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Miniatures Adventure => Interwar => Topic started by: Keith on October 29, 2010, 09:31:19 AM

Title: Empress Miniatures Spanish Civil War previews
Post by: Keith on October 29, 2010, 09:31:19 AM
Hi everyone. There's been a good deal of chat recently regarding the SCW, so I thought you might be interested to see some of the things on the workbench at the moment. This is less that half of whats planned for the next few months  :). Here are some Italian bits and bobs.

(http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/4062/om3502.jpg)

(http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/9148/om3504.jpg)

(http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/1513/om3503.jpg)

(http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/1412/gun03.jpg)

(http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/4999/gun02.jpg)

(http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/7268/gun01.jpg)
Title: Re: Empress Miniatures Spanish Civil War previews
Post by: Arlequín on October 29, 2010, 09:42:21 AM
Excellent... looking forwards to seeing what else is due up too!  :D
Title: Re: Empress Miniatures Spanish Civil War previews
Post by: mortimer on October 29, 2010, 09:42:36 AM
Niiiiiiiiiiiice  :-*
Title: Re: Empress Miniatures Spanish Civil War previews
Post by: Durutti on October 29, 2010, 06:34:13 PM
crafty stuff mate
you can use them for both SCW and with a cunning head swap, for Abbysinia and WW2 as well.

Lovely milk float BTW  :D

good to see the new stuff, looking forwards to seeing some more.
Title: Re: Empress Miniatures Spanish Civil War previews
Post by: Keith on October 29, 2010, 06:43:37 PM
Some lovely toys coming along for sure - and strangely enough Abyssinian versions of the Italians will be available at the same time  :)
Title: Re: Empress Miniatures Spanish Civil War previews
Post by: Helen on October 29, 2010, 10:16:57 PM
It's so nice to see some Italian equipment - Well done Empress.

Thanks Keith for sharing the news.

Helen
Title: Re: Empress Miniatures Spanish Civil War previews
Post by: Christian on October 29, 2010, 10:56:07 PM
Wow wow wow! Great stuff!
Title: Re: Empress Miniatures Spanish Civil War previews
Post by: 6milPhil on October 29, 2010, 11:51:32 PM
All Hail Empress!

(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g114/Gellebelle84/CLI/praying.jpg)
Title: Re: Empress Miniatures Spanish Civil War previews
Post by: M Blakey on October 30, 2010, 12:03:07 AM
im so not going to be able to hold off this time :'(

Beautiful stuff :-*
Title: Re: Empress Miniatures Spanish Civil War previews
Post by: Arthur on November 01, 2010, 12:52:17 AM
Some lovely toys coming along for sure - and strangely enough Abyssinian versions of the Italians will be available at the same time  :)

Any plans for an Askari HMG for the Abyssinian campain as well ?

An Italian brigade command pack with a couple of staff officers, a radio operator and a runner also wouldn't go amiss - all the more so as it too could double duty with a tropical helmet version. 
Title: Re: Empress Miniatures Spanish Civil War previews
Post by: Axebreaker on November 01, 2010, 07:23:46 PM
Super looking mini's!! :-* :-*

Christopher
Title: Re: Empress Miniatures Spanish Civil War previews
Post by: WillieB on November 03, 2010, 02:54:26 PM
Anyone noticed that there will be several SCW games next year at Historicon?
Oh. how I wish I could be in Pennsylvania next year...
Title: Re: Empress Miniatures Spanish Civil War previews
Post by: Crealock on November 04, 2010, 03:13:19 AM
Looking forward to these.  Great stuff as usual.  And just after I decided to let my buddy field a CTV force!  Too bad for me.

Steve
Age of Glory
Title: Re: Empress Miniatures Spanish Civil War previews
Post by: Paul @ Empress Miniatures on November 04, 2010, 09:10:11 AM
Oh dear Steve.

You could really come to regret that descision based on most of the new releases coming through the pipeline in the near future   :'(

 lol

Regards,
Paul
Title: Re: Empress Miniatures Spanish Civil War previews
Post by: Crealock on November 05, 2010, 01:27:10 PM
Oh well.  I'll just have to field a bunch of T-26s and see how he likes that. lol

Steve
Title: Re: Empress Miniatures Spanish Civil War previews
Post by: warhammergrimace on January 18, 2011, 05:17:44 PM
Very nice
Title: Re: Empress Miniatures Spanish Civil War previews
Post by: Geudens on January 19, 2011, 08:00:08 AM
Anyone noticed that there will be several SCW games next year at Historicon?
Oh. how I wish I could be in Pennsylvania next year...

Go, please, GO!!!!  lol

Rudi
Title: Re: Empress Miniatures Spanish Civil War previews
Post by: svinkel on March 07, 2011, 09:18:26 PM
Hi everyone. There's been a good deal of chat recently regarding the SCW, so I thought you might be interested to see some of the things on the workbench at the moment. This is less that half of whats planned for the next few months  :). Here are some Italian bits and bobs.


