| nycjadie | 03 Apr 2009 8:49 a.m. PST |
For people like me who have no idea what this is about, it took me some time to find on the website that these are for
the Spanish Moroccan Rif War in the 1920's, a war I had never heard of. |
| PTCohn | 03 Apr 2009 8:51 a.m. PST |
Great work from Richard Ansell. I'm looking forward to their release and the next set which, I assume, will be Spanish. |
| Pizzagrenadier | 03 Apr 2009 8:53 a.m. PST |
It's also a war we have a free supplement for! link Look for the Rif War as a free PDF in the list in that link. Very cool miniatures, I like Ansell's style. What's next in this line of minis, anyone know? |
| Gallowglass | 03 Apr 2009 9:01 a.m. PST |
"It's also a war we have a free supplement for!" And a very good supplement it is too. Figs look great. This'll be a range to watch, methinks. |
 Der Alte Fritz  | 03 Apr 2009 9:17 a.m. PST |
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| PTCohn | 03 Apr 2009 9:22 a.m. PST |
"What's next in this line of minis, anyone know?" From their catalog page:
"We will switch between Rif and Spanish production in batches of, most probably, four packets." I'm assuming that the next four packs will be Spanish infantry. The provisional list looks to be quite thorough. link |
| Dashetal | 03 Apr 2009 9:51 a.m. PST |
Now, we just need to know how to order, when they will be ready and how to pay. We should make Rif-Raf a happy company. |
| andysyk | 03 Apr 2009 11:11 a.m. PST |
The next four packs will be the first four codes in the Spanish list. Two packs of riflemen, LMG advancing and firing pack and Command pack. These will have sunhat heads but seperate Ros kepi and pillbox heads will be available for converting them.
Then it will be four packs of RIF and so on…. but later releases will not be strictly in catalogue order.
Thanks for the interest. |
| Doctor Merkury | 03 Apr 2009 11:27 a.m. PST |
Awesome stuff, can't wait to see more. Doc |
| VillageIdiot | 03 Apr 2009 11:31 a.m. PST |
looking good Andy All the very best with these mate. I hope they sell really well for you. Nigel H
Anglian Miniatures |
| Richard Baber | 03 Apr 2009 12:45 p.m. PST |
Very nice looking Andy, well done mate. Anyone wondering about gaming in the Rif may like to take a look at TooFatlardies who have a wargamers guide to the conflict, written by Richard something…… :-) |
| PTCohn | 03 Apr 2009 1:27 p.m. PST |
Yes, that Richard something did an excellent job on the guide!
I highly recommend it. |
| WillieB | 04 Apr 2009 9:28 a.m. PST |
Absolutely agree about Richard's Riff Wars guide. Excellent material. The figures look great and I can't wait to order them. Some or even most, will do double duty in the Spanish Civil war as well, for which they are also very suitable. The sunhats were still worn in the SCW and the earlier (Spanish) equipment will very accurately portray the rather shabby state of the Spanish regular army in 1937. The Riffians can be used as Moroccan auxilaries and then there are the Riff Wars itself of course.
Hope this range sells really well, in fact so well that Andy considers doing the French part of the Riff Wars as well :-)
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 Bobgnar | 04 Apr 2009 10:53 a.m. PST |
These look just like some WW2 soldiers I saw in a movie, recently -- "Two Women" |
| dualer | 05 Apr 2009 1:29 a.m. PST |
The first greens look excellent, looking forward to the first Spanish figures especially. A good excuse to re-read Arturo Barea's "The Forge". |
| dualer | 05 Apr 2009 11:06 a.m. PST |
Followed by "The Track" and "The Clash", collectively "The Forging of a Rebel". Anybody reccommend anything else in english, on the Rif War? |
| PTCohn | 05 Apr 2009 1:01 p.m. PST |
It's fairly expensive, when you can find a copy, but quite detailed:
"The Betrothed of Death", Jose E. Alvarez, Greenwood Press, ISBN 0-313-30697-4. |
| kingscarbine | 07 Apr 2009 3:13 a.m. PST |
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experiments at 11x.
