Notable Crimean warrior. 16-17 centuries.

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I don't know if anyone else here has tried them (?), but I was a bit dubious of these postings at first as it appeared that this range was all pre-painted and therefore of little interest to this site ( as is the one touted here: http://skw.su/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=706)

However, I visited and found that some, but not all are available unpainted (though they are described as 'blackened... I suspect that this is that fake pewter effect so beloved of cheap cast Beefeaters, PC Plods etc in London's souvenir shops?).

They're 54mm, the sculpting appears mixed and it looks like some are nearer the old toy figs style in terms of pose but others look quite reasonable with fair detailing/textures and hence worth a go (see my selection below... but I can't checkout!).

As you'd expect, the range has lots of Russia/Asian figs (mostly painted) these plus various knights, archers etc are in the 'Middle Ages' tab, other tabs offer a few US Native Americans, quite a few Vikings, some Greeks, Romans and four pirates (arrrr)... you have to hunt through to see which are available unpainted (though I suspect that an email request may spring any figure in the raw?).

Prices are pretty good: just E2.30-E3.00 for most with just a few over that and the knight and Roman cavalrymen below comes in at E11.60. Postage appears to be a standard 250 Roubles...cE3.47 (but see my problems below).

However, the site itself is quite temperamental (Sergey please note) and I've so far not been able to order due to two issues:
1) finding the UK/GB etc in the drop down delivery menu is quite difficult as it's in Russian and doesn't always want to convert to English (see below for which one to select for GB: other countries will have a similar problem)​

2) having selected the country, the delivery options have a button which looks like it is to select postage but in fact seems to select 'free delivery' which then defaults to 'collect from the shop' and de-selecting this seems well nigh impossible (and I'm not likely to be going to Russia anytime soon); this means that I've so far been unable to place an order for some trial figs (Sergey note: lost business!)​

Some examples of unpainted figs:

Mounted:
The knight (I fancy this one): http://skw.su/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=68
... and this: http://skw.su/index.php?route=product/product&path=62&product_id=138
http://skw.su/index.php?route=product/product&path=62&product_id=138

Foot:
http://skw.su/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=81 (I was trying to buy this one as a try out)
http://skw.su/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=118 (and this one: they're sat in my Cart but I can't checkout!)
http://skw.su/index.php?route=product/product&path=61&product_id=128 (again, in my basket for a tryout)

http://skw.su/index.php?route=product/product&path=62&product_id=106
http://skw.su/index.php?route=product/product&path=62&product_id=129 (you could probably bend the shieldarm into a better position)
http://skw.su/index.php?route=product/product&path=68&product_id=145
http://skw.su/index.php?route=product/product&path=64&product_id=120



DELIVERY:
The drop down menu doesn't seem to convert to English easily. What I found (on Google) is that if you do a R/H click and select 'convert to English' a few times it eventually converts the full list.

Otherwise GB is about half-way down the list as below :
GB.JPG


The other delivery issue is that having (incorrectly) selected what I thought was carriage (as below), I ended up stuck in 'collect from store' and unable to find a way to re-select carriage... hence the 3 items sat in my Cart!

SERGEY: these need attention
Delivery: http://skw.su/index.php?route=information/information&information_id=6

My Cart (I can't checkout as I can't select postal delivery):

Cart.JPG
 
Привет Нилу! Спасибо за комментарий. Если вы не можете этого сделать, вы можете написать на почту: [email protected] . Укажите артикулы (названия рисунков) окрашенные или нет, также укажите адрес доставки, страну и имя получателя, после чего мы определим стоимость доставки и напишем детали оплаты. Или сделай заказ в магазине (забери из магазина) и мы увидим, что вы из другой страны и напишите вам на почту.
 
Привет Нилу! Спасибо за комментарий. Если вы не можете этого сделать, вы можете написать на почту: [email protected] . Укажите артикулы (названия рисунков) окрашенные или нет, также укажите адрес доставки, страну и имя получателя, после чего мы определим стоимость доставки и напишем детали оплаты. Или сделай заказ в магазине (забери из магазина) и мы увидим, что вы из другой страны и напишите вам на почту.

Or:
Hi Nil! Thanks for the comment. If you can not do this, you can write to the mail: [email protected] . Specify the articles (names of pictures) colored or not, also indicate the delivery address, country and name of the recipient, after which we will determine the cost of delivery and write the payment details. Or make an order in the store (pick up from the store) and we will see that you are from another country and write to you in the mail.

Thanks Sergey, but the site still needs fixing as others may just give up.
 
UPDATE:
In fact the postage seems pretty high. For 3 figs costing just E8 the post was E18, over twice the cost. Spoke to Sergey who explained that bulk orders work out OK pro-rata (c100 figs @ E60 ie 60c each) but small ones don't. As I just wanted a few for a trail paint (and to review here) the delivery charge killed it for me.

So, an issue for hobbyists who only want a few figs at a time and there doesn't seem to be a UK dealer.

I know others have had similar problems with some overseas deliveries (those from China etc seem fairly cheap whatever the weight: is it a local issue?)
 
Нейл для троих, (небольшой пакет) -12 €, я тебе написал. Услуга представляет собой небольшой пакет до 2,5 киллограмм. 18 € если вы отправили посылку - это имеет смысл послать за эту цену раскрашенная фигура очень хорошо упакованная в пупырчатую пленку и в очень большую коробку. держать все в безопасности. Мы попробовали этот способ упаковки - при падении с 3 метров трудно собранные раскрашенные фигуры не повреждаются.
 

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