15mmRen Photos of Totentanz Miniatures 15/18mm Figures from their TYW Range

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Photos of Totentanz Miniatures 15/18mm Figures from their TYW Range

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In my seemingly endless quest to buy figures from every manufacturer in the 15mm Renaissance Suppliers Directory one of the most recent additions is Totentatz Miniatures from Spain. They have this entry in the directory:

Totentanz Miniatures

Totentanz Miniatures were a Spanish manufacturer with a briefly famous Continental TYW range
They were " :100 scale, 16mm to the eyes figurines" and were highly regarded, however the company now seems to have ceased trading as there have been no updates to their website in many years.

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Totentanz started in 2014, and started selling the figures in 2015. They also sell ACW figures.

FoGR, Thirty Years War Photos of Totentanz Miniatures 15/18mm Figures from their TYW Range, 15mm / 18mm

I'd bought a few packets as a test quite a while ago, but they had sat on the painting bench half-finished for ages - partly as other projects took preference, but partly as I got intimidated by how nice the figures were. They are - as you will see - at the 18mm end of the scale, but are proportionied much more like plastic figures, with almost-proper human proportions and a lot of fine detail on the figures. I could see that this detail was starting to get lost a little with my undercoat then paint technique, and I wasn't sure that the ArmyPainter would have enough detail left to do it's magic.

FoGR, Thirty Years War Photos of Totentanz Miniatures 15/18mm Figures from their TYW Range, 15mm / 18mm

I'd bough 4 packs of musketeers, including the "skirmish" set (the keeling figures) , 2 packs of Pikemen and a pack of infantry officers. This allowed me to make 2 Regiments, with extra figures on the Pikeman bases - something I've been toying with for a while.

FoGR, Thirty Years War Photos of Totentanz Miniatures 15/18mm Figures from their TYW Range, 15mm / 18mm

Here they are, finished and matt varnished after the Quickshade. The basing has been done using the same technique as I've used on my Saga figures:

FoGR, Thirty Years War Photos of Totentanz Miniatures 15/18mm Figures from their TYW Range, 15mm / 18mm

I'm not sure what it is, but they do look more "TYW" than the normal run-of-the-mill generic figures.

FoGR, Thirty Years War Photos of Totentanz Miniatures 15/18mm Figures from their TYW Range, 15mm / 18mm

I did one regiment in "sort of red" and one in blue.

FoGR, Thirty Years War Photos of Totentanz Miniatures 15/18mm Figures from their TYW Range, 15mm / 18mm

The faces have gotten a little lost with black undercoat and then Vallejo paint - looking at these photos I need to go back and add in some moustaches

FoGR, Thirty Years War Photos of Totentanz Miniatures 15/18mm Figures from their TYW Range, 15mm / 18mm

The armour has come out really well though - it looks very dirty and "on campaign"

FoGR, Thirty Years War Photos of Totentanz Miniatures 15/18mm Figures from their TYW Range, 15mm / 18mm

Comparison photo - Totentanz vs Lancashire Games

FoGR, Thirty Years War Photos of Totentanz Miniatures 15/18mm Figures from their TYW Range, 15mm / 18mm

Comparison photo - Testudo (now Khurasan) vs Totentanz

FoGR, Thirty Years War Photos of Totentanz Miniatures 15/18mm Figures from their TYW Range, 15mm / 18mm

Comparison photo - Essex vs Totentanz

FoGR, Thirty Years War Photos of Totentanz Miniatures 15/18mm Figures from their TYW Range, 15mm / 18mm

Comparison photo - Old Glory TYW range vs Totentanz

FoGR, Thirty Years War Photos of Totentanz Miniatures 15/18mm Figures from their TYW Range, 15mm / 18mm

Comparison photo - QRF vs Totentanz

FoGR, Thirty Years War Photos of Totentanz Miniatures 15/18mm Figures from their TYW Range, 15mm / 18mm

Comparison photo - Matchlock MIniatures (from Minifigs) vs Totentanz

FoGR, Thirty Years War Photos of Totentanz Miniatures 15/18mm Figures from their TYW Range, 15mm / 18mm

Comparison photo - Minifigs (old range) vs Totentanz

FoGR, Thirty Years War Photos of Totentanz Miniatures 15/18mm Figures from their TYW Range, 15mm / 18mm

Here's a close up of the Totentanz pikeman and officer. Yeah... that man needs a moustache!

FoGR, Thirty Years War Photos of Totentanz Miniatures 15/18mm Figures from their TYW Range, 15mm / 18mm

Comparison photo - QR Miniatures Polish foot - another unfinished project - vs Totentanz

FoGR, Thirty Years War Photos of Totentanz Miniatures 15/18mm Figures from their TYW Range, 15mm / 18mm

Comparison photo - Donnington vs Totentanztext

FoGR, Thirty Years War Photos of Totentanz Miniatures 15/18mm Figures from their TYW Range, 15mm / 18mm

Comparison photo - Peter Pig (the most 15mm of all...) vs Totentanztext

The Summary

There are really nice figures - they are a similar size to Testudo, but are more humanly proportioned and the mix of poses in the bag is also a real bonus, especially if you don't worry too much about mixing in the skirmishing infantry with the main battle line foot. Once this range expands it will be really nice for the TYW, and they also have the benefit of being more TYW-specific than most other ranges out there.

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