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Post by twrnz on Oct 20, 2018 1:09:50 GMT
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Post by jeffreythancock on Oct 20, 2018 16:37:34 GMT
Good catch! Thanks for sharing.
Jeff
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Post by pawsbill on Oct 21, 2018 15:52:46 GMT
And they do a passable representation of the rocket launcher, which is more than the Grumpy's or Old Glory ranges do. |
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Post by twrnz on Oct 21, 2018 22:31:55 GMT
And they do a passable representation of the rocket launcher, which is more than the Grumpy's or Old Glory ranges do. That’s not helping my resolution of reducing my existing lead mountain first! |
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Post by scottrussell on Oct 22, 2018 10:44:50 GMT
Looks like they have done a good job in spotting a gap in the market. Almost the entire range is currently sold out!
Scott
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Post by Tony Aguilar on Oct 22, 2018 11:30:20 GMT
Even though Old Glory has already made this period for a while, these do look good.
I wish that Essex would change the alloy they use for their castings as I find Essex very bendy on their spears.
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Post by goragrad on Oct 24, 2018 19:20:53 GMT
Personally, I would have liked to see Essex bring out a Three Kingdoms Korean line - with Falcon apparently out of the game that is a major gap.
On the other hand this does give more options for an opponent for the Later Samurai.
Good looking figures (as to be expected from Essex).
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Post by Tony Aguilar on Oct 24, 2018 19:27:22 GMT
Personally, I would have liked to see Essex bring out a Three Kingdoms Korean line - with Falcon apparently out of the game that is a major gap. On the other hand this does give more options for an opponent for the Later Samurai. Good looking figures (as to be expected from Essex). Khurasan makes Three Kingdom Koreans. |
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Post by goragrad on Oct 25, 2018 0:49:22 GMT
Khurasan is a bit on the large side for my taste - at least the 4 T'ang spearmen that I have dwarf their Essex or Minifig counterparts. I have a feeling that a 4KN could be difficult to base.
I have some old Mike's (based on Greer) and not quite a 3.0 army of Falcon (and I really like the Falcon). So would have liked to continue with at least the Falcon.
Naismith has a couple of codes and I may end up going there for some of the figures.
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Post by notjustromans on Dec 30, 2018 3:29:48 GMT
now for some Ming Dynasty Chinese
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Post by markhinds on Nov 25, 2019 21:12:26 GMT
Even though Old Glory has already made this period for a while, these do look good. I wish that Essex would change the alloy they use for their castings as I find Essex very bendy on their spears. Thing is, that soft Essex alloy is what allows us to modify the figures easily. Bendy spears are easily fixed via wire, etc.
Example, converted from the standard Essex "Thematic Byzantine" lancer. Changes include dropped shoulder (impossible unless soft metal, as it was compressed after being dropped, and the mail re-detailed), differently bent arm, reworked helmet, and wire lance of desired length, among other things, Still need to fill in the seam under dropped shoulder and clean up the horse. Note the original figure in the lower right corner of the first image.
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Post by timurilank on Nov 25, 2019 21:26:35 GMT
Even though Old Glory has already made this period for a while, these do look good. I wish that Essex would change the alloy they use for their castings as I find Essex very bendy on their spears. Thing is, that soft Essex alloy is what allows us to modify the figures easily. Bendy spears are easily fixed via wire, etc.
Example, converted from the standard Essex "Thematic Byzantine" lancer. Changes include dropped shoulder (impossible unless soft metal, as it was compressed after being dropped, and the mail re-detailed), differently bent arm, reworked helmet, and wire lance of desired length, among other things, Still need to fill in the seam under dropped shoulder and clean up the horse. Note the original figure in the lower right corner of the first image.
markhinds, Nice bit of conversion.
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Post by markhinds on Nov 25, 2019 21:44:08 GMT
Thanks timurilank. Subsequent to your post I removed one of the images from this thread, as I only needed one to illustrate my point. However, I put both images in a new post in the "scratchbuilding" section.
MH
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