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Offline Chairface

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« on: November 15, 2007, 01:54:27 AM »
Some nice new figs from Crusader:







www.crusaderminiatures.com

Offline Prof.Witchheimer

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« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2007, 08:24:20 AM »
oha! more pirates! like them!

Offline Malamute

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« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2007, 08:40:25 AM »
Some very nice characters in there :)
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Offline Hammers

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« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2007, 08:45:52 AM »
Very nice clergy man.

I wonder why it is so hard to find mullahs, dervishes, rabbis and Jehova's Witnesses aldermen?

Offline Prof.Witchheimer

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« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2007, 09:00:44 AM »
Quote from: "hammershield"
Very nice clergy men?

I wonder why it is so hard to find mullahs, dervishes, rabbis and Jehova's Witnessess aldermen?


well, that is THE question.

Offline Plynkes

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« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2007, 09:24:31 AM »
Well, they've only been around since the 1870s, and only started calling themselves Jehovah's Witnesses in the 1930s, so it would be rather odd to find them in an 18th Century pirate range!   :)
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Offline Hammers

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« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2007, 09:33:47 AM »
Speaking of clergymen:

heres a vicar with a lot of persuasive powers in his hands.



Talk about returning from Sunday sermon with the teachings stamped in your forehead.

Offline Johan

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« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2007, 08:07:00 PM »
I think I know the person who was the inspiration for the third figure in the first picture.

He lives in Antwerp somewhere.

Offline Lowtardog

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« Reply #8 on: November 15, 2007, 08:39:42 PM »
That first pack is very nice and useful for my Highwaymen and I dare say your smugglers Malamute  :)

Offline Captain Blood

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« Reply #9 on: November 16, 2007, 08:02:02 PM »
Lovely. You can never have too many pirates (and I have lots  :mrgreen: )

Unfortunately, I also have lots I still haven't painted  :(

But these look pretty irresistible.

Except for the bases. I hate and detest slotta bases. They raise the model up an unecessary few mm, and they are horribly lightweight.

Wonder why Mark's gone for slottas on this range... I think I'm right in saying most of the Crusader figures don't have them...

Something to do with the rising price of metal?

Offline Prof.Witchheimer

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« Reply #10 on: November 16, 2007, 08:27:42 PM »
Quote from: "Captain Blood"
I hate and detest slotta bases.


seconded  :x

Offline theoldschool

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« Reply #11 on: November 16, 2007, 09:40:16 PM »
Quote from: "Captain Blood"
Lovely. You can never have too many pirates (and I have lots  :mrgreen: ) Except for the bases. I hate and detest slotta bases. They raise the model up an unecessary few mm, and they are horribly lightweight.


I agree about the plastic plinths, but oddly enough I really like slottabase figures, but for a different reason. It makes it much easier to snip the tab from the  figure and pin it to a Litko ply base for a nice flush finish on a thin base.
Pat

 

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