New Empress Miniatures ECW range

[Paul @ Empress Miniatures]

  No not taking the thingy.

Jazz Age Imperialism is just beginning to be sculpted.

Moari Wars stuff being worked on.

Moderns will get some packs, hopefully before Christmas.

SCW/BCW will get a  some stuff as well.

More ECW due for release over the next two months.

Busy, busy, busy 

[carlos marighela]

Excellent news then. Any chance of some ECW types in shirtsleeves or ragged clothing. Sorry, it's an obligatory question for me, I'd like some for the almost contemporary Dutch-Portuguese conflict. I live in hope. 

[Paul @ Empress Miniatures]

Good idea,

Quite fancy doing some ragged figures to represent the likes of Essex Army at Lostwithiel 

[has.been]

They can not be E.C.W. as I can not see Derick among them.

[Paul @ Empress Miniatures]

Actually there are two Dereks. One officer and one drummer.

We gave him longer hair though 

[Sterling Moose]

Beautiful figures.  Someone on TMP said the tassets were too long, but I disagree (maybe the poster didn't realise they hinge at the waist).

[OSHIROmodels]

Beautiful figures.  Someone on TMP said the tassets were too long, but I disagree (maybe the poster didn't realise they hinge at the waist).

Depends how tall you are 

cheers

James

[carlos marighela]

Beautiful figures.  Someone on TMP said the tassets were too long, but I disagree (maybe the poster didn't realise they hinge at the waist).

That suggests that the figures aren't based on re-enactors. Most of them don't hinge at the waist. 

[Colonel Tubby]

Excellent models, best ECW I've seen for awhile.

I think its time to invest in a copy of Warlords Pike & Shotte!

[NurgleHH]

First, i think great figures, best for a long time.
But I don't like companies, that release a "million" ranges, but no range nearly complete. It is like copplestone, where no range is complete and every new range kills my hope to get a complete range...
Please, make your other ranges complete...

[Yankeepedlar01]

I'll echo that last sentiment. Please can we have some Frontier Light Horse for the AZW & some Highlanders?

[Arthur]

Different ranges, different sculptors though. Paul Hicks is a very busy and very popular chap these days, but the chances he'll get around to filling the gaps in the Zulu War range seem quite reasonable to me (says I who's not privy to Empress' ZW plans and release schedule  )

These ECW figures look fine indeed apart from a couple of slightly unnatural arm positions, but as I wrote on the Steve Dean forum, I didn't see that range coming. I appreciate the desire to do something that strays from the accepted view of what ECW fighting men looked like, but the fact remains that there are already about a dozen manufacturers already producing figures for that period, including some very fine sculpts. Not quite up to the saturation level of French Napoleonics but close enough IMHO

[Captain Blood]

Nor the saturation levels of Waffen SS, fallschirmjaeger, vikings and now - bizarrely - woodland indians!

My initial thought was the same as yours Arthur. Does the world really need another ECW range? (Although, is this, strictly speaking, not an ECW re-enactment range?  )

My second thought was - those look blooming lovely figures... I'll order a few packs because I want to paint them 

I suppose it goes to show that if the figures are good enough, there's always room for one more range in any market, however overcrowded it may already seem...

Except French Napoleonics obviously, where the saturation is of biblical flood proportions.

[Keith]

I appreciate the desire to do something that strays from the accepted view of what ECW fighting men looked like, but the fact remains that there are already about a dozen manufacturers already producing figures for that period, including some very fine sculpts.

Then again, if you've a passion for something then it makes it easier to spend the countless hours required to produce and attempt to sell a range of figures ( I would imagine ...  ).

[Arthur]

Nor the saturation levels of Waffen SS, fallschirmjaeger, vikings and now - bizarrely - woodland indians!

My initial thought was the same as yours Arthur. Does the world really need another ECW range? (Although, is this, strictly speaking, not an ECW re-enactment range?  )

People's mileage will naturally vary on this depending on their commitment to ECW, but this world is still clearly wanting for a definitive range of zombie Viking fallschirmjägers