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General => Report & Review => Topic started by: Vauban on July 31, 2012, 15:04:56

Title: 6274 3 Yankees
Post by: Vauban on July 31, 2012, 15:04:56
Hello!

Here are some pictures of the new yankees.

Greetings

Vauban
Title: Re: 6274 3 Yankees
Post by: Vauban on July 31, 2012, 15:06:04
... and the equipment.
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Post by: Rasputin on July 31, 2012, 15:46:01
those will look very nice with the others. I can not wait to get many of them to add to our armies
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Post by: conniefrere on July 31, 2012, 15:57:37
They look great!
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Post by: Pynedor on July 31, 2012, 17:17:08
Cool new set; thanks for the review! It's good to see that some older themes are being revived with new sets.
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Post by: el jefe on July 31, 2012, 17:19:02
Thanks for the pics Vauban.  These look like some great soldiers. 
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Post by: Giorginetto on July 31, 2012, 19:43:07
From left to right: foot soldier, cavalry and artillery  looks like to me  ;)
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Post by: tahra on July 31, 2012, 19:51:10
Yeah, probably.. But shouldn't the kepi be redish too?
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Post by: Wolf Knight on July 31, 2012, 21:27:35
love them! Cant wait to have a few of these... Thanks for the pics
From left to right: foot soldier, cavalry and artillery  looks like to me  ;)
It seems to me that way too
Title: Re: 6274 3 Yankees
Post by: Justindo on August 03, 2012, 17:27:41
Thanks for the pictures, Vauban! :)

The red trim indicates they're artillery, but the yellow chevrons indicates they're cavalry. ???  Well, at least they can be customized.  I'll be purchasing a couple of these and using the left figure as a cavalry trooper in undress, the center figure as an artillery soldier, and the right figure as a musician.
Title: Re: 6274 3 Yankees
Post by: cheng on August 04, 2012, 04:38:19
thanks for the very clear pictures Vauban and everyone for your comments ;)
I'm no expert with rifles...what is the (new?) shorter rifle supposed to be? (I like to check on its earliest year of use in case its post-ACW and meaning I can only use them for my Indian Wars) :)
Title: Re: 6274 3 Yankees
Post by: Georgeag1972 on August 04, 2012, 08:53:16
Many thanks for the pictures. I like this set very much. :love:

George. :)
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Post by: Gyps on August 04, 2012, 17:21:19
I loved these photos - thank you for posting them!  Is it bad that the first thought I had was looking at the guy on the left and thinking 'those braces would be great for a customised white-shirted 1940's guy'  ;D

In answer to Justindo's comment about red trim and chevrons, perhaps they are just very mobile artillery troops?  (I'm imagining them galloping up, towing their cannon... um... no...maybe not!)
Title: Re: 6274 3 Yankees
Post by: mike1003 on August 04, 2012, 22:15:57
they looking ok but personally i like the old version better.. but its my personal opinion..
Title: Re: 6274 3 Yankees
Post by: Justindo on August 05, 2012, 00:26:00
thanks for the very clear pictures Vauban and everyone for your comments ;)
I'm no expert with rifles...what is the (new?) shorter rifle supposed to be? (I like to check on its earliest year of use in case its post-ACW and meaning I can only use them for my Indian Wars) :)

The short long-gun looks to be a percussion coach gun or, in the parlance of our times, a sawed-off double-barreled shotgun.  This type of shotgun would have been used during the Civil War, especially by Southern cavalry, and in the American West, especially to protect stagecoaches and in towns by Sheriffs.  It's a nice addition and I will be using them for my Western theme.
Title: Re: 6274 3 Yankees
Post by: cheng on August 05, 2012, 13:34:33
thanks Justindo! I'll use them in my CS army then ;)
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Post by: Rasputin on August 05, 2012, 14:41:14
The short long-gun looks to be a percussion coach gun or, in the parlance of our times, a sawed-off double-barreled shotgun.  This type of shotgun would have been used during the Civil War, especially by Southern cavalry, and in the American West, especially to protect stagecoaches and in towns by Sheriffs.  It's a nice addition and I will be using them for my Western theme.

I know I will be ordering many of these for our western dioramas and using them just as you explained. Finally a 4th gun that fits in.
Title: Re: 6274 3 Yankees
Post by: tahra on August 08, 2012, 16:34:06
There have been two sizes of those rifles for ages, I think...
Title: Re: 6274 3 Yankees
Post by: cheng on August 09, 2012, 02:18:13
There have been two sizes of those rifles for ages, I think...
Oh? I thought the sawn-off rifle is new. do you have the part number Tahra?
Title: Re: 6274 3 Yankees
Post by: tahra on August 09, 2012, 09:04:54
Oh? I thought the sawn-off rifle is new. do you have the part number Tahra?

No, sorry, but in my rifles box there were two sizes... we had to look about to give troopers matching ones...