ECW Infantry - Re-vamped?

[Womble67]

That is a shame, sorry to hear the pose put you off painting that army.  If you'd like us to swap them, you can send back those ones and we'll sort out some of the other pose in exchange?

What brilliant customer service

Take care


Andy

[DHautpol]

I would definitely vote for 'open-handed' as I'm replacing all the pikes with 0.5mm plastic rod; drilling out the hands is a bit of a chore.

I find that plastic rod has a nice amount of flex, without actually breaking, which means that you can catch your hand on the pikes without them bending.  In the event that a pike does get broken you can easily drill away the remaining plastic rod and insert a new length; something you can't do if you've used piano wire or other metal rod to make your pikes.

The lightness of the plastic rod also helps stability as all the weight in a base is down with the figures.

[Glorfindel]

>>That is a shame, sorry to hear the pose put you off painting that army.  If you'd like us to swap them, you can send back those ones and we'll sort out some of the other pose in exchange?

Thank you Leon - that is very kind.

>>What brilliant customer service

Totally agree.   This, the brilliant figures and friendly forum keep people coming back.


I very much appreciate the offer Leon.       This thread has convinced me to have
another bash at the ECW army.   I'll be happy, however, to buy some different ECW
cav when this happens.   I might have to ask your advice at this point.

I'm currently working through a SYW project so it might be a while.

Thanks again.   I do appreciate the thought.


Phil

[Leon]

I very much appreciate the offer Leon.       This thread has convinced me to have another bash at the ECW army.   I'll be happy, however, to buy some different ECW cav when this happens.   I might have to ask your advice at this point.

I'm currently working through a SYW project so it might be a while.

No worries then, the offer is always open so just give me a shout when you're ready.

[Bill Braham]

An interesting point, but the old AIM figures, now produced by Caliver in their Minifigs range, all have pikes which are substantially longer, and not outrageously thick. It was those figures which first got me into 10mm ECW in the first place. But open handed might be the aay to go.

Mollinary

Mollinary are they the ones on sale as 12mm in the Minifgs catalogue?

[mollinary]

Yes, those are the ones!  The new Pendraken cavalry fit in perfectly with them, even in the same units.  I use Old Glory Generals, and some of the new Pendraken ones.

Mollinary

[FierceKitty]

I would definitely vote for 'open-handed' as I'm replacing all the pikes with 0.5mm plastic rod; drilling out the hands is a bit of a chore.

I find that plastic rod has a nice amount of flex, without actually breaking, which means that you can catch your hand on the pikes without them bending.  In the event that a pike does get broken you can easily drill away the remaining plastic rod and insert a new length; something you can't do if you've used piano wire or other metal rod to make your pikes.

The lightness of the plastic rod also helps stability as all the weight in a base is down with the figures.

Does it hold paint well?

[DHautpol]

Does it hold paint well?

I've not encountered any issues yet.

I suppose that acrylic paints are basically just a thin coat of coloured plastic once they have dried.