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Offline Svennn

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Perrys raise the bar even higher
« on: January 21, 2009, 06:12:48 PM »
what could be better than Perry plastic miniatures?
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Re: Perrys raise the bar even higher
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2009, 06:15:32 PM »

"This is just one of the two or three 'other' things I've been working on, more of which later...."

Plastic fantastic!  8)
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Re: Perrys raise the bar even higher
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2009, 06:26:12 PM »
From Michaels post on PMT

"Coming soon, this is the first of a sporadic range of hard-plastic buildings for 28mm wargaming. This is something I've been experimenting with in conjunction with Renedra, who manufactures our plastic figures.




The building is loosely based on General Meade's HQ at Gettysburg, but obviously can be used from 1750 to... well, modern days, really! The doors are made to open and close (if you are so inclined), and comes with fencing. The model was painted by Aly Morrison, and fencing made by Tim Adcock.

This is close to completion, and we'll let you know as soon as it's ready.

This is just one of the two or three 'other' things I've been working on, more of which later...."

oh the possibilities :o :o :o

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Re: Perrys raise the bar even higher
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2009, 06:49:59 PM »
oh the possibilities :o :o :o

yeah! we can make houses, and ... houses ... and even a whole town!  :D

just kidding! :D

the model seems to be excelent! I'll have to get one for myself  :)
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Re: Perrys raise the bar even higher
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2009, 08:13:50 PM »
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I'm seeing a whole new range of Perry quality buildings... That one's going to do for my F&IW collection.

You know (any modellers old enough to know what I'm talking about), the inexorable rise and diversification of the Perrys reminds me of the Francois Verlinden story.

Basically, he started out just being a jolly good modeller and painter of Tamiya kits and ace dioramas.
Then he started manufacturing a few bits of his own to help diorama builders, and provide optional extras for Tamiya kits.
Then, before you know it, he's a bloody great model manufacturer in his own right, with a huge range of figures, scenery, books, accessories.

Not that I know what happened to him in the end, since I stopped military modelling years ago...

I can see the Perrys ending up with a pretty dominant wargames / modelling empire - bigger than Foundry.

Yay.



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Re: Perrys raise the bar even higher
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2009, 11:07:34 PM »
Hope those houses are also modelled inside...

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Re: Perrys raise the bar even higher
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2009, 11:24:53 PM »
If only I gamed anything where I could actually use a house like that. I suppose it works in Pulp, though I'm not overly keen on rural settings (unless maybe Arkham or Innsmouth or something).

I hope they'll do some houses for ancient, medieval or 16th-17th century settings as well.

What would be really cool, but kind of an outside chance, is if they made some buildings to go with their Samurai range.
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Re: Perrys raise the bar even higher
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2009, 12:17:30 AM »
Useful for my wild West sets, but I'm hoping they do some nice European houses for Napoleonics. (I have all the half-timbered houses I'll ever need).
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Re: Perrys raise the bar even higher
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2009, 09:18:26 AM »
That is very nice.  :)

I too would like to see some Asian buildings from them.

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Re: Perrys raise the bar even higher
« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2009, 09:47:01 AM »
The inexorable rise and diversification of the Perrys reminds me of the Francois Verlinden story.
Not that I know what happened to him in the end, since I stopped military modelling years ago...

If he's still around, I expect he has (semi) retired by now...  I remember that - in the early 70's (when he still had his shop in Lier Belgium) and was only starting to turn out his first plaster scenery - he came to judge a painting contest at (our then) club (ABC - Ancient Battlegaming Club, can you imagine...).  We had a grand total of 8 members (about the whole wargames community in Belgium at the time, I guess) and I entered a unit of Teutonic knights (25mm M'figs).  I won!  :D  I don't think I have the figures any more, but I'm sure they would still get the 1st price today (if one were to reverse the order...  lol lol lol)

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Re: Perrys raise the bar even higher
« Reply #10 on: January 22, 2009, 09:48:09 AM »
I too would like to see some Asian buildings from them.

I would like to know the price...  lol

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Re: Perrys raise the bar even higher
« Reply #11 on: January 22, 2009, 10:01:19 AM »
I too would like to see some Asian buildings from them.

I would like to know the price...  lol

Yes, that too.  lol

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Re: Perrys raise the bar even higher
« Reply #12 on: January 22, 2009, 10:43:57 AM »
I entered a unit of Teutonic knights (25mm M'figs).  I won!  :D 
Rudi

Ah, Rudi - I had those Minifigs Teutonic Knights as well, from the 'Alexander Nevsky' range as I recall... Lovely figures for the time.
I had a whole army of them, all painted as 'Aquitanians' (or was it Aquilonians?) for a Hyperborian campaign which went on for years...
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Re: Perrys raise the bar even higher
« Reply #13 on: January 22, 2009, 11:09:17 AM »
GW lost an ace when they released their multi part building kits as a WH product, rather than generic; otherwise we would all have bought loads of ruined model cities and manor houses.  I hope the Perrys are smart enough to realise that with a few extra bits we will all buy several of these models each, and make towns and villages.

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Re: Perrys raise the bar even higher
« Reply #14 on: January 22, 2009, 11:15:49 AM »
I stopped military modelling years ago...

Huh.....?? What do you call what you're doing now...???  ;)

I'm kinda exited about the Perries (Perrys?) going into this area, too. We really NEED more affordable wargaming building models (it takes FAR too long to build up a decent village if one has to save up for each building individually)!

Let's see what they have up their sleeves  :)
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