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Koryo Koreans

Post by David Kuijt » Sat Jul 27, 2019 2:05 am

Does anyone make 15mm Koryo Koreans?

I'm trying to refurb my legacy Koryo list, which I cobbled together from a number of ranges (Grumpy Yi, Essex Mongols, Falcon and Essex and Grumpy and I'm not even sure what for the foot). I need a bunch of figs to refurb the Koryo and run it in Triumph, but nobody seems to make a specifically Koryo range. I've tried the usual suspects (Khurasan, Outpost, Essex) without anything that looks good. In particular I want good Kwanggun bowmen and spearmen, and the Grumpy Yi and Essex Mongols that made up my old 3Cv are not very good for the options for the Kwanggun horsemen.
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Re: Koryo Koreans

Post by Rod » Sat Jul 27, 2019 2:42 am

Old Glory has some Koreans but not sure what period they even fall into.

https://oldglory15s.com/searchquick-sub ... rds=korean
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Re: Koryo Koreans

Post by David Kuijt » Sat Jul 27, 2019 12:52 pm

Rod wrote:
Sat Jul 27, 2019 2:42 am
Old Glory has some Koreans but not sure what period they even fall into.

https://oldglory15s.com/searchquick-sub ... rds=korean
Those might be okay? The armored mounted troops look like the Yi dynasty (which follows the Koryo). I don't know enough to be certain, but they've got a lot of guerrilla codes, and guerrilla warfare was endemic during the period of Mongol domination, which is part of the Koryo period. They also have armored infantry that I could use as the Kwanggun spear.

The problem is the usual one with Old Glory -- I don't want to buy 24 armored infantry to use 4 of them as one stand of Kwanggun spear. And another 24-piece bag to use 3 as Guerrilla light spear, and another 24-piece bag to use 2 as Guerrilla bowmen (skirmishers).
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Re: Koryo Koreans

Post by Rod » Sat Jul 27, 2019 1:23 pm

Yes, the old glory math :)

Plus they tend to be some "carving required" figures as well.
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Re: Koryo Koreans

Post by vodnik » Sun Jul 28, 2019 4:56 pm

...why not a mix from Essex mogals or new koreans or: http://www.irregularminiatures.co.uk/...
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Re: Koryo Koreans

Post by David Kuijt » Sun Jul 28, 2019 6:29 pm

vodnik wrote:
Sun Jul 28, 2019 4:56 pm
...why not a mix from Essex mogals or new koreans or: http://www.irregularminiatures.co.uk/...
I'll look at Irregular.

Essex new Koreans are very late; I worry that 16th century fashion is pretty far from 9th-13th century fashion in armor or clothing.
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Re: Koryo Koreans

Post by Vic » Mon Jul 29, 2019 8:17 am

Naismith does Goryeo Koreans in 15mm. They are pretty nice, and will work specially well for kwanggun troops, but they are single-pose. My army is made out of them.
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Re: Koryo Koreans

Post by David Kuijt » Mon Jul 29, 2019 1:50 pm

Vic wrote:
Mon Jul 29, 2019 8:17 am
Naismith does Goryeo Koreans in 15mm. They are pretty nice, and will work specially well for kwanggun troops, but they are single-pose. My army is made out of them.
Thanks!

Do you have a website? How does one acquire them, or see pics?
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Re: Koryo Koreans

Post by Vic » Tue Jul 30, 2019 9:50 am

You can order them here:

http://naismithandroundway.co.uk/produc ... ern-range/

There are no pictures on the website, but someone provided a Photobucket album in this thread:

http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=393620

Not all codes are shown, but there are pictures of several Korean codes; you'll have to cross-reference the code with the image name.
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