Thursday, 20 August 2020

Welcome Reinforcememts

I had a birthday yesterday -number 58 for Gods sake - how did that happen?! As we are back at our restrictive Alert Level 3 and amongst the confirmed cases of Covid are two employees of New Zealand Post, there have been some delays in courier deliveries - which is the reason I was given for a dearth of presents this year ie EVEN less than usual!

The one arrival was courtesy of my son, who having little inclination to use his own imagination in selecting a present, thankfully followed my instructions suggestions, and produced this pack of Napoleonic French Line Lancers. So I will have some figures to paint (and post) over the next week or two- yay!

Hope all is well wherever you are and that life is not too stressful or inconvenient for any of you - stay safe!


The front and rear art work on the box

 

The metal components - officer, officers horse and sword arm, trumpeter, trumpeters head and a spare arm in case you want to make one of the plastic figures a standard bearer



The are six plastic sprues to create two lancers per sprue, including one set of epaulettes so you can make up to six elite company lancers if you wished. There is also a sword arm - I believe perhaps only the front rank troopers actually carried a lance.....

 



Front and rear views of the plastic sprue


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23 comments:

  1. Jonathan Freitag20 August 2020 at 21:42

    Happy Birthday, Keith!

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  2. rross20 August 2020 at 22:05

    Thanks Jonathon :)

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  3. Old Nick20 August 2020 at 23:23

    Happy birthday

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  4. KEV. Robertson.20 August 2020 at 23:24

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY Keith.

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    1. rross20 August 2020 at 23:26

      Cheers Kev, although I only really mentioned it by way of explaining where the box of lancers came from, not to elicit birthday wishes from all my visitors...appreciate the thought though 😊

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  5. Delta Coy21 August 2020 at 00:21

    OK, why spoil a run - many happy returns of the day Keith and enjoy your present(s). I think you're right that only the front rank were armed with lancers.

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    1. rross21 August 2020 at 06:41

      Thanks Greg...that's certainly the way they have been modelled in the rear box illustration. One improvement Warlord could make is to include an info sheet like the Perrys do. Also, I am sure they previously came with plastic bases but these are no longer included

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  6. Mark Strachan21 August 2020 at 06:53

    Well done...you have survived another year! I guess we are going to need a Napoleonic game again soon then.

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    1. rross21 August 2020 at 11:58

      Thanks Mark - yes that'
      s a nice positive way to frame it! We will have to wait for Aunty Cindy to tell us when we are allowed to go out and play again :)

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  7. Lawrence H21 August 2020 at 07:53

    Happy Birthday Keith. Mine was yesterday as well - August 20th. Fifty-six for me.

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    1. rross21 August 2020 at 12:00

      Happy Birthday to you then Lawrence - mine is the 19th. First sign you get that you are getting old is when you are working with people who are of an age to potentially be your children - happened to me when I was in my mid thirties and some of my co workers were 16 or 17!

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  8. Norm21 August 2020 at 21:43

    Best Wishes Keith. The Lancers will be a nice project, look forward to seeing them.

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    1. rross22 August 2020 at 07:44

      Thanks Norm, yes, I am looking forward to getting into them, the first two are assembled and under coated black already.

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  9. Dmitry Svidlo22 August 2020 at 08:09

    Happy Birthday Keith! looking forward to see the Lancers in your games :)

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    1. rross22 August 2020 at 09:07

      Thank you Dmitry - it may be a while before we get back to face to face gaming here unfortunately....

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  10. Steve J.23 August 2020 at 03:26

    Happy birthday and certainly a nice present. I buy my own and then give it to SWMBO, to wrap for the big day. That way I get what I want and the family doesn't have to faff around trying to find something!

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    1. rross23 August 2020 at 11:05

      Thanks Steve...yes I have used a similar method too,although I prefer to give them a list of half a dozen then there is a bit of a surprise when I find out what they picked...the best time was when the entire family combined and bought everything on the list...a nice bonus!

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  11. caveadsum147124 August 2020 at 03:37

    Happy birthday, they look like fun,warlord are easy to build but I do prefer the Perry stuff, I'm lucky to get anything hobby related, at least you can stop building terrain for a bit!
    Best Iain

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    1. rross24 August 2020 at 06:35

      Cheers Iain...yes I agree, the Perry stuff is nicer. The Warlord kits only tend to have one or two poses and in this set, the two horses are in an almost identical pose. They are very nice sculpts nonetheless.

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  12. Aly Morrison24 August 2020 at 05:00

    Happy birthday Keith...

    The French Line lancers Uniforms is one of my favourite ...although I only have one unit I am seriously tempted to do more...

    All the best. Aly

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    1. rross24 August 2020 at 06:38

      Thanks Aly. This is my third French Line Lancer unit, the others are a mixture of Front Rank and Connoisseur. I tend to have too few cavalry in my armies and I really need to add Dragoons, Hussars and Chasseurs a Chevalier to my collection too!

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  13. Stuart S25 August 2020 at 08:16

    Congratulations Keith... The lancers look like a great present, far better than socks.... :-)
    Who ever said gamers were difficult to buy for???
    Cheers
    Stu

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