After a long hiatus I am back! Apologies for the absence but other projects interfered with the ImagiNation work. Hopefully I will now be able to devote some of my time to the occasional article here.
I was at Colours today and got my mitts on a couple of the trial sprues for the upcoming Russian Napoleonic sets.
First impressions were/are very favourable. The sculpting is clean and the proportions are an improvement over the earlier Prussian Landwehr – although the hands are still large!
Each figure comes in three parts (head, backpack and body) and will therefore prove easy to assemble with some liquid poly.
Both the early and late sprues sport covered, uncovered and grenadier shako heads. These are rendered nicely. The only odd point is that the Grenadier heads are split down the centre by the mould. I imagine this was in order to be able to mould the plume integrally. That said, it is never a favourite option for me as one slip during clean-up and your figure is deformed!
Anyway – they look good and apparently should be out end Sept/ Early Oct.
I will snap up a box or two of the "early" option for Beimbach-Schönau's very late C18 army. All we need now are those damn Austrians from Victrix!
I was at Colours today and got my mitts on a couple of the trial sprues for the upcoming Russian Napoleonic sets.
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| PAinted examples from Warlord's website. |
Each figure comes in three parts (head, backpack and body) and will therefore prove easy to assemble with some liquid poly.
Both the early and late sprues sport covered, uncovered and grenadier shako heads. These are rendered nicely. The only odd point is that the Grenadier heads are split down the centre by the mould. I imagine this was in order to be able to mould the plume integrally. That said, it is never a favourite option for me as one slip during clean-up and your figure is deformed!
Anyway – they look good and apparently should be out end Sept/ Early Oct.
I will snap up a box or two of the "early" option for Beimbach-Schönau's very late C18 army. All we need now are those damn Austrians from Victrix!
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