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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: Paul @ Empress Miniatures on January 22, 2016, 08:40:47 AM

Title: Empress new Italians
Post by: Paul @ Empress Miniatures on January 22, 2016, 08:40:47 AM: We have just added a number of new packs to our Italian range. These new packs represent the Italian Army in the iconic M33 helmet, and this makes them suitable for the later inter-war period (Spanish Civil War etc.) and throughout World War Two. These uniforms could be seen in Italy, Sicily,
Greece, Africa and even Russia.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y232/Eaglstone/LIT01_zpseflcks4l.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/Eaglstone/media/LIT01_zpseflcks4l.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y232/Eaglstone/LIT02_zpsqqvnqaau.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/Eaglstone/media/LIT02_zpsqqvnqaau.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y232/Eaglstone/LIT03_zpsqkovqjmx.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/Eaglstone/media/LIT03_zpsqkovqjmx.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y232/Eaglstone/LIT07_zpsdyuxxgjx.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/Eaglstone/media/LIT07_zpsdyuxxgjx.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y232/Eaglstone/LIT04_zpszeczrn3w.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/Eaglstone/media/LIT04_zpszeczrn3w.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y232/Eaglstone/LIT08_zpsc496sp1r.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/Eaglstone/media/LIT08_zpsc496sp1r.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y232/Eaglstone/LIT06_zpsuibwwlsd.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/Eaglstone/media/LIT06_zpsuibwwlsd.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y232/Eaglstone/LIT05_zpsfzwwnnfo.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/Eaglstone/media/LIT05_zpsfzwwnnfo.jpg.html)

To mark these exciting additions we've reshuffled our 'Italians in Abyssinia' range and broadened the scope. This now represents the 'Italian Conflicts' and will cover the entire inter-war period as well as an increasing World War Two range. We now cover both tropical and 'European' uniforms in this range, not to mention the CTV in our Spanish Civil War collection.

We will soon be moving our extensive range of suitable Italian vehicles into this section too, but for now you'll still find these in our Spanish Civil War store.
Title: Re: Empress new Italians
Post by: pocoloco on January 22, 2016, 08:49:01 AM: Great new additions! :o
Title: Re: Empress new Italians
Post by: Remgain on January 22, 2016, 02:29:27 PM: Porca miseria!! :D
Bellissimi!! :-* :-*

Marco
Title: Re: Empress new Italians
Post by: cgh on January 22, 2016, 04:11:33 PM: How do they scale with Black Tree Design? Hopefully a LOT better than Warlords "washed at 60C efforts"....
Title: Re: Empress new Italians
Post by: tomek917 on January 22, 2016, 05:10:36 PM: Wow, those are great! :-*
Title: Re: Empress new Italians
Post by: duc de limbourg on January 22, 2016, 06:14:46 PM: Very nice figures
Title: Re: Empress new Italians
Post by: David on January 22, 2016, 11:09:21 PM: They are very nice.
They can be used 1941 summer up to 1943 in Greece.
but not for the winter 1940 to 1941in north Greece, one of heavy Snow and the coldest, just a bad as the Russian winter.
I have seen pictures of the British troops standing in snow in Greece on 2nd April 1941
If you had some in open overcoats, they would be ok.
they could be converted with Green stuff for Winter with open overcoats, even for north of Spain in Winter(SCW)
Title: Re: Empress new Italians
Post by: lou passejaire on January 23, 2016, 09:32:21 AM: still no Lybian askaris planned ?
Title: Re: Empress new Italians
Post by: Marine0846 on January 23, 2016, 05:09:37 PM: Very fine figures.
But not enough to get me to buy them.
I have lots of other things to spend my money on,
that Empress makes. ;)
Now where is my list? :D
Title: Re: Empress new Italians
Post by: James Morris on January 23, 2016, 10:09:34 PM: These are pretty nice. Mostly conversions of the Paul Hicks Abyssinia models, I think.
Title: Re: Empress new Italians
Post by: craig2 on January 24, 2016, 12:06:46 AM: Wow !! Finally great italian troopers ! Thank you ! Love your figures. :-*
Title: Re: Empress new Italians
Post by: Beast of Bukhara on January 24, 2016, 09:43:55 PM: Oh yes :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: Empress new Italians
Post by: Keith on January 24, 2016, 10:23:38 PM: Quote from: James Morris on January 23, 2016, 10:09:34 PM
These are pretty nice. Mostly conversions of the Paul Hicks Abyssinia models, I think.

...by Paul Hicks no less :)
Title: Re: Empress new Italians
Post by: flags_of_war on January 25, 2016, 12:47:16 PM: Great stuff Paul.
Title: Re: Empress new Italians
Post by: malto cortese on January 25, 2016, 02:27:06 PM: Quote from: David on January 22, 2016, 11:09:21 PM
They are very nice.
They can be used 1941 summer up to 1943 in Greece.
but not for the winter 1940 to 1941in north Greece, one of heavy Snow and the coldest, just a bad as the Russian winter.
I have seen pictures of the British troops standing in snow in Greece on 2nd April 1941
If you had some in open overcoats, they would be ok.
they could be converted with Green stuff for Winter with open overcoats, even for north of Spain in Winter(SCW)

And they could also be used to fight against the Germans after the 1943 armistice - in the Aegean sea (Captain Corelly anyone?) and in Italy, where the First Motorized Group (Primo Raggruppamento Motorizzato) and the CIL (Corpo Italiano di Liberazione) continued to be dressed with the old Italian uniforms until the British formed and equipped six division-sized combat groups in late 1944!
Title: Re: Empress new Italians
Post by: darrylmorton on January 26, 2016, 05:43:17 PM: Lovely stuff! Will have to check out the rest of the Empress range.
Title: Re: Empress new Italians
Post by: worrywort on February 06, 2016, 07:44:25 PM: They are very beautiful. I want them but can we hope to see more stuff for them ? Mortar, artillery etc.