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Title: Eureka Min, Mahsuds 1920-30 era
Post by: Shikari Sahib on March 13, 2008, 09:31:07 AM: Hi all,
you certainly know Nic Robson at Eureka min.
I was in touch with him since 3-4 years for Club 100 Mahsuds tribesmen dressed and equipped for the 1920-30 era.
he requires 10 people who preorder at least 150 figures.
I'm strongly interested and I'll buy 50 figures for myself, so if there are some more interested we could pre-order this kind of figures that are not available .
the references I gave him were taken from the book
"Pictorial history of the Northwest Frontier" by Barthorp, Michael
well I hope this figures are of interest of somebody else.
we should keep in mind that Nic takes time to make figures :(

Piero
Title: Eureka Min, Mahsuds 1920-30 era
Post by: twrchtrwyth on March 13, 2008, 09:49:11 AM: Who were the Mahsuds and what do they look like? :?:
Title: Eureka Min, Mahsuds 1920-30 era
Post by: Shikari Sahib on March 13, 2008, 09:56:30 AM: Quote from: "twrchtrwyth"
Who were the Mahsuds and what do they look like? :?:

Mahsuds were and are tribesmen of the NWF , they were considered one of the most formidable enemies of the RAJ, treacherous, cunning,bloddthirsty, and so on.

they were dressed like typical Pathans tribesmen, but for the 1920-30 era they were equipped with Lee-Enfield(mostly) and with ammo belts across shoulders.

I'll try to post some pics.
Piero
Title: Eureka Min, Mahsuds 1920-30 era
Post by: Shikari Sahib on March 13, 2008, 10:03:21 AM: just to give an idea
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa305/pieropredator/various%20pics/khy_03.jpg

Piero
Title: Eureka Min, Mahsuds 1920-30 era
Post by: Shikari Sahib on March 13, 2008, 10:05:21 AM: a black and white time photo
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa305/pieropredator/various%20pics/mahsudstribesmenbritishretreat6.jpg
Piero
Title: Eureka Min, Mahsuds 1920-30 era
Post by: fastolfrus on March 13, 2008, 11:46:16 PM: Any idea of how many variants there would be ?
Title: Eureka Min, Mahsuds 1920-30 era
Post by: Shikari Sahib on March 14, 2008, 12:01:21 PM: Quote from: "fastolfrus"
Any idea of how many variants there would be ?

really I don't know but normally Eureka make around 4 variants.
if we found a group really interested we can contact Nick asking confirmation of numbers of variants before place the order.
Piero
Title: Eureka Min, Mahsuds 1920-30 era
Post by: twrchtrwyth on March 16, 2008, 10:45:24 PM: Can I just clarify, does he need 10 people to order 150 mini's each or just 150 in total between 10 people? :?:
Title: Eureka Min, Mahsuds 1920-30 era
Post by: Shikari Sahib on March 17, 2008, 04:03:33 PM: Quote from: "twrchtrwyth"
Can I just clarify, does he need 10 people to order 150 mini's each or just 150 in total between 10 people? :?:

No just 10 people for a total ,between the 10 people ,of 150 figs,
then he'll make at least 4 variants and up to 3 command figures, Nic confirm this to me yesterday.

Piero
Title: Eureka Min, Mahsuds 1920-30 era
Post by: twrchtrwyth on March 17, 2008, 06:36:06 PM: Put me down for 20 then. I wanted something similar to the Arabs from the mummy film but with a slight Indian style to them to be Thugee cultists. These look just the thing judging from the headgear. What do I need to do on Eureka's site?
Title: Eureka Min, Mahsuds 1920-30 era
Post by: Von Kapputt on March 18, 2008, 07:16:31 PM: I just ordered 20 :)

Though they had put them in 19th Century not in 20th Century section, by the way. :freak:

Regards
Title: Eureka Min, Mahsuds 1920-30 era
Post by: twrchtrwyth on March 18, 2008, 08:36:40 PM: Quote from: "Von Kapputt"
I just ordered 20 :)

Though they had put them in 19th Century not in 20th Century section, by the way. :freak:

Regards

Cheers for letting me know what to do. :wink:
Title: Eureka Min, Mahsuds 1920-30 era
Post by: Shikari Sahib on March 19, 2008, 07:01:14 AM: we should go to Eureka 100's club and thick the box of mahsuds tribesmen stating the quantities to buy, then leave credit card details and that's all.
the credit card will be taken just for guarantee, Nic will debit the card when the figs are done and ready to ship. this is normally what happened.
but I think is better to wait some more time in order to enlist some other boys in this project, actually , seems , we are just two.
Piero
Title: Eureka Min, Mahsuds 1920-30 era
Post by: Shikari Sahib on March 19, 2008, 07:02:43 AM: well the theard doesn't open completely, so now we are three, I'll go to Eureka site and order 50 figs.
Piero
Title: Eureka Min, Mahsuds 1920-30 era
Post by: Shikari Sahib on March 19, 2008, 07:24:30 AM: ordered 50 figs.
I hope more guys will do soon.
Piero
Title: Eureka Min, Mahsuds 1920-30 era
Post by: Von Kapputt on March 19, 2008, 02:07:41 PM: Quote from: "Shikari Sahib"
we should go to Eureka 100's club and thick the box of mahsuds tribesmen stating the quantities to buy, then leave credit card details and that's all.
the credit card will be taken just for guarantee, Nic will debit the card when the figs are done and ready to ship. this is normally what happened.
but I think is better to wait some more time in order to enlist some other boys in this project, actually , seems , we are just two.
Piero

Actually Nic doesn't charge the card until you confirm your order. The procedure is that once the figures are ready to produce he send an email requesting confirmation to all the people who already ordered. Then once the miniatures are produced he sends another email to warn you that a charge in your credit car will be done. If you give to him the OK, he will charge your card.

