Whats next from Empress?

[Malamute]

Wow! Those are lovely  
Malamute just beat me to it - they should look perfect next to the Boot Hill minis!

Yes indeedy, I have plans for them

[Gluteus Maximus]

Yes indeedy, I have plans for them

As ever we await with much anticipation 

[Malamute]

As ever we await with much anticipation 

Ooh you flatter me, I suppose thats payback for all the harsh comments you have made of late

[timg]

All nice stuff though the sailors swing it for me, lovely sculpts. Will there be landing parties to accompany them so those early gunboat dramas can be recreated? Must admit i saw the civvys and thought of a certain ruined building in Texas............

[timg]

The civvy chap third from the left in glasses would make a great Jameison, the Alamo engineer Nick.

[Malamute]

I've got another one lined up for Jamieson

[Matakakea]

I put my Salute pre-order in late this morning. The confirmation was back by lunchtime. Less than 12 days to go now 

[thejammedgatling]

The Empress website mentions 15 new modern Brit sculpts. Any chance of a peek?

Nice to see all the shots of all the Maori wars figures up on their site. Especially like the Royal Navy fellows.

[M Blakey]

I put my Salute pre-order in late this morning. The confirmation was back by lunchtime. Less than 12 days to go now 

i havent got any confirmation yet 

[Paul @ Empress Miniatures]

You have now 

[Arteis]

As promised on the previous page, here are some photos of when in 1990 I took part in the official 150th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi:

http://arteis.wordpress.com/2011/04/07/reenactment-of-the-treaty-of-waitangi-1840/

These may be of interest, especially bearing in mind the new Empress Miniatures figures depict the wars that broke out in the exact same area only five years later.

[Paul @ Empress Miniatures]

Great pictures.

The police uniforms are very interesting, especially the hats.

Is the police facial hair real or glued on? 

[Arteis]

Um, the facial hair is glued on.  Shades of the movie 'Gettysburg'!

The hats were a bone of contention.  The only record we found for these uniforms was written.  The hats were described as "cabbage tree hats".  My contention was that this meant a kind of brimmed straw hat, but my colleagues felt it was an early double-peaked shako.  They won, but I'm still not sure that I was not correct! 

In any case, I would not base any figures on these uniforms (and, anyway, there were only five of these guys in the whole country)!

[carlos marighela]

Third picture, blokes in row boat. Is that a mildly hirsute Daniel Craig (current Bond actor)? If not he has a stunt double.

[abelp01]

Any chance that the upcoming NWF 1890's range will have the Gurkhas in bush hat and shorts? I think they didn't get that uniform until 1902 and I know Copplestone does these for WW1, but I would like to see them in the older gear. What about it, Empress?