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Miniatures Adventure => Age of the Big Battalions => Topic started by: Arthur on May 05, 2013, 01:24:49 AM
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Below are some of the upcoming additions to the Ebor War of the Spanish Succession range : an artillery crew, a few casualty figures and the first of the charging cavalry (meant to depict English or Dutch horse, judging by the crossbelts). Paul Hicks sculpts as usual.
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The figures should be released over the next few weeks, depending on how quickly Ebor honcho Nick can get them cast up, so don't look for them on the Ebor website yet.
http://www.eborminiatures.com/ (http://www.eborminiatures.com/)
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Paul Hicks is a living breathing deity who can walk among us. :D
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Lovely sculpts, thank you for sharing! :-*
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The Ebor-range is just so good, I'm surprised it haven't had more "publicity".
Now if the only would make some GNW miniatures... :D
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GNW you say? ;)
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I ask the Ebor people about GNW sometime ago, they answered that they would eventually get to it ;)
So it should be a case of "Good things come to those who wait" ;)
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I ask the Ebor people about GNW sometime ago, they answered that they would eventually get to it ;)
GNW you say? ;)
:o
I'll start saving money and selling of furniture right away!
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..I wish WSS was a period I gamed, fantastic figures and fantastic prices :o
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Only wished they fitted in with my collection of orginal foundary and dixon
for they are most excellent :(
All Paul figures are fab :-*
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The artillery crew is now in production and up on the Ebor website
(http://www.eborminiatures.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/wss-artillery-041-564x423.jpg)(http://www.eborminiatures.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/wss-artillery-037-564x423.jpg)
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http://www.eborminiatures.com/products-page/wss-artillery-guns-and-crews/ (http://www.eborminiatures.com/products-page/wss-artillery-guns-and-crews/)
Nick tells me the master moulds for the upcoming infantry and cavalry are done with the production moulds being made this week, so the little buggers should be out pretty soon. Here are a few sneak peeks at the master runs for the horse :
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Brilliant. i just wish I had the time and $ to go into another period.
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WOW is all i can really say....
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There is no doubt the man has talent
He's sculpted so many superb ranges
i wish i could collect them all
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These figures look fantastic,as an aside,any more whispers about the GNW in this range ?
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The WSS horse have now thundered onto the Ebor website and trampled a few hapless infantrymen in the process :
(http://www.eborminiatures.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/wss-cavalry-011-564x423.jpg)
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Fantastic!
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Hi Guy's here's a whisper on the GNW range, I will be running a Kickstarter to try and fund the Swedish army in one go as I have limited resources as a one man band so this is a good way to test the market for the figures.
Paul has produced a Swedish musketeer advancing and an officer to show the quality of the range, also Steve Dean as kindly agreed to paint the samples to show them at their best.
The target for the Kickstarter will be quite modest so I can produce a regiment of Swedish foot with stretch goals to produce the rest of the troop types for the army, I have already put a substantial amount of money into the sculpts and Russian dollies so that if the kickstarter succeeds then I will produce the Russian army out of my own pocket, any backers will receive the figures at a 10% discount to RRP.
(http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m535/eboracomb/GNWandCrimeancommand007_zpsdf9c5051.jpg) (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/eboracomb/media/GNWandCrimeancommand007_zpsdf9c5051.jpg.html)
(http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m535/eboracomb/GNWandCrimeancommand005_zps61add333.jpg) (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/eboracomb/media/GNWandCrimeancommand005_zps61add333.jpg.html)
(http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m535/eboracomb/GNWandCrimeancommand004_zps35338e64.jpg) (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/eboracomb/media/GNWandCrimeancommand004_zps35338e64.jpg.html)
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hope you like. Cheers Nick
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Very nice, although I won't be able to jump in. As I need to save my pennies for sculpting bills myself. o_o
Some comparison photos with the Musketeer Miniatures GNW line and similiar ones wouldn't go amiss. ;)
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Those look great! Wouldn't expect anything less though, I'm definitely in on this one!
