Category: Figure release

Posts detailing new figures to the ranges

The Byzantine Cavalry has reached the store.

We have added 4 cavalry commands (BYZ50-53) and 8 packs of lancers (BYZ60-67) to the stores. They will be sold differently to the usual practice in that they will be in riders only, and horse only packs. There are just too many combinations to list them all so the choice is yours.

There are 3 shields and they also need to be chosen, leave a note in the comments as to which one of the 3 you want with each pack. The Boukellaroi have their shield cast upon them.

The Unit Deal is also a select yourself job, it really is the only way we could do it.

The prices are £4.00 for all the rider packs and £6.00 for the horses, this is a slight rise in the general cost but a small decrease in the command pack price.

We are now working on the mounted archers both armoured and unarmoured, mounted javelinmen, generals and the remake of the Huns etc.

BYZ52 with BYZ60+-61
BYZ52

Update on Companions and Short break

Today Adam delivered the masters for the companion cavalry mounts, the mould had some webbing(my fault) so it will be tomorrow before we can list the packs. In the meantime I painted one of the horses and gave it to the rider I painted some time ago.

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I am away for a week’s holiday from this Tuesday(3oth Oct) so there will be a delay on the posting of orders and email replies.

Cheers
Keith

Seleucid Agema

We have just finished the elite versions of the Seleucid Cataphracts, the Agema. There are 4 packs in total and a 12 figure unit deal (UD83). Adam designed the packs as front and rear ranks but they can be mixed as desired. We will add the Companions next, they will have a new horse with 1/2 armour, more Hellenistic style armour and no leg armour. That will leave us the Thureophoroi advancing, the Thracians and a Galatian guard unit. Byzantines after that so please don’t ask for more successors as we have drawn a line for now on that list.

Seleucid Line Cataphracts

We have just finished the first of the Seleucid Cavalry units, the Line Cataphracts. Agema and Companions next. I have shown the second set of legs we will supply with the HCS10 levelled weapons pack, this allows the lance to be pointed towards the grounds(that pack has 3 bodies but 4 sets of legs). We will also do a deal with all weapons upright if asked.

New cataphract mounts for the Successor range

Adam has completely remade the cataphract horses for the soon to be released successor cavalry. They are bigger in all aspects when compared to the Parthian cataphract mounts. We decided to do this as many have commented on the smallness of the older models. When we were making them the finds at Dura Europos pointed out that the horses were small as demonstrated by the set of horse armour on an ass/donkey. However we agree that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and have now given peeps the choice over large beasts or the original smaller casts. There are 9 different variants with the 07 pack doubling in the 12 figure unit deals(Adam intended that they be the front rank). The first set due I believe are the line cataphracts but as we all know it will depend on Adam. There will be 1/2 armoured horses as well to carry the Companions and earlier Agema. We hope to get them and the remaining infantry finished asap to allow progress on the next range.

All 9 of the New Cataphract horses in line

The New Cataphract mounts – Aventine

CAT09 Aventine Cataphracts

CAT08 Aventine Cataphracts

CAT07 Aventine Cataphracts

Mounted Successor Commanders

Adam arrived this morning with the Mounted Commanders. All now in the shop. Been a tad busy this week and the turnaround on orders has slipped a bit, if you are waiting for them to drop through your door I think all will be up to date by Tuesday.

Slideshow of the three Successors.

Successor Commanders and Generals for the 2nd and 3rd Macedonian Wars

Adam added the following packs to fill gaps in the later Successor commands. They have been modeled on certain features that can be used to identify them with certain commanders but as we have found they all copied one another so they are also fairly generic. The two full command sets have the two most famous while we decided to add the single figures to further the choice, we will exchange the commanders if requested eg SUC16 in set SUC14. Hope that makes sense.