I am in the process of getting a final proposal together. I went to my pile of
NAC figures and the catalogs and I have some questions. As I don't have all
figures, terminology seems to differ, and I am a bit clueless now and then:
The L5 support weapon is the gyro-mounted SAW?
The shoulder launcher with 3 loads is the same/different from the
GMS(P) listed at the end of the NAC range?
Other NAC heavy weapons I encountered are the plasma gun and the assault
shotgun. And the sniper rifle(laser pulse thingy) of course. And the mortar.
I will try to make the final proposal as varied as possible. After that, it is
one more round of comments and then I'll send it to Nic for his approval. He
needs to say what's still a variant, and what is a new pose. This will have
impact on the numbers.
> The L5 support weapon is the gyro-mounted SAW?
Yes.
There is actually a photo of this in the GZG online store, on the second page
of the NAC Marines listing; this is the L5 as carried by a female gunner, but
it is the same basic weapon as the male SAW gunner.
> The shoulder launcher with 3 loads is the same/different from the
The last GMS/P listed in the NAC range is for a kneeling figure. This
is,
IIRC, the same weapon as that carried by GMS/P gunners listed earlier in
the range.
It is a shoulder weapon with a 3-round capacity (triangular shaped
"magazine" at rear of launcher).
Take a peek at my conversion (which I mentioned before) at
http://www.stargrunt.ca/acj/gurkhas/gurk_hw.htm
this is the NAC-standard GMS/P (which Jon conveniently included in a
separate weapons pack, I think... that or I cut up an existing NAC GMS
gunner - I forget which).
So for a kneeling GMS/P gunner, we could have a variant figure and not
need a new sculpt.
> Other NAC heavy weapons I encountered are the plasma gun and the
Having a couple of "assault shotgun" poses might be interesting, and could
hopefully be done on existing figures. For example, SGA-61, 62 or 64
might be good variant possibilities?
The GZG website has pics of all the existing Gurkhas, at the end of the NAC
range.
Re the mortar team - SGA 66 and 70 might be ok originals for variant
crew poses (one holding a round ready to drop, the other aiming or something).
I think a mortar crew really only needs 2 figures, though I know you're also
keen on an "observer" figure.
> Just a minor update I got from Nic at Eureka.
Maybe I'm being dense here, but would that be 150 *sets ordered* for 4
variants of the *same figure*? So hypothetically, we get a single kneeling
pose figure, but variants with perhaps a GMS/P, a Plasma Gun,
binoculars, and a mortar round ready to drop, and we have to order a total of
150 *sets* (totaling 600 figures) before he'll do it? Or is that 150 *figures*
ordered to get a set of 4 variants done?
Further to the Gurkhas discussion, I notice on your webpage (thanks for the
URL, by the way!) that you have the L5 support weapon mentioned a couple of
times as possibilities for variant poses.
Maybe I'm being dense again here, but the Gurkha line already has a SAW
gunner, so why do you want another one? Obviously, if the set was
*prone*,
then adding something like this makes sense, but you have it listed as a
variant suggestion for other poses...
> Adrian Johnson wrote:
Don't worry, I'll make a final update to the webpage tonight, and I'll try to
make things as varied as possible without duplicates.
F.
> Adrian Johnson wrote:
Right. The confusion came because the one at the beginning of the list
is called a 3-short launcher and the at the end a gms/p.
> >Just a minor update I got from Nic at Eureka.
Single figure: 50 figures needed.
4-figure set: 150 figures needed, or 37.5 sets.
More later tonight:-)
> Frits Kuijlman wrote:
> is called a 3-short launcher and the at the end a gms/p.
I meant a 3-shot launcher. I haven't a clue what a 3-short launcher
is:-)