So far I have bought in this system some XVIIIth Century figures and I must say he is very, very serious person.

By the way, Shikari, put a message at TMP. Perhaps some people that doesn't know this forum would be interested. And Bill's website has a lot of traffic!

Regards
Title: Eureka Min, Mahsuds 1920-30 era
Post by: Shikari Sahib on March 19, 2008, 04:27:41 PM: By the way, Shikari, put a message at TMP. Perhaps some people that doesn't know this forum would be interested. And Bill's website has a lot of traffic!

Hi,
I will try but I'm not so expert with that forum , seems too complicated, for me . :D
anyway I'll do .
Piero
Title: Eureka Min, Mahsuds 1920-30 era
Post by: Shikari Sahib on March 19, 2008, 04:41:18 PM: Incredible, I was able to post my message on TMP :D :D :D
Piero
Title: Eureka Min, Mahsuds 1920-30 era
Post by: Von Kapputt on March 19, 2008, 07:39:46 PM: :lol: :lol:

It's not so difficult!
Title: Eureka Min, Mahsuds 1920-30 era
Post by: Von Kapputt on March 21, 2008, 01:15:37 PM: Piero,

Finally, I ordered 24 figures and there is a guy at TMP that have ordered 40. With your 50, we're just 36 figures short from the 150 figures target, but still 7 guys short from the 10 people target. :freak:

Regards

PS: at TMP I am Basileus, by the way! :wink:
Title: Eureka Min, Mahsuds 1920-30 era
Post by: twrchtrwyth on March 26, 2008, 07:57:07 PM: My 20 is on there now. And it says it's already at 100+. 8)
Title: Eureka Min, Mahsuds 1920-30 era
Post by: Shikari Sahib on March 27, 2008, 02:22:15 PM: Great, the problem that we had to reach also 10 people involved.
Piero
Title: Eureka Min, Mahsuds 1920-30 era
Post by: twrchtrwyth on March 28, 2008, 12:45:28 AM: We have 5 people now, don't we? :?:
Title: Eureka Min, Mahsuds 1920-30 era
Post by: Shikari Sahib on March 28, 2008, 07:54:06 AM: Quote from: "twrchtrwyth"
We have 5 people now, don't we? :?:

I think we are 6 as one guy from TMP ordered 20 figures.
I'm looking for other.
Piero
Title: Re: Eureka Min, Mahsuds 1920-30 era
Post by: Rhoderic on August 10, 2008, 01:36:17 PM: Just posting to say I just ordered 15 (a small number, but I don't really need any more). What are we up to now?

I really hope these get produced.
Title: Re: Eureka Min, Mahsuds 1920-30 era
Post by: Hammers on August 10, 2008, 01:53:30 PM: I could probably do with a few to as guides or foes for my Indian Army.
Title: Re: Eureka Min, Mahsuds 1920-30 era
Post by: Rhoderic on August 10, 2008, 02:09:25 PM: Quote from: hammershield on August 10, 2008, 01:53:30 PM
I could probably do with a few to as guides or foes for my Indian Army.

Do it! For the greater good of BoB! :D
Title: Re: Eureka Min, Mahsuds 1920-30 era
Post by: Shikari Sahib on August 29, 2008, 09:00:04 AM: I believe we are close to ten, I must spoke with Nick.
Piero
Title: Re: Eureka Min, Mahsuds 1920-30 era
Post by: Hammers on August 29, 2008, 04:49:04 PM: I'm having a bit of trouble sorting out Mahsuds, Pathans, Baluchis... Which is which?
Title: Re: Eureka Min, Mahsuds 1920-30 era
Post by: Rhoderic on August 29, 2008, 06:01:45 PM: The Mahsud were Pathans. I suspect "Mahsud" is a fairly arbitrary term regarding these particular figures, and they'll work equally well for any Pathans.

The Baluchi were something else entirely (well... maybe not entirely, but you get the point), but most people seem to use the Foundry Baluchis indiscriminately as Pathans, which I take as encouragement to do the same.
Title: Re: Eureka Min, Mahsuds 1920-30 era
Post by: Rhoderic on August 29, 2008, 06:14:26 PM: I e-mailed Nic to ask about the status of the Mahsud a couple of weeks ago (after I'd signed up). I also asked if they were guaranteed to have contemporary rifles for the 1920's-30's, as I was a bit confused about them being listed under "19th Century" and wanted to make sure I was signing up for the right thing. Here's Nic's reply:

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Once we receive enough pre-orders to make these figures we will ask all the Club members if they want 19C or 20C figures. At the moment the information I have is all 19C, but I am happy to make them 20C if that is what the Club members want. We only have six people signed up at the moment for the figures and it will be some time before we reach target.

Maybe we should post another notice in TMP, to get more people to sign up. In that case, I think we should stress that what we want from these miniatures is early 20th century Mahsud with Lee-Enfields. As I see it, this is their selling point. There are Pathan miniatures for the 19th century already, but there are none with contemporary weapons for the BoB era.