For those of you have been patiently awaiting the return of Venexia miniatures, I have a small piece of good news. The 15mm Ottoman Turks are now back in production, and available for sale.
For those who don't know, Sgt Major Miniatures bought the Venexia line from Italy in the summer of 2012. The deal did not include molds, as they were in bad shape, and near useless. Therefore, it was necessary for me to make new molds from the master figures that were shipped over. Sadly, the master figures contained some low-end metal, possibly solder, and they melted in the mold-making process. There were ample masters so that this did not cause a loss to the line, but it did force special steps to be taken. My moldmaker was forced to make hand-poured, room-temperature-setting molds of the masters, one at a time. Then, he had to go in and do some sculpting work to clean them up, and bring them back to life. He was then able to create the production molds. This process took far longer than anticipated by either me or the moldmaker.
The good news: he has delivered the Turk molds, and stock has been spun up over the past few days to allow me to offer them on my website. I still do not have photos of the individual packs up yet, and won't for some time, but the items are there.
Said moldmaker currently has in his possession the Italian Wars line of 15mm figures, and thinks the molds for this line will not take as long as the initial set did. This is good news indeed… In addition, I will be delivering the Louis XIV line of 15mm figures to another moldmaker at Cold Wars in a few weeks' time, and he will be working on that line simultaneously. Sometime later in the year, the 15mm Biblicals, 28mm Condottieri, and 28mm Moderns will come back on line as well, I do not know yet in what order…
So, my thanks, and sorry, to those who have been waiting for these lines for some time. If all goes well, the entire Venexia library will be back in production by the close of 2013…
Ottoman Turks
OT 01 - Mounted Command (1400-1700) (General, Standard bearer and Tamburine) (4 Figures) - $5.50 USD
OT 02 - Heavy cavalry with barded horses (1400-1550) (4 Figures) - $5.50 USD
OT 03 - Heavy cavalry with unbarded horses (1400-1700) (4 Figures) - $5.50 USD
OT 04 - Heavy cavalry with pistols and unbarded horses (1550-1700) (4 Figures) - $5.50 USD
OT 05 - Mounted heavy archers with barded horses (1400-1550) (4 Figures) - $5.50 USD
OT 06 - Mounted heavy archers with unbarded horses (1400-1700) (4 Figures) - $5.50 USD
OT 07 - Light cavalry with unbarded horses (1400-1700) (4 Figures) - $5.50 USD
OT 08 - Light cavalry with pistols and unbarded horses (1550-1700) (4 Figures) - $5.50 USD
OT 09 - Mounted light archers with unbarded horses (1400-1700) (4 Figures) - $5.50 USD
OT 10 - Balcanic Cavalry (4 Figures) - $5.50 USD
OT 21 - Janissary Command (high uniform) (4 Figures) - $3.50 USD
OT 22 - Janissaries with bow (campaign dress) (8 Figures) - $4.75 USD
OT 23 - Janissaries with muskets (campaign dress) (8 Figures) - $4.75 USD
OT 24 - Assorted Janissaries advancing with assorted weapons (campaign dress) (8 Figures) - $4.75 USD
OT 31 - Infantry command (4 Figures) - $3.50 USD
OT 32 - Azab bowmen (8 Figures) - $4.75 USD
OT 33 - Advancing infantry with assorted thrusting weapons (8 Figures) - $4.75 USD
OT 34 - Serbian, Croat or Bosnian musketeers (8 Figures) - $4.75 USD
OT 41 - Heavy Artillery and crew (3 Crew & Gun) - $7.50 USD
OT 42 - Light Artillery and crew (3 Crew & Gun) - $4.75 USD