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Re: [DS, SG] Sources of WWI tanks and knights

From: Christopher Pratt <valen@g...>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 11:59:06 -0400
Subject: Re: [DS, SG] Sources of WWI tanks and knights

Does Irregular have a US distributer... Their stuff looked cool, but
shipping from UK seems to be very pricey...

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Francis" <tony.francis@kuju.com>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 5:08 AM
Subject: Re: [DS, SG] Sources of WWI tanks and knights

> Beth.Fulton@csiro.au wrote:
> >
> > G'day,
> >
> > Would any kind soul out there be able to recommend manufacturer's
who
make
> > decent 6/10mm WWI tanks and knights in armour on foot (preferably
> > individually based rather than in rows of 6 or whatever)?
>
> Irregular make both. Their knights will be on multiple bases, tho'.
> http://www.irregularminiatures.co.uk/
> Heroics and Ros also make medievals (War of the Roses, Crusades),
which
> are cast individually but on strips, if you see what I mean. IIRC
> they've recently been bought by Navwar.
> http://www.navwar.freeserve.co.uk/
>
> Scotia also make WWI vehicles, which are liable to be considerably
more
> detailed than Irregular's.
> http://website.lineone.net/~grendel.co/scotiamicromodels.html
>
> > Likewise can anyone recommend a supplier of nice looking 25mm
knights in
> > armour on foot.
>
> My favourite 25mm medievals are the ones by Essex Miniatures. I
> accumulated a fair number some years ago when my club ran a medieval
> campaign. They have the advantage of open hands and separate weapons,
so
> converting them to carry Gauss guns (or whatever) would be easy.
> http://www.essexminiatures.co.uk/
> http://www.essexminiatures.com.au
>
> > Inspired by Dr Who (as I so often am) I've been mulling over a force
(under
> > the control of TOLEMAC industries founded by Arthur King) who's PA
look
like
> > knights in armour and who's vehicles resemble WWI tanks (in
appearance
not
> > necessarily function).
>
> There's always the option of old-style Epic Land Raiders, which are
> about as SF-WWI as you could get !
>
> Tony
>
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> Tony Francis
> Senior Software Engineer


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