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

[Leon]

L of A now released!  Couple of codes which are currently unavailable, but the rest are there.  Details here: http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=2773.0

[tzen67]

Are the new LOA figures compatible with the old range?

[Leon]

Are the new LOA figures compatible with the old range?

Nope, not at all.  The old range was one of the oldest left in our catalogue and was a lot smaller and thinner than any of our current ranges.  Once we've filled out the codes a little more on the new range, the old one will be phased out and taken off the website.

[Wkeyser]

Hi Leon
Ok now that the range is official, could we get a rough idea of what is in the pipe line, and perhaps potential release dates? I am not trying to pin you down to exact dates but give us an idea so we can plan what those of us who love these figures will be buying.

After many years of purchasing "new" ranges" I now usually wait until I see the majority of the range available before I jump in. I really want to jump in with the league of Augsburg range but would love to get some more detail on what is planned or at least what Clib is thinking of doing.

William

[goat major]

can i second that request from Wkeyser ? I'm in early planning stages and it would be good to know what the pipeline looks like - even at an early stage. I promise I won't ask about tarletons......

[clibinarium]

To be honest there's no projected release dates, nor indeed specific plans for what's next. By that I mean I just sit down, see what can be made from the dollies I have available and start work; I'm not someone who starts with a specific end point in mind.
Roughly speaking the next set of releases will fill out the grenadiers; the different poses will have particular caps, since there was a fair degree of diversity. Might do some fusiliers and dismounted dragoons too. At the same time I'll be finalising the horses to get started on the cav. I am working on 28mm LoA cavalry right now, so I'm learning a lot from that about how to tackle the horsemen!

[goat major]

thanks Clib that helps 

[Wkeyser]

Yes thanks for that Clib
It does help but not in a good way. I usually don’t jump into a period unless there are enough figures in a range to cover the majority of the period or the portion that I want to do. This news will put me on the side line I think until I see the rest of the range, i.e. grenadiers, commanders, Horse, Dragoons, and Artillery.  Since there is no timetable, which I understand, then I will sit this out until the range is substantially filled out. But it will probably be worth the wait.

Thanks
William

[Chad]

Unfortunately I tend to agree with William, particularly given that the figures with flintlocks have got to be repaired. At most I will probably buy a couple of sample packs and then put matters on hold.

Chad

[Shedman]

It's well outside my normal gaming period (1830-1870 and 2069)  but they are very tempting

What rules are people using these figures?

I know that Field of Glory: Ren covers this period and a little voice in my head says base them up for FOGR 25mm ie on 60mm wide bases but I think that may be a tad deranged

Peter Pig/RFCM do an English Civil War set - would that be too early?

- I've just spotted the thread on rules so ignore this

[Chad]

Shedman

Beneath the Lily Banners 2 is expected out any time soon. You might try those.

Chad

[Colors]

> Since there is no timetable, which I understand, then I will sit this out until
> the range is substantially filled out. But it will probably be worth the wait.

Agreed. We need at least grenadiers, mounted and dismounted dragoons (both 2 headdress versions), horse (pistol, sword, cuirass, helmet, hat), arty and all that in multiple poses with commands. That's a lot of work. So why don't we make it worth their while? Let's all pre-order min. GBP 100, for LoA figs, with a shipping deadline of - say - Sept 1. Clib will finish the line in time, Leon will finish the codes by June 1, we'll send in our exact orders by June 15 and pay. Then Leon can spin all summer and we can paint all autumn! After that Clib can return to all that other, much less important sculpting.

I'm sure half of our money can be transferred to Clib, as an extra incentive. I'm also sure that this won't really affect Pendraken's bottom line, because this means the LoA line will be complete by summer so many more people will order many more LoA figs from then on.
And for every week that Pendraken misses the shipping deadline, all the pre-orders can add extra packs of any line totaling a web-shop value of GBP 7, for free.

Gentlemen, your wallets please.

[Hastati]

Well, I'll be ordering right away.  Gives me a chance to work on the bog standard infantry units (musketeer and mixed musket/pike) that make up the bulk of the army. 

[Leon]

Agreed. We need at least grenadiers, mounted and dismounted dragoons (both 2 headdress versions), horse (pistol, sword, cuirass, helmet, hat), arty and all that in multiple poses with commands. That's a lot of work. So why don't we make it worth their while? Let's all pre-order min. GBP 100, for LoA figs, with a shipping deadline of - say - Sept 1. Clib will finish the line in time, Leon will finish the codes by June 1, we'll send in our exact orders by June 15 and pay. Then Leon can spin all summer and we can paint all autumn! After that Clib can return to all that other, much less important sculpting.

I'm sure half of our money can be transferred to Clib, as an extra incentive. I'm also sure that this won't really affect Pendraken's bottom line, because this means the LoA line will be complete by summer so many more people will order many more LoA figs from then on.
And for every week that Pendraken misses the shipping deadline, all the pre-orders can add extra packs of any line totaling a web-shop value of GBP 7, for free.

There's some interesting ideas in there!  Unfortunately, I think economics are going to get in the way of most of them!  Clib has to sculpt to live, and 10mm isn't the most profitable scale for that, so he needs to do work in 28mm to keep the bills paid.  We also couldn't afford a bill for that many figures in such a short period of time, not unless we stopped all the other designers for 3 months, which isn't feasible either.

I'm sure Clib would be quite happy with half of all the sales money as well ( ) but that's also not feasbile in the slightest.  We have to sell 100's of packs of each individual code before we break even, so using that theory, we'd be out of pocket for years!

[Colors]

Ah. But suppose 100 LoA fans join forces? And you then add a discount for orders over GBP149 ... then the word spreads, all those hibernating LoA fans wake up, and you have ... 250 * 150 = GBP 37,500. That should get us on top of the Things To Do pile, no?

Hey, you've got to listen to Trump: Think Big! (but stick to 10mm please)

Fellow Gamers, let's join forces and create "The League for The League of Augsburg". We Play in a Grand Style, so our units are at least 100 inf or 50 cav strong. A proper army has at least 15 units. So that GBP 150 shouldn't be a problem.

Colors