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Please, no more people with pith helmets and knobbly knees! There's quite enough British and Empire models out there in lead land already. I think I'd say the same for Russians, too, (Cossack infantry in cherkeska might pass muster but even that can be found, at the excellent Siberia Miniatures) and I think Mark C has done enough Chinese. For me, what was always so brilliant about the Back of Beyond range was its exoticness - Tibetans, Mongolians, Chahar Mongolians. I also think they're by and large the best models in the range. So please, he's only going to consider doing a few new troops if any, I suspect, so let it be the sort of chaps that nobody else will ever dream of making. Fighting Lamas, some more Ngoloks, regular Tibetan infantry, dismounted Mongolians. Perfect
I've been badgering nick to ask about Copplestone head sprues, male and female. I'd kill for some of those. I also expect they'd sell very well and that he could knock some out quite quickly as compared to a full sculpt. Among other things (such as just plain liking his sculpts), I really, REALLY appreciate Copplestone's extremely painter-friendly method of sculpting eyes and would love to be able to use that to advantage on a wider range of figures. Failing that, I'd just like to see more women sculpts for any genre, though BoB would present some interesting possibilities: A female partisans pack? Bolshevik women's brigade foot soldiers to go with the Heroines set? A mixed-gender BoB civvies pack? He does women very well and with as much personality as he puts into men, but so much less often! It's all up to Mr. Copplestone apparently - whatever tickles his fancy - but one might hope something in there would catch his interest.
For me, what was always so brilliant about the Back of Beyond range was its exoticness - Tibetans, Mongolians, Chahar Mongolians. I also think they're by and large the best models in the range. So please, he's only going to consider doing a few new troops if any, I suspect, so let it be the sort of chaps that nobody else will ever dream of making. Fighting Lamas, some more Ngoloks, regular Tibetan infantry, dismounted Mongolians. Perfect