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Post by dieuleveult on Apr 25, 2005 19:44:01 GMT
To: Prince August
Are you planning to produce any new 40mm Karoliner moulds? Or any new Great Northern War (40mm) Moulds? I am planning a diorama of the Great northern war and would appreciate any new moulds, especcially of the swedish enemies, the russians! I would also be glad for moulds figuring wounded or fallen men! To make a diorama without any fallen or wounded would not be realistic.
Grateful for a soon reply!
Regards
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Post by Prince August on Apr 26, 2005 14:19:04 GMT
We have not any plans yet to expand this line. I will ask Lars Edman and Chris Tubb about such a venture. Thanks
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Post by Jesse on Aug 3, 2005 18:00:08 GMT
It is possible to make fallen/wounded soldiers from the existing set of figures. Cut and/or bend for example arms end legs. It can be a bit difficult to make them look realistic, but it's worth a try!
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Post by Mattias on Aug 6, 2005 1:02:04 GMT
I believe it would be wiser to expand the Karoliner line of moulds rather than the Vikings. I'm sure many collectors would appreciate if you would produce the "forgotten" moulds that once were planned. Perhaps you could set a bit higher price if the expenses would be to high.
Do you still have the forgotten moulds? What kind of figures was it?
Maybe you could have a poll and let people vote so you may see the quite large request for them. best regards
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Post by Corporal Trim on Nov 28, 2005 18:48:56 GMT
I agree ! By all means, let's have some more 40mm 18th Century molds. The Battle of Rossbach series is just great, I really like the more rounded style of figure and the animation. But there's way too many holes in this range. Only the Prussian grenadiers and cuirassiers are fully represented. Let's have more musketeers. And as for the Austrians, how about some more useful poses, such as the "march attack" position ?
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Post by Cronstedt on May 12, 2006 7:18:40 GMT
I wish that you would expand the range of 40 mm enemies of Karoliner. Maybe a mould with standing and firing grenadiers and some moulds with musketers in different positions? I would also like to see another mould with a swedish pikeman standing, leaning forward with the bottom of the pike in the ground and the head ponting about 30 degrees up in the air against the enemies.
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Post by Cronstedt on May 21, 2006 13:50:24 GMT
The enemies of the karoliner would need some cavalry as well! Most of their enemies had cavalry that used their firearms. Maybee a remake of the old moulds nr 41, 47 and 48 with an additional mould of a mounted standard bearer on a standing horse would fill the gap.
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Post by alaskaholgerfan on Mar 28, 2007 23:06:07 GMT
Hi! I'm new here, but I love the Seven Years war moulds, especially the Holger Erickson ones, they have a 18-19 century charm to them that's wonderful. I use them for wargaming, but there are some missing figures that I'd like to see represented in this line. Austrian Grenadiers would be nice, as would Prussian Artillery, and a few more French gunner poses. Also it would be nice to see a General figure maybe with feathers in his tricorne and a star on his breast, similar to Daun or Frederick the Great. I'm planning to carve a few of these ideas myself in wood, but it's taking longer than I expected to do them. Brian
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Post by miniatures on Apr 5, 2007 21:17:50 GMT
I, too, am a fan of the old Holger Erikson 40mm moulds, because they are more in-period than the later Rossbach moulds. Many of the Rossbach infantry poses are much too animated to be useful for wargamers and collectors interested in building large battalions. The Austrian Musketeer (No. 59) is a silly pose. How many of this guy can you use in a formation or in a diorama. Is it really feasible to have six or 24 of them standing shoulder to shoulder and bayonetting in unison? The Prussian grenadiers of the Rossbach series all seem to be casualties, with their knees bent extremely, and about to give way. The figures look short and stunted, where Holger Erikson's figures are tall, slender, and marching proudly.
One pose that's really missing, and which would cast very well, is the march-attack pose. This is the most common infantry pose on the 17th to 19th century battlefield, and it has not been done by Prince August yet.
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Post by warge on Apr 12, 2008 7:24:38 GMT
I recently took up this hobby again (after a 25 year long break) and I really miss some of the molds that were around - the riding officer with the head turned back for example. Is there any way those could be put back in production?
I was amazed how crisp the details on the grenade-throwing grenadier was as well and I assumed that is one of the figures having got an overhaul. Would it be possible to this with more figures or molds? If for nothing else, it makes painting so much easier...
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Post by henrik on Apr 12, 2011 15:05:02 GMT
Hello!
This is my first message.
I hope PA make a new cavallry officer. Look at him. His uniform is not the same as the rest of the karoliners. He look more like the artillery officer.
I hope PA make new karoliner.
New cavalry officer Grenadiers with hat. Must grenadiers not use the "grenadiershat" Soldier loading rifle Horse soldier using pistol and ore rifle
More danish/russian. Russian use pikes. Russian pikeman also have a pistol.
