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Post by Edwardian on Jan 2, 2019 22:44:29 GMT
8294 1815 French Marching
8296 1805-1812 French Marching
8297 French command
Whilst in an ideal world we would have a Bardin uniform command set and I would not have to replace the bicorne with a shako on hundreds of pre-Bardin infantry .... I am very pleased indeed with these releases.
I was concerned that the price would be too great for 24-figure sets, but the price is fine; under 19p per figure, which is competitive and no figure need be wasted in these sets.
I have started with 30 boxes of the 1805-12 infantry, 6 of command and as many 1815 sets as I could find before they sold out.
In short, it was the French infantry solution I hoped it would be.
Well done HaT.
I'll be buying more if stocks last!
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Post by Edwardian on Jan 2, 2019 22:35:57 GMT
Good news, and they look great.
I wonder if I can increase my crowd funded pre-order?
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Post by Edwardian on Aug 13, 2018 20:52:18 GMT
I really like these, and I don't have any concerns over the size, but a helpful comparison might be with (a) HaT's 1812 uniform British Dragoons and (b) HaT's 1812 uniform KGL Light Dragoons.
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Post by Edwardian on Aug 11, 2018 23:40:37 GMT
Superb painting.
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Post by Edwardian on Aug 11, 2018 23:39:43 GMT
HaT has been nothing short of a revolution in 1/72nd plastics.
Keep up the good work.
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Post by Edwardian on Aug 2, 2018 8:15:58 GMT
Good to see 1/72nd plastics, so often ignored, getting a spot in the press.
If this keeps up, I might even have to start buying magazines!
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Post by Edwardian on Aug 2, 2018 8:12:03 GMT
Looking really, really good.
Thanks for the update.
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Post by Edwardian on Jun 28, 2018 21:54:57 GMT
Good news.
Though, I await with bated breath the price of a box containing a mere 24 figures.
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Post by Edwardian on Jun 28, 2018 21:51:48 GMT
Glad I bought into this.
They look terrific.
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Post by Edwardian on Jun 27, 2018 13:16:51 GMT
I would match both Light and Heavy Dragoons troopers to Hat's own sets 8016 Russian Cuirassiers, 8013 Horse Grenadiers or 8014 KGL Light Dragoons at 24mm these are well proportioned and match existing sets by other manufactures. As for the Horses the Heavy Dragoons should be slightly bigger than the Light Dragoons but only by 0.5mm. Sorry Graeme the 8029 Chasseurs a Cheval set are lovely figures but are too small at 22mm. Bonus figures mounted officers for Light and Heavy Dragoons. The heavy Dragoon figures can also be larger than the light Dragoon figures.
I am sceptical that Heavy cavalry troopers would, on average, be significantly taller (or broader!) than Light cavalry troopers, such as to show up at scale.
Any evidence that this was the case in practice?
For bonus figures I really like the idea of a trumpeter, as well as a general officer and regimental officer.
I cannot see any sensible reason for making them anything other than a match in size with the plastics.
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Post by Edwardian on Jun 27, 2018 12:43:38 GMT
Caisson and team, either combined with guns, gun limbers, team and crew, or as a separate set, would be great.
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Post by Edwardian on Jun 27, 2018 12:40:56 GMT
IMHO, the old Zvezda French set was the way to do Napoleonic artillery.
That has not traditionally been HaT's way, but I am happy to take a combined set or to combine separate sets, provided we got foot and horse crews and guns, horse teams and limbers, and caissons.
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Post by Edwardian on Jun 4, 2018 18:22:15 GMT
Superb!
Nicely sculpted and posed with great detail. And very well painted here.
This is the ideal command set for mid-period French infantry.
I do hope it will be sensibly priced and I do hope we still get a Bardin command set in due course.
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Post by Edwardian on Jun 4, 2018 18:19:09 GMT
Good news.
Just holding my breath on the box cost of a 24-figure pack for a staple troop type.
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Post by Edwardian on May 25, 2018 22:12:00 GMT
I do not have a problem with the number of figures in a set, within reason, and where there is a logical reason to limit the number of figures eg: perhaps where the user is only likely to need a small number of such troops. However, I do have a problem if or when the number of figures in a set falls without any corresponding reduction in price...unless, that is, there is a good reason for the price 're-adjustment' ie: there are special figures in the set, usually contained on a separate sprue for command figures and the like, which offer a compelling reason to buy the set. I cannot see that this applies where there are four identical sprues. I also cannot for the life of me see the logic of including only 24 figures in a set of what is in actuality 'standard' infantry. Why not save on the packaging and go for the tried and tested good old 48 figures in the set? As with other contributors to this discussion, I'll only be buying the new HaT Napoleonic French releases if they appear to offer value for money. Very well reasoned and well put, if I may say so.
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Post by Edwardian on May 22, 2018 7:51:31 GMT
Wow!
Sculpting and poses look first rate, and the painting really brings them alive.
Who would game the SYW after seeing these?
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Post by Edwardian on May 22, 2018 7:47:39 GMT
That may change for the future. I would hope so, but I keenly await information on the price of the 24-figure French Marching sets, because if it is out of kilter with comparable Nap Marching sets, I'm going to have to take a view whether I want to use the HaT sets as the basis of Peninsular and Hundred Days French armies.
If it was something of which I'd only need 3-4 boxes of, I might say 'what the heck' and swallow the cost, but when you're looking at sets you might buy 30-60 boxes of, uncompetitive pricing kills the thing dead for me. It would be a mistake, IMHO, to make the price per figure in excess of that of the HaT marching sets, or how long before that competitor releases French Line in its marching set format? Clearly they are content to replicate late war Prussian Line, notwithstanding HaT having covered that subject (and in a value for money way).
Personally, I prefer HaT's style in most cases, but not at any price.
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Post by Edwardian on May 21, 2018 18:38:20 GMT
French and British infantry and artillery for 7YW would take you a long way - and other manufacturers make the native elements - and would complement the Continental European Prussian, Austrian and Russian figures
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Post by Edwardian on May 21, 2018 18:36:04 GMT
Yes, essential
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Post by Edwardian on May 21, 2018 18:35:04 GMT
I note the box art seen on the web still shows 24 figures.
Of all troop types, marching French Line is the one that really warrants a decent quantity per box.
I would have said 48. I also have a feeling that larger numbers tend to favour more benign pricing; somehow I doubt that a box of 48 would be priced at twice that of a box of 24.
I doubt that a box of 24 would be somewhere close to half the cost of a HaT Marching Nap set of 44. I fear that smaller numbers in boxes have an inflationary effect on the per figure price.
Of all troop types, I would hope the price per figure of these was not out of line with HaT's previous and HaT' current pricing for such subjects.
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Post by Edwardian on May 21, 2018 18:28:23 GMT
Beautiful figures; stunning painting.
I shall certainly acquire some
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Post by Edwardian on May 21, 2018 18:25:45 GMT
Better foot would be welcome, but we have nothing for horse.
I would buy both
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Post by Edwardian on May 21, 2018 18:23:50 GMT
Yes.
There is a great lack of late colonial British infantry, but what uniform/equipment combination would you choose?
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Post by Edwardian on May 21, 2018 18:21:38 GMT
Hip, Hip, Huzza!
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Post by Edwardian on Mar 25, 2018 19:01:46 GMT
These look great.
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