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Very nice looking SYW Austrians, I hope that they will match the Revell figures so that I can finally have a Grenadier Firing Line, Fusileers Marching and Attacking and also get those needed Musicians and that NCO with the halberd. Looking at the line drawings and the masters it is difficult to calculate how many of each I will need but I can see at least 2 to 3 boxes of each as a minimum. Also for those just thinking about the SYW as a period take a look at the SYW Project web page since most german states followed either Prussian or Austrian fashions so these figures can be used for quite a number of armies.
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Another vote for the WW1 Russian Cavalry and Cossacks. Also useful for the entire period from the Russo-Japanese War right up until the outbreak of WW2.
Shkuro's Wolves need reinforcements for their next lava attack...
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WOW! My first choice would be for the Seven Year's War Austrians! Long lines of Grenadiers and Fusiliers come over the hills...drums beating and colors flying! In my mind's eye, I can already see them marching and deploying on my tabletop in all their sartorial splendor. Huzzah!
My second choice would be the American Civil War figures. Some of my Airfix troopies are getting a little fragile in their old age. (Much like their owner!) It would be a long awaited upgrade to get my grubby mitts on about 15 to 20 boxes of these stout hearted fellows!
Good to see you here, and a few others who have so recently reappeared , I did think once Hat started to be more active and pro active the hordes would return, fingers crossed we will see a return of all the old banter too ,and that would be the icing on the cake.
Good to see you here, and a few others who have so recently reappeared , I did think once Hat started to be more active and pro active the hordes would return, fingers crossed we will see a return of all the old banter too ,and that would be the icing on the cake.
Kind of you, Alan. I never mentioned it but I'd gotten back into the hobby because I'd had a spinal cord injury, and it was one of the few things I could do that didn't stress my neck. So a belated thanks to you, HaT, and my other "banter-mates" for helping make a tough time fun. The only bad part about being recovered is that I don't have that much free time for minis anymore!
Good to see you here, and a few others who have so recently reappeared , I did think once Hat started to be more active and pro active the hordes would return, fingers crossed we will see a return of all the old banter too ,and that would be the icing on the cake.
Kind of you, Alan. I never mentioned it but I'd gotten back into the hobby because I'd had a spinal cord injury, and it was one of the few things I could do that didn't stress my neck. So a belated thanks to you, HaT, and my other "banter-mates" for helping make a tough time fun. The only bad part about being recovered is that I don't have that much free time for minis anymore!
Sorry to hear about your injury. I've spent time in the hospital too, three weeks in which I think I came a lot closer to dying that I thought at the time. Thankfully that's three years ago now. Glad to hear you're doing okay!
Good to see you here, and a few others who have so recently reappeared , I did think once Hat started to be more active and pro active the hordes would return, fingers crossed we will see a return of all the old banter too ,and that would be the icing on the cake.
Kind of you, Alan. I never mentioned it but I'd gotten back into the hobby because I'd had a spinal cord injury, and it was one of the few things I could do that didn't stress my neck. So a belated thanks to you, HaT, and my other "banter-mates" for helping make a tough time fun. The only bad part about being recovered is that I don't have that much free time for minis anymore!
Sorry to hear about your injury. I've spent time in the hospital too, three weeks in which I think I came a lot closer to dying that I thought at the time. Thankfully that's three years ago now. Glad to hear you're doing okay!
Bill
....... Well, I can beat that, spent 30-40 mins being dead in 2005 , and have had my heart stopped deliberately in surgery to test to see if my ICD would work after a new one was fitted quite recently, waiting to be killed off in surgery was surreal , I was consciously fighting the very sensible urge to run away.
Pluto, glad you have made a good recovery, life is funny like that, the last few years since moving home I have had a lot less time too, but this winter I am back painting with a vengeance, and enjoying it, so sometimes a rest is a good thing.
Pluto, glad you have made a good recovery, life is funny like that, the last few years since moving home I have had a lot less time too, but this winter I am back painting with a vengeance, and enjoying it, so sometimes a rest is a good thing.
Re: Indicate your interest for the next sets to go into queue!
The obvious answer is ALL OF THEM but I suppose my love of 18th century warfare puts the Austrians as my first choice. The bottom of my list would be the Pyrrhic Elephants, first, because it took me four attempts to spell it right and second because there are high quality suitable alternatives already available which I already have lots.
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Mike Manning
The obvious answer is ALL OF THEM but I suppose my love of 18th century warfare puts the Austrians as my first choice. The bottom of my list would be the Pyrrhic Elephants, first, because it took me four attempts to spell it right and second because there are high quality suitable alternatives already available which I already have lots.
True that there are alternatives, but in the Zvezda set the size of one of the two elephants is not at all accurate (see PSR), and the early HaT set is not up to the same level of sculpting as their subsequent work, and limited by the fact it's a one piece mold; so I think a new set's in order. HOWEVER, no buts about the spelling problem, I agree completely .
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I'd also like to see the WW2 British infantry. And the WW2 Russian 76.2mm gun with crew. Both of these have been sculpted and the moulds made. Therefore I cannot understand why they have both not been released.
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I think overall hat has greatly improved its sculpting!!!!
The volume of sets is second to none would like to see some of the older sets redone......
