Author Topic: What should be added to the Copplestone range? (Read 24452 times)

Sparrow · « **Reply #120 on:** August 29, 2018, 07:32:36 PM »

Talking with Paul from Empress over the weekend I gather some new additions have just gone to Griffon for casting (please don’t ask what as I don’t know - too busy talking ECW!) but I know they are still keen to grow this range. (I’d love more 1920’s NWF stuff!)

Patrice · « **Reply #121 on:** August 29, 2018, 07:44:37 PM »

Quote from: Ignatieff on August 29, 2018, 05:53:52 PM

However I wonder if Pasha Hicks

I've quite a lot of superb figures from Mr Hicks and Empress for another context (SCW) but then a problem arises — you can't mix them with Copplestone's and Bob Murch's it's really not the same size.

I'm very happy with both styles, and I love them all ...but definitely not on the same gaming table.

Ignatieff · « **Reply #122 on:** August 30, 2018, 12:16:57 AM »

I do. And they work fine. Hicks castings are a wee bit smaller, but not so much you’d notice.

Paul @ Empress Miniatures · « **Reply #123 on:** August 30, 2018, 08:40:17 AM »

Empress has just started working through a list of new releases for our Jazz Age range planned for the next 12 months. The first of these will be in store in the next few weeks.

Starting with a complete mule train for our 3.75" mountain gun.

Also a communications set featuring a British team a mule and a very large radio set.

Then Brit cavalry, Indian infantry, English Infantry, senior command, Ghurkas, Indian engineers, and other things.

Just realised that I have hijacked another companies thread so delete if you wish. : )

Hammers · « **Reply #124 on:** August 30, 2018, 09:15:20 AM »

Quote from: Empress Miniatures on August 30, 2018, 08:40:17 AM

Empress has just started working through a list of new releases for our Jazz Age range planned for the next 12 months. The first of these will be in store in the next few weeks.

Starting with a complete mule train for our 3.75" mountain gun.

Also a communications set featuring a British team a mule and a very large radio set.

Then Brit cavalry, Indian infantry, English Infantry, senior command, Ghurkas, Indian engineers, and other things.

Just realised that I have hijacked another companies thread so delete if you wish. : )

I just got an erection which wont desist!

waterproof · « **Reply #125 on:** August 30, 2018, 11:38:43 AM »

these are very good news. I hope that some more stuff comes to WW1, from Mr. Hicks. I'm a big fan.

DeltaBlue · « **Reply #126 on:** August 30, 2018, 11:58:19 AM »

Quote from: Hammers on August 30, 2018, 09:15:20 AM

I just got an erection which wont desist!

well.... well..... they say passions run high in this hobby....

Paul @ Empress Miniatures · « **Reply #127 on:** August 30, 2018, 01:33:30 PM »

Quote from: waterproof on August 30, 2018, 11:38:43 AM

these are very good news. I hope that some more stuff comes to WW1, from Mr. Hicks. I'm a big fan.

Yes plans afoot. Empress now own the range so need to sit down and work out the way forward. Also we quite fancy WW1 Africa.

Paul @ Empress Miniatures · « **Reply #128 on:** August 30, 2018, 01:34:04 PM »

Quote from: Hammers on August 30, 2018, 09:15:20 AM

I just got an erection which wont desist!

Not sure what to say about that

waterproof · « **Reply #129 on:** August 30, 2018, 03:15:42 PM »

Oh, I'm very excited. Askaris and white officers with tropical helmets and southwestern hats. Kings African Rifles and Belgian natives regiments. Apart from brigade games, there's nothing for the African theater of ww1.
In any case, no other manufacturer is known to me.

Rogerc · « **Reply #130 on:** August 30, 2018, 04:50:48 PM »

Have you guys considered Studio Siberia? ppreciate that postage is high if you are outside Russia but the sculpts mix well with Copplestone and Leonid has also added a number of figures to his own range which you can direct to him, he has the figures listed on here on another thread and I have picked up quite a few. Just doing some Caucasian Cossacks and 1920 Poles right now. The range is more main stream Russian Civil War than back of beyond but very nice and a good match for Copplestone.

Great news about the potential for WW1 East Africa from Empress by the way.

Rogerc · « **Reply #131 on:** August 30, 2018, 05:44:32 PM »

On another note with Poles for this period there are a couple of seperate head options. Woodbine Miniatures Turks are wearing a very basic uniform with webbing and rifles that would fit a number of countries so they make great Poles. You can add stehlen helms and paint them as ex German or Kingdom of Poland trrops, head an Adrian Helemt, the british soft caps are not too far away from the round polish caps and Studio Siberia as well as headless figures do a great range of seperate heads for the Poles, probably about 12 choices, so Poles become quite easy all of a suddon. Add to the head swap opportunities already discussed and your just lookign for Cavalry. (Turkish artillery with seperate heads and machine gunners fill the rest)

Sparrow · « **Reply #132 on:** August 30, 2018, 06:01:17 PM »

Nice idea! Thanks!

Rogerc · « **Reply #133 on:** August 31, 2018, 11:04:09 PM »

Just to give you an idea here are a couple of pictures I took today as a workbench update on my blog.

http://gapagnw.blogspot.com/2018/08/workbench-1920.html

The first are three of the Caucasian Cossacks which are a Studio Siberia miniatures and a bit of a gap in the Copplestone range.

IMG_20180831_173528 by Roger Castle, on Flickr

The Second are Poles illustrating the point mentioned earlier, the left figure being Studio Siberia with a Woodbine French head and the second a Woodbine Turk with a Studio Siberia Polish Cap.

IMG_20180831_173444 by Roger Castle, on Flickr

marianas_gamer · « **Reply #134 on:** September 01, 2018, 12:03:26 AM »

Very nice Roger

Lon

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