Wednesday, 12 February 2020

New Recruits

A couple of days ago, I received an email from our local New Zealand on line retailor, Mighty Ape, letting me know they had 20% off certain 28mm Napoleonic figures.

Generally I ignore this sort of marketing, but I took a look and today these two boxes arrived at the painting desk...very nice looking the figures are too!

These will join my expanding painting queue and I shall report on them in due course.


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12 comments:

  1. Jonathan Freitag13 February 2020 at 03:26

    These boxes contain plastic and metal? Are horses one material and riders another?

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    1. rross13 February 2020 at 07:07

      Hi Jonathan ...no, the tendency for this company, unlike the Perrys, is to make the "command" figures in metal...I assume because they need less of them. The plastic Portuguese I have been doing recents the same...an officer a drummer and two standard bearers are metal, plus four sprues of five plastic infantrymen. I had a quick look in the cavalry box last night and it's only the officer who is metal...the musician is just a metal arm to add to one of the plastic bodies...

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  2. caveadsum147113 February 2020 at 04:52

    Sometimes it's nice to succumb to marketing!
    Best Iain

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    1. rross13 February 2020 at 07:08

      Very true Iain...I certainly felt good after I had done it!

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  3. Lawrence H13 February 2020 at 23:12

    Nice discount. I wonder how well the trumpeter's metal arm will affix to the plastic torso? I'll look forward to the finished item, and the Union Brigade is one of my favourite formations (along with the dark blue Royal Horse Guards which make a welcome change from painting red).

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  4. rross14 February 2020 at 17:06

    Thanks Lawrence , I am hoping the ubiquitous super glue will work to bond these two materials...will let you know! Not sure how I will paint them as yet...I would like to use them with my Peninsular Brits but not sure of the uniform circa 1810... perhaps the same as these but with a bicorne?

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    1. Lawrence H16 February 2020 at 09:35

      Yes, bicornes were the go at that stage unfortunately, at least up until 1810. It all depends when they received the new issue, but 1812 was around the turning point from what I have read.

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    2. rross16 February 2020 at 19:56

      Thanks for the confirmation...I may paint them in blue uniforms but wearing bicornes and dare anyone to tell me they have the wrong cuffs or lapels! From what I can see, most of the coat detail is hidden by cross belts anyway!

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  5. Stuart S15 February 2020 at 10:29

    It's always good to have a queue... :-)

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  6. rross15 February 2020 at 14:28

    Thanks Stu....I prefer to have my queue under control though...I am happy to buy two or three battalions of infantry at once with the prospect I might have a month or more painting ahead, but I don't generally buy willy nilly and end up with five hundred unpainted figures from four different era's!

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  7. Phil15 February 2020 at 20:36

    Many splendid miniatures to follow!

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  8. rross15 February 2020 at 22:38

    Yes Phil...not sure which I will put together first...probably the Scots Greys

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