| Thieses | 11 Dec 2009 7:47 a.m. PST |
I have a bunch of these arriving to my house soon. I've never seen Papo toys before. They are large, but very cool. I've seen the Schleich knights and other warriors before, but no Musketeers. Papo makes all kinds of "historic" figures. I want to find a rules set to use with these Musketeers.
Redoubt makes some very detailed 28mm Musketeers. They had some simple rules at at show I went to once. Does anyone have these rules?
Here are the Musketeers
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and of course one of these. Even the Cardinal
picture I am going to built a cobblestone courtyard with this fountain in the center for scenery. link I can't wait. |
| Nick Nascati | 11 Dec 2009 8:43 a.m. PST |
Sounds like a very neat project, they are beautiful figures. Take a look at Two Hour Wargames, I think they may have a couple of free sets that might work. Also look at "Gloire", not sure of the publisher. |
| Thieses | 11 Dec 2009 9:05 a.m. PST |
Nick, thanks. Two Hour Wargames is a great idea. I am a fan of Ed's system. I will take a look at Gloire and see what it has to offer. |
| runs with scissors | 11 Dec 2009 9:36 a.m. PST |
I have those figures too and plan to use Gloire with them – it has enough detail to make a game between a handful of figures interesting. My daughters have the Papo farm animals, so I built a barn and stable for them last Christmas, thereby gaining huge kudos for being a good dad and incidentally having some massive buildings for the musketeers to fight over. I must get around to basing the figures and actually having a game before the kids completely destroy the buildings. |
| KnightTemplarr | 11 Dec 2009 9:55 a.m. PST |
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| ravachol | 11 Dec 2009 11:30 a.m. PST |
there are some home-rules for musketeers on the THW yahoo group ( one of those house rules expand from "red sand blue sky" gladiatorial game ). otherwise gloire seems like a clever choice both for figures numbers , the details and the size of the boards it is meant to be played on . last one that burst to mind is : "And all for one " from anubis studio design for eureka's the musketeer range . link |
| Thieses | 11 Dec 2009 2:43 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the suggestions! I like the farm idea. I have always been a fan of the Musketeers movies from 1973 with Michael York and Oliver Reed. I want to recreate the fight scene in the square with the Cardinal's guards with the laundry handing in the way. About half way into this clip is the scene.
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| Jape77 | 15 Dec 2009 12:13 p.m. PST |
Damn you man -- I had long ago abandoned my efforts to finish my musketeers game for 25mm, even sold off my figures. now you have reawakened the beast… Bah! away bumpkin! |
| mrkprkr | 08 Jan 2010 7:29 a.m. PST |
If anyone is getting the 3musketeer bug from reading Thesis's notes, Happy Hen.com is having a big sale on Papo's musketeers/guards right now. A figure is $3.99 USD each. |
| Thieses | 16 Jan 2010 8:27 a.m. PST |
mrkprkr, thanks for the post. I did buy my minis at Happy Hen. Also, the "Cardinal's Men figures" are no longer in production. If you are interested in them, I would pick them up soon. I have always found it annoying when a company stops producing the villians because they "don't sell as well". |
| SBminisguy | 18 Feb 2010 9:59 a.m. PST |
What scale are the Papo figures?? Are they roughly 54mm/1:32 scale or are they bigger?? |
| mrkprkr | 18 Feb 2010 8:49 p.m. PST |
There is a club of a few companies that are making figures in the Papo scale. This was called "90mm" a few years ago, but gamers have finally settled on "1/18th scale". The figs are approx 3.75 inches tall. 1/32 scale is close, but it is a good half inch too small and they don't fit in with Papo/Schleich/BBI/Safari/Dragon/ToyBiz etc. |
