Wednesday, 12 January 2011

Mystery Solved

I came across my 30 missing BTD cavalry, tonight, hidden in the back of a box.  Embarrassingly, the command figures I thought BTD had failed to send me in September were with them, so I've bunged BTD an apology, and an order for another 21 cavalry which should give me plenty to be going on with...

Tonight I played a second game of Command and Colors Napoleonics, which was even more enjoyable than the first.  We played the second Rolica scenario, which has just about the roughest terrain I've ever seen in a C&C game.  I managed to win, playing the heavily outnumbered French, which was very pleasing!  Some lucky rolling was involved... top game. 
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6 comments:

  1. Andrew12 January 2011 at 06:30

    Don't feel bad about accusing BT of losing part of your order. They have withheld plenty of other people's orders. I still haven't seen half of what I paid for back in 2009.

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  2. Matt12 January 2011 at 19:47

    Hi,

    I'm umming and arring as to whether to order more EIR from BTD. I recall ages ago you posted pics or a link showing comparisons between BTD, Foundry, etc. You mentioned the 'Saleh' sculpt from Foundry as being close in terms of scale. When you've a minute could you please find that pic/link again? :-)

    Thanks

    Matt

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  3. BigRedBat12 January 2011 at 23:09

    Hi Matt, here it is the shot:-

    http://www.displacedminiatures.com/BigRedBat/image/2362/22319/

    The Saleh's and BTDs are pretty much the same size, but I replace BTD shields with Foundry shields for consistency. In general, the BTD cavalry and auxilia are better sculpted than the legionaries which are on dodgy dollies. You'll gather I'm quite reasonably pleased with the cavalry (as there are't a lot of alternatives in bigger 28!).

    It really is all about which poses one wants, some are better than others. I do have spares of some of the miniatures (particularly legionaries and archers), if those are what you need.

    Finally, if you ask BTD you might be able to get specific poses, rather than random mixes.

    Simon

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  4. Matt14 January 2011 at 08:29

    PM'd via wab forum.

    Cheers

    Matt :-)

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  5. Chris14 January 2011 at 14:26

    Hi,
    I'm really tempted to buy C&C Napoleonics, did you get it through GMT's P500 scheme, if so did it work out much cheaper when shipping was added or through a UK store? GMT have a Spartan expansion on P500 at moment at $35+shipping so if it does work out a little cheaper I might nab that too!

    Thanks
    Chris

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  6. BigRedBat14 January 2011 at 14:33

    P500 is cheap, but bear in mind that Customs may hit you for £15 quid or so, if you are in the UK...

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Thanks for commenting. I will post this as soon as I am able to review it.