Foundry Compendium

[Furt]

Got Foundry's email today launching their new Compendium.

http://www.wargamesfoundry.com/books/foundrycomp.asp

Looks kinda interesting - but now we know why Gary Chalk's plans went missing from their site - they're flogging them through this!

[Lowtardog]

Hmm, might still have to get it for the eye candy

[Overlord]

As it is a compendium, I presume there will be little or no new content.  I would expect that any longterm subscriber to Wargames Illustrated (guilty as charged  ) will already have much/all of this.

Most of it is likely to have LAF-appeal though: Pirates, Darkest Africa, Gladiators, Aztecs, etc 

[JollyBob]

That does look interesting... Shame I've nearly finished all my African/Lost World stuff, or that would have been a good purchase.

Still, it could be useful for other things. Might go on the "one day" list.

[Captain Blood]

Interesting random selection of stuff.
It's billed as 'Pirates to Darkest Africa' - but then includes Romans, Greeks, blah blah - presumably just to fill up the required number of pages.
Interesting editorial approach 
Basically, they've just taken a load of old stuff and thrown it together into a book.

Still, at 15 quid post-free, it's probably worth a look for eye-candy.
Think I'm also going to get one or two of their £25 reduced to £10 books...
Just shows how overpriced they were to start with, but too good to resist at that price.
The question now is should I take advantage of this post free opportunity to get some figures as well... ?
Hmmm. The lead mountain is already teetering, but...
Or maybe time to try Foundry paints at last... Just one set of three to see how well the fabled system works...

[cianty]

As a non-subscriber to Wargames Illustrated this looks very appealing to me. And I was going to get some Chinese Pirates anyway...

[Captain Blood]

Well, if you go to the Foundry website and click on the little pictures of the pages from the compendium, there are 14 of them, so you can view almost 20% of this new book's contents without paying a cent!
(And having done so, I've decided I'm not going to buy it after all... )
 

[Yankeepedlar01]

Saw it at the Open Day last Friday and can confirm that its pretty and worth about the price for the pictures, but you would have most of it in old WIs if you looked. The best bargain on Friday was a selection of Foundry books at £5.00 each, including the Kevin Dalimore Painting Guide.
I was pleased by the stuff I got, though most at regular price, in the form of the new ECW Generals packs. There are also new paint ranges, got Musket Brown and Prussian Blue sets. There are also some nice new Gauls/Celts and Republican Romans which I'd not seen in the lead before ~ I'm very tempted, "Quick, the bricks!"

[dampfpanzerwagon]

I've already ordered it, cheque in the post yesterday afternoon.  First saw it on the Internet yesterday lunchtime, and cheque in the post by 5.00pm.

I already have a scrap book of WI articles but feel no pain in ordering a compendium for £15.00.  We all know that what ever we think about the Foundry pricing policy, what they do well, really well is miniature 'eye candy' and based on previous catalogues, painting guides and Foundry themed pages in WI, they do it better than anyone else.

I still pick up the Kevin Dallimore painting guide for inspiration and the WI scrapbook, I would expect this to be a well'thumbed reference book, only issue I have is that it is paperback and not hardback!

I'm looking forward to receiving my book and once I have it I'll post a review.

Tony
http://dampfpanzerwagon.blogspot.com/