Pics of Batch 7

In his posting today entitled The Last Stretch, Armchair General mentioned that he had now sent out the latest figures for painting.  Here are the pics of what is in this batch.

This batch includes the main character figures for the diorama, such as Lieutenant Colonel Malone (the subject of the book No Better Death that I previewed earlier) and the VC winner Cyril Bassett.

There is one more box to arrive, only a small one with mainly one-off figures.

Batch 6 sent to coordinators on Friday

Here's a great pic of Batch 6.  Armchair General sent these figures out on Friday, so coordinators of the painting groups will be getting them soon.

Whoever gets the Maxim guns will need a brass ammo belt, which the Perrys have asked Peter Jackson if Wingnut Wings can supply. The Maxim gunners would need a brass rod inserted as well, so might need to go to an experienced modeller. There will be six more Maxims to follow.

Armchair General has also had the first box from Batch 7 arrive.  There is a second box that hasn't arrived yet, which he thinks is mainly casualties.  He will be able to send out the final big lot early next week.  We'll post a photo of Batch 7 then, too.

By the way, we have included a label (in the sidebar on the right side of the blog) called 'Batch pics'. You can use this to look back on a particular batch picture for reference on how the figures are supposed to be assembled.

Photos of what's coming in Batch 5

Alan and Michael Perry advise that Batch 5 is on it's way, consisting of a box of 501 figures.  The majority are Kiwis, but there are some Turks too.

This batch will include 35 resins too, which might be best done by more experienced painters because there are no arm pins to fit the arms in the right pose. These figures will also need a 20mm brass or steel pin in one of their feet.

By our reckoning, with this batch (and the one currently held in the POW camp of Customs) we should have 2,695 Turks, 1,032 Kiwis and 140 British. As Alan and Michael say, "We think we're getting there..."

Preview of latest figures from the Perrys

Here is the fourth batch which the Perrys will send to New Zealand on Monday (click on the picture to enlarge it).  They are starting to get into the really dynamic poses now!

The next figures that Armchair General will send out for the painters are the Turks from the last batch.  So you can look forward to the figures in these pictures in the batch after that, in another couple of weeks.

And, as you can see below, the Perrys appear to have hired some help for packing the consignment!

Some amazing figures to come from the Perrys

Here's the latest news from Alan Perry:

I sent the third batch off today, 1057, mostly Turks I'm afraid. Obviously there will be quite a few more Kiwis now to follow.

The Turks are wearing an assortment of headgear, quite a few skull caps which would either be drab or grey (as shown on one of the mannequin pictures sent earlier).

There is an odd figure with a fez, taller than the skull caps, which would be red.

I've also attached pics for what's in the three boxes coming your way. There are some one-off's and a few of the resins, of which more will follow.

Cheers, Alan

There are more photos on the Perry Miniatures FaceBook page.