As of the 1st March, Eureka Miniatures become the sole manufacturers of the AB Figures 15/18mm Napoleonic, ACW and Ancient ranges. To celebrate this important event, we are releasing the first new Napoleonic figures from Tony Barton in several years – 1812 Pavlov Grenadiers.
Allowed to keep their old-style mitre caps – an honour conferred on the regiment by the Tsar in recognition of their bravery at the Battle of Freidland in 1807 - the Pavlov Grenadiers jealously guarded their mitres. They carefully handed them down through each new generation of recruits – complete with battle damage and bullet holes preserved as badges of honour!
The AB Figures range of Russians for 1805-1811 already includes Grenadiers in mitre caps that can be used to represent Pavlov Grenadiers for early campaigns like Austerlitz and Friedland, but these new figures depict the Pavlov Grenadiers in their mitre caps and wearing the later uniform associated with the momentous campaigns of 1812 and after. As you would expect from Tony Barton, these are beautifully sculpted figures, with different variants for the rank-and-file figures. Although Tony does not do a lot of work in this smaller scale any more, we are hoping to see a few more new 15/18mm AB releases over the coming months
Here are the catalogue details for the new miniatures –
15/18mm AB FIGURES: RUSSIAN 1812
NEW RELEASE – PAVLOV GRENADIERS
Designed & sculpted by Tony Barton
Variants are supplied randomly.
R15 Pavlov Grenadier, march attack
R16 Pavlov Grenadier Officer, shako
R17 Pavlov Grenadier Drummer
R18 Pavlov Grenadier Standard Bearer
NEW RELEASE SPECIAL OFFER – FREE AB FIGURES 15/18MM CATALOGUE
For a strictly limited time (until our next new release), all customers ordering 15/18mm AB Figures from us - or from our U.S. or U.K. representatives - will receive a free CD containing a catalogue of the entire AB Figures 15/18mm range. When printed, this comprehensively illustrated catalogue depicts all the miniatures at actual size. The CD also includes a catalogue of our own Eureka Miniatures 18mm Napoleonic ranges.
(This item will eventually retail for $7.50 AUD, including P&P).
Improvements to the Eureka Website
In tandem with the new catalogue, we are in the process of up-grading the AB 15/18mm section of our website so that very soon every product code in these extensive ranges will be illustrated with a picture showing a representative sample of the available figure variants. This process will be completed over the next few days, and we will be making further improvements to the way our website presents the AB Figures 15/18mm ranges at a later date.
AB Figures 15/18mm miniatures can also be ordered in the U.K. from Fighting 15s, and in North America from Eureka Miniatures U.S.A. (robwalter556@yahoo.com).