When do you think the Kickstarter will start?
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The figures are slightly shorter and less bulky than musketeers GNW figures which are on the larger side of 28mm, I will post some comparison shots when I have the first castings, it will be a few weeks yet as I want to get some painted up by Steve which will show them at their best as Steve is awesome with a brush.
The retail price will be £1.10p a figure and £2.60p for mounted but for backers it will be £1 and £2.35p plus anybody who backs the range to a certain level will be able to purchase the Russians and Danes at the same price should the Kickstarter succeed.
cheers Nick
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I was not really up for another kickstart so soon(only just done the Studio Sikhs and will be supporting Mr Hick's foray into plastics for ProGloria), but this is too tempting not to, so see you over on the Kickstart pages in the near future.
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@Ebor,
I am in and I personnaly think Kickstarter is a good way to go. Also if may, you might need to update you blog more often, it keeps the interest growing...
Looking forward to your take on the Great Northern War.
Cyrille
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Count me in :-*
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Very excited about this! This is a period I've wanted to get into for a long time and a kickstarter for these great figures will be just the thing! Do keep us updated
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A small update from Nick posted on TMP.
The initial target will be £2,000.00 GBP to produce a set of Swedish infantry figures advancing including officers drummers sergeants musketeers and pike in tricorn's, stretch goals will then allow for casualties and mounted officers, cavalry then Artillery.
The RRP of the figures will be £1.10 GBPp for foot and £2.60 GBPp for mounted figures as they are for my WSS range, anybody backing the Kickstarter will get the figures for £1.00 GBP and £2.35 GBP for mounted, anybody backing the range to the Brigadier level of £72.00 GBP which will get you three regiments of 24 figures will receive a free mounted figure of King Charles if the Kickstarter is funded and also will be able to purchase future releases in the range including Russian and Danish figures at the same price plus a Free figure of Peter the Great if the range is funded up to producing the cavalry.
If the Range is funded we will Bring out the Russian and Danish figures our selves which will include Swedes and Russians in the Karpus headgear.
Cheers Nick
Too bad Swedes in Karpus won't be available through the Kickstarter :(
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Point taken tomek917, Karpus were common among troops of both sides and for the cost of a few extra moulds it would add a lot of variety to both horse and foot.
While we are on the subject of headgear I would welcome input on Grenadiers, my own thoughts were to have Grenadiers in both mitres and tricorn, I did not intend to do Grenadiers in Karpus but maybe I should.
cheers Nick
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Point taken tomek917, Karpus were common among troops of both sides and for the cost of a few extra moulds it would add a lot of variety to both horse and foot.
It's not the end of the world, especially not if you are planning on releasing them later on, but certainly would be nice ;)
While we are on the subject of headgear I would welcome input on Grenadiers, my own thoughts were to have Grenadiers in both mitres and tricorn, I did not intend to do Grenadiers in Karpus but maybe I should.
cheers Nick
Grenadier headgear for the swedes is complicated, mainly because there are no certain answers.
Most grenadiers seems to have worn a tricorn, not the karpus, and there are no official regulations dating from the time that specify what other headgear they should have worn. Although some regiments seems to have had different types of mitres paid by the regiment commander. And probably designed by him too because they vary a lot in both shapes and colours ;)
Anyway, that's the short and not very good answer ;D
If you want to know more I recommend this site http://www.tacitus.nu/karoliner/grenadjarer/svenska.htm (http://www.tacitus.nu/karoliner/grenadjarer/svenska.htm) <-- that's a link directly to an article about grenadiers and their hats. Unfortunately in swedish, but Google Translate will fix that for you ;)
That site also linked to this russian blog which has a few posts about swedish grenadier caps http://rusmilhist.blogspot.se/search/label/Grenadiers (http://rusmilhist.blogspot.se/search/label/Grenadiers)
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Fantastic, can't wait to see how this range progresses. Is it too early to ask what kinds of poses will be coming for the infantry and cavalry?
