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Post by richard on Nov 9, 2017 10:18:51 GMT
Chris, pictures look great. How long does every 'scene change' take? And what's your plans for all the photos at the end of it?
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Post by richard on Nov 9, 2017 10:12:52 GMT
Looking good Hat. And well painted, obviously!
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Post by richard on Nov 9, 2017 10:05:19 GMT
HaT 7YW Prussians for the Hessians? Problems with size, HaT 7YW Prussians are huge and won't mix well with Imex and other brands. BTW aren't HäT US based? Time to show some patriotism and get the AWI and ACW sets on the market! Agreed, although a good suggestion, they're just too big to mix in with any current sets. Though desperate times, desperate measures-I used the Prussians combined with Call To Arms British and some Accurate British. Needless to say, it looked odd...
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Post by richard on Nov 9, 2017 10:02:22 GMT
I do like that suggestion CPN. Have they ever done any other sets like that? I wonder how cost effective that is to combine two sets into one? Thoughts on this Admin?
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Post by richard on Nov 8, 2017 10:53:17 GMT
Just thought I'd pose this question-are there many collectors out there or manufacturers out there interested in seeing the French and Indian War brought to life?
For me, I've found this a fascinating subject for some years and have been lucky enough to visit some of the sites whilst on holiday in N America (Ticonderoga, Fort William Henry, Fort Oswego, Crown Point, Fort Niagra). This conflict has some bloody events/skirmishes/battles in it that are currently very difficult to recreate. There are lots of different opportunities for interesting sets, from British regulars, British light, Rangers, Provincials, artillery, grenadiers; to French line, Compagnies de la Marine, courer de Bois, French artillery and a multitude of Native Americans.
At at the moment there is such little choice out there to make this conflict practical-Redbox do the 3 excellent British/Highland sets, Accurate/Imex do the excellent (but deleted) AWI British and American militia that with some converting (and ignoring of historical accuracy) can be used, really good Italeri Native Americans that were deleted long ago and are now difficult to get hold of, terrible Italeri AWI French infantry that are long deleted and need a lot of converting (and ignoring historical accuracy), poor Italeri AWI Continentals that are a pretty rubbishy set (and again need lots of converting), poor Waterloo Rogers Rangers set (PSR are pretty scathing of this set). You then enter the realms of trying to turn the Imex AWI artillery sets and Revell SYW Austrian sets into something usable. Have I missed any other sets?!
Anyway, ramble over, just interested to know how much enthusiasm is out there for the French and Indian War in 1/72 or whether it's just me...
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Post by richard on Nov 8, 2017 10:13:18 GMT
Thanks for replying to the questions. I would love to see some of the above pictures come to fruition, and I'd be be more than happy to see it done piecemeal. Start with the basics of a British infantry set and a Continental infantry set and gradually work your way through to the more specific topics of artillery, cavalry, Hessians, irregulars etc. If you could get the sets to blend in with the difficult to get hold of Accurate infantry sets then I'm pretty sure you're on to a winner!
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Post by richard on Nov 8, 2017 0:10:05 GMT
I have such a poor ratio of painted to unpainted. If I'm optimistic, maybe 1 set painted for every 20 sets owned. I never have time do the painting, but buying new sets online only takes a minute...
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Post by richard on Nov 7, 2017 23:49:42 GMT
What's a more successful way of doing things-releasing one or two sets of an era and see how the preliminary sales are, or releasing a whole range but have a significantly long wait for that range to be released? Really curious! Also, as you seem to be on fire this week with updates and responses I have an idea which would certainly give me a greater understanding, probably help a lot of others and possibly even stop a little bit of the moaning that has been going around... Why don't you set up a thread explaining a few concepts around how this industry works. Covering: how long a set takes from concept/design all the way through to being boxed up and heading to a wholesaler. How you decide what themes/eras you want to cover How easy is it to make a set profitable How many sets you could have on the pipeline at once How easy is it to actually do restocks and is it as simple as we would all presume
I appreciate some of this could be business sensitive, but any insight in to how it works would give everyone a greater understanding as to the pressures you're under technically and financially and might help rein in a few unrealistic expectations.
Just a thought!!!!!!
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Post by richard on Nov 7, 2017 23:38:01 GMT
Alas you will never win this one! If you go for the larger size it fits in with the current SYW range, but if you go for a smaller size then they can be mixed in with other periods and be used for further conversions etc. And the size in between? Maybe they'll fit in with all sets, maybe they'll fit in with no sets...tough choice! Either way, I think Revell need to answer for their crimes against accurate scale when they created their SYW Prussians!
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Post by richard on Nov 7, 2017 23:31:46 GMT
Any updates on these Hat? They look absolutely superb. This is an era that really could do with refreshing as there are so few sets created for this, of which most are already deleted...I'm sure this era would be very popular with your customers in the States, they love any period in which they actually have won something...
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Post by richard on Nov 7, 2017 23:24:46 GMT
Good stuff Hat, enjoying this sudden found enthusiasm for updates!
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Post by richard on Nov 7, 2017 23:21:32 GMT
And annoyingly, you've got no choice but to go for the slightly larger size scale to match your SYW Prussians, along with every other SYW set by Revell and Zvezda of which they are all too big!
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Post by richard on Nov 7, 2017 23:19:25 GMT
Liking the look of these Hat! Bonus figure-what about a dramatic casualty pose?
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Post by richard on Nov 7, 2017 23:15:23 GMT
All looking good!
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Post by richard on Oct 10, 2017 23:29:13 GMT
Malcolm, spot on with the Red Box British infantry-they really are a quality set. Already painted them up for a French and Indian War diorama I'll one day get round to making. The Italeri British cavalry are a bit of a strange one, such little cavalry was used in AWI and none in FIW, not sure what the point of that set really was...And the Revell 7 years war infantry are so tall and gangly. As I'm commenting I'm realising how fussy I am being...
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Post by richard on Oct 9, 2017 23:16:46 GMT
AWI and 7 years war are so unbelievably forgotten about. Considering the Accurate British infantry and American militia sets are so good I can't believe more sets have not been made to compliment these. The Airfix sets are awful, the imex artillery are basic, the Italeri French and American infantry are poor (but the Native American set is then excellent). So Hat could do well to try and re-open up another conflict instead of going over the same old boring ground of even more Napoleonics etc...
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Post by richard on Oct 9, 2017 23:04:14 GMT
Maybe not a war film as such but...Last of the Mohicans is a classic. Worst war film-Deer Hunter. I will never get that time back
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Post by richard on Oct 9, 2017 23:01:13 GMT
Zulu war British infantry, British Artillery, Mounted Infantry. Can't even get them on the murky world of eBay...
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