| Spotter | 05 Oct 2009 8:44 a.m. PST |
We have just completed this range, it includes the King's Elephant and four towered beasts. There are two different bodies with two different tower+ crew. Sorry As these have just been cast there are no painted examples yet. picture
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Keith |
 BigRedBat  | 05 Oct 2009 9:59 a.m. PST |
Cor! Love the towers, especially the first one. Simon |
| Rich Knapton | 05 Oct 2009 11:36 a.m. PST |
Thus are truly exquisite figures. But why Sassanid? The rest of your figure line would seem to be closer to the period of the Successors than the Sassanids. Rich |
| rjabox | 05 Oct 2009 12:08 p.m. PST |
Fantastic! Never thought about a 28mm Sassanid army – until now!! |
| Spotter | 05 Oct 2009 1:33 p.m. PST |
Rich We are doing all our elephants in one go. The Sassanids were ready first. Next up Pyrrhic and the rest of the Macedonian then Seleucid. We are also going to do an African but it will be a while as we are going to start the Rep. Romans at the same time.
Keith
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| Paul Y | 06 Oct 2009 8:05 a.m. PST |
Keith
Good to hear about the Pyrrhic and Seleucid elephants – will be watching the website with interest.
Cheers,
Paul. |
| Spotter | 07 Oct 2009 8:28 a.m. PST |
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| BigRedBat | 07 Oct 2009 12:29 p.m. PST |
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| Mithridates | 07 Oct 2009 4:59 p.m. PST |
Keith – good job, great to see these in the flesh so to speak. Handy to see the unarmoured archer crew to compare them with the armoured ones. When I first saw these I thought just how many elephants can one field! I suspect they will 'tower' over my existing Hinchliffe ones so will need at least two on their own! One with howdah 'hides' and one without to add variety was my thinking. Simon – do you know how they match up with the Empire beasts. Looking at the one of these I have, it simply dwarfs Hinchliffe's Macedonian elephant. I was hoping that it would be a reasonable match with Aventine's version, to be released soon I hope? Not having heard from Mario at Empire I may have to order my howdah crew from Essex to complete the thumpie. Cheers Garry |
| BigRedBat | 08 Oct 2009 1:29 a.m. PST |
Hi Garry, I will take a pic of my unpainted Aventine nellie next to the Empire one in the next day or so, for size comparison purposes. If you need spare crewmen, it might be worth waiting a while to see what Aventine come up with. I gather that the rest of their elephants will be trotting into view shortly; I'm very interested to see the Pyrrhic and Africans. Simon |
| Mithridates | 08 Oct 2009 2:37 a.m. PST |
Simon Thanks – the comparative shot will be most useful. Your point about Aventine is also timely. Years ago I ordered some Essex Alexandrian/early Macedonian crew for 2 plastic elephants I had picked up – single pikeman astride and mahout. They are as large as Empire and nice figures. Ironically the plastic nellies are similar in size to the Empire one! Cheers Garry |
| BigRedBat | 08 Oct 2009 4:20 a.m. PST |
Hi Garry, It'll be interesting to see the Aventine early Macedonian elephants, too. I recall armies in the '80s using the Britains baby African elephant, with metal crew. I'm sure Keith will flog you some seperate crew, if you ask nicely! Not that they will be cast just yet, I'd imagine. Simon |
| Spotter | 08 Oct 2009 5:57 a.m. PST |
Garry Simon is right, when ready I will sell you crew if you want. Pyrrhic elephant next week, if all goes to plan then the early Macedonian ones astride. Cheers Keith |
| LEGION 1950 | 08 Oct 2009 7:07 a.m. PST |
Keith, I cannot wait to see Pyrrhic nellie! Cheers Mike Adams |
| BigRedBat | 08 Oct 2009 9:20 a.m. PST |
Aventine/Empire size comparison; I posted it on the wrong board. TMP link Cheers, Simon |
| Mithridates | 08 Oct 2009 3:45 p.m. PST |
Simon Thanks for the comparison. Confirms my view that the Hinchliffe nellies need to be 'separated' from these new beasts! My Empire example will be able to 'mix in' with the Aventine guys. My current armoured Macedonians from Hinchliffe stand 40mm or so tall with another 20mm for the tower! The Sasanids are similar. Just means that more elephants are needed! Keith – being able to buy the crew separately is very kind of you. Cheers Garry |
| fitterpete | 09 Oct 2009 5:27 p.m. PST |
Who makes the Empire elephant? I can't seem to be able to locate Empire models.Do you have a link? Please.
found it never mind |
| Sir Sidney Ruff Diamond | 10 Oct 2009 2:01 a.m. PST |
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| RAJAHPAKDEE | 31 Oct 2009 8:35 a.m. PST |
BigRed I see you live not to far from me in N.LONDON
I design figures etc under the Timeline-Miniatures banner
I have a range of Siamese/Burmese Elephant wars models in 15mm and 28mm
I would now like to do some ranges in the more popular ranges………..I was going to say get in touch ,but have just received your email.lol..cheers
Barry |
paints the prototypes for the Eureka Amazon Army.
