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Offline bigredbat

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Re: Empress Miniatures release Thirty Years War range.
« Reply #15 on: 28 January 2022, 10:36:53 AM »
They are lovely minis, great to have them in the UK.

Offline Galloping Major

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Re: Empress Miniatures release Thirty Years War range.
« Reply #16 on: 28 January 2022, 11:06:11 AM »
Great addition to the Empress "stable", really good news about all those discontinued and unreleased figures - should lead to much excitement  :o


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Offline Paul Richardson

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Re: Empress Miniatures release Thirty Years War range.
« Reply #17 on: 28 January 2022, 12:10:42 PM »
I'm delighted to see the range back, and in safe hands. I've bought loads of these figures in the past, and no doubt I'll continue to do so.

Paul: may I make a plea? I'd love to see you expand the range - a light cavalry officer was one figure I asked Emil to commission for years - and if you do decide to expand it, please ask Paul Hicks to do the sculpting. I know that you have a relationship with Paul and it would be wonderful to have more figures sculpted by the man who sculpted the original range. 

Offline Paul @ Empress Miniatures

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Re: Empress Miniatures release Thirty Years War range.
« Reply #18 on: 28 January 2022, 02:59:45 PM »
Great addition to the Empress "stable", really good news about all those discontinued and unreleased figures - should lead to much excitement  :o


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Offline Paul @ Empress Miniatures

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Re: Empress Miniatures release Thirty Years War range.
« Reply #19 on: 28 January 2022, 03:06:13 PM »
I'm delighted to see the range back, and in safe hands. I've bought loads of these figures in the past, and no doubt I'll continue to do so.

Paul: may I make a plea? I'd love to see you expand the range - a light cavalry officer was one figure I asked Emil to commission for years - and if you do decide to expand it, please ask Paul Hicks to do the sculpting. I know that you have a relationship with Paul and it would be wonderful to have more figures sculpted by the man who sculpted the original range.

We do not mix figure sculptors in ranges and so the ranges that Paul has sculpted for Empress he will continue to sculpt. This policy has been in place since we started 14 years ago and will therefore continue.

Will we actually sculpt more figures? That's the plan although it is dependant on interest and therefore sales. In short buy them and make it worth our investment.  ;) 

Offline jcspqr

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Re: Empress Miniatures release Thirty Years War range.
« Reply #20 on: 28 January 2022, 05:38:16 PM »
glad to hear the ex-bohemian miniatures range will be expanded.  It will be nice to see more diversity in the pikemen and musketeers so we can build units easier.

personally I am hoping for a few more pikemen in the vertical/upright pose.

jim

Offline Paul Richardson

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Re: Empress Miniatures release Thirty Years War range.
« Reply #21 on: 28 January 2022, 07:38:16 PM »
Paul: I acknowledge that you know infinitely more about marketing a range of figures than I do but.....I wonder whether you might get a better idea of the range's potential if you were to bring out a few new figures. Looking back, I think Emil's first batch of figures came out in 2010 or 2011 and the last new figures came out in 2018. You might find that existing collectors have already bought quite a few of these figures and really need some new poses to encourage them to buy again. Just a thought.

Offline Araknofobia

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Re: Empress Miniatures release Thirty Years War range.
« Reply #22 on: 28 January 2022, 07:46:17 PM »
Or at least new heads! (Separate head set I mean...)
« Last Edit: 29 January 2022, 08:05:52 PM by Araknofobia »

Offline Paul @ Empress Miniatures

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Re: Empress Miniatures release Thirty Years War range.
« Reply #23 on: 29 January 2022, 10:27:54 AM »
Paul: I acknowledge that you know infinitely more about marketing a range of figures than I do but.....I wonder whether you might get a better idea of the range's potential if you were to bring out a few new figures. Looking back, I think Emil's first batch of figures came out in 2010 or 2011 and the last new figures came out in 2018. You might find that existing collectors have already bought quite a few of these figures and really need some new poses to encourage them to buy again. Just a thought.

I wouldn't bet on your opinion of my marketing expertise  lol

Don't worry we will be doing head changes to increase variations but main line new complete sculpts may take a little longer to come through. ;) 

Offline sepoy1857

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Re: Empress Miniatures release Thirty Years War range.
« Reply #24 on: 30 January 2022, 10:29:50 PM »
and if you do decide to expand it, please ask Paul Hicks to do the sculpting. I know that you have a relationship with Paul and it would be wonderful to have more figures sculpted by the man who sculpted the original range. 
I'll most heartily second that idea!
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Offline Paul @ Empress Miniatures

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Re: Empress Miniatures release Thirty Years War range.
« Reply #25 on: 02 February 2022, 11:40:15 AM »
By the way Paul, do you have plans to bring this pikeman back from the dead ? Emil discontinued him a while ago but he is a very nice figure and I would like to purchase a few more. Dunno if you have the master casting and mould for him though :

This figure is now released just for you.

Others can also buy it   ;)
« Last Edit: 02 February 2022, 11:42:14 AM by Paul @ Empress Miniatures »

Offline Paul Richardson

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Re: Empress Miniatures release Thirty Years War range.
« Reply #26 on: 02 February 2022, 11:53:15 AM »
Now that's what I call service.

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Re: Empress Miniatures release Thirty Years War range.
« Reply #27 on: 02 February 2022, 12:04:26 PM »

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Re: Empress Miniatures release Thirty Years War range. MORE RELEASES.
« Reply #28 on: 03 February 2022, 09:42:22 AM »
« Last Edit: 03 February 2022, 11:43:01 AM by Paul @ Empress Miniatures »

Offline Paul @ Empress Miniatures

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Re: Empress Miniatures release Thirty Years War range. MORE RELEASES.
« Reply #29 on: 03 February 2022, 09:44:25 AM »
Artillery crew.



« Last Edit: 03 February 2022, 11:44:44 AM by Paul @ Empress Miniatures »

 

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