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Post by leswhite on Jul 16, 2019 9:26:41 GMT
davel, Does the new British Infantry Command set now have a suitable officer to represent a peninsular Camapaign one with long coat tails and boots or do they still have the later short coatee. It's been awhile since I looked at the range and I couldn't spot an appropriate figure previously ?
Any word on when we might see the War of 1812 US Infantry in Tombstone Shakos ?
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Post by davel on Jul 17, 2019 6:12:23 GMT
Hi leswhite,
The new pack doesn't have them. The earlier pack of command figures has one light infantry off I er and that's all. This present range of figures is for the 1812-1815 period. From 1812 onwards, some of the Peninsular forces (French and British) would/might have had the later uniforms.
From an earlier email I sent to Scott Lam regarding Spanish guerrillas for the Peninsular, he said that they would be doing a Peninsular range, but no prospective date was given, so it'll be "watch this space" I'm afraid.
No word about the American 1812 range developments yet, although I'm sure they'll be on the way.
So, I'm using Victrix for all my Peninsular forces (the infantry seem a little bigger than the Ex-Force), but am using Ex-Force cavalry (as Victrix aren't doing any more 54mm figures). But these are in the later uniforms, so am having to compromise and use earlier French and British infantry uniforms with the later cavalry uniforms.
Best Wishes Dave
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Post by leswhite on Jul 17, 2019 20:41:28 GMT
Hi davel, Thanks for that info. I haven't looked at this range for sometime and I did know that he started with Waterloo and that Peninsular was planned but thought at least if there was a suitable officer figure a Peninsular unit could be produced without need for conversion. His production is the opposite of the sets which I was looking at purchasing but since finding out that they are so big in relation to other figure makers and have out of scale parts I have decided not to invest and wait and see what comes in the new planned ranges in the hope that some will be a better more compatible 54mm size. I'll probably just stick with converted AIP as I'm happy with the size and quality of pose, although highlanders will be a challenge One of my interests is the American War of 1812 , the set I was hoping for was the iconic American Infantry in Tombstone shakos , NEVER done by any company before in plastic and I would have thought the first set to be produced in the range. Instead we have Militia, not particularly 1812 and now Woodland Indians. So it seems the sets are coming in reverse order of my preference, the longer it takes the less interest I have. I talked to Scott sometime ago about his plans and was interested to hear he wants to do a Colonial range that will include the French forces for North Africa, I specifically asked about Zouaves, proper French ones NOT ACW. He said they would come along with the North African range, so I'm still hopeful that this range will appear while I'm still capable of modelling He also talked about doing them in a more 54mm size as he is going to do with the WW2 Desert and Pacific Campaigns but so far nothing has been shown as future production, no doubt it will appear in the future. It's a waiting game ! I checked out the VICTRIX figures when they first appeared and fortunately was able to look in the box before I thought about buying them. that saved me a few pounds, I put them back on the shelf pretty quick I don't do 1/30th scale figures ! They clearly got the pantographing wrong and this has hurt their sales, hence no more figures in that size. The EXforce Cavalry do look pretty compatible with VICTRIX showing just how big they are. You will see in one of my other threads what figures I am using for the Pennisular campaign, really conversions of AIP as they are currently available. I like what you are doing with your Exforce stuff, it's good to see fully painted units on the war game table. Best Wishes, Les
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Post by stuparkin on Jul 22, 2019 16:25:31 GMT
For those who haven't seen Victrix Napoleonic figures, I managed to take a few snaps of some very nicely painted ones on a Napoleonic re-enactment stand at this years WMMS show at Wolverhampton back in March. Along side them were some painted mounted Dragoons and Cuirassiers, which I believe were ACTA and also an Italeri limber team. The limber team didn't seem to out of place next to the Victrix figures unlike ACTA cavalry. However I do remember seeing a demo game at Salute here in the UK a few years ago where all the infantry were Victrix and the cavalry were Italeri and they all blended in nicely on the table (I'll try to dig out the photos I took).
