Del Prado Men at War (1 Viewer)

[gk5717]

I just moved some display cases in my basement, and in doing so, I had to take the DelPrado Men at War series out and place them back in a display cabinet.
What a great series! With K&C a 10, these are a 7 or 8, but the periods they depict are essentional to any collecter. From WW1 to the Arab and Israeli War, to the Spanish Civil War.
Even if you are a WW2 collecter only, where else can you get a Greek fighter, Romanian Soldier, two RAF pilots, German Ski Troop. and many more.
I sure hope in the future Del Prado would do another line like this.
Andy, you got any inside info on this?
Gary

 

[fishead19690]

I also think the del prado line is great. I wish they would do more of the napoleonics but this time with more action poses and not just standing doing nothing. I,d like to see them do a 60mm series of the releive waterloo they did and they could even use the same books and just put one 60mm figure instead of 3 tiny 1/72 figures and with a 100 waterloo action poses in 60mm all from the same campaign you could do a great diorama. I wonder if andy could put this idea into the heads of the del prado peole for us. Then maybe they could move onto the austerlitz series in 60mm .

 

[Fubar]

Yes Fishhead , exactly what I was thinking.More Napoleonics and 60mm would be good.Funny, The only Del Prado mtd figure i have is William the Bastard and he fits in perfectly with the conte 1066 mtd. Knights.When I was at OTSN I saw scads of gorgeous Del prado Mtd. Napoleonic troopers and they seemed so huge next to this one.I'm still considering the Russian Dragoons and Cuirassier's if I can get my hands on some duplicates, at least 4 each of the same trooper { 8 would be perfect}.
Painting very little, Find it easier to buy painted metals.So weak.
Fubar

 

[sceic2]

I have just finished purchasing a large group of Del Prado Napoleonic Cavalry. I also have a good number of the K&C Dragoons. I am not an expert in painting and finishes, but, the K&C' seem to have a much better quality paint than do the Del Prado's. However, the Del Prado’s look extremely good. I especially like the lancers; CNW #18 - Polish Lancer, #37 - Trooper, Austrian Uhlans, #50 - Dutch Lancer, Young Guard, and #61 Prussian Leutzoy Uhlan. The trumpeters are also especially well done. CNW #25 Portuguese, Trumpeter, 11th Cavalry and #30 Trooper, French Chevau-leger- Lanciers, 1812Trooper are very beautifully done. When I line up the 18 #6 Coraceros Espanoles, it is a very impressive site.

I too wish for more action in the Napoleon at War figures. However, both series do work well for me with the K&C Regiments and Squadrons I am accumulating.

I have come to the conclusion that the WWII stuff is just not what I want to collect. And I am a big WWII history buff. Tons of books, lots of movies, seen every documentary, etc. The Napoleonic’s just are so fascinating to me. I still have about 40 or so WWII sets on my large diorama, see the pictures that Pete took in the Gallery. I am very tempted to sell them and just work exclusively with the Napoleon age. Frontline seems to have a great diversity and are attractive to me. I just have this overwhelming urge to get so darn many of them. I love to line them up in squares and columns. What a cool hobby this is!!!!! Michael

 

[wellington]

I would like to buy Del Prado too but I find I can't keep up with K&C, also perhaps Andy will be releasing many more that are similar to Del Prado and if thats the case I'll stick to my K&C....

ALSO WHO HAS THE BRITAINS NORTH WALL AND THE REST OF THEIR NAPOLEONIC COLLECTION ARE THEY ANY GOOD OR IS THE QUALITY POOR?
HOW MUCH DOES A WELL PRICED NORTH WALL AND TROOPS COST?

WELLINGTON

 

[fishead19690]

I have a few sets of the frontline napoleonics. I,m not to crazy about the face detail of their figures. They remind me of the animation that comes out of japan. You know like that yogio stuff the kids watch and all the cartoons from japan. But they have a great range in the napoleonics. I can,t wait till K&C comes that far. They,ve done alot of the other eurpeon nations that everyone else ignores. I really liked the artillary sets that just came out a little while ago. I,ve got the prussian set and want to pick up the austrian and russian sets also, they look real nice. I,ve also got some nassua troops also. If the face detail was to improve I think I would be hooked on them.

