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Having just picked up two packs from Perry and being very happy with them but disappointed with the lack of variety when it comes to infantry and having picked up a package of the Fireforge Arab heavy infantry (which I am incredibly disappointed with) I was wondering if folks could point me in the direction of some more Arab/Muslim infantry and character models?
I'm already familiar with the Gripping Beast stuff (and don't care for their plastic Arabs but some of their metals are quite nice) and the Artizan models.
I have no experience with Black Tree's Arabs, but their stuff is very hit and miss even inside a single pack. I have various US GIs from them and some look fine while others are horrible. Other members of my gaming group have had similar experience with other ranges.
Old Glory is okay, but I would say it is often heavily reused molds and thus can have problems with flash/miscasts and other similar problems.
The BTD Arabs are strong middle of the pack - better than OG and Magister. Footsore and Perry make the best figures from the list provided. MDS is hard to get these days & I don't own any Saxon figures yet (although the photos look great).
I have Normans, Arabs, 3rd Crusaders and WW2 Soviets. Other than the Crusaders being smaller than the Normans, I have no complaints about their lines.
