What made you choose Pendraken?

[kev1964]

I painted some late Romans and was so impressed with the quality of clibs sculpting i looked into other sculpts he had done and chose AWI. A first for me in this period and am now intending to build up armies to game with myself,( another first ) as never rolled dice in anger before. Secondly the great value for money, very impressed with the £25 pack deals of which i have just about finished my first pack so will put a few pics on tomorrow. And last but not least the great service, so a very happy customer   looking forward to my next figs arriving.

kev

[mart678]

I first bought Pendraken way back in the early days of creation near the hydro thermal vents I was at a show possible Allumwell in ts old location and bought a fantasy army for each of my 4 sons

Me I am slowly working on French Indian Wars using British Grenadier  28mm base and ground scale so about 12/14 figures per base instead of 4 so a 16 figure regiment is about 48/50+ figures looking good so far(1 regt finished)


Martin

[Hertsblue]

Began assembling Marlburian armies in the mid nineties - initially with Irregulars but switching to Pendraken when I found that the  figures were better and the range larger. Did Blenheim for the club's 2000 convention game, for which I provided all of the figures, and which required long hours of additional painting. I well remember Dave coming across to the game at Broadsword that year and showing me the newly re-designed early tricorn figures. I think that's when I started losing my hair....   

[Steve J]

I really like how it looks on my table

Forgot this one, but agree that the look is much better .

[Squirrel]

I,ve been modelling in this scale since I was a kid with N scale model railways.

Back in the '90s I decided I wanted a change from 28mm wargaming and 10mm just made sense. I emailed every 10mm wargames manufacturer I could find and asked them to send me some samples. Dave was the only one who did, and I've never veered from Pendraken since.

Never been diappointed either with a purchase or service since, so cheers Dave and Leon 

[Wulf]

I started buying Pendraken because they fit well in beside Magister Militum 

That's not strictly true, I apparently bought loads of Pendraken many years ago, but they lay neglected in a box until my interest in 10mm reappeared recently - when looking for additional minis to fit with my new MM I discovered all sorts of goodies! The newer Pendraken sculpts are my first choice now, hoping there will be more of them in the Ancients ranges...

[fred.]

I'm struggling to remember exactly - about 10 years ago I discovered Warmaster and GW's 10mm figures. I bought various GW figures off eBay - then discovered Pendrakens fantasy ranges. Then added WWII stuff, I think probably because the price was so good, then the quality is good too - WWII did lead me to other manufacturers.

But I have continued to buy lots of Pendraken especially the newer ranges, such as the Late Romans and LoA figures (and older stuff like Lizardmen).

[zaapark]

Like other folks found the AWI line, bought some and found out how wonderful the figs were.  Then decided to do large WW2 battles and what better way then 10mm.  Which lead to a never ending WW1 and thoughts on a ACW western campaign .......

Plus the customer service is top notch 

[Malbork]

Like Howayman I started with Skytrex armour but didn't like the infantry. Got some Wargames South troops but they weren't a lot better back then and I let the scale drift. Then I refound  soem models when going through old boxes of stuff and decided to see what was available now.  Found this site and was wowed by some of the painting jobs I saw (level way beyond me but inspiring nonetheless) and decided to indulge myself with restarting Napoleonics, something not played since schooldays.  Always liked the spectacle but getting enough figs on the tbale was always a problem, both aesthetically and financially - Pendraken provided the answer.

Also rekindled my ECW interest. This had always been a problem in other scales with pikes either too long or too short, not enough choice in ranges etc. Once again 10mm seems to fit the bill.

Needless to say like others here my magpie like wargames mind has since leapt to other ranges and projects, long considered and never embarked upon, due to cost and space. Currently have WWI German infantry division ready for basing and priming and at the paperwork stage of a Culloden army, all from Pendraken.

