Perry Agincourt Archers News

[marcusluis]

Just got this in the mail, and they look so good i think 

"English Men at Arms frame back from Renedra!
We've just got the first shots of the Men at Arms for the English Army( Agincourt
to Orleans) frame back from Renedra. They have done a great job once again! We've
got more examples and the frame up on the plastic workbench. These together with
the archers will be available mid December.

All the best
Alan"

Might try going for my 1492 Reconquista project agian with these...!!!

[Arlequín]

Might try going for my 1492 Reconquista project agian with these...!!!

*Off Topic* That would make a great thread and one which I would be very interested in following... I might even be able to dig up some info myself to add to it if I can find any.

[Chesh]

Just seen on facebook these are now classed as released

[Ray Earle]

Aye, had an e-mail saying my box is dispatched. 

I noticed that on the site there was a comment about using the WoTR arms to add greater variety and bridge the gap into the 1440's.

Just to upset everyone though, how early could these figures be used? I'm assuming the archers will be ok for 1380ish. What about the men at arms?

There's always one... 

[Modhail]

There's always one... 

Actually, there's two... 

[Arthur]

Now officially out, gents :

[Captain Blood]

Woo-hoo! I've got mine
Lovely lovely pieces. Lots of great kitbashing potential from all the extra heads and arms...
Happy days.

[Percal]

My, they're magnificent. Another set to add to my wishlist

[painterman]

Inspecting the men at arms frame this evening.
Whilst the sculpting is the usual very high standard that we expect from PM - what's struck me is the quality of the moulding by Renedra. There is nearly no loss of detail down the sides of the figures (where the join in the top and bottom moulds meet), which i always thought was a given with plastic injection moulds. Also the originals have been very precisely positioned so that the seams run along the joins in the plate armour, so they are either minimal or non existent - the only minor mould lines on the figures are on the top of the helms, where a scalpel scrape and/or sanding stick easily smooths the helms ready for paint.
That said -whilst time is saved here - those visors are tiny detailed pieces.
I'm wondering whether to paint the faces first and then add any visors needing to be fixed as raised when the figures all done?

great sculpting and lovely plastic models - has given my HYW collection a boost to add extra figures for Agincourt campaign.
Simon.

[OSHIROmodels]

Woo-hoo! I've got mine
Lots of great kitbashing potential from all the extra heads and arms...

We're waiting you know 

cheers

James

[rumacara]

There goes my savings...

[Phil Portway]

There goes my savings...

Know what you mean!

SANTA!!!!!!!

[Captain Blood]

Well I've started building a few HYW-WOTR hybrids, and my first observations are:

The new HYW figures are noticeably taller and beefier than the WOTR sets - although the figures in the recent Foot Knights set were already noticeably taller (and less chunky) than the original WOTR and mercenaries sets...

The detail is very nicely done and they are all-round lovely.
But...

The very small components like the visors for the bascinets are damned hard to get off the frame in perfect condition (although my current craft knife is knackered, which doesn't help).
Ditto the swords and bundles of arrows - lots of lovely little pieces, eminently suitable for WOTR as well as the later HYW... But even cutting them off the sprue with extreme care, it's impossible to maintain a nice clean line along the side of the scabbard or the length of the arrow shaft. On such fine components, there is always a bump or a notch where they've come off the frame. Very hard to correct with either shaving or filling, because the imperfection is embedded into the grain of the plastic.

I've said it before on the earlier sets, but it is SO much better when small, linear components attach to the frame by one or other end, rather than halfway along the length of the item concerned

[Ray Earle]

I agree Richard. Those swords are a complete pain in the backside to get cleanly away from the sprue. The visors just scare me. I've already had the shaft of one hammer snap just removing the things from the box! 

But on the plus side they are absolutely beautiful figures with amazing detail. They match my Claymore castings figures (especially the newer crossbowmen) perfectly, being just a little stockier than the WoTR bill and archers.

And I've got a complete Lion Rampart army in one box. Which is nice. 

[westwaller]

Guys, do you use side cutters, I do and I find that it helps to reduce breakage of the fiddly bits.

I cut out the pieces from the sprue first, leaving a bit of sprue around the items, then I chop off any big bits of plastic with the cutters like the triangles that hang off the shoulders etc and then I work at it with a very sharp scalpel (No 11 blade usually)

Sorry if this is like I'm trying to teach you to suck eggs, If you already do this, but to some of you that don't use cutters, it will make a difference to get some.

Captain Blood, those arrows sound almost as tricksy to remove as the Desert Rats helmets were. I found it difficult not to accidentally cut a tiny bit of the rim off on some of them, and even though it was a tiny wee bit of plastic almost a sliver, you still notice it! Mind you I had loads of mis-cast water bottles on my Rats, and carving those out is not fun.

I have to say, with both plastic and metals, difficult clean ups and miscasts are the primary reason why miniatures stay in their boxes, rather than get painted.