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To coincide with the release of Empires of the Dragon we have released the 15mm Tibetan Empire and Successor States range!



The models are available in individual packs:
http://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/tibetan.html

... and there's also the FoG starter army from the book (including camp!) available here in one handy set:
http://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/fog.html

(Please note there are no dismounted cataphracts in the starter army set.)

nice figures!

Honestly I think adding SIX tents to the starterarmy is a horrible idea. Two Tents maybe, but 6? That would fill the whole camp with nothing but tents, how ugly is that? If I take a look at the camps people build specifically for FoG (as opposed to those left from DBM times) I rarely see just 6 tents side by side. More usually it's a small diorama with a few tents, some camp guards/attendends/animals, trees, etc. (I also remember reading a comment that the Tibetans have a mandatory fortified camp? (Didn't get my copy yet.) If so given the size of the tents how is one supposed to model the fortification with 6 tents already taking up all the space?)
I guess after I calculate the starter army bearing in mind it contains 3-4 tents that I've no use for it won't be a good deal anymore.
Maybe you could reconsider and offer a starterarmy without camp or at least fewer tents?

The starter army offers enough tents to fill the camp, yes. It's not ugly, that's what an ancient military camp would have actually looked like.

This was also done to permit people in a mixed gaming environment to play FoG or DBx.

If you're saying you won't use three of the tents, that's $5.97 you're not using, but the army deal saves you around $20.00. So it's up to you to consider whether it's a better idea to spend $14.00 more so that you don't get the three tents you don't want.

In all honesty I do fancy this Army having ordered your excellent figures before, Your delivery gets to me in UK faster than some stuff ordered here.

But the 6 tents actually put me off, I usually order 2 Bauda tents for each of my Camps which gives me room for some Artistic flair in the Campsite.

I would prefer extra figures to 4 of the Tents.

Thanks guys, this thread has pointed out to me an error in my calculation of the army price. I've adjusted it accordingly. It still has 6 tents in it, but if you want to get fewer, there's no stopping you from just asking for fewer, though I don't know why anyone would.

The price right now is about industry-standard FoG Starter Army discount -- 10% off what you'd need to pay to collect the packs individually. And note, that does NOT include the tents. So you get 10% off the figurines, and on top of that, the tents are all free.

OK!

Order placed for Army with 6 free tents!!!

Karsten,

The Tibetans do indeed have a manditory fortified camp but there is an unfortified one in the starter army.

Christopher Anders

berthier wrote:Karsten,

The Tibetans do indeed have a manditory fortified camp but there is an unfortified one in the starter army.

Have my doubts about that, as the "mandatory" fortified camp is in the optional troops section! My suspicion, since it's in the optional section and the starter army has an unfortified camp, is that there's a typo and the "0-" is missing from the fortified camp in the list.

Anyway, someone wrote me to raise an interesting point -- apparently cataphracts can also be three to a base. So I've added another FOG starter army, FOG4B, that fulfills the element requirement three to a base rather than 4. It's otherwise the same. Less than $100!

Spartacus wrote:OK!

Order placed for Army with 6 free tents!!!

Spartacus doesn't need the tents anyway - do you honestly think the Romans care one iota if he's getting sunburned whilst hanging from the cross?

ravenflight wrote:

Spartacus wrote:OK!

Order placed for Army with 6 free tents!!!

Spartacus doesn't need the tents anyway - do you honestly think the Romans care one iota if he's getting sunburned whilst hanging from the cross?

An enterprising gamer would keep a couple of tents,paint the rest and sell them,thus offsetting even more the cost of the army.

khurasan_miniatures wrote:Have my doubts about that, as the "mandatory" fortified camp is in the optional troops section! My suspicion, since it's in the optional section and the starter army has an unfortified camp, is that there's a typo and the "0-" is missing from the fortified camp in the list.

Well, well, if we just could get Richard away from FoG:R long enough to do the long overdue errata update.

My Tibetans arrived today, Many thanks!
Excellent figures---Nothing broken and fast service.