World War II Project - Perry GIs vs Warlord GIs (old box)

I was pretty enthused at the release of a plastic box of US Infantry from Perry Miniatures. So I ordered two boxes. Each box has enough infantry for a full platoon including some additional support weapons like bazooka and 30 cal MGs. In fact there are enough weapons to actually build three full squads plus the platoon command section.

I decided to compare them against the Warlord US Infantry box, now the box I have is the old box (I have one regular infantry and one of Rangers). I know there are some significant changes from the old to the new box. If I have an opportunity to pick one up I'll make another comparison. I do know that the new box is similar to the Perry's with weapons already attached to arms which is a very good thing, definitely less fiddly.

The Perry weapon sprue is much superior than the Warlord one. I can equip a squad as it should be equipped and there are enough extra BARs to add a second one if needed. The Warlord sprue has an odd mix of Springfields and Garands to the point where you can't do anything remotely accurately. Hopefully that has been addressed in the new box. Only early war US Marines should be equipped with that many Springfield rifles.

The detail on the Perry plastics is much crisper than the Warlord plastics although the faces definitely lack the character of the Warlord heads. The Perry Miniatures are 1/56th scale, the Warlord are 28mm and tend to be a bit chunkier. I think after painting them up and getting them on the table you would be hard pressed to tell the difference between them.

On to the pictures!