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Oooh, excellent.

They are all in one casts? Pity. I had plans for those boys.

Oh well, back to Plan A.

I guess so, virtually all the extras excepting the shields and sword scabbards are all cast as one piece.

Theobald wrote:

I dunno if that is more economical. And to be honest it doesn't matter much to me. I'm just glad to have them in my hands after such a long time of waiting. I think it really is a very good set of regular M-figures.
As for those butchers of Mithrils (sorry, I mean those of you who think of converting figures) I think it's best to chop up those riders at their waists .
But that could imply a lot of skilled work, meseems.

'Tis indeed but a technicality Master Theobald because there isn't much difference to the detail below the waist in all honesty.

I think, (and hope) that by changing the arms about that variations will be easily be achieved, and with the odd beheading and swappping of heads, many variants will be possible.

The important thing is, as stated is that they [The Knights of Dol Amroth] are here at last, and this is one release that I have wished for above all others - the image that springs to mind is that from the film of Waterloo where the ill-fated charge of the Scot's Greys is captured in slow motion (more like the non-existant scene from the film of Faramirs' charge), albeit with a different outcome. The one piece casting while inconvenient is not by any means a major draw back.

Interesting - I've just had an email from The Man, who says that the Dol Amroth knights being moulded onto their horses came as a surprise to him...

Still, I guess it's too late for anything to be done about it now.

I haven't got mine yet either! Chris is chasing the factory for me... but I can't believe that it will make them especially difficult to paint - there are many other one-piece Mithril horsemen. I'm more disappointed by the fact that one won't be able to mix and match the horse and rider combinations. A great shame (Chris thinks so too...)

I doubt they'll be recast but that would be interesting to know why Dan Joe moulded them this way.... Seems like Chris will have to make a trip to Ireland soon to check what's going on at the factory.

Gildor Inglorion wrote:

I doubt they'll be recast but that would be interesting to know why Dan Joe moulded them this way.... Seems like Chris will have to make a trip to Ireland soon to check what's going on at the factory.

I wonder if it has anything to do with keeping costs down? They seem to have compacted the castings regarding sprues etc.