tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037582458537250032.post2252366361733063581..comments2024-03-11T08:48:02.517-04:00Comments on The League of Augsburg: Long time coming... Grand Alliance period mounted dragoonsquindiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14194306105013871853noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037582458537250032.post-51576085775975795692016-06-12T05:26:11.030-04:002016-06-12T05:26:11.030-04:00The zone where reality bumps into gamers expectati...The zone where reality bumps into gamers expectations is fraught with challenge. The strongest arguments against doing something often come from those who would know one end of a horse* from the other..<br /><br /> *substitute any object :)augsburgerobersthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668623413869707906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037582458537250032.post-89901021286433652102016-06-11T09:58:56.100-04:002016-06-11T09:58:56.100-04:00Look well worth the wait. I think some of the caut...Look well worth the wait. I think some of the caution by previous manufacturers about smaller dragoon horses may well be that the cavalry horse has tended to be a bit out of scale to their riderss already, so reducing them more would not work. (Or put another way they depict everyone on dragoon mounts...)Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05881538178269626253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037582458537250032.post-23171896517723239642016-06-07T11:29:30.853-04:002016-06-07T11:29:30.853-04:00Mark saw your comment on FT about a 'passenger...Mark saw your comment on FT about a 'passenger'.. good idea but I will have to ask Clib if the horses' bums are big enough! Although a possible 'one piece' double rider might be fitted on a specially adapted horse. Such a double rider would save painting time on the front man's back and the back man's front! (being that these would be neither visible.augsburgerobersthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668623413869707906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037582458537250032.post-38777789127935328672016-06-07T07:44:51.292-04:002016-06-07T07:44:51.292-04:00Very glad to see you're doing smaller horses f...Very glad to see you're doing smaller horses for the dragoons - totally agree with this!<br /><br />I've already used smaller horses behind my dismounted Dragoons.<br /><br />Looking forward to being able to model my mounted 'Greys' now...Jim Massonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037582458537250032.post-52308643622091155382016-06-07T06:14:04.208-04:002016-06-07T06:14:04.208-04:00Well huzzah! Just Huzzah!Well huzzah! Just Huzzah!Benjamin of Wighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03638987247523360801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037582458537250032.post-20263164632101732092016-06-07T06:10:54.623-04:002016-06-07T06:10:54.623-04:00Mark - they are going to get mastered this week I ...Mark - they are going to get mastered this week I hope. Master moulds usually take 2-3 weeks. We check masters after that for any necessary repairs and then send for production. You could certainly have some in the table for Derby!augsburgerobersthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668623413869707906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037582458537250032.post-80742888098080144012016-06-07T05:49:23.303-04:002016-06-07T05:49:23.303-04:00Not sure on that BP as variants cost money and the...Not sure on that BP as variants cost money and the more specialist they get they less likely it is we'd recover any investment. To actually break even on a set of 5 minis you have to shift 100+ units per code (much more for cavalry). Doesn't mean we won't get round to it but the economics dictate cash in = liquidityaugsburgerobersthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668623413869707906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037582458537250032.post-21494285413677848542016-06-07T04:44:37.103-04:002016-06-07T04:44:37.103-04:00Looking nice. Any chance of Kapurs-wearing dragoon...Looking nice. Any chance of Kapurs-wearing dragoons and cavalry for the Scanian war?The Border Princehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859882687798916096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037582458537250032.post-27870706101549736622016-06-07T01:30:22.945-04:002016-06-07T01:30:22.945-04:00Hurrah, at last correct sized dragoon horses, so i...Hurrah, at last correct sized dragoon horses, so it might stop some of the Numpties wanting to use them as cavalry.Fire at Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08816572506887450180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037582458537250032.post-38372666388768731062016-06-06T18:50:08.799-04:002016-06-06T18:50:08.799-04:00that was the thinking Mark. Also, I think gamers a...that was the thinking Mark. Also, I think gamers are mentally conditioned by what is available from manufacturers. I believe there is a certain level of OCD symmetry prevalent in figure collectors. Everything has to match, be the same height, wear the right clothes etc, you know what I mean.. just like real life :) <br />We are of course all 6 feet tall from foot to eye level - wargaming figures are modelled on us,I thought everyone knew that!augsburgerobersthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668623413869707906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037582458537250032.post-75341183286401031362016-06-06T18:42:45.330-04:002016-06-06T18:42:45.330-04:00Barry,
for one, i agree with your choice of smalle...Barry,<br />for one, i agree with your choice of smaller horses for dragoons, from what i have read they tended to get the left overs and it will be good to get a difference in look<br />Mark SAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037582458537250032.post-83507184653255797872016-06-06T17:59:27.573-04:002016-06-06T17:59:27.573-04:00I guess we could complete the et and go for tricor...I guess we could complete the et and go for tricornes too, then we'd have all options covered.<br />Hautbois Alan? hmmm..now we'll have to think about that one!augsburgerobersthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668623413869707906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037582458537250032.post-71220058032636272642016-06-06T17:33:31.651-04:002016-06-06T17:33:31.651-04:00A cracking idea, will you be doing some in tricorn...A cracking idea, will you be doing some in tricorn?<br />RogerChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00937336280188379808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037582458537250032.post-75444193645327376022016-06-06T11:36:08.578-04:002016-06-06T11:36:08.578-04:00Superb! {A Hautbois player would be just brilliant...Superb! {A Hautbois player would be just brilliant...]Alan Larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06918096918284874108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037582458537250032.post-83896076986310257662016-06-06T10:09:27.555-04:002016-06-06T10:09:27.555-04:00Very cool! I have heard that British draoons of WS...Very cool! I have heard that British draoons of WSS and later where mounted as "horse" But I have no idea if that goes for NYW? Anyway my dragoons will be Dutch so no problem with smaller horses! <br /><br />The only other company I know that does this is Empress miniatures for thier ECW dragoons.Gunfreakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079955895580491444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037582458537250032.post-73153241829096870852016-06-06T09:23:27.647-04:002016-06-06T09:23:27.647-04:00We are quite prepared for the controversy on horse...We are quite prepared for the controversy on horse sizes but felt scaling them accurately was definitely the right thing to do.augsburgerobersthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668623413869707906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037582458537250032.post-30824271819248754532016-06-06T09:23:24.466-04:002016-06-06T09:23:24.466-04:00Well, we created different Horse Sizes for my Napo...Well, we created different Horse Sizes for my Napoleonic Saxons but this may be a complete "different" Story:-)My Light Dragoons Horses are about 25% smaller than those of the Heavies(GdC, Z, LKG);-)Friedrich August I. Kurfürst v. Sachsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09991696309592825427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037582458537250032.post-83082517051818142372016-06-06T09:03:24.781-04:002016-06-06T09:03:24.781-04:00Yes!! I might be in the category that would prefer...Yes!! I might be in the category that would prefer normal horses, but I'll wait to see some painted and based. Glad to these on the way, though...quindiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14194306105013871853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037582458537250032.post-15321745861866769892016-06-06T08:40:25.730-04:002016-06-06T08:40:25.730-04:00Barry,
Just superb figures, i can't wait to ge...Barry,<br />Just superb figures, i can't wait to get my hands on some Dragoons for both my Williamite and Jacobite army's, only question is, when can I order them<br />Mark SAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com