| Scott MacPhee | 25 Sep 2008 7:57 a.m. PST |
link Short review: they are decent figures, if a bit ugly. The horses are great. |
aecurtis  | 25 Sep 2008 8:13 a.m. PST |
You chose well! But I don't think you picked the Numidians from the Caeasr's Gallic War range; those are pig-ugly, like the Balearic Slingers and Creatn archers: link Yours appear to be PRR-07, Auxiliary Light Cavalry, from the Imperial Roman range: link These are the only Old Glory "Numidians" I would recommend, so I think you got the right ones! IMO, they don't go too badly with the Foundry Numidians--wich are from their Caesarian range. Nice blog article! Thanks for reinforcing the point about ethnic origin! Allen |
| Scott MacPhee | 25 Sep 2008 8:58 a.m. PST |
Well, I ordered the Numidians from the Caesar's Gallic War range, but you're right; they are definitely the figures from the Imperial Roman line. Whoops. I'll update the blog post. |
| aecurtis | 25 Sep 2008 9:13 a.m. PST |
Not your "whoops" if they were packaged that way! Allen |
| Gwartizan | 25 Sep 2008 10:47 a.m. PST |
Maybe it was a lucky break then? |
IGWARG1  | 25 Sep 2008 1:00 p.m. PST |
I am painting Numidian army now and specificaly ordered from both ranges. They sent me the same figures even though some were marked "Auxillary Light Cavalry" and some "Numidian Cavalry". I also disagree about ugliness of the figures. I like the figures a lot although they look ugly before painting. |
| aecurtis | 25 Sep 2008 1:59 p.m. PST |
Maybe Old Glory has come to the same conclusion about the figures in the CWG-26 pack, and is substituting the better figures! Count yourself lucky if you got the good ones in both packs, Igor. (And I agree with you about the ugliness; I like the PRR-07 figures--as long as you don't look to hard at the arms and legs…) You caught the labelling typo! The oldglory25s site at least doesn't call the PRR-07 pack "Auxillary" like the oldgloryminiatures site does. Although they do call the other range, variously, "Ceaser's Galic Wars" and "Ceaser's Gallic Wars". And "Sarmations". And my perpetual bugaboo: "Lybians", as in "New Kingdom Lybians". Get down off the roof, Professor Kirke. I won't say "New Kingdom Lybians" again; I promise. Allen |
| Scott MacPhee | 25 Sep 2008 2:15 p.m. PST |
Yeah, I like them once painted. Before I got pigment on them they didn't look quite human, but a little paint does wonders. |
| John the OFM | 25 Sep 2008 5:30 p.m. PST |
After telling me at Historicon which Old Glory figures that only an idiot would buy, I wonder why Russ does not simply pull them from the catalog, or have them resculpted. |
| aecurtis | 25 Sep 2008 5:39 p.m. PST |
Because there are idiots spending money? Allen |
| Scott MacPhee | 25 Sep 2008 8:45 p.m. PST |
Well, only an idiot would buy them having seen them. I don't know if the images on oldgloryminiatures.com count as seeing them. Now that Old Glory is starting their second edition, maybe we'll see some new sculpts. I wonder if they're planning on redoing any of their ancients. The new hard plastic Marian Romans, imperial Romans, and Celts might seize some of Old Glory's market. |
| aecurtis | 25 Sep 2008 10:00 p.m. PST |
"I wonder if they're planning on redoing any of their ancients." I believe there have been rumors to that effect. Probably need to wait for the second edition releases already announced to get out though; so probably next year at the earliest. But Old Glory ancients scuplted by as dab a hand as the second edition ACW? Oh, mama! Allen |