(http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/1412/gun03.jpg)

(http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/4999/gun02.jpg)

(http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/7268/gun01.jpg)

i just buy the gun and i don't know how to mount it....help!! a lot of little wheels...
Title: Re: Empress Miniatures Spanish Civil War previews
Post by: Keith on March 07, 2011, 09:52:31 PM
 :D

Right.
Deep breath ... and ...

Fit the trail inside the front of the gun shield. It hooks up and under, and the shield should be pretty much vertical. That bit is important.

The two flat square seats fit on either side of the shield at the front. The one with a hole in the front fits on the right. Each one has a 'U' shaped step that is attached to the front and leans outwards and downwards at about 45 degrees.

The gun sits in the cradle and the barrel is fed through the front of the shield.

The sight (small thin 'tube' with a block on both ends) fits on the left of the gun breech - you can see this in the photos.

Trail 'spike' (curvy handle) fits on the end of the trail (a-la photos).

Slide the crew seats under the breech into the channel. These look like a curved rod with a flat seat at each end, or thesame with the seats missing. Choose either ones with or without seats attatched - noting that the figures themselves have seats moulded onto their bums if if you are going to crew it.

There should be three little wheels.
Two are slightly bigger, and the other slightly smaller  :).
The small wheel goes into the front of the right-hand fold down seat that sits on the front of the gun shield.
The two bigger ones are travese and elevation wheels - these fit in the holes on the breech and cradle (you can see one through the spokes of the wheels in the picture above).

Stick the wheels on.

Bingo!

I hope that this helps. Once youve got the big bits together then all of the small parts actually have holes or ledges etc. for mounting.
Title: Re: Empress Miniatures Spanish Civil War previews
Post by: carlos marighela on March 08, 2011, 01:55:18 AM
You know, I think that gun and crew are about the nicest I've seen in any scale and of any range. It's quite lovely.
Title: Re: Empress Miniatures Spanish Civil War previews
Post by: svinkel on March 08, 2011, 10:42:18 PM
:D

Right.
Deep breath ... and ...

Fit the trail inside the front of the gun shield. It hooks up and under, and the shield should be pretty much vertical. That bit is important.

The two flat square seats fit on either side of the shield at the front. The one with a hole in the front fits on the right. Each one has a 'U' shaped step that is attached to the front and leans outwards and downwards at about 45 degrees.

The gun sits in the cradle and the barrel is fed through the front of the shield.

The sight (small thin 'tube' with a block on both ends) fits on the left of the gun breech - you can see this in the photos.

Trail 'spike' (curvy handle) fits on the end of the trail (a-la photos).

Slide the crew seats under the breech into the channel. These look like a curved rod with a flat seat at each end, or thesame with the seats missing. Choose either ones with or without seats attatched - noting that the figures themselves have seats moulded onto their bums if if you are going to crew it.

There should be three little wheels.
Two are slightly bigger, and the other slightly smaller  :).
The small wheel goes into the front of the right-hand fold down seat that sits on the front of the gun shield.
The two bigger ones are travese and elevation wheels - these fit in the holes on the breech and cradle (you can see one through the spokes of the wheels in the picture above).

Stick the wheels on.

Bingo!

I hope that this helps. Once youve got the big bits together then all of the small parts actually have holes or ledges etc. for mounting.

thank you for your help, but when i follow your instructions, but there is more pieces than you say... this gun is a hell

I need some pictures o_o
Title: Re: Empress Miniatures Spanish Civil War previews
Post by: Keith on March 09, 2011, 07:42:39 AM
 :D

Email mail@empressminiatures.com and I will do what I can to help. I've got some built ones here, and will try to photograph them from as many useful angles as I can. I'll add the pictures to the website too!

Oh yes - I left the wheel break off of my description too! A curvy pole with a small break-block at each end (resting against the back of the wheel in the picture). That sits neatly under the trail.

Title: Re: Empress Miniatures Spanish Civil War previews
Post by: svinkel on March 09, 2011, 08:18:06 AM
:D

Email mail@empressminiatures.com and I will do what I can to help. I've got some built ones here, and will try to photograph them from as many useful angles as I can. I'll add the pictures to the website too!

Oh yes - I left the wheel break off of my description too! A curvy pole with a small break-block at each end (resting against the back of the wheel in the picture). That sits neatly under the trail.



thanks a lot
Title: Re: Empress Miniatures Spanish Civil War previews
Post by: Geudens on March 09, 2011, 09:56:47 AM
Anyone noticed that there will be several SCW games next year at Historicon?
Oh. how I wish I could be in Pennsylvania next year...

I wish you could be there too...  lol

Rudi
Title: Re: Empress Miniatures Spanish Civil War previews
Post by: pierre2010 on May 17, 2011, 07:53:09 AM
Hi keith,

I don't find the italian truck on the empress website. Is it available ?
Hope it will come with drivers and crew...

great mini anyway
Title: Re: Empress Miniatures Spanish Civil War previews
Post by: Keith on May 17, 2011, 11:06:36 AM
Hi There,

It's on it's way (honest). We expanded our plans for it a little bit to include a driver and make a few tweaks to the master etc. so it fell back into the release queue a bit.
Hopefully it will see a late May/June release.