Another batch of Napoleonic masters to tease you with...

[Leon]

These arrived last week, but I haven't had chance to get them up.  They are the first lot of conversions from the French dollies we've put up previously, so let us know what you think!

Light infantry - march attack and firing:


Light infantry - command:


Mounted Officer and a Line/Light NCO:


In greatcoats - march attack and firing:


In greatcoats - command:


Mounted Officer:


Line Elite Company:

[nikharwood]

Grr...these look lovely...

I'm  cos I've already got Pendraken Napoleonics which I love...and can see myself doing more 

[CATenWolde]

Looking good! It's very nice to see a greatcoat option right from the start.

Trying to think of some constructive criticism ... about the only thing I can come up with is it might be nice to have some more modeling on the musket, to make the barrel easier to pick out, and perhaps make sure that the bayonet isn't "cleaver" thick. This might be a photo-angle thing.

The NCO is a nice addition, but personally, if I had a chance to pick another pose or two, it would be for a foot officer pose. You have one in every unit, and they tend to stick out, more so than the colour bearer (as the attention is taken up by the flag itself). Foot officer figures can give a unit a bit of personality all by themselves.

Otherwise, just keep up the good work!

Cheers,

Christopher

PS - going to be in London from the 3rd to the 13th on mixed family vacation and research, so if there's anything cool going on let me know! May also take a day trip to Bristol.

[jchaos79]

I love the figure of the long coat and the sabre... superb!!!

Congratulations to the sculptor!

[Leon]

Trying to think of some constructive criticism ... about the only thing I can come up with is it might be nice to have some more modeling on the musket, to make the barrel easier to pick out, and perhaps make sure that the bayonet isn't "cleaver" thick. This might be a photo-angle thing.

The NCO is a nice addition, but personally, if I had a chance to pick another pose or two, it would be for a foot officer pose. You have one in every unit, and they tend to stick out, more so than the colour bearer (as the attention is taken up by the flag itself). Foot officer figures can give a unit a bit of personality all by themselves.

The bayonet's aren't too bad, and they'll thin down during the moulding process as well.

What kind of foot officer are you looking for?  We've got the command for each pack, plus the NCO's as well.

[CATenWolde]

I just meant that the "command set" (officer, colour bearer, drummer/coronet) could include an officer A and an officer B, i.e. a couple of different poses for variety's sake. For instance, the one you have is a great active pose, and maybe "B" could be more staid, etc.

Not a deal breaker, as most lines only have a single officer variant - just thinking out loud.

Cheers,

Christopher

[Leon]

I just meant that the "command set" (officer, colour bearer, drummer/coronet) could include an officer A and an officer B, i.e. a couple of different poses for variety's sake. For instance, the one you have is a great active pose, and maybe "B" could be more staid, etc.

I get what you mean now.  I can have chat with the designer about a different pose.

Out of interest, would people prefer to have the command in with the 30 figures in the packs, or as a separate code of their own?

[CATenWolde]

My vote is for separate command packs. There are so many different ways of basing Napoleonics that it would be hard to get exactly the right mix - some people will do 1:60 (or even higher) and want a ratio of about 1 command set per 12 figures, other will do 1:20 or even 1:10 and obviously need much less.

[lentulus]

to have the command in with the 30 figures in the packs, or as a separate code of their own?

A separate code, but of 9-12 figures instead of 30. 

You are very good about special orders, but I think it would be nice to have two pack sizes in the catalog for most codes -- say (at today's price) 1.50 for 12 or 3.00 for 30.   I don't mind paying a premium for the flexibility.  It lets me budget an order around my unit sizes without putting you to extra work with odd figure counts.

[Leon]

My vote is for separate command packs. There are so many different ways of basing Napoleonics that it would be hard to get exactly the right mix - some people will do 1:60 (or even higher) and want a ratio of about 1 command set per 12 figures, other will do 1:20 or even 1:10 and obviously need much less.

A separate code, but of 9-12 figures instead of 30.  

You are very good about special orders, but I think it would be nice to have two pack sizes in the catalog for most codes -- say (at today's price) 1.50 for 12 or 3.00 for 30.   I don't mind paying a premium for the flexibility.  It lets me budget an order around my unit sizes without putting you to extra work with odd figure counts.

I'll make a note of the separate command packs.

The smaller packs option is probably something we wouldn't want to do really.  The moulds all contain between 32-40 figures, so to only take 15 off and melt down the rest would seriously reduce our production rate.  We do keep spares of a lot of codes, but we don't have the space required to keep everything, so a lot of it would have to go back in the melting pot.  We will always take orders for specific numbers of figures, that's not a problem, we just wouldn't want to encourage it too much.

[NTM]

These have finally won me over, I have been kidding myself for a while now that I will stick to 15mm for Napoleonics as the offerings from Pendraken and others have not quite been right. I have the 1812 French infantry and Lancers of which the former were disappointing but the latter excellent. These are just a whole new level of excellence. The only question is what to do until you bring out my favoured Prussians?

[Leon]

I'm sure we can offer you something to keep you busy!

[NTM]

I'm sure the French will keep me busy enough I'm now confident that there will be an extensive quality range of Napoleonics available in 10mm and will be prepared for a bit of a wait.

[Chad]

Would that be 1806 Prussians? I live in hope!!!

[Dave Fielder]

Will Pendraken please stop producing such fantastic figures? I already have a large supply of painted figures that I now want to sell and start again because of this. Thank you!