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Not too much to get excited about here. AWI and Napoleonic are the same figures that were released by AIP years ago. Egyptian Camel Corps OK but overall this news is a bit of a yawn.
9thHussar
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Hi - they are good sets to convert into, well anything...my latest sets are :
1. British Foot Artillery 1815 - converted to Brunswick Foot Artillery Waterloo 1815
2. British Foot Artillery 1815 - converted to Dutch East Indies Artillery - Captain Riesz Battery Waterloo 1815
3. British Horse Artillery 1815 - converted to Brunswick Horse Artillery Waterloo 1815
most of these are just head swaps using Helmet Soldiers spares
Also made/converted the Chinese Boxers 1900 into artillerymen and used the extra spare dragons-head cannon and mortar found in some of the Colonial Artillery sets.
Also working on WW1 Belgian infantry conversions from the French Foreign Legion set.
Regards
Dave
1. British Foot Artillery 1815 - converted to Brunswick Foot Artillery Waterloo 1815
2. British Foot Artillery 1815 - converted to Dutch East Indies Artillery - Captain Riesz Battery Waterloo 1815
3. British Horse Artillery 1815 - converted to Brunswick Horse Artillery Waterloo 1815
most of these are just head swaps using Helmet Soldiers spares
Also made/converted the Chinese Boxers 1900 into artillerymen and used the extra spare dragons-head cannon and mortar found in some of the Colonial Artillery sets.
Also working on WW1 Belgian infantry conversions from the French Foreign Legion set.
Regards
Dave
Marchand
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I am using ATKM metal heads for converting the AIP figures. You can use the French Bicorne heads to replace the shako heads on the Napoleonic French Infantry to make excellent French Revolution or Egyptian Campaign troops. The Bicornes are also useful on the French Imperial Guard Artillery sets for the same eras.
Using the War of 1812 British Regular Infantry, you can attach Royal Marine heads.
The ATKM heads are perfect scale for the AIP.
Using the War of 1812 British Regular Infantry, you can attach Royal Marine heads.
The ATKM heads are perfect scale for the AIP.
Scott
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Well, I guess from the picture you are much more disappointed, yes? I was hoping for more, that's for sure. I don't consider re-using the same figures as "new" sets. Others may disagree.
Scott
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I was hoping for Civil War artillery, cavalry , and regular Union infantry. AIP could sell limitless sets of those figures. Continuing WW One would be good as well.
I'm sure there is a market for British Colonial but it must be limited as to the number of sets one would buy for themselves of the Royal Navy on camels.
Well, I'm an old Marx guy. I recently added to the Marx civil war figures the CTS and X force. That gave me Cavalry, a new artillery crew and more infantry figures. X force are on the smallish side, match the Marx Centennial line. WW One needs artillery and crews and some machine gunners for the main forces (German, French, US, British). Doubt we'll see any Serbs, Austrians, Turks, et al. But you never know, I didn't think we'd ever see Korean War either.
9thHussar
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New Sets ......cant get round to painting them all
Hi - been thinking that I wont get around to painting every set.
In fact when I started painting/collecting in 1991 and for a good few years after I managed to acquire sets of figures and painted most new releases as they came out starting with the Accurate 1/32nd ACW/AWI and the Toyway/Timpo figures etc... but then there were so many new sets from lots of different manufacturers that it has been difficult to paint them all. I have some box sets in storage that have been gathering dust for over 10 years.
Dave
Hi - been thinking that I wont get around to painting every set.
In fact when I started painting/collecting in 1991 and for a good few years after I managed to acquire sets of figures and painted most new releases as they came out starting with the Accurate 1/32nd ACW/AWI and the Toyway/Timpo figures etc... but then there were so many new sets from lots of different manufacturers that it has been difficult to paint them all. I have some box sets in storage that have been gathering dust for over 10 years.
Dave