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Miniatures Adventure => Age of the Big Battalions => Topic started by: powerfrog99 on 24 March 2013, 11:21:00 AM
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Hello gents,
in the latest Wargames Illustrated I found a Victrix advert about their new release of napoleonic Hannoverians and british light infantry. I am a bit astonished as I just do these with their separately sold metal heads and back packs.
I wonder whether this will be new plastic sprues or metal additions in the boxes the way Warlord do it?
Is there some more information or rumours about this topic available?
Also I am waiting for some French artillery or cavalry from their side.....
cheers Thomas
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They annouced these quiet a while ago. If they stick with their inital info from early 2012 or late 2011, these will be all plastic.
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thomas
yep.........all their metal ranges are now sold....plastics only
regards
Ged
www.gringo40s.com
www.gringo40s.blogspot.com
and 28mm ranges
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I really wish they gave out *some* information about what they're doing with upcoming releases. Their now total lack of information really disappoints me, though I will be picking these up when they come out, and will now hold off buying metals to fill my Hanoverian needs. Lucky for them I wasn't in a hurry. Definite news about the cavalry and artillery is also a little :( That's assuming there is news any more to tell.
Gosh I sound grumpy. Just itchy for releases!
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The same advert mentioned movement trays for infantry and cavalry (if I remember correctly now, got the magazine at home), are they to step into cavalry soon ?
I’ve seen some pictures of 3ups from some years ago but I think that maybe they got cold feet when Perrys beat them to it, haven’t heard anything from it since then.
One of the pictures looks like French artillery to me, or are that a convertion from their British box?
And as 14th brooklyn said, these will probebly be all plastics as they sold all of their metal ranges to concentrate on plastics some time ago.
They should really update their homepage more often. Maybe show pictures from their demo games and more pictures of their painted miniatures.
Im considering what my next French unit is should be and as I love their other boxes hopefully Salute will reveal some of their coming miniatures.
Until then I guess I can manage with half a box of those lovely early French line.
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They have French Atillery in the pipeline. The only thing holding things up are the numbers of calibres and gun models (An IX and Girabauld) as well as foot & horse and line and guard and how to combine those options into as few toolings as possible.
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Victrix?, that name is very familiar.....umm....ohhhh yes I remember them now, they release something every 60 years, right?
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Their home page in the beginning was full of plans and schedules that never really showed up....
I think they are more careful now with outlooks, but no informatin is a bit frustrating :(
So wait and see
cheers Thomas
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They have French Atillery in the pipeline. The only thing holding things up are the numbers of calibres and gun models (An IX and Girabauld) as well as foot & horse and line and guard and how to combine those options into as few toolings as possible.
These sound good, any other info?
Just think, nearly a complete French army in plastic!!!!! :D
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I think they got caught out with rapid expansion right before the GFC and had to restructure and realign the business as well as stagnating releases to become more economically sound. They are a very small company with few emlployess.....if you look at their overal catalogue including Naps and Greeks etc then they have a very extensive product offering.
Will be interested in seeing their new/future releases.
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I know that Victrix and Perry are not depicting exactly the same period of the Napoleonic wars but I wonder what’s really missing in plastic? French Artillery would be nice indeed but what else do we need? What would be the things that you think are missing in 28mm plastic?
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French chasseurs of the line cavalry for one. Very handy and not just for the French.
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Dutch/belgian line, jagers and militia (seriously these guys made up quite a significant chunk of wellingtons army, so where are they?).
Marching British (similar to Austrians so you get firing as well)
French artillery.
Waterloo marching French (again like austrians)
And although no real need, if they did boxes of 50-60 Russians and Prussians, I think people would happily buy 50-60 for £20-25, even over Perry just for shear quantity.
Then they can do plastic artillery for them.
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So here are the latest news from their (finally) updated website:
http://www.victrixlimited.com/news-117-8th-April-2013-Victrix-News-Update
sound promising, especially the thing about the riflemen :)
cheers Thomas
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Nice to see they are alive and kicking.
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Not my size/scale but very nice to be a company making a recovery from the doldrums.
Gracias,
Glenn
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Some details on the new computer generated heads:
http://www.victrixlimited.com/news-119-11th-April-2013-Computer-generated-models-update
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No pics appear for me, just blank spaces.
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well if the 3d sculpting process allows them to crank out more sets faster, I'm all for it!
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Looking at the link I think that the exaggerated features in the computer generated sculpts are OK - easier to paint. I have been painting Victrix and Perry British Napoleonic infantry recently and I have to say that I way prefer the Victrix heads. I love the mutton chops and character in the faces. The Perry ones had a sameness. But...I forget that most miniatures are used on a table and seen from 3-5 feet away and who is looking at the faces anyway :)
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Anyone able to post the heads?, the peltast comes up for me, but nothing else.
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Kingtiger on my laptop with Windows 7 it doesn't work too, my desktop with XP does the pitures nicely. Mayby a setting in the windows or so?
Brian, I totally agree on the Victrix heads / faces, even the metal ones were a bit like that.
So this year looks really thrilling for all people who come to liking the Victrix style :D
cheers Thomas
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I only browse with my phone, so I have no idea why things do or don't work, I'll just wait, or get my mate to save them and then text me them
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(http://www.victrixlimited.com/images/han%20heads%201.jpg)
(http://www.victrixlimited.com/images/punic%20head%201.jpg)
(http://www.victrixlimited.com/images/peltast%20montage1.jpg)
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Still only peltasts
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download and use standard picture manager or similar freeware
they are all jpg
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download and use standard picture manager or similar freeware
they are all jpg
No idea how or if I can on a phone
If they were saved and posted with tinypic I'd probably be able to view them
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no such device here, sorry :)
but maybe You can find some App for that?
I know that not all JPG are the same, but it is a standard exchange format
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Still only peltasts
Same here... :-[
EDIT; It worked with Firefox...
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Same here... :-[
EDIT; It worked with Firefox...
I had a friend save the pics and show me on facebook, nice.
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There are some news of Victrix new movement trays on their homepage as well in there newsletter mail.
Neat, I am in need of plenty... :D
http://www.victrixlimited.com/index.php
And in their shop.
http://www.victrixlimited.com/online_shop/product_info.php?products_id=349&osCsid=9c1e7df88e166b210f6a1871599e0680
http://www.victrixlimited.com/online_shop/product_info.php?products_id=348&osCsid=9c1e7df88e166b210f6a1871599e0680
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I'm gonna need some of these since I had the very bad idea to base my French WSS figures on individual bases :?