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Title: Charles I and Montrose
Post by: joroas on May 08, 2010, 03:58:06 PM
Piccies

Charles I

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i27/Shaz4/war/Charles_front.jpg)

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i27/Shaz4/war/Charles_rear.jpg)

James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose


(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i27/Shaz4/war/Montrose_front.jpg)

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i27/Shaz4/war/Montrose_rear.jpg)
Title: Re: Charles I and Montrose
Post by: Captain Blood on May 08, 2010, 04:55:53 PM
Blimey. Now those are jolly good.  :)
Title: Re: Charles I and Montrose
Post by: Plynkes on May 08, 2010, 04:58:47 PM
Montrose's horse seems a bit odd to me. Looks like a cross with a Bactrian Camel.
Title: Re: Charles I and Montrose
Post by: Calimero on May 08, 2010, 05:28:19 PM

That might be the angle of the photo but the front legs look short :?
Title: Re: Charles I and Montrose
Post by: Gluteus Maximus on May 08, 2010, 05:52:40 PM
I like Charles' face - very good likeness to portraits of him, but he seems a bit too "active" to me. I've always imagined him sitting serenely whilst everyone else is rushing around. Great figure though and very tempting.

Montrose is slightly disappointing. Not the sculpting of himnself, which looks very good indeed, but he is a little "generic". Really, he could be anyof a colonel of a horse regiment. His horse isn't the best I've seen nut theta may just be the angle of the photo.

I'd buy Charlie, but maybe not Monty  :)
Title: Re: Charles I and Montrose
Post by: joroas on May 08, 2010, 06:08:07 PM
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I like Charles' face - very good likeness to portraits of him, but he seems a bit too "active" to me. I've always imagined him sitting serenely whilst everyone else is rushing around. Great figure though and very tempting.

At Naseby he was ready to charge the enemy...........
Title: Re: Charles I and Montrose
Post by: Axebreaker on May 09, 2010, 02:20:21 AM
Blimey. Now those are jolly good.  :)

I'll second that.

Christopher
Title: Re: Charles I and Montrose
Post by: redzed on May 09, 2010, 02:52:05 AM
Montrose's horse is dreadful, and Charles looks as though he ate all the pies.
Title: Re: Charles I and Montrose
Post by: Blackwolf on May 09, 2010, 02:53:26 AM
Can't wait for the Montrose mini :)
Title: Re: Charles I and Montrose
Post by: Gluteus Maximus on May 09, 2010, 08:37:51 AM
At Naseby he was ready to charge the enemy...........

 lol True! It's just the mental image I have of him. He just never seems as dynamic as Rupert, Cromwell or T Fairfax etc.  ;)
Title: Re: Charles I and Montrose
Post by: joroas on May 09, 2010, 09:09:47 AM
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At Naseby he was ready to charge the enemy...........


  True! It's just the mental image I have of him. He just never seems as dynamic as Rupert, Cromwell or T Fairfax etc. 

I don't see him as an action man either, he's more Spock than Kirk, but he did have immense moral courage, the kind that meant he could even face death with a calm demeanour.
Title: Re: Charles I and Montrose
Post by: joroas on May 21, 2010, 07:11:22 AM
Charles I is now on sale.  8)
Title: Re: Charles I and Montrose
Post by: Yankeepedlar01 on May 21, 2010, 04:35:03 PM
Charles I is now on sale.  8)
With or without his head? :D
Title: Re: Charles I and Montrose
Post by: former user on May 21, 2010, 04:53:47 PM
I am not extremely into ECW, but both figures are splendid
as to Montrose's horse - I guess it's the angle of the picture and the lens distortion
Title: Re: Charles I and Montrose
Post by: Gluteus Maximus on May 21, 2010, 07:49:35 PM
With or without his head? :D

 lol


Title: Re: Charles I and Montrose
Post by: mweaver on June 04, 2010, 02:48:24 AM
I have to admit I quite like both of these figures, and I expect I will pick them both up at some point.

Title: Re: Charles I and Montrose
Post by: Ignatieff on June 17, 2010, 10:05:54 PM
I'm a fan of all things Warlord, but the Montrose figure doesnt look anything like any representations of him, or written accounts ("clad in coat and trews as the Irish were").  Missed opportunity.
Title: Re: Charles I and Montrose
Post by: Admiral Benbow on June 17, 2010, 10:54:30 PM
I like the character sculpts quite well, even as I could use them for any TYW character or officer figures, but the horses are dreadful. And I doubt it's only the camera angle ...  :?
Title: Re: Charles I and Montrose
Post by: carlos marighela on June 17, 2010, 11:09:52 PM
Quite like the Montrose figure but to be honest I still prefer the Eureka version, how accurate it is I dunno but it's a nice figure as are the rest in the range.

http://eurekamin.com.au/product_info.php?cPath=731&products_id=9954

And the horses are infinitely superior.
Title: Re: Charles I and Montrose
Post by: Gluteus Maximus on June 17, 2010, 11:14:20 PM
He's a nice enough generic ECW officer, but as Ignatiev says, they really should have made him more instantly recognizable, as with their Charlie or Olly figures :(
Title: Re: Charles I and Montrose
Post by: Usagi on June 18, 2010, 05:50:55 AM
Not my period, but nicely done on both of these. Only thing I'm unsure of are the back legs on Chuck's horse.
Title: Re: Charles I and Montrose
Post by: charla51 on June 18, 2010, 05:10:03 PM
...Is Charles actually wearing the armour of ... a curaissier?!
Title: Re: Charles I and Montrose
Post by: Captain Blood on June 18, 2010, 07:13:41 PM
lol

Don't start...

 ;)
Title: Re: Charles I and Montrose
Post by: Big Martin on June 24, 2010, 04:36:37 PM
Don't do anything for me, I'm afraid, and wasn't Montrose a Marquis not an Earl?