otherwise, you do what you want. I think the reason behind the end of times was people just buying off ebay or subing in models from other companies. They had to find an answer to that. So now they are bigger and more complex.

The size of the Knights is horrible. Don´t get why these were not sized down for the Old World to fit the older plastics.

Too many pieces? Eh

09:52 - I think the bitter truth is that the hole TOW project is not meant to bring new people into the hobby in any way. its a limited offer to veterans of WHFB, who are a small group with great purchasing power. anyway, nice review!

Glad I didn't pick these up now. 80 bucks is to much to pay to be frustrated.

The sculpting is clean and elegant as always, but the size of those models and their aesthetics seem horrible to me... Especially their aesthetics... There are helmets that look like toys and the choice of designed parts seems very poor to me. They only impose those who like very big things and that's it, but for me they are the worst Bretonnians I have ever seen.

I play a lot of Warhammer on PC but i would never support GW directly by buying their figures. If i ever get back into tabletop wargaming i'll buy used or from other manufacturers of minis.

is it your first day assembling GW models? get over it

Dude those are incredibly easy to build. I could have built that whole box in the runtime of this video. These are beginner level models and if you can't deal with these then this hobby is not for you.

Wow, as a hobbyist of 30 years, this video comes across as entitled whining.