 

[wellington]

Also I wanted to ask if I can order any of the figures at any time once they are released...eg 1 from January and 1 from february and 1 from march, if this is the case I may buy only the ones I really like such as del-nc04 private regiment kings german dragoon or del-nc01 officer british 5th dragoons guards, the british engineer is nice as well(he isn't calvary)

wellington

 

[gk5717]

Most K&C collecters on this board are somewhat fanatics, but you Napolianics are really fanatics.
One question, I understand if you are from Europe, but if you live in North America, what is the big attraction?
I,m not criticizing, as I have most K&C Napolianic sets, even some DelPrado, but I just can,t get enthused about that era.
Gary

 

[fishead19690]

Most K&C collecters on this board are somewhat fanatics, but you Napolianics are really fanatics.
One question, I understand if you are from Europe, but if you live in North America, what is the big attraction?
I,m not criticizing, as I have most K&C Napolianic sets, even some DelPrado, but I just can,t get enthused about that era.
Gary

I think if you were to read up a little on napoleon and the napoleonic wars you might change your mind a bit. I don,t think i,m alone. More books have been written about napoleon than any other person in history and the battle of waterloo is the most written about battle also so there is your answer to to the big attraction. Napoleon was a military genius and is still studied to this day in war college and his tactics he used are still pretty in use to this day just strip away all the tanks and jets computors ect. and study the tactics. And besides they look cool also .

 

[wellington]

It's not just that many of our families are originally from France, England Belgum etc...On a secondary note don't for get Wellington's army was here fighting with the United States who once had been a colony of England as well. The English were also at war with the French in Canada (both decendents of England and France), there also was the War of Independence, and the French Indian War, not to mention England had her hand in with the confederates during the American Civil War........both United States and Canada are brother and sisters and we were both once colonies of England and I would imagine thats why we are allies with England today...there are deep roots here my friend as there are on the other side of the world. I think if I'm not mistaken that HMS Victory assisted in the American Revolution and many of the regiments here returned to England to fight at Waterloo.


WELLINGTON
Oh yes history is history its all interresting no matter where it occurred. The Napoleonic wars were considered a world war for that time period.

 

[jomartvr]

I agree, the del prado figures cover a great span of conflicts.

In the future it would be great if Del Prado could issue two figures for each conflict, an officer and an enlisted man. That way collectors can make larger sets.

Personally I would like to see a series devoted to enemies of the British empire. Another interesting series would be post WWII conflicts, such as the Greek civil war, Arab-Israeli, Pakastan-India. These conflicts used a lot of WWII surplus. As a result, these figures could be used with FOV and 21st century vehicles.

Cheers,
Benjamin

 

[fishead19690]

Thanks for the back-up wellington. I don,t find us to be any more of fanatics than you WWII guys or hard core K&C guys. I read all your posts to even though I don,t have that munch intrest in that era. Its funny because I thought the same thing about you guys with your tank detail talk and attacks on new companies like british commando and any other new companies. Myself the more figures there are to choose from the better in my book. There is room for all of us here and we can still all learn from each other no matter what our focal point in history is. And the bottom line is that all of us that are here on a reguler basis are fanatics like it or not . I welcome any new members with any new ideas even if I don,t like them. If you don,t like a thread you don,t have to read it you know.

 

[sceic2]

Most K&C collecters on this board are somewhat fanatics, but you Napolianics are really fanatics.
One question, I understand if you are from Europe, but if you live in North America, what is the big attraction?
I,m not criticizing, as I have most K&C Napolianic sets, even some DelPrado, but I just can,t get enthused about that era.
Gary

The same comment applies to WWII guys (still am one in principle, just not a collector at this time). To me there just seems to be a sense of civilization (if the term civilization can ever be applied to war) with the age of Napoleon. Also, he is one of many generals/leaders I admire. I think that leadership that can take a nation or tribe of people to greatness is to be admired. The use of that leadership may not be the ideal for greatness, but it is greatness never- the-less.

Leaders like Napoleon, Patton, Alexander, Attila, Kann, Hitler, Ceaser, Roosevelt, Lincoln, Lee, Rommel, Grant, on-and-on-and-on, are people who I am very interest in studing, it just so happens that collecting Napoleonic miniatures is my current addiction. Soon to follow is ACW. I have no figures from that period, but man-oh-man are there ever a large number of great looking ones that I would love to get. Also, the way my simple mind works, I only seem to be obsessed with one subject at a time, but the time periods for each of my obsessions is undefined. So, maybe tommorrow I will stop collecting Napoleonic and begin collecting who knows what will become imbedded in my brain. Michael

 

[wellington]

No problem Fishead.......

WELLINGTON