Requesting bonus figures and height match for ACW figures

I want them to match RSM95 20mm metal figures, not sure about what plastic figures since I don't use them that much in ACW projects but maybe Imex and Esci. So around 24mm for me.
Bonus figure suggestions: surrendering pose, rifles in air and stretcher bearers. Not sure if others are interested in having their little troops in a "cowardly" pose but I am since we always see miniatures in heroic poses but not what would have been reality for many, surrender, capture and imprisonment. 

Agree, the Accurate sets are really good and set a benchmark for others to follow. Therefore, making them size compatable is a good idea.

Agree with casualties as well. 

Bonus figure suggestion, Famous Confederate General at Gettysburg advancing with Hat on sword .

Same questions here as for the announced 7YW Austrians.


Before discussing this issue, could a Hät/PCC-spokesman please clarify some fundamental aspects first?

- Will the prospective ACW figures be released in the customary traditional way or is it intended to finance them via "Crowdfunding"?
(Sorry to say but if the latter applies, I'm already out.)
- Will the ACW "Union" figures still be released as 2 separate "marching" & "command" sets?
- If so, about how many "bonus figures" for which sets are we talking here?

Thanks in advance for any potential clarification.


Sizewise the announced figures should definitely match the Accurate/Revell, Imex & Italeri ones. So, ideally 23-24mm.

Frank, if Hat are mentioning Bonus Figures then they are talking about Crowd Funding. It is only the Crowd Funders that get the bonus figures. If the figures are then later put on General Release this would not include the Bonus Figures. If you like, the Bonus Figures are the carrot to draw you in to the crowd funding idea.

Best regards,

Malcolm

Crowdfunding , if supported the set gets made, if not enough support it does not, as we have seen from the crowdfunded sets so far , so you could say this is a measure of popularity, if not going to be popular, why make them ? if they don`t prove popular you could be waiting a very long time for them to come on the market. My take on this is if a set I want goes to crowdfunding, buy a few, that way I know I have done all I can to bring it to market. Other manufacturers watch these projects too, so they are unlikely to make a set that has generated little support. We are not a big market, how many manufacturers in our hobby have stopped making new sets ? well nearly all of them, we are left with a few that generate a few new sets a year, plus HaT generating more than all the others combined,or so it seems. Hat`s out put has slowed enough, lets do all we can to speed it up.

I don't think ANYONE - even the makers - are fond of crowdfunding projects; probably for many of the same reasons. It seems right now to be a necessary evil considering the current market conditions as well as recent history for HaT.

But HaT IS on the mend and for some of us who have been here since the start and are fans of their figures this is ONE way of getting long awaited sets in our hands finally. Otherwise we could sit on our wallets (or our hands) and let them fold and the sets (and the dreams behind them) die forever. I think this would be a shame for the hobby.

What another company is or isn't doing is really irrelevant in some ways. I applaud the improvement in quality and have scooped up several boxes of some of their new improved stuff. True, there are those who will stock up on the other company's offerings - or have tons of the older stuff (as have I) - but the HaT offerings in my mind will supplement and augment what is already out there. A case in point, I was lucky (smart?) enough to buy a whole potload of their Peninsular British Command sets. I've used at least two or three boxes supplementing the command units supplied with the other company's sets.

With the ACW one set has only longer frock coats - HaT's will have shell jackets - there are gaps to fill. I think we as the collectors benefit through choice.

The producer, in this case HaT will benefit by not spending a ton of money and wasting time producing a set for which there is little or no demand. With the current situation being what it is crowdfunding appears to be a way to solve a couple problems. Again, we, as consumers, have a choice to participate or not. I've been disappointed when sets I wanted didn't fly - at the same time, some of us are on the verge of seeing long-awaited sets arrive in the mail we might not otherwise have seen.

I'm glad HaT has found a way to keep functioning. Hopefully, better times await.