Either/Or: Which Figure is Better?

[djamesi]

Either/Or: Which Figure is Better?
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(For those of who may have seen this elsewhere (in a slightly different form), please excuse the cross-posting:

OK, this query may seem rather esoteric, but for those of you in the know on the following figures, I’d really like to get your opinions as to which figures on my list below you think are best.

Specifically, I‘m interested in knowing which of these figures are best based on these criteria:

*historical accuracy (and yes, I realize that there is much lacking in most of these figs);
and/or (if accuracy is just downright not there)
*headsculpt; and
*quality of uniform, equipment and accessories.


Here are the figs in question- and they are from all eras and walks of life, although all are 1/6 . . .

In particular, I’d like to know which you believe are superior based on the above criteria in the head-to-head matchups as listed below:

* “Valerius” (Roman Legionary) (Kaustic Plastik) OR Roman Imperial
Legionary (Ignite)

* “Astacius” Gladiator (Kaustic Plastik) OR “Celadus” Gladiator (Kaustic
Plastik)

* Sir Gordon, The Gold Knight (Marx) OR Sir Stuart, The Silver Knight
(Marx)

* Knight Hospitaller II, c. 1300 (Ignite) OR Teutonic Knight c. 1128
(Ignite)
* Samurai WHO Special Edition (Ignite) OR Swordsman Kenkyaku
(Ignite)

(And also):
* Samurai WHO Special Edition (Ignite) OR Tokugawa Daimyo (Samurai
Collectibles)

*“Bruce” (Royal Scots, Napoleonic series)(DID) OR “Dick” (95th Rifles,
Napoleonic series) (DID)

*American Revolutionary Minuteman (Hasbro) OR Delaware Regiment
Revolutionary War Soldier (Sideshow Fife & Drum series)

*“T. Becker” (DID) OR SS Untersturmfuhrer Summer uniform (ITPT)

*“Konrad Furst” (Dragon) OR “Nico Hahn” (Dragon)

*“Andrea” (Twisting Toyz) OR “Franco Rizzoli” (Dragon)

*“Pete ‘Popeye’ Bennett” (F-14 Tomcat pilot) (Dragon) OR “Rich
Blankenship” (Blue Angels commander) (Dragon)

*“Brad McCabe” (Desert SEAL HAHO) (bbi) OR SEAL Team 6 figure
(Toys City)

*"Leon” (USMC Task Force Tarawa, Iraq 2003) (Dragon) OR “Walt”
(USMC Marine Force Recon, Iraq 2003) (Dragon)

*“Louis Fletcher” (Irish Guards, Iraq) (Dragon) OR British Blues & Royals
Lieutenant, Afghanistan (Hot Toys)

*"Serge Bernier" (French Tank crewman, 1940) OR French Resistance
Fighter (Hasbro)

. . . Some of these may seem rather obvious, but nevertheless, I want to get a second (and third, fourth, etc.) opinión on them.

Any & all opinions are welcome, and thanks for your input!

 

[thenammagazine]

Buy what you think looks best. That way you're not regretting taking someone else's opinion who might have a bias for a company and wind up dropping cash on an item that's really crap.

 

[karamazov80]

I see you were referred to this section, and rightly so (there may be a small handful of folks here who know enough about those figures to give you some good feedback). But, there is an entire internet forum dedicated largely to military figures in One Sixth Warrior that could probably give you more feedback of the sort that you seek here. Good luck in your quest, in any case.

 

[djamesi]

Thanks- I did post this query in onesixthwarriors and did get some great feedback, but was hoping for more. So, any comments or thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

[Crimsonbob]

Kaustic Plastik are based in Italy and try to make their figs as historical accurate as possible.

https://www.kaustic-plastik.com/eng/chi-siamo-Kaustic-Plastik.htm

 

[djamesi]

Thanks Crimsonbob- I appreciate your comments!

 

[shocktrooper_au]

If your interested in historical accuracy, your best bet is to study it yourself, they name the character point of reference it's not that hard to grab a good book & learn some cool facts or google images.
All i can say is the Kaustic Gladiators look fantastic, the movie/tv gladiators (I think ACI make them) are going to be taken from the Costumes with designers artistic liberties & all... the ignite figs are getting a bit old now and the sculpts reflect that over sized helmets etc and heads & bodies lacking detail...........just my 2c

 

[djamesi]

Thanks for your comments, Shocktrooper- I have looked into the KP figures and they are probably the most historically accurate AFs ever made- thanks again!