E27 1/72 Sassanid's and 28mm Nap Brit Dragoons Have arrived

Brian
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E27 1/72 Sassanid's and 28mm Nap Brit Dragoons Have arrived Sept 8, 2017 21:29:52 GMT

Post by Brian on Sept 8, 2017 21:29:52 GMT

E27 has started arriving in some shops and webshops consisting of the following:

8283 1/72 Sassanid Light Cavalry

8285 1/72 Sassanid Clibanarii

28307 28mm Nap Brit Light Dragoons

28308 28mm Nap Brit Heavy Dragoons

Personally I am still Gutted about the 28mm Nap Brit Dragoons I was hoping they might be 25 or even 26mm in size but, clearly from the pictures on the website below that the are almost head and shoulders bigger than the huge (for 1/72) Zvezda's Saxon Cuirassiers (26mm), meaning the Nap Brit Dragoon figures are definitely for 28mm market.

It does not help that they look so good and the horses with their correct horse furniture could have replaced a lot of poor Esci and Italeri British Cavalry horses in my collection.

Come on Hat you need to make them in 1/72 Scale.

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Graeme
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E27 1/72 Sassanid's and 28mm Nap Brit Dragoons Have arrived Sept 9, 2017 5:07:07 GMT

Post by Graeme on Sept 9, 2017 5:07:07 GMT

I'm not on facebook so here's the links to the British cav pics on DrumandFlag's website. the heavy cav pic is particularly instructive. The figures are the same height as the Zvezda fig BEFORE the heads have been attached.

www.drumandflag.co.uk/collections/new-releases/products/hat-28027-napoleonic-british-light-dragoons-25mm-not-1-72

www.drumandflag.co.uk/collections/new-releases/products/hat-28028-napoleonic-british-heavy-dragoons-25mm-not-1-72

So, looks like good news for the 28mm guys but I think we need HaT to make them in 1/72 now.

I don't really know what I'm comparing them too though because I don't have that Zvezda figure. But I have other Zvezda figures so I have a fair idea. Still, it would be interesting to see them compared to some of the Italeri giants I already have.

Last Edit: Sept 9, 2017 5:12:05 GMT by Graeme

steve
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E27 1/72 Sassanid's and 28mm Nap Brit Dragoons Have arrived Sept 9, 2017 7:26:27 GMT

Post by steve on Sept 9, 2017 7:26:27 GMT

Nice to see Hat release some new figures seems to be a long time since the last lot.

The Napoleonic dragoons look really nice I think I might buy a box of each even if they are a bit big, on the plus side they will be easier to paint fine detail on hopefully there may be some Prussians soon marching out from the gloom to save us.

tonymather
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E27 1/72 Sassanid's and 28mm Nap Brit Dragoons Have arrived Sept 12, 2017 10:39:54 GMT

Post by tonymather on Sept 12, 2017 10:39:54 GMT

Just received the new Sassanid cavalry
Not impressed at all! Especially after a ten year wait since they were first announced in December 2007

Two main criticisms :-
1. The sculpting is not sharp and crisp. Lacking in definition. They look as iif the mould is reaching the end of its natural life after a mega run
2. This is more serious as no amount of diligent painting can overcome this. They are just far too small. Compare with your Late Roman cavalry in size - which were a high water mark of your production Clibanari were seriously big armoured horseman not midgets!
I have bought circa 200 boxes of Hat products over the years and this is my first ever complaint....Tony

tonymather Quaestor Posts: 37	E27 1/72 Sassanid's and 28mm Nap Brit Dragoons Have arrived Sept 14, 2017 13:37:02 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by tonymather on Sept 14, 2017 13:37:02 GMT Sassanid Clibanarii and Late Roman for comparison on size. The Roman is certainly on good army rations!

Malcolm
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E27 1/72 Sassanid's and 28mm Nap Brit Dragoons Have arrived Sept 15, 2017 7:30:18 GMT

Post by Malcolm on Sept 15, 2017 7:30:18 GMT

I can not understand why Hat did not re-release their Sassanid Persian Infantry at the same time as these cavalry sets. For those that already bought the infantry years ago and were just waiting for this cavalry, that look smaller just because they are still so far away, then fine. But for people that see these for the first time then the infantry should have also been made available. On the same theme then also their Roman opponents should be available.

Best regards,

Malcolm

fredg
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E27 1/72 Sassanid's and 28mm Nap Brit Dragoons Have arrived Sept 16, 2017 7:18:03 GMT steve likes this

Post by fredg on Sept 16, 2017 7:18:03 GMT

The probable reason is that everyone wants every out of stock set to reappear yesterday. The aim has to be to try to please the majority which unfortunately means the minority will be disappointed. As has been said many times, you can't please all of the people all of the time.

Now where are all those Austrians and Prussians