Eureka Almughavars

whitehorses · Post by **whitehorses** » Fri May 01, 2009 1:16 pm

Has anyone tried the new range of 15mm almughavars from Eureka?
They look dead good on the site

Supposed to be on the Fighting 15's website as well but not a dickybird so far

DaiSho · Post by **DaiSho** » Fri May 01, 2009 7:52 pm

whitehorses wrote:Has anyone tried the new range of 15mm almughavars from Eureka?
They look dead good on the site

Supposed to be on the Fighting 15's website as well but not a dickybird so far

I cannot comment on those particular figures, but the Eureka range itself is 'elite'. I'd put them up there with AB and the like in sculpting quality and size. As I said, I've not seen those figures specifically, but I'd have no hesitation in ordering them sight unseen. Nic is a top bloke too, and if you have any problems is very easy to approach.

Ian

OldenTired · Post by **OldenTired** » Fri May 01, 2009 8:18 pm

DaiSho wrote:
whitehorses wrote:Has anyone tried the new range of 15mm almughavars from Eureka?
They look dead good on the site

Supposed to be on the Fighting 15's website as well but not a dickybird so far
I cannot comment on those particular figures, but the Eureka range itself is 'elite'. I'd put them up there with AB and the like in sculpting quality and size. As I said, I've not seen those figures specifically, but I'd have no hesitation in ordering them sight unseen. Nic is a top bloke too, and if you have any problems is very easy to approach.

Ian

i'll vouch for nick too. have never had anything but goodness from him.

his continuing dedication to those awful figs from irregular notwithstanding of course...

DaiSho · Post by **DaiSho** » Fri May 01, 2009 8:21 pm

OldenTired wrote:his continuing dedication to those awful figs from irregular notwithstanding of course...

No 'inside knowledge' here, but I'd say that this is purely an economical concern. He's in business, and wouldn't be supplying figures that weren't selling. Thus, I'd say that they sell therefore he keeps them.

Ian

whitehorses · Post by **whitehorses** » Fri May 01, 2009 9:03 pm

I dabbled once with Irregular *shudders*

I can't be doing with waiting for England to pick up the stock, so I just ordered the lot from Eureka

Just from the photos on their site, I'm fully confident that Eureka are indeed the Dogswotsitsnames

So unless there's any Aussies or Kiwis on the board whi can give us a heads-up, I'll be first to view them LOL

DaiSho · Post by **DaiSho** » Fri May 01, 2009 9:21 pm

whitehorses wrote:I dabbled once with Irregular *shudders*

I think with Irregular you have to pick your place. I have the Irregular 'Longships' for my Vikings. They look horrible in the flesh, but paint up ok. Actually bought them from Nic.

whitehorses wrote:So unless there's any Aussies or Kiwis on the board whi can give us a heads-up

I've told you what I know. I'm sure you'll be more than happy.

Ian

whitehorses · Post by **whitehorses** » Fri May 01, 2009 9:45 pm

D'oh! I hadn't even noted you were residing in the same Continent.
Shows how observant I am....

Maybe Irregular aren't *all* bad

DaiSho · Post by **DaiSho** » Fri May 01, 2009 11:12 pm

whitehorses wrote:D'oh! I hadn't even noted you were residing in the same Continent.
Shows how observant I am....

No problem. Us colonials are used to being overlooked

whitehorses wrote:Maybe Irregular aren't *all* bad

Well, I've heard some people say the same as my other post about their other figures. They look shocking, but paint up ok. I think it mostly depends on what you're doing. I've seen some quite ordinarly figures paint up quite nicely and end up with an overall quite nice effect. I think the difficulty is that 'nicely molded' figures are easier to paint.

Ian

Ghaznavid · Post by **Ghaznavid** » Fri May 01, 2009 11:21 pm

whitehorses wrote:Has anyone tried the new range of 15mm almughavars from Eureka?
They look dead good on the site

They are just as good in the fles... erh metal. Very nice miniatures and on the off chance that you still like more variation, they mix well with the Touller and Essex ones.

OldenTired · Post by **OldenTired** » Sat May 02, 2009 8:27 am

just checked in at eureka. there are photos up on the news page. look very nice

hammy · Post by **hammy** » Sat May 02, 2009 9:06 am

whitehorses wrote:I dabbled once with Irregular *shudders*

Irregular are rather variable in quality. Some of their ranges are actually very nice (the newish Sassanids for a start).

One thing irregular are superb at (or at least were) is mail order. Some time back I ordered a load of their 2mm figures and as I couldn't get pictures I ended up ordering 1 each of about 30 to 40 codes. I placed the order at 1pm and the following morning it arrived with each code in a seperate labeled bag.

LambertSimnel · Post by **LambertSimnel** » Sat May 02, 2009 10:32 am

hammy wrote: Irregular are rather variable in quality.

So they're appropriately named then?

DaiSho · Post by **DaiSho** » Sat May 02, 2009 7:07 pm

LambertSimnel wrote:
hammy wrote: Irregular are rather variable in quality.
So they're appropriately named then?

That's an interesting comment. Should they now change their name to 'Undrilled Miniatures'?

OldenTired · Post by **OldenTired** » Sat May 02, 2009 10:47 pm

DaiSho wrote:
LambertSimnel wrote:
hammy wrote: Irregular are rather variable in quality.
So they're appropriately named then?
That's an interesting comment. Should they now change their name to 'Undrilled Miniatures'?

actually... a dremmel is exactly what they need. all the surfaces are too rough, the angles too acute.

they look like they've been carved with a butcher's knife.

whitehorses · Post by **whitehorses** » Wed May 06, 2009 9:30 pm

Just got my Order from Eureka.
Two words - They rock!

hammy · Post by **hammy** » Wed May 06, 2009 9:37 pm

whitehorses wrote:Just got my Order from Eureka.
Two words - They rock!

Hmm, perhaps I should buy some more Alumghavars then. I only have 36 bases after all

DaiSho · Post by **DaiSho** » Wed May 06, 2009 11:45 pm

whitehorses wrote:Just got my Order from Eureka.
Two words - They rock!

Oh, I'm terribly sorry I suggested you buy them whitehorse

.

I honestly thought they would look more like little tiny men than rocks.

Ian

Huaxtec15mm · Post by **Huaxtec15mm** » Thu May 07, 2009 4:04 am

whitehorses wrote:Just got my Order from Eureka.
Two words - They rock!

There are some other great looking medievals from Eureka in the pipeline:

http://eurekamin.com.au/index.php?cPath ... =3a&page=2

whitehorses · Post by **whitehorses** » Thu May 07, 2009 5:57 am

Re: Daisho - Ah, that explains why I got Alum-ghavars instead - Oh, so close...

whitehorses · Post by **whitehorses** » Thu May 07, 2009 8:16 am

Fighting 15's have just added them to their website, so bag up & go shopping *s*

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