As the poster says! I've been thinking of which miniatures to use for Les Hussards de Sarkozy, and have decided that the ones that best suit my particular bill are these by The Foundry, which were, I believed, designed by Mark Copplestone.
Yes, they are cartoonish/ orcish or what have you, but they have an "over the top" look to them that I actually like for the early, wild-hussar type.
The problem is that including command figures I only need sixteen of them.
Now while I'm certainly no cheapskate, neither am I an idiot. I realize that I've been spoiled by the excellent service from companies such as Front Rank. And in fairness, the mail order service from the Foundry is by all accounts not to be faulted for reliability.
But by having different "stores" depending on where you are placing the order from, the Foundry in effect charge their overseas customers twice for postage. And God help you if you fall into the East Asia/Rest of the World category! To add insult to injury- and unlike most all other companies I do business with- they evidently do not even see fit to deduct VAT from their prices.
While having to grudgingly grant them a certain amount of "testicular fortitude" for the practice, I cannot- will not- validate their unfathomable policies by holding my nose and paying those kind of prices for a handful of miniatures.
So, if anyone out there has sixteen to spare, along with command/ personalities, please do drop me a line and let me know how much you want for them. Any fair price considered! I'd of course be paying the shipping to Japan.
Now while I'm certainly no cheapskate, neither am I an idiot. I realize that I've been spoiled by the excellent service from companies such as Front Rank. And in fairness, the mail order service from the Foundry is by all accounts not to be faulted for reliability.
But by having different "stores" depending on where you are placing the order from, the Foundry in effect charge their overseas customers twice for postage. And God help you if you fall into the East Asia/Rest of the World category! To add insult to injury- and unlike most all other companies I do business with- they evidently do not even see fit to deduct VAT from their prices.
While having to grudgingly grant them a certain amount of "testicular fortitude" for the practice, I cannot- will not- validate their unfathomable policies by holding my nose and paying those kind of prices for a handful of miniatures.
So, if anyone out there has sixteen to spare, along with command/ personalities, please do drop me a line and let me know how much you want for them. Any fair price considered! I'd of course be paying the shipping to Japan.
In particular I'm looking for the ones in short fur hats, but I'll consider a mix. Preferably unpainted, but painted is okay (bear in mind that I'll be stripping off the paint so that I can paint the minis in the "correct" uniforms).
Alternatively, if someone could point my way to a cheaper source of these figures through a store who actually charges postage at a reasonable rate, please let me know.
No recasts, though. Aside from the poor quality I have no intention of rewarding thieves, even if it was Foundry they've ripped off!
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