Hi Spitfnd, ( Bill )
IMO First Legion has made a conscious decision to stand alone otherwise they would be copying the style of other manufactures .Think about it how many K & C clones do we have out there now ? I'm not one to get out the measuring equipment when it comes to scale but I have several hundred of their Napoleonic figures and they all look to me to be in perfect proportions . They look very realistic to me . Not to say anything bad about other manufactures but I recently have seen a photo on TF of a GI holding a Thompson made by another Co. and his hand was as wide as a 30 round stick magazine is long for Gods sake. . Putting something like that next to a First Legion Figure would just not look right IMO .Just by doing their own thing IMO has made FL a stand alone company.