Perry Agincourt Archers News

[former user]

I like the ones they made for foundry in metal better...

[westwaller]

Oh .... urm, I hate to say it, but I was expecting better. These look kind of stiff.

I'm glad that I was not the only one to be slightly disappointed... I guess we shall see.

It's not the firing poses I have an issue with, it's the others. Perhaps it's the way they've been put together for the photos,

but there's an ugly join at the shoulder and the angles the arms are at look ... awkward.

Now I love the WOTR figures, but I personally did find that the various arms do not always have the best fit to the torsos in the Bill &

Bows set- you do really have to spend some time trying different options to get the best out of them, and the few poses that were

illustrated in the 'instructions' were a bit iffy with the fitting. It is a similar story with the Desert Rats box too IMHO.

I still really like the Perry stuff though.

[Arthur]

I believe they look convincing enough once arrayed for battle :

[painterman]

Yep - they look like 'yeomen of England'!

[dm]

Looking forward to seeing some painted 

[Dalauppror]

Impressive bunch of archers !

[Steel fist]

I think it's a shame that some have criticised these as I think they are very good, a huge amount of thought goes into making sets like this, and one thing I think the Perry's don't make mistakes with is posing, having used a longbow a lot I can say all of those poses are possible, and being muti part some combinations are bound to look nicer than others.
It is also clear that they have put the more static options in this box because the English received the charge at Agincourt, and as they have pointed out the French box will be more dynamic, so between the two boxes they should please everyone, as you need static troops too if you want to tell a story.

[former user]

hmmm....
I wouldn't know what should be shameful in criticizing a product. After all people mostly expressed what they did not like and even compared it to thze Perry brothers earlier work.

After all, since when are they above any criticism?
useful criticism almost always means to improve something, and I can not find destructive one....
customers are entitled to their oppinion about what they are supposed to pay money for

[Cubs]

That's cool. I gave my opinion. Steely gave theirs. former user gave his. Now I've given mine again.

And it continues.

[westwaller]

What has been shown so far, of the Men at Arms intended for this set looks brilliant.

...Now they just need to get on with a box or two of Feudal/Crusades Knights and Men at Arms...

[Devoted of Slaanesh]

My wallet is crying.. Again. 

[henryv]

Can't wait to get my hands on these, they look good to me.

[Modhail]

Just had a look at the Perry site, it seems the English Army set is pencilled in for  "around christmas time".
I wonder if that means "just in the nick of time for chrimbo" or "in the last week of december"? Either way, someone's getting new toys... 

[Paul]

They do look really good....

I believe they look convincing enough once arrayed for battle :

[Elbows]

Add me to the list of "good, but not great".  They look fine and I'd gladly buy and use them, but they definitely didn't trigger my giddy "gamer" response like some things.  You know that feeling, when all of your other possessions quake at the thought of meeting their demise via ebay so you can justify starting another project....

PS: How much difference would there be (body-wise) with the French set - which they note will be more "active"?  Does this mean buy a box of each and head swaps would give you more dynamic archer units on the move, and then a set of steady archers in block?