Comparison of Magister Militum to Essex

...no idea about the metals. But the so called Magister Militum are mostly much smaller then minies from Essex. But chariots from MM fit on 4x4cm bases without problems...

Thanks guys.

I compared one of the figs. from MM to one from Essex, and they seem very close in size, so I hope this continues as I paint more armies up and keep mixing and matching figs.

I didn't purchase any chariots from MM, so I don't know first hand how they fit, but I agree with you about chariots from Essex... had a heck of a time trying to get the Hebrew chariot and horses to fit on a 40mm x 40mm base, so ended up snapping in half a 40mm x 20mm base and glued a 40mm x 10mm portion to a 40mm x 40mm base, so I could fit the chariot, etc.. nicely.

The 40mm x 50mm base for the chariot may not be tournament approved, but as long as I am just using these armies at home, it's not going to bother anyone.

I also notice that I often have a hard time getting Essex horses to fit on a 30mm base depth, especially if the horses' tails are sticking straight out horizontally... have delicately bent many a horse tail to get them to fit without having tails or noses protruding beyond the bases.

Going to enjoy going to the SELWG Open Day in October, as I noticed both Essex and Magister Militum will have booths there. This is going to save me a bundle on postage fees!

Worth pre-ordering, if you know what you want, to avoid disappointment if they have nil stock on the day. Mag Mil have a special way of doing this on their website, and I think Essex take e.mail pre-orders.
Enjoy the show😎

And yes, Essex chariots and 40 mm depth basing don't mix so good.

All my Indian chariots fro MM fit easily into 40 x 40 bases....even the 4 horse ones.

I must say I do like MM. The figures are on the small size (true 15s), the figures are slighter than others (probably more accurate but delicate), there is a slight lack of variety in poses and some of the horses have longer necks than I would like.

BUT

They have a very comprehensive range, they are historically accurate (even if that makes cavalry xystons unmanageably long), they paint up well, they are a family run company with a good ethos and time to chat at shows, they are packaged to be DBA friendly and minimise waste (unlike OG and FIB), I’ve never not been able to pin a breakage and they have good customer service. As a result most of my Classical armies are MM.

Paddy

I think it may be a false economy. So often I miss a figure here or there and so need to do a re-order and then while I’m ordering I’ll slip in a few more elements to change this Army into that one......and then I’ve always hankered after that Army...... and then it’s only £10 more to get free postage and you know that makes sense.

“A Wargames who doesn’t own his own body weight in unpainted lead is a danger to himself and his friends!”