Have to say that the Pendraken service is second to none and I've been buying tiny shiny men for more than 30 years The forum is also one of, if not the, friendliest i've found. These two points are also very important. It's not every manufacturer that will bag up a unit to your specifications and dispatch the same day. Much better than the traditional buy a bag of 6/8/10 and one day you'll find a use for the spare figs way of doing things

[Leman]

I started with Franco-Prussians in the early 90s, since which time I've added 1866 Austrians and Saxons, WWI Eastern Front and Russian Civil War, Italian Condottiere, Republican and Early Imperial Romans, Sassanids and Feudal Western Europeans. I like the scale as it works very well with 6mm scenic items which allows forn quite an extensive battlefield. I also like to use Pendrakenn as they are generally well-sculpted, robust and easy to paint. I have almost completely abandoned 15mm now (apart from ACW) and have a number of future Pendraken projects in mind, especially the expansion of my DBA armies for larger campaigns.

[Leon]

Excellent thread, and nice to see some common reasons... 

[Bishop Lord]

I bought some lizard men and Elves way back in the day when my lads had a dabble with HOTTs. So when 10mm Medieval gaming became my thing i thought Id have a good toot at Pendraken and I think Ive got most of the Medieval ranges now.
To Sum up:-
Good quality Very Reasonably priced Very good customer service and above all... an involvement with the hobby and  it's painters and gamers (us)   They've even got their own forum

Yep there are some other 10mm manufactures out there and I'm sure we've all bought stuff from them but none of them seem to have that involement and for me thats what counts...yada, yada, rant,rant etc etc

[Steve J]

Great point Bishop about being involved in the hobby, which is great, and listening to what we as gamers would like .

[Hertsblue]

Excellent thread, and nice to see some common reasons... 

Common reasons = common sense. 

[kustenjaeger]

Greetings

Started with Mediaevals, I think for DBx, which I never really got round to but liked the figures.  When I decided to do platoon per stand Ostfront WW2 Pendraken was the natural choice.   Lots more collected since then (WWI Mesopotamia, WW2 desert, FPW 1870, SYW Western Germany) though a lot of it still to be painted ...

Regards

Edward

[Genom]

I was a GW gamer originally, but I preferred things like Warmaster and Epic to thier mainstream games. One of my friends got me into WWII using BKC so I started collecting a 10mm German army from Pendraken at his recomendation. (That's almost finished, honest) and I've now bought a bundle of Arabs and Crusaders for me and the wife, which are getting based up for Warmaster, but I can also use them for Impetus 15mm (Which I have my only historical 28mm army for)

10mm is fantastic for smaller gaming space (I only have space for a 4x4 table.)
Customer service here is fantastic
I regularly check the forums here for stuff to read (Very friendly)
Ranges are decent for the stuff I do.

[DaveL]

I've gamed with Chad for about 23 years, and we always get each other some wargames connected items as a Christmas present.

Chad always had a "tricorn fetish"" - his words, not mine! I won't tell you about his other fetishes!!!!   

So about 6-7 years ago, having seen the Pendraken stall at shows, I decided to get him some Malburian figures for Christmas - some infantry, cavalry and artillery which I painted for him.

Well that was it! Fantastic quality, sculpting, and everything else everyone has already mentioned.

We now have about 1,300 WSS painted figures and have invested in other ranges. 

Chad's painting and collecting armies for 1859, 1866 and 1870.  I've got about 800 AWI to paint, not to mention Latr Romans, Samauri, Crimean and have started collecting LoA.

They're so damned good that you just want to keep on collecting.

DaveL

[Leon]

Yep there are some other 10mm manufactures out there and I'm sure we've all bought stuff from them but none of them seem to have that involement and for me thats what counts...yada, yada, rant,rant etc etc

Is the 'Best 10mm Manufacturer' poll running this year?   

[Aart Brouwer]

Is the 'Best 10mm Manufacturer' poll running this year?   

Nope, all the others have quit. I wonder why .. 



Cheers,
Aart

[sebigboss79]

Is the 'Best 10mm Manufacturer' poll running this year?   

There are others?