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Post by stuparkin on Jul 22, 2019 16:26:17 GMT
A couple of more shots
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Post by davel on Jul 22, 2019 17:01:34 GMT
Hi Stu,
Great to see the pictures. I was on the re-enactment stand and can I say that the figures were painted by me. The Dragoons are by Italeri and the Cuirassier are by a South American firm (don't know which one) that All The Kings Men did under Licence.
The Italeri are a little small compared to the Victrix (although the artillery fit in quite well), but Expeditionary Force cavalry fit in very well with Victrix figures.
Best Wishes Dave
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Post by leswhite on Jul 22, 2019 19:34:47 GMT
Hi Davel, The Cuirassiers were a limited production, under license, of metal castings from the 'Soldiers of the World' range put onto DSG plastic horses. So this is what AIP Cuirassiers would look like if they ever made them ! Everything looks great painted up, very nice display !
I would say that the Exforce Cavalry are 1/30 scale and are a perfect fit with the VICTRIX infantry.
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Post by stuparkin on Jul 22, 2019 22:38:09 GMT
Hi Davel You are to be congratulated on your painting, the display looked awesome, I took quite a few pics but not all came out that good unfortunately, shaky arm syndrome Seeing them made me wish I hadn't sold my 54mm Nap Prussians! Cheers Stu
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Post by rahway on Aug 9, 2019 18:02:22 GMT
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Post by davel on Aug 10, 2019 6:10:48 GMT
54 BET 09 - British line command now available (drummers, ensigns etc + 2 very nice mounted officers)
For release in October are French Cuirassier
Best Wishes Dave
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Post by marctpf on Aug 22, 2019 12:35:52 GMT
Very nice pictures
I have those Cuirassiers, but would love to know how to buy DSG sets in the UK. Their website shows some great figures, but cannot find a distributor
Has anybody managed to buy these?
Thanks
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Post by leswhite on Aug 22, 2019 19:17:56 GMT
What DSG sets are you looking for ? Painted or unpainted ? I don't think there is anyone doing them in the UK anymore but they should be available direct from Argentina from Red Scorpio. They have been on the market for quite some time and nothing new has been added recently that I am aware of. The sets sold on EBay seem over priced to me which may reflect that availability is not so easy as it once was.
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Post by davel on Oct 21, 2019 5:55:44 GMT
Hi. Just had an email from Scott Lam from Ex-Force to say that the French Cuirassiers and Carabiniers are now available. They've also been put on the site. They look lovely.
I already have Cuirassiers, but feel it would be rude not to buy the Carabiniers!!! (I'd doing the Peninsular and so think they were there, although the ex-force figures are in the later uniform. Would be lovely if they produced some in the earlier fur hat).
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Post by davel on Dec 15, 2019 8:36:41 GMT
Hi guys,
Just had some info regarding the next releases from Ex-Force. Don't think it gave a release date, but will obviously be next year now (can you believe another year has passed?!!!)
54 BRT 10 British Light Dragoons (1812-15) 54 FRN 12 Polish Lancers
The code 54 FRN 10 is reserved for dismounted Dragoons which will be released some time next year (there's a photo of one figure on the Future Releases section of the catalogue on their site)
On the email I received, there was also some interesting info regarding Old Guard figures. No indication of a release date, but it said they can be made up for 3 periods (there was a figure in bicornes, one in plumed shako (more like a a middle/young guard I would have thought) and one in bearskin)
The note about the Old Guard Grenadiers also said that the figures were also slightly taller than the other infantry figures, which I thought was a nice touch, given that Grenadiers were the tallest.
Lots of lovely treats lined up for next year and the Polish Lancers wrre fantastic figures. My Bank Manager is going to hate me!!!!!
Best Wishes Dave
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Post by davel on Dec 16, 2019 6:52:29 GMT
Thanks for posting the photos rahway. I'm a techno moron so Can't do that sort of thing.
Just had a note from Scott Lam and he said the Polish Lancers are at the tooling stage and should be available in January. Great news.
Does anyone know if the Polish Lancers can also be used as Red Lancers and Confederation of the Rhine Lancers? Or are there too many uniform differences?
Best Wishes Dave y
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