by barr7430 » Sat Jun 23, 2012 8:06 am
It has been painfully slow Dannie but we are just about there. I often hesistate to explain the whole tedious story to people in case they lose the will to live but here is where we are:
1. Horses are all good to go in production moulding terms.
2. Master casts of troopers were late and now have to be hand delivered to me in Dubai so that I can 'sign them off' as production ready.I will see them next Saturday(30th). If they are OK, I will order production quantities to be manufactured immediately. They will ship from the UK within 2-3 weeks of that date.
3. With the cavalry we wanted to get the sculpts exactly right. After some protos were cast we saw a few things that needed a little work, nothing major but the difference between 'great' and 'outstanding' is often very small. With the 3 way bounce between sculptor-caster and me and other day to day things getting in the way that is where the time has leaked. We are there now bar the shouting and if I was in the UK they would be signed off for production now(already actually!)
4. We will offer the figures in a variety of sets as stated before but the initial number of different physical castings will be 9 : 3 multi arm troopers in formal dress, 3 energetic troopers in less formal dress, 3 command models in formal dress. With a combination of horses these will be purchased with standing/cantering/galloping mounts thus increasing the number of combinations.
5. Within a relatively short period the following will also be released: 3 more enthusiastic troopers in informal dress, command pack in informal dress,a variety of cuirassiers and officers in helmets and hats.
6. Following that, mounted dragoons and more continental style troopers.
I won't take pre orders till I am sure of the quality and our ability to deliver quickly but it is now days rather than weeks. Pre order customers will as always get priority and probably a little something extra in there.
Keep the questions coming folks. the horse standards will also be available soon we are just stoking up the data bank befoe first releases
It has been painfully slow Dannie but we are just about there. I often hesistate to explain the whole tedious story to people in case they lose the will to live but here is where we are:
1. Horses are all good to go in production moulding terms.
2. Master casts of troopers were late and now have to be hand delivered to me in Dubai so that I can 'sign them off' as production ready.I will see them next Saturday(30th). If they are OK, I will order production quantities to be manufactured immediately. They will ship from the UK within 2-3 weeks of that date.
3. With the cavalry we wanted to get the sculpts exactly right. After some protos were cast we saw a few things that needed a little work, nothing major but the difference between 'great' and 'outstanding' is often very small. With the 3 way bounce between sculptor-caster and me and other day to day things getting in the way that is where the time has leaked. We are there now bar the shouting and if I was in the UK they would be signed off for production now(already actually!)
4. We will offer the figures in a variety of sets as stated before but the initial number of different physical castings will be 9 : 3 multi arm troopers in formal dress, 3 energetic troopers in less formal dress, 3 command models in formal dress. With a combination of horses these will be purchased with standing/cantering/galloping mounts thus increasing the number of combinations.
5. Within a relatively short period the following will also be released: 3 more enthusiastic troopers in informal dress, command pack in informal dress,a variety of cuirassiers and officers in helmets and hats.
6. Following that, mounted dragoons and more continental style troopers.
I won't take pre orders till I am sure of the quality and our ability to deliver quickly but it is now days rather than weeks. Pre order customers will as always get priority and probably a little something extra in there.
Keep the questions coming folks. the horse standards will also be available soon we are just stoking up the data bank befoe first releases