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Post by tacitus on Apr 18, 2011 16:59:28 GMT
I to would like to see a Russian pikeman. And also a non-commissioned officer so that it would be possible to make complete infantery formations using the DKI-moulds. The pikeman should preferably be kneeling and shooting a pistol so that he will fit alongside the musketeers in DKI-02. This is because the Russians placed all their pikemen in the front rank which was composed of 50 % musketeers and 50 % pikemen.
Another thing on my wish-list is a dragoon drummer. 50 % of the Swedish cavalry and nearly 100 % of the Russian cavalry were actually dragoons. Dragoon units did not have trumpeters in their squadrons, they only had drummers. I have used Prince August's kettledrummer in mould 41 as a substitute for a dragoon drummer. But to make my formations historically correct I would really like to have a genuine dragoon drummer mould.
Horse grenadiers by the way was regarded as dragoon units so they had drummers and not trumpeters. A dragoon drummer could make your new horse grenadier moulds more useful since it is a simple procedure to make conversions by removing a hat and replace it with a grenadier cap.
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Post by Prince August on Apr 28, 2011 10:33:37 GMT
Thanks, I will send that info to our sculptor and my boss as well. Its always good to keep ideas for expanding the range, as we did recently with the swedish pikemen and russian cavalry.
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Post by CorporalTrim on Jun 13, 2011 23:40:27 GMT
I was very pleasantly surprised to see that new Karoliner molds were released. That said, I'm a bit disappointed with them on a couple of grounds: First, new pikemen - did we really need those ? I'll get S912 as the figure with upraised pike will also make a good officer or NCO, very nice that the extra pole arm comes with the casting. As for the rest, they look good and I like the classic by the drillbook "ready to receive cavalry" poses. But I think a lot of us who use the PA figures game "imagi-nations" or somewhat later in the 18th century (or WSS) where pikes are obsolete. I would rather have seen more firearm infantry without the Swedish turnbacks, suitable for Russians, or any non-Swedish army of the 1700-1730 era. Secondly, horse grenadiers. How many units of these will your army have ? Multiple heads (hat & grenadier mitre cap) would have added much to their utility. I have to say it, S937 doesn't look quite right to me: the rider appears to be perched too far back towards the horse's croup but I think it's an optical illusion, the flaw being the horse's body is too elongated. Well, putting myself in PA's shoes my reaction might be "Wow, we release the first new Karoliner molds in years and the guy is complaining about them. " Please don't take it the wrong way, I offer this in the spirit of constructive criticism. Just the fact of new molds being issued I take as a very positive sign. I hope that more are in the works.
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Post by tacitus on Jun 17, 2011 10:13:15 GMT
First, new pikemen - did we really need those ? Yes! We most certainly needed those! These moulds are primarily intended for the Swedish market and the Swedish infantery in the Great Northern War was one third pikemen. Previously we only had two pikemen poses and that was very insufficient for those of us who want to recreate battle formations from that war. Before the mould 913 arrived I had to use the officer in mould 903 to get that pose and the result was not satisfactory because that meant that the "pikeman" held his pike far to high. And I know for a fact that many other Swedes have wanted that particular pose. Probably because that drillbook example you mention is illustrated in the classic book "Karoliner" from the 70s, which contain illustrations of many types of formations that Swedish buyers of Prince Augusts moulds would like to replicate. Also for my shooting batalions I used the marching pikeman in mould 911 when I would rather have used the pikeman in the new mould 912. But I think a lot of us who use the PA figures game "imagi-nations" or somewhat later in the 18th century (or WSS) where pikes are obsolete. I would rather have seen more firearm infantry without the Swedish turnbacks, suitable for Russians, or any non-Swedish army of the 1700-1730 era. I do not know how the distribution of the 900-series' sales between various countries look like, but I believe the Swedish market is very important for Prince August (which originally was a Swedish company) and the 900-series is a big seller there. So I think it was a very good idea to expand the line after a twenty year long dryspell, even if they were pikemen. However I do agree that it would be nice to expand the series with opposing infantry to the Karoliner since there are not much you can do with only three moulds. Secondly, horse grenadiers. How many units of these will your army have ? I must say that I also question the wisdom of adding horse grenadiers. Especially since the two moulds are essentially the same pose of a horse grenadier charging with a sword. There were a few horse grenadier regiments fighting on the Russian side in the battle of Poltava 1709, but that's it. And these moulds can not be used to recreate a complete squadron since we need at least a drummer for that. Cuirassiers would have been a better choice since half of the Danish and Saxon cavalry consisted of these just like many other 18th century armies. But I guess the Rossbach-moulds can be used a substitute for that. Multiple heads (hat & grenadier mitre cap) would have added much to their utility. Yes, I agree and I would also add the karpus to that list since many Swedish regements wore that instead of the tricorne. I have been using modified grenadier caps as a substitute for a karpus by gluing them on top of heads that I have removed the tricorne from. But it would be very helpful for me if you added a real karpus in a mould that I could use.
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