'First Look' at the new League of Augsburg range!

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

No definatly complsory. What do these idiots think they are going to achive ?

IanS

[OldenBUA]

What do these idiots think they are going to achive ?

Aggravating rupture of spleen by armpit ally an accomplishment of unnecessary action pressure of blood increase to reverse the peristaltic motion?


Actually, I think it's Nik in disguise. The use of 'top-notch' gives it all away. 

[fred.]

I suspect their are two aims
1) to generate inbound links to their websites which are associated with key words, but are part of a larger block of text, this helps with were your site shows on google results

2) (and far less important) general spam, if you send enough messages someone will click the links.

Sounds like PD need to maybe have a moderator approval on first post?

[Leon]

I've fixed it for him, and kicked him off the Forum!

Sounds like PD need to maybe have a moderator approval on first post?

Yeah, we've discussed it a few times, my concern would be that it puts people off if they have to wait for authorisation before they can post?

[fred.]

maybe allow your team of mods to approve posts - then you have a fair chance of someone seeing a new post fairly quickly.

[Leon]

maybe allow your team of mods to approve posts - then you have a fair chance of someone seeing a new post fairly quickly.

I'll check with Matt on what can and can't be done on the Forum admin.  Most of the spammers get caught out, I go through any new members every day or two, and clear out any dodgy ones.  Sometimes they register and then come back at a later date to do their spamming, but they don't usually get very far, we tend to catch them pretty quickly.

[nikharwood]

Actually, I think it's Nik in disguise. The use of 'top-notch' gives it all away. 

Damn...rumbled...

[Nosher]

This range looks lovely and I am looking forward to seeing it expanded as the old LoA range is phased out. I recently picked up a cheap copy of FoG Duty and Glory, primarily to expand my options for my TYW Swedes/Germand and 'Commonwealth' Polish but really like the look of some of the other army lists in the books such as the Jacobite Irish, Scots, Restoration British etc.

Sadly I don't know a lot about the period and the renaissance ranges are quite confusing where there are no pics

So...... my questions are:

1. is the LoA new range generic enough to represent the major nations such as Louis XIV French, Restoration British, Danish. Anglo-Danish, Hapsburg Austrians etc?

2. Will the OLD LoA range be repaced in entirety by the new range

3.  Will Scots Jacobites be added to the new range

PLEASE EXCUSE MY IGNORANCE OF THE PERIOD

[goat major]

i dont really know what i'm doing either. But the figures are pretty generic and the ones released so far should be good for the nations you suggest.

I've got FOGR and the Duty or Glory supplement but wasnt entirely sure that the FOG mechanisms would capture the flavour of this period - at a time when the pikey stuff is really declining quite dramatically. I've opted for Beneath the Lily Banners v2 which looks good.... but i must admit i havent played it yet. At current rate of painting thats 2-3 years away. Plenty of time for Clib to get some cavalry done

[Dragoon]

I went to Derby and Bought a Turkish Army and three packs of dice. It's the small things that leave a customer disapointed.
For instance:-
In Slingshot there is a list of traders who will give Society of Ancients members a discount.
Some say you have to buy £25 worth of figures (25mm.) to qualify. Others give a 10% discount on whatever.
As it appears, so does Pendraken.

However I was told I had to spend £45.
After  an increase of 15% (ok 2% was vat) I had to buy another army to qualify.
I would have bought new 1815 Napoleonics. I wanted to try an experiment with some Prussians. but nothing smaller than armies.

However I ended up buying £150 of different DBA size 10mm armies.

No discount but, made up for in service.

[Leon]

I went to Derby and Bought a Turkish Army and three packs of dice. It's the small things that leave a customer disapointed.
For instance:-
In Slingshot there is a list of traders who will give Society of Ancients members a discount.
Some say you have to buy £25 worth of figures (25mm.) to qualify. Others give a 10% discount on whatever.
As it appears, so does Pendraken.

However I was told I had to spend £45.
After  an increase of 15% (ok 2% was vat) I had to buy another army to qualify.
I would have bought new 1815 Napoleonics. I wanted to try an experiment with some Prussians. but nothing smaller than armies.

However I ended up buying £150 of different DBA size 10mm armies.

No discount but, made up for in service.

Who was it you dealt with at the show?  £45 seems like an odd number for one of us to quote, as we normally apply the discount to any SoA member without any hassle at all?

[maciek]

I compared new LoA with WSS.
Details here:
http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=3902.0

[Dragoon]

Who was it you dealt with at the show?  £45 seems like an odd number for one of us to quote, as we normally apply the discount to any SoA member without any hassle at all?

It was the MD. that's why I didn't qery it.

BTW I spent my cash with another company who went to the trouble to show painted figures of every pack he sold.
Not a bad lesson in marketing!

I was annoyed and disapointed.

[Leon]

It was the MD. that's why I didn't qery it.

BTW I spent my cash with another company who went to the trouble to show painted figures of every pack he sold.
Not a bad lesson in marketing!

This is quite confusing now.  Who's the MD?  There were 3 of us at the show, so if I can find out who you dealt with, I can find out what's happened.  There was me (the younger one), Dave (the tall dark haired one), and Cliff (tall, grey, bit of a beard).

The photo's on the website is a separate issue.

[Leon]

To update on this, it was Dave you spoke to at the show.  It looks like there's been a mistake made on the SoA website (and subsequently the magazine), as the agreed discounting was only applicable on orders over £50, which is the same deal we offer to Lance & Longbow, Pike & Shotte, etc.  I've checked back through the emails at this end, and it was the Editor of the magazine who we spoke to, back in January 2010.

So, when you came to the stand, Dave didn't know about the error on the website, and said that the goods had to be over £50.

Apologies for the confusion, I'll pop an email through to the SoA guy, and ask him to amend the website.