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cabal_se

posted 13-01-2003 17:21

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Mitt förslag ang. Stalingrad-reglerna från Amazon miniatures är något att titta in på. Jag glömde att nämna att du kan ladda ner en enkel version av reglerna gratis från deras website. Ta en titt på länken http://www.amazonminiatures.com/stalingrad/stalingrad_downloads.htm
så får du en liten uppfattning om det hela.

From The Wargames Forum      http://www.wargames.co.uk/ProductReviews/Review/amazon3.htm

Additions to the Stalingrad range, these fellows are certainly unusual and I am sure will find their way on to many wargames tables. Both are cleanly cast, nicely detailed and certainly full of character. The first (STAL0901) is a Priest with cross and PPSH machine carbine, a Greek Orthodox priest with the high headdress and full beard is certainly eyecatching.

The second (STAL0902) is listed as Crazed Monk with PPSH, and seems to have been inspired by Tom Baker's portrayal of Rasputin.  A great figure; both retail for £1.35, and full details of the range can be obtained from the the Amazon website at  http://www.amazonminiatures.com

From The Wargames Forum      http://www.wargames.co.uk/ProductReviews/Review/Amazon/amazonminiatures.htm

The 25mm model is of a female gladiator, and sturdy, well built young woman she is too. A retarius, wielding her trident overarm, this lady seems to mean business. The model is well detailed with the galerus (shoulder armour) and net clearly defined. It is interesting to compare this model with the range of female gladiators currently released by West Wind, this lass looks far better prepared for combat in the arena than the sylph WW gals!

Perhaps a little pricey at £1.35, but compared with other "special editions" I suppose not excessive. For more information visit the website at www.amazonminiatures.com

From The Miniatures Page

I just found Stalingrad at http://www.amazonminiatures.com/stalingrad/index.htm, and I am very tempted to buy the basic set. Does anyone have any comments, good or bad, on the game, the minis, the company or anything else relevant to this?

I think the company is very gamer friendly and listens to it's customers. If one is just starting out in this era or has no figs collected yet this is a nice, well priced set that can get you gaming quickly. I read the free rules and liked the flow but was hoping for more detail which, in fairness, I believe is in the boxed set (paid for) rules. They are also constructing a great line of armor, vehicles and AT guns - "Tankograd" which is customer request driven. I believe the figs in the boxed set are resin and later figs will be/are metal. New to WWII I'd say go for it. Especially good if your located in Continental Europe.

Thomas

I have both their (SKT/Garrison) Zulus and Brits. Nicely done figures IMO. About
the same size as Foundry Colonials; a tad smaller than OG.
Zulus have seperate shields.

The really interesting bit for some may be their well animated elephants
(Asian).

Don Miller

I highly recommend the Celt, Seleucid, Khmer, Parthian, Midianite ranges.  
See if you can do something about the God-awful Mycenaean chariot, though.  
Sell them the very nice QT one, instead?
I have always tried to build my armies with a large variety of figures, and 
Garrison make up a nice percentage of the OFM's armies.  Very nice Celtic 
infantry with a LARGE cab for the Celtic chariot.  Terrific Seleucid scythed 
chariot.  Great Zulus....I could go on.

John the OFM

From: "Paul Ashton" <paul@c...>

> Instructions on Tuesday night, received greens this morning, 
> photographed and web-site updated, make the moulds this afternoon and 
> we should have some for sale at Sentry (Stoke on Trent) tomorrow.

There ought to be a law against this level of customer service!
If you're not careful, you'll make other manufacturers blush.
I look forward to seeing them in the flesh/lead at Crisis 2001.

mmmm, bring cash to show, mmmm,
Taliesin

Well the miniatures arrived yesterday in the post (I was quite 
overjoyed...need more minis to paint).  Well I must say I was intrigued the 
mix and match heads and bodies...  I looked at them and they were very clean 
minis, almost no flash and I was quite pleased.  I hate cleaning flash.  
Well as I said I ordered Praetorians and the bodies are based on the 
Praetorians you see on the Louvre relief (I believe), the ones with muscled 
cuirasses and I had the standard Praetorian head too (the Attic helmet with 
horsehair crests).  Not quite historical but it's a motif used to 
differentiate Praetorians from other Legionnaires on sculptures and 
paintings in Rome.

