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

[YORSTONS]

Hi Leon,what will be the composition of the command pack? I like to have lots of flags with my units so the more ensigns the better. Also will there be a casualty pack like the AWI range? please!!!!!!

[Leon]

Hi Leon,what will be the composition of the command pack? I like to have lots of flags with my units so the more ensigns the better. Also will there be a casualty pack like the AWI range? please!!!!!!

Probably 3 of each pose to give 15 figures, same as the AWI command packs.

Not sure on the casualties, maybe?

[Mexican Dave]

They are fantastic. I have played BLB a few times but as usual I tend to be the only one interested.

At 10 mm it would be a possibility.

And there's me trying to avoid buying anything. Looks pretty hopeless with this and the new French Naps.



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[Frantic]

Released in May you say, are you going to be at Sheffield Triples this year?

[Hastati]

Hey guys,
Not to be a downer here, but I bought a 20 figure sample pack at Salute and there were 7 figures that have serious casting flaws (that's 35% of the pack) to the point of making the figure unusable.  The main problem figures are the marching musketeers who seem to have a major casting issue on the left arm holding the musket.  The other figures that are miscast are the officer with half pike (problem with head) and the ensign with raised arm.

I hope these issues can be sorted before they go into production as the sculpting by Clibinarium on the figures themselves beggars belief given they are 10mm.  I and a friend are intending to do a large LoA project wtih these, but I have to say that based upon what I saw in the sample pack I am having serious doubts.  Please check the molds again, I really want to do this project! I'm happy to send the figures back to you guys so you can see exactly what the problem is.
Regards,
David

[mollinary]

Hi,

   I also bought the sample pack - 20 figures for a pound, what a deal! Did not encounter problems on the scale of Hastati. My figures were 1 standard bearer, 2 Officers, 1 drummer, 5 marching musketeers and 5 standing musketeers, 1 marching and 5 standing pikes.
Of those, the only real problem I discovered was with one of the officers.  As described by Hastati, there is a problem with the head/wig, which is just plain smooth metal.   The rest are clearly the best and most detailed sculpts for 10mm figures that I have ever seen!

Mollinary

[Leon]

I bought a 20 figure sample pack at Salute and there were 7 figures that have serious casting flaws (that's 35% of the pack) to the point of making the figure unusable.  The main problem figures are the marching musketeers who seem to have a major casting issue on the left arm holding the musket.  The other figures that are miscast are the officer with half pike (problem with head) and the ensign with raised arm.

I hope these issues can be sorted before they go into production as the sculpting by Clibinarium on the figures themselves beggars belief given they are 10mm.  I and a friend are intending to do a large LoA project wtih these, but I have to say that based upon what I saw in the sample pack I am having serious doubts.  Please check the molds again, I really want to do this project! I'm happy to send the figures back to you guys so you can see exactly what the problem is.

Thanks for the info, I take full responsibility for that.  I was just spinning and spinning the master mould leading up to Salute, so I probably wasn't checking them as thoroughly as normal. 

I'll cast a couple of spins this afternoon and have a good look through for these problems.  We do always check every single figure before they get put into production moulds, so problems like this are usually very rare once we've got to that point.

[Aart Brouwer]

We do always check every single figure before they get put into production moulds, so problems like this are usually very rare once we've got to that point.

I'm sure you guys will replace or restitute and sort out the casting problem. And consider this: if 13 out of those 20 figures turned out like the artist meant them to be, that is a feat by itself. Because they are mouth-wateringly beautiful for 10mm scale models. Couple of friends and myself are considering a possible purchase and a few casting hiccups caused by the heat of the moment will certainly not put us off.

Cheers,
Aart

[republic of tolworth]

They are as you say, mouth wateringly nice figures.

Now all we need to do is some how clone Clib and make him/them do lots of differnt ranges.

Mind you I think ALL the sculpters in the Pendraken stable are producing some stunning work at the moment.

[Leon]

Just for info, I've gone through all the figures, and the corresponding masters, and found the four problem figures.  They've got damaged somewhere during moulding, and lost some detail around the hands on some, and the head/wig as mentioned above.  They've all gone in the post to Clib today, and he's going to fix them up.

[conflans]

Somene mentioned the Scanian War earlier.  I don't know if these figures are produced by anyone in any scale so some head conversions to do figures in karpus would be most welcome and would be the final push to get me into 10mm.  Excellent sculpting work. Doing a project in 10mm is also space and cash effective enough to allow large enough units to be modeled to show the  numerical disparity between Danish battalions, reported to be at about 350 all ranks and Swedish battalions which numbered only around 180-200. 

When do you anticipate the LoA being available in the U.S?

[Leon]

When do you anticipate the LoA being available in the U.S?

Exactly the same as the UK, as soon as they hit the website.  We'll have them ready for the May Releases, but we may have to delay a couple of the codes while the poses discussed above are being repaired.

You can also order through The Warstore or Great Hall Games.  

[Dragoon]

My Lead pile is about to get bigger, I can already see these with Phils (WRG) Horse Foot and Guns using the bases for 25mm. figures.
I think that will be about 32  figures per base in 2 ranks.

[Hastati]

Just for info, I've gone through all the figures, and the corresponding masters, and found the four problem figures.  They've got damaged somewhere during moulding, and lost some detail around the hands on some, and the head/wig as mentioned above.  They've all gone in the post to Clib today, and he's going to fix them up.

Thanks for checking this Leon.  Great news as I look forwards to buying many of this range!!!!

[Wkeyser]

Any news on these?  What will be released in May?  Have two battlions done for Captain General and will post some photos this weekend. One French the other Dutch

William