How does Epic compare to 15mm Essex? 

Twenty seconds in and Dom produces a huge box of epic pike & shotte with a large grin on his face which would put the cheekiest of schoolboys to shame!! Love it!!! LOL!!!

Interesting. Truth is horses like humans come in all shapes and sizes. I’m sure an Arabian horse is much smaller than a draught . I’m experimenting with mixing Peter Pig foot ECW with my Epics. Thanks and keep the videos coming.

Looks to me like they're very close in size. The metal ones just seem to be thicker which could just be from them being older minis and being metal...

Thanks for the demonstration. Mixing figs of quite different sizes, generally, can be done by simply putting a bit of extra cardboard or similar under the smaller ones when you glue them onto the element base, to trick the eye into seeing them all as much the same height. Or other fudges like using small figs with raised swords and spears above their heads and the larger figs with arms by their sides - again to trick the eye. I have for one project used both the above tricks and for a few really large figs gouged out a hole in the MDF unit base to sink the tall figs into the ground a bit. As others have said, people are not all the same height or bulk so your figs can be too.

Great video and very good work on the cossacks and cuirassiers. First off I wonder what kind of lovely musket you have there behind you on the wall? I have to look into Essex figures, for my taste they might be just little to big, but not much. At the gaming table I dont think anyone will see the difference. Its just me that are so OCD picky. 😉 Warlord Games need to add more to their new P&S Epic Battle range, I agree that their cavalry box could been better. For example only cavalry in it. Then the rest in separate boxes. My wishlist on what Warlord Games should add to their P&S Epic Battle ( Maby I should Email it to Warlord Games? 😀) : * Cuirassiers Box. Cuirassiers only in the box. * Eastern/Balkan Units. Croat Cavalry, Hungarians, Cossacks, Polish and the Ottomans. * Finnish hakkapeliitta cavalry box. ( Swedish Light Cavalry with Sabers) * Light Cavalry with no armour ( only hats, basic clothes & cape) Box. * Skirmish box. Single muskeeters only box. Like the Commanded shot figuers on the cavalry sprue. * Artillery box. All kinds of artillery and engineers. * Camp & fortifications. Tents, camp equipment, gabions, Stacked crates & barrles etc... * Casualty Markers - single small infantry dead on ground ( Not the markers with a number on it) To add our own realistic battlefield diorama/gaming table. * Baggage Wagon/train * Storming Party With Petard Great video, thank you for show the different sizes with the Essex Miniatures. Keep on painting. Cheers 😀👍

Nice one Dom, very useful. As mentioned I understand Peter Pig are the closest in size to Epic👍

Interesting review Dom. Essex have a huge Renaissance range. While the style of the figures may not be to everyone's taste they paint up very well and look really good on the table. There's lots of other manufacturers excellent metals around for this period as well so price aside, the Warlord just don't do it for me. The musketeers would never be deployed like that and the cavalry aren't all that. But if it gets people interested in a fascinating period then that's a good thing.

Thanks for the comparison, very useful!👍

These videos have been great and getting me interested in the period, thanks! Do you have any suggested reading?

Thank you , Dom . They fit fine . IMO . 🐺 Loupis Canis .

The Essex figure is sitting upright in the saddle, the horse has a thicker stand. The warlord figure is leaning forwards and is sitting into the saddle, the base is much thinner. Painted will narrow the difference down with a thicker base.

Hardly noticeable great video. I also found that “steel fist miniatures” are near the same scale as epic as well

Interesting mate. Although I'd be more inclined to just stick with 15mm metal minis and kick the epic stuff into touch.

Those Essex figures look as if they will work scale seems very similar,I’ll have to have a look for Croats. For extra cuirassiers I used steel fist miniatures which were excellent figures in detail and scale really well to Warlord Epic.

Very cool review Dom

Great video mate. Nice comparison

People are not all the same size! Cuirassiers tend to be larger men & horses so even if they were bigger, not so bad. Note in the ECW there were only 1.5 - 2 Regiments of Cuirassiers; Haselrig’s Lobsters & the Kings Body Guard. Everything else, For The Period, was light horse! 30 Years War had lots. Much can be done to conceal size differences by the careful use of base thicknesses, ie tall figures = thinner bases, while shorter figures = thicker bases.

Yet more temptation! 😣

I could only pick out 2 of the 4 on the first go around of the epic vs. the 15mm. Have to hand it to Warlord for inventing their own scale. I don't think crossover would be a problem at all. Even Warlord's 28 mm figures are different sizes in different time periods. Some of their Napoleonics are Andre the Giant sized compared to some of their Ancients.

really useful video, thanks!

I think they look okay. As you say, you are a long way from the figures once they are on the table, and if you have to look carefully, then they are obviously fine. 👍

Peter Pig 15mm figures are on the smaller end of the 15mm ranges and may be worth a look

Inteesting comparison, I do like Essex range, since many years...

I agree Dom they look alot better interspersed with each other. Essex may be aged however they are great old figures. Many of my ancients armies are essex 15mm.

Personally, I am not sure about the Essex - and I have a lot of 15mm Essex ancients and medievals. They just seem too bulky to me. From what I understand the most compatible 15mm ECW ranges are Peter Pig and Steel Fist. The pictures of the Steel Fist cuirassier look really nice, although I don't have any yet. In the USA Khurasan also makes ECW/TYW but their figures are large 18mm. On the other hand they make other ranges consisting of smaller 15mm which are more compatible - their late 16th century and their late 17th century ranges. The Late 16th have figures that could probably be used for early TYW. The two most useful categories in their Late 17th century range are the Poles and the miltia. If the normal Polish troops aren't needed (winged hussars, etc) the light cavalry might prove useful in the TYW. They separate packs of eastern LC armed with lance, carbine, and bow.

As the Warlord Curassier figures are fewer in number, mixing them in with the Essex figures should be OK

😀 Long time ago my 20mm plastic ACW did battle 15mm metal using Johnny Reb , not brilliant but not too bad

I'm surprised that that was more cavalry in the Thirty Years War compared to th ECW.

They should have made them 15mm and they would have sold loads of them to established 15mm gamers. 15mm is already well supported as far as terrain is concerned etc so why would you re-invent the wheel.

You should be able to get away with having units of both figure types in an army and it will look fine. Horses are not all the same size even among the same breed and humans are not all the same size either. I find the warlord epic range to be limited in general. Not a fan to be honest.