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camels - rec on figures
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 5:37 am
by OldenTired
can anyone suggest decent arab camel archer figs?
besides the *huge* ones made by the increasingly reasonably priced essex.
who says the financial crisis is all bad!
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:33 am
by nikgaukroger
I have e feeling Irregular may do one - alas, their web site is not noted for it's pictures
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:01 pm
by OldenTired
nikgaukroger wrote:I have e feeling Irregular may do one - alas, their web site is not noted for it's pictures
unfortunately, their figures aren't notable either... might try mixing up some museum figs i saw (need a bit of variety)
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:24 pm
by richnz
The Museum ones are by far the nicest I have seen. They are huge, but no reason why you couldnt base them on 40x40 if you wanted, although mine fit on 40x30 ok.
There are 3 poses, but modification is possible to get more poses.
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 5:03 am
by OldenTired
richnz wrote:The Museum ones are by far the nicest I have seen. They are huge, but no reason why you couldnt base them on 40x40 if you wanted, although mine fit on 40x30 ok.
There are 3 poses, but modification is possible to get more poses.
thanks rich, will look into it. i can see that there are two different types from different but similar ranges, so there might be more if i really snoop around.
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 9:34 am
by carlos
richnz wrote:The Museum ones are by far the nicest I have seen. They are huge, but no reason why you couldnt base them on 40x40 if you wanted, although mine fit on 40x30 ok.
There are 3 poses, but modification is possible to get more poses.
The ones galloping fit on a 40x30 base w/ their hind legs sticking out which makes 2 ranks really trick to pull off and forget about columns. The ones standing still fit all right. Regardless, the museum miniatures camels make every single other mini I have in my Christian Nubian army look like a pigmy. Definitely close to, or even as big as 20mm.
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 9:47 am
by Spartacus
Carlos is right there. The ones with a trailing leg are impossible to base without making 3 legged Camels. Genus=Dromedarius Tripedalus.
Doh! What a futile waste of my 100th post.
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:18 am
by hammy
I have Essex, Old Glory and Tabletop camels. I have a feeling that there are a load of unpainted ones lying 'spare' somewhere in my games room.
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 5:41 pm
by madaxeman
Lancashire Games do some cheap ones, some in their Dervish era ranges that are quite nice..
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:57 pm
by OldenTired
hammy wrote:I have Essex, Old Glory and Tabletop camels. I have a feeling that there are a load of unpainted ones lying 'spare' somewhere in my games room.
superior, unprto, bw, cm... will massacre LH, and put up a short but sharp defence against other undrilled cav.
can also be used to place near knights and/or lancer cav, to f[screw] their s[stuff] up.