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Miniatures Adventure => VSF Adventures => In Her Majesty's Name => Topic started by: Craig on 27 January 2014, 04:25:56 PM

Title: The Prince of Wales Extraordinary Company
Post by: Craig on 27 January 2014, 04:25:56 PM
http://inhermajestysname.wordpress.com/2014/01/27/the-prince-of-wales-extraordinary-company-2/

And what a fine body of men they are too!
Title: Re: The Prince of Wales Extraordinary Company
Post by: Craig on 27 January 2014, 04:33:11 PM
The full company listing for these can be found here: http://inhermajestysname.wordpress.com/additional-material/
Title: Re: The Prince of Wales Extraordinary Company
Post by: Irishrover13 on 27 January 2014, 04:42:10 PM
Wow now there is an official list I am buying. (Getting cultist, Scotland Yard and the Tongs)

When will it hit the shelves?
Title: Re: The Prince of Wales Extraordinary Company
Post by: Malamute on 27 January 2014, 04:44:28 PM
Gorgeous figures with a splendid paint job ;D
Title: Re: The Prince of Wales Extraordinary Company
Post by: Dr Mathias on 27 January 2014, 04:47:06 PM
Very nice!
Title: Re: The Prince of Wales Extraordinary Company
Post by: Craig on 27 January 2014, 04:51:43 PM
Wow now there is an official list I am buying. (Getting cultist, Scotland Yard and the Tongs)

When will it hit the shelves?

There has been an official list since last summer :D

I don't know yet when it will hit the shelves, but it shouldn't be too long now.
Title: Re: The Prince of Wales Extraordinary Company
Post by: lou passejaire on 27 January 2014, 06:00:08 PM
with the walker  ;D ???
Title: Re: The Prince of Wales Extraordinary Company
Post by: Bullshott on 27 January 2014, 06:50:58 PM
Love the figures. Nice to see a mix of uniforms for this specialist force of volunteers  :-*
Title: Re: The Prince of Wales Extraordinary Company
Post by: Mason on 27 January 2014, 08:33:16 PM
Gorgeous figures with a splendid paint job ;D

Indeed!
A wonderful bit of eye candy, which makes a refreshing change from pages of endless text and lists.
 :-* :-*

Title: Re: The Prince of Wales Extraordinary Company
Post by: Sterling Moose on 27 January 2014, 09:07:55 PM
They've gone straight on my Salute list!!
Title: Re: The Prince of Wales Extraordinary Company
Post by: EndTransmission on 28 January 2014, 08:33:08 AM
They've gone straight on my Salute list!!

Ditto. Those are really nice and go with the few figures I've already started to paint up anyway :D
Title: Re: The Prince of Wales Extraordinary Company
Post by: lou passejaire on 30 January 2014, 10:10:42 PM
http://downloads.northstarfigures.com/newsletter/newsletter029.htm

i"m anxious ... advertised with the range of pirates for "on the seven seas" released in mid 2014 .

and some nice guns ... wait ... and see ?
Title: Re: The Prince of Wales Extraordinary Company
Post by: Plynkes on 30 January 2014, 10:21:16 PM
If IHMN is supposed to be in 1895 (which is what their website says), why is this elite reaction force of troops using obsolete Martinis?


(Scurries back to Colonial Adventures, dodging all the thrown objects)  ;)
Title: Re: The Prince of Wales Extraordinary Company
Post by: lou passejaire on 30 January 2014, 10:53:20 PM
arghhhh good question  ;)

nostalgy of the good old time ?
Title: Re: The Prince of Wales Extraordinary Company
Post by: Dewbakuk on 30 January 2014, 11:08:37 PM
Because they are an elite force who can pick their equipment. As veterans they have a preference for weapons they know and not these new fangled magazines  ;)

Alternatively, the sculptor may be sculpting a NWF range currently and had a gun to use....
Title: Re: The Prince of Wales Extraordinary Company
Post by: Franz_Josef on 30 January 2014, 11:19:24 PM
And why the Home Service red coats (and the Bearskin!!)?  By 1895 they would be wearing khaki into action !
Title: Re: The Prince of Wales Extraordinary Company
Post by: Plynkes on 30 January 2014, 11:25:59 PM
That one is easy.

Because you can't go marching around Horseguards in... khaki. It just isn't done. Not even in 2014.
Title: Re: The Prince of Wales Extraordinary Company
Post by: Craig on 31 January 2014, 05:37:55 AM
If IHMN is supposed to be in 1895 (which is what their website says), why is this elite reaction force of troops using obsolete Martinis?
(Scurries back to Colonial Adventures, dodging all the thrown objects)  ;)

For the same reason that I would prefer a 7.62 SLR to one of those toy guns like the SA80 :D
Title: Re: The Prince of Wales Extraordinary Company
Post by: Sterling Moose on 31 January 2014, 10:38:52 AM
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For the same reason that I would prefer a 7.62 SLR to one of those toy guns like the SA80

Now you're talking!!
Title: Re: The Prince of Wales Extraordinary Company
Post by: Plynkes on 31 January 2014, 11:59:44 AM
I can't believe you are dissing the Lee.


We'd all be eating sauerkraut with chopsticks if it wasn't for that. Outrageous!  lol
Title: Re: The Prince of Wales Extraordinary Company
Post by: Craig on 31 January 2014, 12:27:59 PM
I am not disrespecting the SMLE at all, it is a very fine weapon. When we wrote the rules we just chose to go with the slightly older, better known weapon at the time, than the new kid on the block. Soldiers do tend to prefer tried and tested to new and shiny.
Title: Re: The Prince of Wales Extraordinary Company
Post by: Bullshott on 31 January 2014, 04:50:59 PM
Against yer Dervish or Zulu, if you have to make a single shot count before he is on top of you, a single-shot rifle firing a.45 calibre bullet suddenly makes a lot of sense :)

Besides, the Martini looks nicer :)
Title: Re: The Prince of Wales Extraordinary Company
Post by: Franz_Josef on 31 January 2014, 10:57:14 PM
You don't get a "Mad Minute" without a magazine rifle.  That will do for charging indigs far better than a single shot Martini Henry (as the lads at Islandwhalla found out, to their regret).
Title: Re: The Prince of Wales Extraordinary Company
Post by: Silbuster on 31 January 2014, 11:39:58 PM
Given that some of my figures are carrying arc rifles or wearing personal Chobham armour then arguments about the type of ordinary rifle seem a little arcane. Perhaps in 1895 v2, troops retained the Martini because its better range and penetration allowed a soldier to have a better chance of stopping the arc rifleman before being converted into fried sausage.
Title: Re: The Prince of Wales Extraordinary Company
Post by: lou passejaire on 07 February 2014, 10:45:04 AM
http://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=6054

and some gift for preorder :

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All pre-orders for IHMN107 placed before the release date will receive a 'one-off' Unarmoured Capt. Napier figure free of charge.
Title: Re: The Prince of Wales Extraordinary Company
Post by: fitterpete on 07 February 2014, 08:16:42 PM
Anyone have an idea how these would match up with Ironclads figures? Size and style wise that is.
Title: Re: The Prince of Wales Extraordinary Company
Post by: Dewbakuk on 07 February 2014, 10:20:48 PM
They're a bit bigger but not enough to prevent me using them together. I'd probably keep them in separate units though, not so much for the size but the Mike Owen ones are more animated than the Ironclad ones.
Title: Re: The Prince of Wales Extraordinary Company
Post by: fitterpete on 07 February 2014, 10:57:45 PM
Thanks Dewbakuk :)