New Artizan NWF Releases (with Pics- mostly!)

[Mike Owen]

Hi, Thought I better on here. I spent ages trying to figure out how to do the guide infantry as I am sure half the customers would want 'Guides' and the other half would want the specific religious and regional variants. So what I eventually decided on were six packs of infantry, 2 Muslim, 2 Sikh, and 2 that can be used to represent other types like the Afridi. As I had already done some Sikhs I decided to do these first. The Muslim variants and the Sikh ones will be out in the next couple of weeks. I should also mention that I am currently working on British NCO characters for those who asked about them.
Regards.
Mike

[Dewbakuk]

6 different packs for one 'unit', even Italwars can't moan about that surely? 

Great news on the NCO's, thanks Mike!

[Atheling]

Hi, Thought I better on here. I spent ages trying to figure out how to do the guide infantry as I am sure half the customers would want 'Guides' and the other half would want the specific religious and regional variants. So what I eventually decided on were six packs of infantry, 2 Muslim, 2 Sikh, and 2 that can be used to represent other types like the Afridi. As I had already done some Sikhs I decided to do these first. The Muslim variants and the Sikh ones will be out in the next couple of weeks. I should also mention that I am currently working on British NCO characters for those who asked about them.
Regards.
Mike

Thanks Mike. I know that you put a lot of effort into your work so i'm a very happy man to hear what you have to say. I'm really looking forward to getting some NCO's as they round off the units and add that extra bit of character that 'skirmish'/single based games really need.

Thanks for filling us in.

Darrell.

[Ray Earle]

NCO's!!! Brilliant news Mike. 

A certain drummer from the Gordons would make my day. 

The Guides sound ideal too, makes it easier to taylor the unit on the table. I've just started my first colour test for the British infantry, they really are lovely figures to put a brush to.

[nicknorthstar]

The figures are all with our Mr Dallimore to get photographed. He's going to blame the deadline for the next Osprey Games project for taking up all his time.... yeah right.

[Ray Earle]

Bloody painters!! 

[Atheling]

Bloody painters!! 

Ahem! 

Bloody wargamers  Oh, hang on a minute...... 

Darrell.

[wulfgar22]

I should also mention that I am currently working on British NCO characters for those who asked about them.
Regards.
Mike

Great stuff!

[italwars]

Italwars, why would you presume Mike doesn't know what he's designing?

This is only one of a series of Guide packs as well.

maybe i most apologize for the way i expressed my thoughts....in fact , at least for me, this first pack don't remind the iconic aspect of this special frontier corps...the subsequent message form the designer is, on the other hand, very interesting..the project of doing also variations of cats/religion among headgera in the same unit is, from a wargame point of view, an unexpected but great luxury...as one forum kindly explain trough a posted pict (i'm not able to do the same with my sources) there is evidence of that headgear among giudes.but a scant one and not really the same..my thought on the matter was dictated by the fact that, in that kind of forum we can talk about every futile detail about minis and, above all, that the so called Foundry Guides ..very similar to those of the Artizan pict..are not a set with great appeal to deserve the name of Guides..or, at least, to diferentiate with others..
said that, also in my case, following a production of Guides with Muslim type high, tightned turban and kullah ..icludin "Personalities" from this manufacture i 'll be happy to give away my WF "guides" (painted as something else) and buy them

[Atheling]

Chaps,

I'd just like to ask the following:

If anyone has any pics of packs not illustrated on the North Star site or the first post in this thread for the NWF could you please send the pics to me and I'll post them up so we can all see what it is we're buying if that way inclined?

My e-mail:

darrell.hindley@googlemail.com

Cheers,
Darrell.