Cities of Gold

marshalney2000 · Post by **marshalney2000** » Wed May 04, 2011 3:53 pm

Highland standard bearers and pipers please.
John

khurasan_miniatures · Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:53 pm

When is this book shipping? I'm in a bit of a race to get the colonial Spanish to market when the book is out, and I've got later Iroquois which should be ready in the same timeframe, but if the book is late I get a bit of a reprieve.

rbodleyscott · Post by **rbodleyscott** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 1:33 pm

khurasan_miniatures wrote:When is this book shipping? I'm in a bit of a race to get the colonial Spanish to market when the book is out, and I've got later Iroquois which should be ready in the same timeframe, but if the book is late I get a bit of a reprieve.

I don't know of any delay. According to the Slitherine site the release date is 15/7/11.

khurasan_miniatures · Post by **khurasan_miniatures** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 1:48 pm

rbodleyscott wrote:
I don't know of any delay. According to the Slitherine site the release date is 15/7/11.

D'oh!

Well, the painter got the models today:

1) rodoleros (4 poses)
2) crossbowmen (4 poses)
3) arquebusiers (4 poses)
4) standardbearer for infantry
5) Conquistador (Spanish gentleman) and mounted standard bearer
6) Armoured lancers (2 poses)
7) Unarmoured lancers (2 poses)

I'm hoping he can get the models painted by the 15th. The mouldmaker actually has not provided the production castings yet, and he's at Historicon! But he's promised me that I'll get the castings in the third week of July anyway.

The pikemen for later Colonial spanish were just finished sculpting today.

All the troops but the heavily armoued ones (ie, except for the Armoured lancers and the rodoleros) are 50% in Eurpean clothing, 50% in the heavy fabric jacket worn in the colonies, making the models uniquely useful as colonial forces. Unlike the classic depiction of the conquistador, they do not have morions on! They have the hats and burgonets worn by the troops, then pikemen having a simple pikeman's pot.

hazelbark · Post by **hazelbark** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:48 pm

There were a few dealers including Osprey that had them at Historicon this past weekend. So I figure most US stores will have them shortly.

timmy1 · Post by **timmy1** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:27 pm

Amazon UK say they shipped my copy today.

marshalney2000 · Post by **marshalney2000** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 12:19 pm

I got my copy this morning.
John

timmy1 · Post by **timmy1** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 5:51 am

Mine arrived yesterday.

kevinj · Post by **kevinj** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 6:02 am

Amazon are showing a despatch date of 21st July for me

Delbruck · Post by **Delbruck** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:26 pm

Perhaps this is mentioned in the book, but is Cortez represented by a Tlaxcalan army with Spanish allies, and is Pizarro represented by an Inca army with Spanish allies?

rbodleyscott · Post by **rbodleyscott** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 7:50 pm

Delbruck wrote:Perhaps this is mentiones in the book, but is Cortez represented by a Tlaxcalan army with Spanish allies, and is Pizarro represented by an Inca army with Spanish allies?

Yes and Yes (not allies, however, but part of the army)