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Miniatures Adventure => Age of the Big Battalions => Topic started by: Sterling Moose on 27 March 2014, 10:18:59 PM
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Oh my, correct shako and everything!!!!
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Fenian Rebellion here we come,another war I need to paint and never play but once. But I'll have it,great figures.
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Who do you plan to use for the Fenians?
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Perry ACW work a treat!
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Dear Boys,
They are nice and no doubt premier quality but such an odd time slot.
Keep it up
Cecil
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Resisting!
I doubt these will be a big seller, but the Perrys love to make stuff that THEY like, so I don't suppose it matters.......
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I think they will be a big seller. Look out for loads of what if games next year.
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Well I won't say that I haven't been tempted to buy a brigade to stand alongside my Confederates......... >:D
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I have been looking foreward to this release since they first annouced it a couple of months ago. The union blue coats and the "thin red line" will look good facing each other across the table.
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I really think you guys are correct. Lots of good what ifs.
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I want them! How to use them is the next question.
Fenian Raid
Maori War
2nd Opium War
What else?
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Abyssinia, if you aren't too anal about details. Of course if you want fictional, who better than the old enemy? Crimean War French would make suitable opponents or Franco-Prussian War ones.
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2nd Opium War?
Consider them bought :D
Also a possible chance of using them in Japan with the Boshin war (fictional more than anything but it does open up new gaming options :) ).
cheers
James
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Stop it........ >:(
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As said
Opium wars, Maori wars, Australia? mexican adventure what if and ACW what if :D
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I am liking the boshin war idea
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Me too :D
Not wanting to derail the thread too much but I'll be using Copplestone and Perry naval brigade (close enough for me), these figures and of course Bac Ninh :)
cheers
James
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned their use in India- both North West and North East frontiers. I guess only those figures wearing Kilmarnocks would be usable but they only a vast range of campaigns- Sikkim 1861, Ambela 1863, Bhutan 1865 & Black Mountain 1867. To include in the what if scenarios- the Japan Expedition of 1864(or even an escalation of hostilities after the bombardment of Kagoshima in 1863) and the South Arabian Expedition of 1865.
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First 10 codes went up today. Examples are shown below, find the rest here:
http://www.perry-miniatures.com/index.php?cPath=23_81
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Could the ones in Kilmarnocks double up as Canadian militia for the 1885 Riel Revolt?
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I prefer the Shako firing line and standing loading to the Shako marching poses, and those sword bayonets in the command packs look odd but overall I can see me investing large in this range. Now Mike and Alan I need some Royal Artillery armed with Enfield carbine to represent the Welland Canal Battery - thank you :D
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Could the ones in Kilmarnocks double up as Canadian militia for the 1885 Riel Revolt?
No, they would not be correct for 1885, but they'd be great for Wellesley's 1870 Red River Expedition to put down Riel's first rebellion.
For me, I'll get them to face down Captain Pickett's US Army unit on San Juan Island during the Pig War (1859 - 1871).
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Ah crap, already ::)
lol
I'll send a minion out at Salute to pick me up some :D
cheers
James
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Suitable for NZ wars? Like those crouching ones.
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Would the kilmarnock chaps work for Royal Marines? I'm starting to assemble an 1850s 'Sikhs & Sailors (& maybe Scots)' force for assorted semi-fictional mayhem on the far side of the world (first opponent - not-Zanzibar), and the Marines are still a question mark...
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The uniforms for most of the 1850s are quite different. The tunics and frockson these figures really date from about 1858, post Crimea, post Mutiny. Royal Marines wore near identical dress to the army, so within the time constraints of the uniforms, yes you can use them for RM.
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Well, that's rather thoughtless of them, I say - changing uniforms right in the middle of my period. I'll pencil these chaps in - I'm thinking more late '50s anyhow, and I'm not stupendously keen on the lack of variety in the Foundry packs.