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In keeping with the Swedes aggressive tactics the initial poses will be advancing/charging for both, I would like to make one of the stretch goals to have a storming party attacking palisades with ladders and grenades some foot figures with sword in one hand and musket in the other.
cheers Nick
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Troops in Karpus would be a great variation.Whilst the idea of advancing/charging Swedes is great I wouldn't want a whole army of them so some march attack positions would be gratefully received.
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;D Storming party gapa gapa hey ;)
I think march attack poses would be nice too.
Thanks.
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The storming party sounds fantastic! Would love to see a unit from this period in really dynamic assault poses!
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Any idea when this kickstarter may happen? I'm just over excited ;D
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Me too! I think it's just a great opportunity to expand a period like this one that has so much potential
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I hope to launch the Kickstarter next month, I should have the figures cast by next week but I want them to look as good as possible so I'm having them painted by Steve Dean, I think figures painted to the amazing standard Steve produces will set the Kickstarter off really well, a really well painted figure is a thing of joy to all us gamers as you know.
If you'd like to see Steve's paint jobs on my WSS range go to his painting webpage and look up the Ebor figures you will see what I mean and somehow they are even better in the flesh.
cheers Nick
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Thanks for the update :)
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Lovely figures :-* Unfortunately I'm more into the late 1660's to 1680 period.
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Certainly looking forward to next month! As I'm new to this period, can anyone tell me of you can get away with painting up Ebor's Swedish and Russians as Western european troops? (I know they sell these already, just thinking of what I'd like to do with the figures in the kickstarter)
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Has anyone seen any news on TMP or elsewhere about the kickstarter?
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Beautiful sculpts! Hicks delivers again! :-*
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he is a very talented sculptor, and these are wonderful examples of his work. I really like the officer in particular, very dashing!
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When it eventually comes to painting these chaps, has anyone got any tips for online sources for the Swedish and Russian uniforms?
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web archive of Dan Schorr's GNW website is your best bet:
http://web.archive.org/web/20080703135441/http://www.northernwars.com/index.html
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Nice, didn't know about that site. looks great, thanks!
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Just a quick update on progress, the first casts are with Steve for painting so hopefully it won't be long before the Kickstarter is launched, also I will be releasing a range of high quality fabric flags to accompany the figures, I can't wait to see the painted figures and the flags which will both be of the highest quality and will post pictures as things progress.
cheers Nick
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Hi mate any more news need to know when to start saving the pennies lol
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This looks to be a very exciting project.
Reading the back posts about different head gear,
how about separate heads?
One could have a number of different headgear then.
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hopefully it won't be long before the Kickstarter is launched,
Just a quick question, but with Christmas getting close, can you be careful about the KS end date. I don't want to choose between paying for a turkey or a KS
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I've just heard from Steve to say the figures are finished so I will be aiming to start the project as soon as possible, I will post pictures as soon as possible.
The storming party will be the first stretch goal and will have figures with loose arms and heads for maximum variety.
cheers Nick
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Awsome love the idea of separate arms!
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The storming party will consist of two eight figure blisters, the first will contain two suitably heroic officers one with a bandaged head urging their men on, two officer ensigns open handed supplied with half pikes so they can either bravely lead the assault carrying the colours or armed with their half pikes, one headless NCO armed with a halbard one headless drummer and two headless grenadiers one throwing a grenade the other lighting one, four heads in Tricon, four heads in Karpus and two with grenadiers mitre's.
Pack two will contain eight headless and armless musketeers running, eight right arms with swords, eight left arms with muskets, four open handed right arms, two sets of scaling ladders, eight heads in Tricorn, eight heads with Karpus and two bandaged heads.
cheers Nick
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Great news indeed and now about that kickstarter? ;)
Cheers.
Cyrille