tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980135127858355520.post2244635555205296521..comments2024-03-26T13:06:46.463-07:00Comments on Wars of Louis Quatorze: Missive from UweRalphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12858819393754912494noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980135127858355520.post-43704677553426508002013-02-20T14:17:09.440-08:002013-02-20T14:17:09.440-08:00Bookmarked! I'll watch for figures as they com...Bookmarked! I'll watch for figures as they come along - sounds very interesting.<br /><br />:O)GaryAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06963552380378929829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980135127858355520.post-55746965426105456802013-02-20T13:42:34.417-08:002013-02-20T13:42:34.417-08:00An interesting initiative! As compared to other sc...An interesting initiative! As compared to other scales -15-18mm on the one hand, 23-32mm on the other- <b>1/72</b> suffers of *huge* loopholes. <br />May I draw your attention to a peculiar niche: the 18th C.? What mostly is missing there is a range of *civilian* figures. In other scales 'pirates' and 'highwaymen & smugglers' ranges offer many such types, but not in 1/72: "Paul" of <i><a href="http://bodstonia.blogspot.fr/" rel="nofollow">Bodstonia</a></i> has to use many Napoleonic types; the only impoter of Chinese 3D Models, who offered the '<a href="http://bodstonia.blogspot.de/2012/07/bodstonian-dress-aristocratic-women_30.html" rel="nofollow">3 French beauties</a>', closed his shop. *Riding* civilians (as proposed in 30mm e.g. by Minden) are <a href="http://bodstonia.blogspot.fr/2012/12/hannah-turset.html" rel="nofollow">missing</a>.<br /><br />Since Young and Grant 18th C. is the period <i>par excellence</i> for Imagi-Nations. Then many 'imaginative' 18th C. gamers sho in interest in *female troops*: <a href="http://bodstonia.blogspot.fr/2012/10/the-purple-roses-2.html" rel="nofollow">3D Models</a> offered a limited range of 1/72 equivalent to the Eureka 28mm '<a href="http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=249743" rel="nofollow">Sandras</a>', but this production is now out of reach...<br /><br />Best wishes.abdul666https://www.blogger.com/profile/16172686098173637906noreply@blogger.com