They are in a very interesting motion, they are molded as throwing their 
pilums and looking slightly forward.  I rather like the detail on the 
miniatures, certainly not as insanely detailed as maybe Games Workshop 
special characters but very nice.  I liked how on the helmet cheek pieces 
there seems to have been an effort to make rivets in them and it was a nice 
touch.  These are not chunky miniatures and they seem to me to almost be 
'true' 25mm.

I plan to paint the armor probably a bronze or steel color and the helmets 
either bronze or steel.  The horsehair crests will more than likely be red 
and the pteureges (sp?) will be leather with a slight brown wash.  Hopefully 
once I get my Prima Cohors painted up I'll find a digital camera and get 
some snapshots for you chaps.  That said and done I can't give anything but 
praise for those chaps at Amazon Miniatures, now I have enough minis to 
finish my 3000 point Praetorian army.

Michael Ng

From: Garibaldi8 (garibaldi8@lineone.net)
Subject: re: DBM Chinese Army
Newsgroups: rec.games.miniatures.historical

Date: 2000-11-05 06:45:02 PST

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The most highly rated Chinese army, however, is Ch'in (Army List Book 2,
List 4 Warring States and Ch'in Chinese).  The Ch'in were the first to
establish a "Chinese Empire" albeit for only 14 years - an episode
around which the recent film "The Emperor and The Assassin" was centred.
It is also the period around the time of the Terracotta army.

Ch'in allow you to have a good supply of Chariots, Spears (that can
alternatively be classed as Warband), some blades as well as supporting
cavalry and light horse that some of the other armies in the Warring
States period do not benefit from.

In 25mm Amazon Miniatures are the best Chinese figures on the market.
In 15mm, Museum Miniatures Chinese figures may be worth a look as they
were originally made by the same person that designed the Amazon casts.
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I think Ch'in is probably the way to go and with a few extra light horse
and cavalry you should be able to cover Han too.  Let me know if you
would like some ideas on army lists for these two armies.

Chris

.......And there are no orcs at all in Amazon Attack, the first set of rules from Amazon Miniatures, whose initial figure releases I took a look at a few months ago. The game is based around their Greek mythology range, pitting Centaurs against Amazon warriors. What makes this game a little unusual, apart from its setting, is the fact that each player runs a separate warband of Amazons, control of the Centaurs being handled by the player currently to the left of whoever’s turn it is. Unsurprisingly, games tend to be scenario-driven, with the different warbands competing to be the first to achieve their goals.

Experienced gamers should have little difficulty working out how the various mechanisms work, although complete beginners may be in need of a little help at times. On the plus side, the use of playing cards to introduce random events is very elegant, and adds a lot to the ebb and flow of a game.

And so to the figures, which are to ‘true’ 25mm scale. I have five Centaurs to hand, all with separate bodies and torsos, allowing considerable variation in posing. The bodies of the four light Centaurs are trotting, galloping, or rearing, and the torsos are all unarmoured. One has a bow, the others are armed with short spears and carry shields, either slung across their backs or strapped to their arms. The heavy Centaur is fully armoured, with what looks like chainmail barding, and is armed with a spear; he also carries a bow slung on his left flank.

The Amazon figures are also multipart miniatures, supplied with several variations of body, head and shield. Their only weapon choices are spears or bows, however. A little care is required in assembly, to make sure the heads are properly seated on the necks, but a few seconds work with a needle file is all the preparation necessary; and a gratifying number of my sample figures went together without even this minimal amount of work. In keeping with the ancient Greek feel these warriors go into battle naked, except, in most cases, for helmets, and in refreshing contrast to the women in most fantasy ranges they’re realistically proportioned, rather than appearing to have bowling balls strapped to their chests.