tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post3687258544907158704..comments2024-03-20T06:13:43.116+00:00Comments on Joy and Forgetfulness: Strelets Napoleon in EgyptConrad Kinchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-44395709957627036952011-10-16T01:36:10.310+01:002011-10-16T01:36:10.310+01:00Noticed the musket barrels in many of the figures ...Noticed the musket barrels in many of the figures look as if you had replaced them with brass wire; Am I correct?<br /><br />If so, impressive bit of modeling; this must strengthen them against bending, once painted.<br /><br />Is it difficult to do?<br /><br />DonBrigadier Dundashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895480319665745589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-38562731318403607742011-10-11T11:45:14.514+01:002011-10-11T11:45:14.514+01:00They're some very nice looking figures, the pl...They're some very nice looking figures, the plastics seem to be catching my eye more and more.Ray Rousellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352596392520905197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-80527259694822087072011-10-09T09:33:06.610+01:002011-10-09T09:33:06.610+01:00If I was to get back into Napoleonics - and it was...If I was to get back into Napoleonics - and it was one of the first periods I was interested in - then the Egyptian campaign would be the one to do it for me... but sorry, not in plastic.... :o)Steve-the-Wargamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-86911432536223755042011-10-08T21:00:23.053+01:002011-10-08T21:00:23.053+01:00Ross - My father gave me the Brigadiers two volume...Ross - My father gave me the Brigadiers two volumes on the Egyptian campaign as a graduation present. <br /><br />I don't see myself getting away without doing these and I can certainly double job the redcoats by sending them to the sub-continent. <br /><br />Arteis - I was lost to 1/72 plastics long ago. <br /><br />Rosbif - I've seen them in the flesh once and they did not impress. The sculpts are nice enough, but the stuff they're made out of is like bicuit.Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-30023275189319854362011-10-08T17:15:11.394+01:002011-10-08T17:15:11.394+01:00Those do look very interesting. How well would the...Those do look very interesting. How well would they fit in the Napoleonic fantasy version of Sea Lion, such as stepping in to Ireland around 1798 or so? Or even the other island if they could.<br /><br />Arteis just pick up a box or two and you are in like Flint, nothing says we have to specialize in one thing. Many kids have 50 boxes and more, all different kinds.mekelnborghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02269195057608159822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-51573463876659146822011-10-08T04:41:32.077+01:002011-10-08T04:41:32.077+01:00GerMan also do a line in Egypt campaign British li...GerMan also do a line in Egypt campaign British light in tarletons and sepoys.<br /><br />See more at http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=1407<br /><br />I'm having trouble enough sticking to the Peninsula theatre as it is!Ben Gilmourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548280904041987733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-3189475652138379062011-10-08T02:19:12.521+01:002011-10-08T02:19:12.521+01:00Holy macaroni ... these would be enough to get me ...Holy macaroni ... these would be enough to get me into 1/72 plastics!<br /><br />RolyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-44171456203926554052011-10-08T01:16:41.200+01:002011-10-08T01:16:41.200+01:00I still have 15mm French in Egypt tucked away in m...I still have 15mm French in Egypt tucked away in my unpainted pile. Been there about 20 years. Pity the Mamlukes and Brits got tired of waiting and left town.Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.com