15mm SCW Comparisons

Just some quick photos for manufacturer's size comparison.

Basque (Guardi) command (pack SCW002) from The Late Queen

Republicans in Spanish Helmet (Range 13, pack.5) from Peter Pig

I'll take better pics when my camera has recharged.

Basques from The Late Queen

Along with the first packs of C.T.V. from The Late Queen I also ordered some additional Basque Command (SCW002) and LMG's (SCW005) as I loved these miniatures. There's something about the Lewis gunner that cries out "For Whom The Bells Toll"!

The majority of the Basque miniatures from The Late Queen are characterised by tight spanish berets, and light equipment. They wear open shirts with rolled sleeves or cadoza style 'battledress' jackets. Trousers are either gathered into socks or left long.

They are ideal for representing Basque (of course) or early Carlist militias and will add variety to your International Brigades or even Anarchists (especially if you add neck scarves from putty). I wouldn't be fussy about mixing and matching figures from packs SCW004, SCW007, SCW008 to create the bulk of your Basque or Carlist militias, just make sure the majority have the characteristic beret.

On a slightly (ahem) divergent note. Some of these Late Queen Basque miniatures may well end up in my Central American revolutionary games based on Peter Pig's AK47 Republic, as they make great 1950/60's Latin American guerrileros. I can also see a place for carefully chosen miniatures from these packs as French, Belgian, Italian or possibly even Greek resistance fighters. Guns of Navarone anyone?

If you are interested in the civil war in the Basque provinces, the following website (in Spanish) has details of the conflict together with an informative forum and substantial links.

La Guerra Civil en la Pais Vasco

Italian CTV from The Late Queen

The order I placed with The Late Queen on the 17th for 15mm Italian C.T.V. figures arrived today. Not bad at all given Easter holidays an a'hin. They are finely detailed minis, sculpted in very human proportions and natural poses. Just as they look on the website.


The figures themselves require a very small amount of cleaning up with the end of a sharp modelling knife to remove a tiny remnant of the moulding vents from the ends of rifles, but otherwise they are ready to be prepped for painting.

The CTV figures match both my existing Peter Pig and 1st generation Battlefront (FOW) 15mm WW2 Italians, though are a little slighter in build than most of Martin Goddard's SCW range. Perhaps noticeable when held six inches from your nose but not on the tabletop.

The Late Queen figures in Adrian helmet are purely to represent Blackshirt elements of the C.T.V. whilst my WW2 figs will represent the regular Italian formations. But more about that over the next fortnight.