O had many favourite's..ww2 English and American
Ww1 cavalry x4
Acw x2
Would love to see paras , marines,commandos,medical, generic supply personnel Germans,French,Russian,japs,Australian,Indians,Dutch,Italians,civilians,supply animals
Acw
More zouaves,cavalry,medical,supply troops,early regional troops,arty,guerrilla groups,indian allies
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Dear Hat,
I currently concentrate my efforts on the Napoleonic period. I hope that you will soon resume the implementation of the Austrians possibly including the Hungarian uniforms.
Thanks for the work you are doing.
Giovanni
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The bottom line is has it sales potential and it not already available by other manufacturers! There is the uncomplete mini BEF range from Zvezda but there are not full sets. Such a set covers the 1939 - 1941 period.
Considering that the WW1/2 British sets sell out quickly (have yet to get the British tank riders!) the obvious choice is the 1940 BEF.
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Several very promising options there, but ultimately it has to be the SYW Austrians for me.
Plenty of other interesting sets I'll probably buy though (particularly the ACW and WWI ones), so I won't be too sad even if the Austrians lose. Anyway, looks like it's going to be a very close race this time - looking forward to seeing the results.
While the figures look fantastic, do you think you may have missed the boat with the WWI cavalry now that a competitor has put out a fairly extensive range of WWI German and Russian cavalry? The average WWI wargamer probably doesn't require masses of cavalry.
I don't say this to be negative at all; rather thinking about the profitability/economics for HaT.
Surely the gap to exploit (please excuse the pun) is early war French cavalry or Austrian cavalry.....which no one has done.
Very excited about the other prospects....particularly the Sassanids and Early WWII Brits.
First, the competitor cavalry is aesthetically diferent, with different body proportion.
Second, it is difficult to find.
Third, there is no Cossack Cavalry.
While the figures look fantastic, do you think you may have missed the boat with the WWI cavalry now that a competitor has put out a fairly extensive range of WWI German and Russian cavalry? The average WWI wargamer probably doesn't require masses of cavalry.
I don't say this to be negative at all; rather thinking about the profitability/economics for HaT.
Surely the gap to exploit (please excuse the pun) is early war French cavalry or Austrian cavalry.....which no one has done.
Very excited about the other prospects....particularly the Sassanids and Early WWII Brits.
Regards,
Andrew
A competitor? Who's that? I go to the hobby shops every month, and I haven't seen any new WW1 sets yet.
While the figures look fantastic, do you think you may have missed the boat with the WWI cavalry now that a competitor has put out a fairly extensive range of WWI German and Russian cavalry? The average WWI wargamer probably doesn't require masses of cavalry.
I don't say this to be negative at all; rather thinking about the profitability/economics for HaT.
Surely the gap to exploit (please excuse the pun) is early war French cavalry or Austrian cavalry.....which no one has done.
Very excited about the other prospects....particularly the Sassanids and Early WWII Brits.
Regards,
Andrew
The Russian and German WW1 cavalry look very fine. I have already sourced WW1 cavalry for my eastern front armies from said competitor (eastern European company starting with an 'S') but these do suffer admittedly from a few strange poses and less than compatible sculpting. I'd gladly retire these and replace with these HaT figures!
Early WW1 French and Austrian cavalries would be good.
1940 BEF should be a winner and will undoubtedly sell well.
While the figures look fantastic, do you think you may have missed the boat with the WWI cavalry now that a competitor has put out a fairly extensive range of WWI German and Russian cavalry? The average WWI wargamer probably doesn't require masses of cavalry.
Take your point but would have to echo what others have said - to be brutally honest those sets are amongst their worst output in terms of dodgy anatomy/poses/flatness though it's good to see the tremendous recent improvement.
The appeal to me of the eastern front and RCW is that there were huge cavalry battles involving Cossack hosts, whole armies of Red cavalry like Budenny's Konarmia and the Ukrainian partisan cavalry of Makhno. This was down to huge spaces that made it difficult to defend a continuous line; open steppe-land ideal for cavalry maneuver and the relative shortage of modern weaponry on that front compared to the western.
While the figures look fantastic, do you think you may have missed the boat with the WWI cavalry now that a competitor has put out a fairly extensive range of WWI German and Russian cavalry? The average WWI wargamer probably doesn't require masses of cavalry.
Take your point but would have to echo what others have said - to be brutally honest those sets are amongst their worst output in terms of dodgy anatomy/poses/flatness though it's good to see the tremendous recent improvement.
It depends on which of their WW1 cavalry sets you are looking at. The quality is quite diverse, the images (but not the score) on PSR show that quite clearly.
I have few complaints about their poses. The HäT WW1 cavalry poses might reflect the reality better but for my purposes they are a tad too sedate.
I'd buy the HäT WW1 Cossack cavalry. And the WW2 BEF set. Regards, Pat
They rival Airfix in useful poses and uniforms. I hope they make the cut.
I'd have to say that there is a fair crowd of US WW2 infantry sets out there and I'm wondering what a new set from HaT will add? The poses are good but not greatly different from what has already been released by other manufacturers.
A US infantry squad would of course then also need some heavy weapons support (a further set) and some combat engineer back-up (another set as well!)......
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Agree with Vadim on WW1 cavalry lances - many (if not all?) armies only issued lances to half the men in a cavalry unit, to equip the front rank in a charge, but as the war went on they became increasingly irrelevant. Therefore would be great to have more optional arms holding swords and carbines.
It would be nice to see existing ranges completed first i.e. The Sassanids, Austrians for 7YW and WW1 cavalries before embarking on newer lines like ACW or WW2 GI's