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Miniatures Adventure => Age of the Big Battalions => Topic started by: Eric the Shed on 23 June 2017, 09:52:31 AM

Title: Review of Warlord Games New British Heavy Cavalry
Post by: Eric the Shed on 23 June 2017, 09:52:31 AM
Hi folks

Just posted up a review of the new Warlord Games British Heavy Cavalry on the blog

http://shedwars.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/warlord-games-british-heavy-cavalry.html (http://shedwars.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/warlord-games-british-heavy-cavalry.html)

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Title: Re: Review of Warlord Games New British Heavy Cavalry
Post by: jambo1 on 23 June 2017, 09:57:08 AM
Good wee review, I don't have a need for them but i am sure plenty will/ :)
Title: Re: Review of Warlord Games New British Heavy Cavalry
Post by: Dr. Zombie on 23 June 2017, 10:12:39 AM
I really don't like this trend of making separate boxes with only slightly different content. Until now I thought it was mostly Fireforge who did it.

Lets hope it does not catch on.
Title: Re: Review of Warlord Games New British Heavy Cavalry
Post by: delbruck on 23 June 2017, 11:27:58 AM
Quite disappointing. I hope the release doesn't discourage Perry from doing their own.
Title: Re: Review of Warlord Games New British Heavy Cavalry
Post by: nic-e on 23 June 2017, 11:54:52 AM
At first i thought perhaps they only had one mould machined up and the extra sprue section was added/removed via blocks.

But no, It's clear from the tiny differences that they actually machined two seperate moulds for these two near identical kits...

That's a massive amount of money to spend to make the same thing twice! someone In the planning department done messed up!
Title: Re: Review of Warlord Games New British Heavy Cavalry
Post by: Warboss Nick on 24 June 2017, 10:21:32 AM
Sounds like what they did with french chasseurs and lancers. They grew on me when I had the actual sprues in hand until I noticed the lack of elite options.

Don't get me wrong, I quite like warlord's plastic range in that they offer plastic alternatives that match reasonably well with Perrys. You just can't get by with them alone, when a bit more thought in the process could have resulted in a much better product (like the number of core and elite miniatures / packaging with their french infantry).