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Offline Admiral Benbow

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Re: The start of my Indian Mutiny project
« Reply #15 on: September 23, 2016, 03:09:12 PM »
Superb unit, Aly! Iron Duke miniatures are fantastic, had some ordered for myself already. The thin swords are a bit tricky for wargaming, but look so good ...

Offline AlyMorrison

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Re: The start of my Indian Mutiny project
« Reply #16 on: September 23, 2016, 07:25:21 PM »
All the weapons are beautifully made...
The figures are cast in good quality metal so they should be ok...

As long as you don't through rocks at them... :D
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Offline guitarheroandy

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Re: The start of my Indian Mutiny project
« Reply #17 on: September 23, 2016, 08:35:55 PM »
Those are really cool models!!

Offline Sparrow

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Re: The start of my Indian Mutiny project
« Reply #18 on: September 24, 2016, 07:19:57 AM »
The thin swords are a bit tricky for wargaming, but look so good ...

Try using the GW thin super glue (the one that comes with a brush in the cap) over the thin bayonets, swords etc. It makes quite a difference and takes away very little detail. The only real downside is it may mean venturing into a GW shop  :(
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Offline Paul Hicks

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Re: The start of my Indian Mutiny project
« Reply #19 on: September 24, 2016, 11:23:08 AM »
They look amazing! Thanks Aly for sharing look forward to seeing the uniformed Mutineers.
Mike has been to Griffin Moulds along with Paul of Empress. They along with the excellent casting staff. Have now cut the Moulds to increase durability without compromising detail to the bayonets.


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Re: The start of my Indian Mutiny project
« Reply #20 on: September 24, 2016, 12:40:18 PM »
They look amazing! Thanks Aly for sharing look forward to seeing the uniformed Mutineers.
Mike has been to Griffin Moulds along with Paul of Empress. They along with the excellent casting staff. Have now cut the Moulds to increase durability without compromising detail to the bayonets.


that's great news about the bayonets,I have lots of minis from this range and have had several broken in transit,guickly replaced by Empress,and several damaged in games I've held,so this is a welcome update,thanks Paul  :)


Offline WillieB

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Re: The start of my Indian Mutiny project
« Reply #21 on: September 24, 2016, 02:32:06 PM »
that's great news about the bayonets,I have lots of minis from this range and have had several broken in transit,guickly replaced by Empress,and several damaged in games I've held,so this is a welcome update,thanks Paul  :)

I've been lucky I guess. Only 2 broken bayonets (and one broken sword) in a batch of 200+ figures. The bayonets are repairable with a 0.3 drill and some fine copper wire but it's a tedious job. So the news that further figures will have sturdier bayonets is fantastic.
Someone on this forum showed how you could replace a broken sword with a hairpin and some Dremel work. I can tell you it works like a charm but the resulting sword is a sharp as a real- life tulwar!

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Offline Kommando_J

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Re: The start of my Indian Mutiny project
« Reply #22 on: September 24, 2016, 05:12:50 PM »
Great news to hear, I thought of mentioning something to Mike as I've encountered similar problems ith the swords which are very prone to bending and i'm just counting down the days until one snaps, other that delicate features I have no complaints!





 

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