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Author Topic: Using plastic celts for fantasy project... do-able?  (Read 5183 times)

Offline Braxandur

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Re: Using plastic celts for fantasy project... do-able?
« Reply #15 on: December 16, 2008, 07:06:23 AM »
I had a bit too much to drink yesterday, so pictures were only just taken :)



I'm also waiting in anxiety for the plastics from wargames foundry. If not for in my chaos army, then for conversion purposes. (bring on the plastic zombies!)

As for size considerations, as long as your entire unit (except maybe for a mutated champion) is the same size I think everything would like nice.
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Re: Using plastic celts for fantasy project... do-able?
« Reply #16 on: December 16, 2008, 09:49:08 AM »
I had a bit too much to drink yesterday, so pictures were only just taken :)




Which are which?!

As for size considerations, as long as your entire unit (except maybe for a mutated champion) is the same size I think everything would like nice.

Actually I think that varying sizes is no problem at all.. as long as it's not pr unit - so you have one unit of large troops, one of small troops and so on. If you mix all kinds of sizes in one unit it'll look ok. Especially if you give them weapons from 1 manufacturer, as these better look same sizish.
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Offline dodge

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Re: Using plastic celts for fantasy project... do-able?
« Reply #17 on: December 16, 2008, 10:01:46 AM »
Sorry if this moves a bit off topic but I was reading January's Wargames Illustrated yesterday and there was a review of the wargames factory Romans.

It wasn't that good a review, quality wise and the review said it couldn't recommend them.

I haven't seen any of the figures at all myself so this is not my opinion, but I would imagine that if the review of the Romans was not good then maybe the wargames factory celts that are coming out may suffer from the same issues.

I'm not someone who critisizes things like this but if people have tight budgets then I wouldn't like them to be disappointed.

But having said that if you look on the wargames factory website there is some really positive feed back on them from a couple of purchasers so I don't really know what to think.

I could definately go for some celts for broadsword adventures and fanatsy stuff. The wargames factory roman I have is tiny and so the wargames factory stuff looks good.

I guess we will just have to wait and see how it pans out.

sorry if its a bit of a ramble. :?

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Re: Using plastic celts for fantasy project... do-able?
« Reply #18 on: December 16, 2008, 10:10:03 AM »
The middle legionnaire (Warlord?) seems slightly smaller in scale than the WF legionnaire.  I wonder if that means that the WF celts will be slightly larger?  BTW Braxandur, thanks for your efforts.  They are helpful and I would say appreciated by others as well.

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Re: Using plastic celts for fantasy project... do-able?
« Reply #19 on: December 16, 2008, 11:02:57 AM »

Which are which?!
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I would guess:

Warlord, WF, Warlord, WF, WF ?
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Offline Braxandur

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Re: Using plastic celts for fantasy project... do-able?
« Reply #20 on: December 16, 2008, 11:51:30 AM »

Which are which?!

I would guess:

Warlord, WF, Warlord, WF, WF ?
[/quote]

Almost Correct, it is:
Warlord, WF, Warlord, WF, Warlord

as for the  quality, the celts would indeed turn out less satisfying, however the guys at WF say they completly redesigned them after what the learned making the Romans and rBritish

Offline dodge

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Re: Using plastic celts for fantasy project... do-able?
« Reply #21 on: December 16, 2008, 11:59:57 AM »
as for the  quality, the celts would indeed turn out less satisfying, however the guys at WF say they completly redesigned them after what the learned making the Romans and rBritish

And that is really all you can ask for isn't it , top marks from me for that  :D

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Offline Argonor

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Re: Using plastic celts for fantasy project... do-able?
« Reply #22 on: December 16, 2008, 12:10:04 PM »
as for the  quality, the celts would indeed turn out less satisfying, however the guys at WF say they completly redesigned them after what the learned making the Romans and rBritish

And that is really all you can ask for isn't it , top marks from me for that  :D

dodge


It certainly shows the right kind of attitude towards the market  :)

 

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