[Victrix] Nouveautés

Du lourd :

There is quite a lot to cover in this post with regards the Early Imperial Romans, Numidian infantry and Macedonians.

First up are the latest renders of the Early Imperial Romans and that you will see, from the attached images, they are coming along nicely. These are obviously the attacking poses but we will also be providing marching figures to create units with a more regimented look.

The head variants show the Roman helmet with Iron crossbars welded on top which added strength when facing the Dacian Falx. There will be sword and Pilum arm options for all figures. There are plans for a few more sword and pilum arm choices.

Please note that the positions have been refined and the Roman dagger (Pugio) has been added. The shield has been refined with extra rivet work around the rim.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Please note that the Early Imperial Roman range will be comprehensive and will take sometime to complete (first release later this year). We have therefore decided to slip in a quick new set to give the sculptor a short break from the complex Roman designs. I hope to be able to show you a new Numidian Infantry set within the next 2 weeks. This will be a quick design process as we can "kit bash" from various figures in our digital archives. Once this is complete we will move straight back onto the Romans.

I am confident we are still on track for a May release for all 3 Macedonian sets

Assortiment de grappe, on a de l'artillerie française, du Samnite, de l'Ibère :

Encore des news :

Numidian infantry renders

Here are some new renders of the Numidian infantry set we have been working on in-between the Romans legionaries.

The set will comprise 4 figures on a frame with arm, head and shield options to make Numidian close order infantry or javelin skirmishers. There are also command parts such as a trumpet, sword arm and standard bearer arm to make command figures.

The infantry in helmets with oval Thureos shields represent King Syphax and Jugurthas Roman trained infantry. They were an attempt to create a close order fighting force. Still the majority of Numidian infantry would have been light javelin armed skirmishers with a round hid shield.

We have include a few kit bashed renders to show you some of the possible alternatives you will be able to make from this very useful and versatile set of miniatures.

You can easily make more Greek javelin men variants by adding Peltast shields and heads form the Greek Peltast set and bare heads from the Spanish and Velites. By adding a Roman scutums and helmets you can easily make troops for the slave revolt or add variants to the Numidian close order fighting troops. They could also be used for some Biblical warriors as well.

We will now move back to working on the Romans and hope to be able to show the marching legionary figures in about 2 weeks, it will then be on to the Roman command.

C'est les promos chez Victrix :

Victrix Spring Sale

From today until next Sunday we are running a 20% off sale on all our plastic and resin products. At the checkout type in the code

Spring sale

and 20% will be taken of your order. Please note that you will not get 20% off any of the shield transfers. You can still order shield transfers alongside the plastic sets but the discount will only apply to the plastic items.

Happy shopping.

Les légions d'Alexandre sont en approche et ça claque :

Please see attached shot of the Hypaspist frame and the command frame.




A few things to note:




1. All 3 sets will contain 27 figures; 3 command and 24 rank and file. This odd number will allow customers to build a pike block of 48 with 3 command and 45 pikemen.




2. The command frame is on the left and the Hypaspists are on the right. The frames will be spilt at the factory so each set will contain 8 rank and file frames and 1 command frame. All 3 sets will retail at £17.95.




3. The trousered legs on the command frame are to use with the standard bearer and the musician when combined with the Succssor or Seleucid set.




4. The musician will carry one of the small shields on a leather strap on his back.




5. The smaller Hoplite shield is the officers shield.




6.You will note that with a plethora of heads and crests many different combinations can be created.




More news shortly.....Julian at Victrix




PS I forgot to mention that once the Early Imperial Romans are finished we will start work on Macedonian Companion cavalry.

On continue avec du très lourd, on peut découvrir toutes les possibilités offertes avec le kit de piquier.

I am most grateful for Steve at LittleBigMenStudios for working tirelessly over the bank holiday weekend so producing the following set of images from our Hypaspist and Macedonian command test shots. I hope to receive on Tuesday the Macedonian and Seleucid pikemen test shots so look out for more images next week.

 

On continue avec les piquiers :

Today we received test shots of the Macedonian Pikemen and Successor Pikemen.




Please note that these are test shots and the small sink holes and ragged shields are being corrected in the tool room as we speak. The shields were too thin hence why they are not "filling" correctly.




The small mods should be completed by Friday and we will then go to production the same day with a target of starting to ship early next week.




I plan to put them up on sale over the weekend once I have images of the comprehensive range of shield transfers that Steve at LBMS has produced to support the range.




I have posted images of the 4 troop types you can achieve from these 2 sets but please note there are many more head and crest options than those I have displayed. Therefore you will be able to build great variety into your pike blocks.




Finally we will be packing 27 figures (24 pikemen and 3 command)into these two sets so that those gamers who wish to build 48 men pike blocks will have enough pikemen.




The aforementioned Hypaspists set will contain 24 figures including the command.










 

Ils sont chaud chez Victrix !

 

Just a quick announcement before the weekend. The 3 Macedonian sets plus 11 sets of shield transfers are available from our online shop. Steve is finishing off a few more transfer sheets over the weekend and once these are available I will make a proper announcement about the Macedonians being on sale through the normal social media outlets, website and newsletters.




In the meantime I am delighted to show you the latest work from our sculpting division with the next batch of Early Imperial Romans. We will now start the sculpting of the command frame.

Ca y est !!! il le font !! des romains comme dans asterix !!! je ne suis que joie ^^

Attention, équipé de la sorte, il n'affronte pas de gaulois ^^.