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Author Topic: Warlord doing new AZW Stuff and a question about Empress Miniatures  (Read 5750 times)

Offline vodkafan

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Re: Warlord doing new AZW Stuff and a question about Empress Miniatures
« Reply #15 on: June 09, 2019, 05:43:05 PM »
A quick query, how do the new Warlord figures compare sizewise to other ranges? My Zulu War is a mix of Redoubt and Black Tree design, I like the Empress figures but I sold them off as they were a bit smaller..
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Offline Kommando_J

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Re: Warlord doing new AZW Stuff and a question about Empress Miniatures
« Reply #16 on: June 12, 2019, 04:31:55 PM »
No idea but the warlord plastics were bigger/chunkier than the empress stuff.

Also more stuff out for them, including a fellow called ''Dan the Yank'' whom I've never heard of.





Offline Sparrow

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Re: Warlord doing new AZW Stuff and a question about Empress Miniatures
« Reply #17 on: June 12, 2019, 05:59:56 PM »
Not very good are they?  :?
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Offline Kommando_J

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Re: Warlord doing new AZW Stuff and a question about Empress Miniatures
« Reply #18 on: June 12, 2019, 06:02:38 PM »
I like them apart from the poses from Dan the yank and private hitch(his right arm looks too long) hoping they come out as a separate set.

Offline Mike1879

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Re: Warlord doing new AZW Stuff and a question about Empress Miniatures
« Reply #19 on: June 13, 2019, 07:02:02 AM »
Dan the Yank was an American civilian called Mr Daniels. He was in charge of the Pont at Rorkes Drift. He offered to defend the pont with his weapon of choice which was a sword when news of the Zulu Impi moving on Rorkes Drift broke out.
I like the new figures but as stated some of them are a little odd !!
Still buy them though if they come out as separate packs !!!

Offline Cubs

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Re: Warlord doing new AZW Stuff and a question about Empress Miniatures
« Reply #20 on: June 13, 2019, 07:19:04 AM »
Difficult to know what to make of them really, with relatively small photos, but they seem to encapsulate the goofy comicbook style that I have no enthusiasm for. Some are okay and it's obvious they've used paintings as their inspiration for some of the better poses, but frankly I think there are better versions out there. Not my bag.

Dan balancing a cutlass on his head is something that makes you wonder what the sculptor was thinking.
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Offline Antonio J Carrasco

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Re: Warlord doing new AZW Stuff and a question about Empress Miniatures
« Reply #21 on: June 13, 2019, 01:00:18 PM »
Not impressed, actually. The poses look odd.

Offline FreakyFenton

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Re: Warlord doing new AZW Stuff and a question about Empress Miniatures
« Reply #22 on: June 13, 2019, 04:21:43 PM »
Difficult to know what to make of them really, with relatively small photos, but they seem to encapsulate the goofy comicbook style that I have no enthusiasm for. Some are okay and it's obvious they've used paintings as their inspiration for some of the better poses, but frankly I think there are better versions out there. Not my bag.

Dan balancing a cutlass on his head is something that makes you wonder what the sculptor was thinking.

Why you uncultured plum, that is the commonplace tradition of a game of pin the horn to the rhino.   ;) lol

I agree however, looks odd. Maybe he means to swat away a mosquito.
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Andrew_McGuire

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Re: Warlord doing new AZW Stuff and a question about Empress Miniatures
« Reply #23 on: June 13, 2019, 04:59:31 PM »
The spelling of the name of the figure at top left in the first image is rather unfortunate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Schiess

Offline Sparrow

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Re: Warlord doing new AZW Stuff and a question about Empress Miniatures
« Reply #24 on: June 13, 2019, 05:05:03 PM »
The spelling of the name of the figure at top left in the first image is rather unfortunate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Schiess

Blimey had missed that! Laughed out loud!!!

Offline Mike1879

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Re: Warlord doing new AZW Stuff and a question about Empress Miniatures
« Reply #25 on: June 13, 2019, 05:11:47 PM »
Chaplain Smith did not win a VC as stated on the picture of his model !!

Offline FreakyFenton

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Re: Warlord doing new AZW Stuff and a question about Empress Miniatures
« Reply #26 on: June 13, 2019, 05:14:23 PM »
The spelling of the name of the figure at top left in the first image is rather unfortunate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Schiess

 lol

Offline Cubs

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Re: Warlord doing new AZW Stuff and a question about Empress Miniatures
« Reply #27 on: June 13, 2019, 05:24:15 PM »
Chaplain Smith did not win a VC as stated on the picture of his model !!

Aye, it would've been a bit difficult since he was technically a civilian non-com!

Offline Mike1879

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Re: Warlord doing new AZW Stuff and a question about Empress Miniatures
« Reply #28 on: June 13, 2019, 06:00:18 PM »
Indeed he was Cubs  !!!

Offline Captain Blood

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Re: Warlord doing new AZW Stuff and a question about Empress Miniatures
« Reply #29 on: June 13, 2019, 07:02:56 PM »
Not very good are they?  :?

Nope  :(

Like, I’m afraid, quite a lot of Warlord figures. They have a style, but it’s not a style that appeals to me. Slightly cartoony caricatures in overwrought poses. I have both the ‘movie’ and historical versions of Mr Hicks’ sets for Empress, and they are in a different league to these.

My ones...

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