Re: Mounted Cavalry

At 1:52 PM -0400 6/26/01, adrian.johnson@sympatico.ca wrote:
>Sounds very interesting.  If the figures are good, I'd most certainly
be
>interested in ordering a bunch.  How many "poses" or types were you
>planning to order - enough to make up a mounted platoon without every
other
>figure being the same?

Though one really needs an equivalent number of mounted and 
un-mounted figs. Additionally, there will probably need to be a 
fellow holding a bunch of leads as well.

>If they are "lower-techish" they would make great mounted
>militia/rebels/colonials.  If "higher-techish" they would be good
mounted
>regular light infantry.  So, I don't have a preference either way for
the
>visors-no visors discussion or the GL / no-GL discussion.  I don't see,
>however, why the 25mm integral-type GL's of the SG universe would cause
a
>problem to a rider on a horse.  They aren't very big.
>
>You might consider giving them all some type of LAW like the new Gurkha
>figures have.

Please don't do the changing size law like the Gurkhas have....
>
>
>why not?  the SG universe ones are small - not at all like an M203-type
setup.

It's more like the planned OICW (just the barrels are flipped). Not a 
bad looking rifle in the figs either. The over/under arrangement does 
make for a nice firepower level. I would personally prefer the 
standard L7A3 combat rifle.

Some troopers with shotguns would be a good idea. A packed Mortar for 
mounting on a horse would be nice as well.

>
>Well, if they're good, I'd buy a platoon worth, or so.

Same here....

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