What new ranges of figures would gamers like to see?

[huevans]

The do-able figures which immediately spring to mind are a captain standing on the bridge and a helmsman. From that point on, it becomes challenging..

For a mid nineteenth century vessel, you need a gun crew loading a muzzle loader cannon. Aeronefs would have very differently posed gunners.

It would be difficult to cover all the possibilities.

[sjwalker51]

Another vote for 19th century Burmese - I fear the Pontoonier range will never see the light of day and Badger Games LLC never reply to emails about its availability, or planned extensions to the Gurkha/Nepalese Range, or anything else for that matter!

I’d love to see a dedicated range of Dyaks, Pirates and 1840’s British for Rajah Brookes’s expeditions.

Then there’s the gaps that stop me investing in other projects, like the aforementioned Gurkhas from Pontoonier, or ragged uniformed Sepoys for the 1842  retreat from Kabul to compliment the Empress range.

[huevans]

Empress has Sikh Wars 1840s British.

What do the Rajah Brooke guys look like?

I assumed that they were Royal Navy and civilian guys

[leadfool]

I will encourage you to think Canadian and get us a new set of Métis and Cree suitable for the 1870 Red River and 1885 North West Rebellions, especially now that Rafm is gone and with them their line of 1885 miniatures.  Get us Gabriel Dumont, Big Bear, Wandering Spirit, and the man himself, Louis Riel.  Get us Canadian militia armed with Snider-Enfield rifles rather than having to repurpose British Zulu War troops with Martini Henry rifles.

And while you're at it, some early (1873-1885) NWMP

I agree with  Will Bailie.  Think Canadian. 

Also Canadian militia to respond to the American "Fenian" invasions after the American Civil War. 

[huevans]

I will encourage you to think Canadian and get us a new set of Métis and Cree suitable for the 1870 Red River and 1885 North West Rebellions, especially now that Rafm is gone and with them their line of 1885 miniatures.  Get us Gabriel Dumont, Big Bear, Wandering Spirit, and the man himself, Louis Riel.  Get us Canadian militia armed with Snider-Enfield rifles rather than having to repurpose British Zulu War troops with Martini Henry rifles.

And while you're at it, some early (1873-1885) NWMP

I agree with  Will Bailie.  Think Canadian. 

Also Canadian militia to respond to the American "Fenian" invasions after the American Civil War.

Actually Perry already do Canadian militia for the Fenian raids and they look very nice.

And Brigade (I believe) does a Paul Hicks sculpted series of both Lakota and also Apache for Western scenarios.

[Will Bailie]

Thanks, Leadfool! 

I've got the new Plains War Lakota and Commanche that I have rebranded to be Northern Cree, and they are very nice figures.  The Apache don't really belong in the North West Rebellion, though.

I'd love to see some Métis, rather than trying to repurpose Boers or other civilians.

cheers,
Will

[Smokeyrone]

A French range for West Africa with Western Sudanese,Dahomean,Samori's forces, Rabih etc. Briere DeI'lsle,Archinard,Bonnier,Dodds,Borgnois-Desbordes, and other noted French officers.
Mark

Ashantis, and multi use "Fanti" like levies!     

East Indi Regiment guys,

[Rochejaquelein]

I would like to second adding Burmese. Defeated four invasions from the Qing Empire in the 1760s, won several battles against Anglo-Indian forces and overall a lot more competent foe to the Brits than the Qing were. There's also the whole Northeast Frontier setting thats greatly overshadowed by its Pathan contemporary.

[FierceKitty]

10mm Fuzzy-Wuzzies with Remingtons.

[Knight of St John]

Boers

[Veroo]

Boers

Boers.

Feel free to prove me wrong, but do we really need more Boers given their availability from Old Glory, Wargames Foundry, Redoubt, 1st Corps, Empress, and Perry?

[traveller]

We definately need more boers with mauser rifles. The only two ranges available(OG and WF)are both quite dated.

[carlos marighela]

Well, I suppose with Boers, you'll at least be able to import them into the US without paying a 10% tariff. I note they just let in about 12 packets worth into the US a week or two back. Whether they were Mauser armed or not, I do not know. What I am certain of is that they will be armed by next Thursday at the latest. 

As anyone who has visited Perth can attest, what the world needs is less Boers, not more.

[Citizen Sade]

That's Saffas in general, isn't it? TBF, I'm surprised Australia hasn't naturalised more of them in an effort to bump themselves up the world rugby rankings.

[Leigh Metford]

The Orange One will happily take them off your hands.

While on the subject of the great Southern Land it would be remiss not to include a reminder, if only for the sake of completion, that no one as yet makes a commercial colonial Australia skirmish range.