Colonel Marbles Miniature Masterworks - MARCH 2003

Mm agreed, more good Aegyptus stuff. - Doc

Hey those are pretty nice, I think they are a step up from the superhero figs about at the moment.

Wow, those are excellent, especially the clerical looking ancient, who could even go in an undead fantasy army!

Yea I saw these in the Wargames Illustrated, they really are fantastic! You can just picture them entering battle behind the crusading knights, blessing them all in turn, or trying to convince heathen goblins of their sinful ways by chanting at them in Latin.
Mm!

Mm, very nice, but very disappointing to be tied to a promotion. Why?
Still, the Basti "Catnip" deal is only 50U$D, less than 'some' manufacturers would expect you to shell out before being entitled to a limited edition fig.
But you still only get 17 figs for that, including the 2 specials but also including 2 which are probably best described as 'ramage' (tho I do like the cat).

In theory its for a specialist game, but there's getting to be enough figs that you could field them as supporting elements for a dedicated Aegyptus army in a mass battle system.
If you had the money. They are cracking figures though, and not *that* pricey compared to certain others... I shouldn't really be such a tight-arse.

;)

Yea the huntsman type is really excellent, and those greenskins are nice too, best I've seen for a while. The big lizard (cold one) is amazing too, though the rider is not *as* hot as the rest of the figures (but available as separates you say..?).
7 EUR????
?!?!

!:O

Hmm, some are OK for rank and file, but the posing on a good few is pretty awkward.
:¬(

Largely underwhelmed

!F--k!

You haven't shown that to bAz have you??

Aha, they seem much more inspired by LotR than by 'historical' Orcs. Start of a trend?

They are not enough like other manufacturer's orcs *and* lack uniqueness?
?:/

Hm, good thinking... first in with a sensible compromise again bAz, nice to see.

Their site is available in English now though, which is nice.
Pretty mixed these new figs, and still a bit pricey, but I think I'll have to shell out 3EUR each for those new halflings- they are among the best figures and will fit nicely in my growing halfling peasant horde (a unit so sh!t they had to adjust all the points costs in the game to accomodate them).
Dwarf and Orc are very disappointing though. I suspect the boar rider would fit nicely on a standard (25x40) cavalry base (a problem UnclE has apparently been facing).

A bit below Empire's usual standard there I think, but should look ok painted up.

Very nice.
That style looks a bit familiar, is it a sculptor we know from elsewhere?

Put it away bAz !!

Mm, pretty nice there, very well staged as well.
In fact the setup almost detracts from the miniatures it is so good, I wonder if *any* figures might be made to look as good by whoever did that.

I think bronze is most likely the idea, as they are a bronze age civilization...

That is a nice treeman, definitely.
That nymph looks like it'd sit really well with the Foundry ones too, very good. All very nice in fact, they really look like contenders I have to say.