Update on New Kingdom Egyptians

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Y. Whateley - January 10, 2022

Oh, these look great! I didn’t expect to be interested in this set, but now….

I kinda want to grab a box of these and some goblins to kitbash and maybe some goths into some of those ’80s-vintage “pig-faced orc” goblin-men – the Egyptian arms, shields, and khopesh look about right, the Dark Ages Goth torsos would work great, and the goblin scimitars, spears, and heads are close enough to that old-fashioned orc aesthetic to work for me:

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But, I’ve got so many orcs already…. Still, if those shields were to be given a skull bolster and put on an accessory sprue with some shield arms, scimitar arms, some old-fashioned piggy orc heads, and maybe a few other suitable bits, I’d buy a few of those in a heartbeat! (Did I mention I’m a big fan of the accessory sprue idea???)

Nat Ye - January 10, 2022

Now to wait for New King/Fantasy Egypt Skeletons!

Jim - January 10, 2022

They look fantastic, and I can’t wait to place an order! I think an earlier point about including some more stationary poses is useful, unless a future army ‘unit filler’ box is planned (be still my beating heart!)?

Daniel - January 10, 2022

I am really excited about the First Empires range and these Egyptians look great. I love the variety of weapons, Khopesh, straight sword, different axes and they all look very good. To my eye the bows look like they might be a bit too fantasy. The variety of armor and unarmored figures is nice but I have to agree these fellows are a bit too buff for historical armies. I have seen images where the groin protection is as large as the ones on your figures but I have also seen many images where they are smaller or perhaps less pronounced. Of course I understand you might have to exaggerate size and proportion to have it show up on a 28mm figure. Variety of head dress is good but you might want to add a bare headed fellow with hair I think that is more common in the images I have seen than the bare headed. I hope you take these as a positive, constructive criticism you sculptor has captured the look of the late kingdom Egyptians.

My personal preference would be to include a marching or standing pose, these would be for massed battles over skirmish games and marching/standing would look much better ranked up than all in skirmish. My existing armies are the Foundry chariot wars figures so i’d buy more if they were close to that size and proportion.

Peter - January 10, 2022

I agree , they are looking too heroic/ fantasy. Would like to see more "classic"" cloth headgear. I am not sure about the beard either as they are not depicted on Egyptian only their enemies on the wall depictions.

Aitor Mancebo - January 10, 2022

Buenísimos, si sacáis carros junto con la infantería sería increible

Nick Darkk - January 10, 2022

Love it. I would agree their a bit too buff. Ive been waiting to do new kingdom Egyptians for years!!! Is there any way that the archers can be mixed in with the main box??

David Coe - January 10, 2022

These are way too “buff” for either Bronze or even Iron Age. The poses are ok but the need to be thinned out a lot. Other than that, they look great!

Lerdou-Udoy Pierre - January 10, 2022

These minis are almost perfect. There is however a very big problem : the position of the quiver.

Try carrying a quiver on your back this way and catching arrows… you’ll see what I mean. The quiver will automatically slide backwards, making the arrows inaccessible.
The thing is only possible thanks to a three-points quiver, a very recent innovation (20th century and… Legolas).

During the battle, the Ancients carried their quivers to the side, under the arm, or on the lower back, like native Americans (see “Lakota Quiver Demo” on Youtube, for example).
The period illustrations on Egyptian monuments are clear too.

In action, it’s the only realistic way you can walk, run and stop to shoot with maximum comfort and efficiency.

Karl - January 10, 2022

They’re a bit buff…..