Replicants New Offering Mounted Comanches 2018 Review Late last year two mounted Commanches appeared then this appeared from the market. This year at the Plastic Warrior Show the original two appeared with two more mounted figures. This is our review of these figures.
Replicants New Offering Mounted Comanches 2018 Review The Figures
The Comanches were an important Indian group from the great plains. They roamed from Southwest Kansas to Eastern New Mexico. They were a fierce group and fought to keep their land.
Replicants has done four different mounted figures. This is because the Comanche had the horse as part of their culture. The poses mounted firing bow, mounted firing rifle, mounted throwing spear and Comanche woman with child.
One of the questions we asked Peter Cole, owner of Replicants was why the delay. His response was he had mold problems. Lots of mold problems which he did not wanted to say anymore about it.
Replicants New Offering Mounted Comanches 2018 Review Poses
Replicant mounted Comanche firing the rifle. This is not the normal pose we ould assume for a mounted figure. The Comanche used their ponies as a defensive barrier.
These two poses give you a better perspective of how this pose works.
Here is the mounted Comanchee with spear. He is ready to throw it at his enemy.
The next pose of the Comanchee woman riding with child is unique. Prior to this figure from Replicant, I can not think of a mounted Indian woman with child.
The final pose is mounted Comanche firing bow. The comanche was very profcient with the bow and prefer it over the rifle. It was said the Comanchee could fire his bow 20 times before a musket could be reloaded. The spear and the bow were their weapons of choice.
Replicants New Offering Mounted Comanches 2018 Review Final Thoughts
Once again Replicants has come up with some interesting figures. They are being sold in set of two figures.
Set one is Mounted with bow and mounted with rifle
Set two is Mounted with spear and woman with child
Each set is nine pounds (approximately $12.78) plus postage. They can be order from Steve Weston.
Not too bad. They look a lot better painted. Some of the horses seam small. I might get a set later this year.
The Replicant figures look better painted. The photo that Detlef gave Erwin permission shows the figures painted.
I think they would look better if they used a plastic that wasn’t so glossy. The Comanche with thrusting the spear looks really good. I saw them painted on the video on Steve Weston’s page.
i personally like the home made style of replicants and appreciate a artisan hand
Indian ponies were usually a little smaller than the horses used by the Cavalry and White civilians, though.
is the woman clutching the baby a older Comanche replicants made
Empire of the Summer Moon https://www.amazon.com/Empire-Summer-Moon-Comanches-Powerful/dp/1416591060/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526799207&sr=1-2&keywords=comanches&dpID=51M2Q6nfcjL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch
I think the figure of the woman with the child may be intended to represent the white captive, Cynthia Ann Parker, who was the mother of Quanah Parker, the greatest Comanche chief. I am basing this on the account of the 1860 Battle Of Pease River, where she was re-captured by Texas Rangers and returned to her family, where she died in 1871, having been unable to readjust to white society.
“After limited fighting, the Comanches realized they were losing and attempted to flee. Ranger Ross and several of his men pursued the man whom they had seen giving orders. The chief was fleeing alongside a woman rider. As Ross and his men neared, she held a child over her head. The men did not shoot, but instead surrounded and stopped her.”
This child was not Quanah, but his little sister, Topsanah. Topsanah died of pneumonia in 1864.
Interesting facts about the Commanche Chief Quanah Parker. A few years back “Empire of the Summer Moon”, a history of the Commanche empire stretching from Kansas to New Mexico with Texas being at the heart, was a monthly selection of The History Book Club. I almost ordered it, but ended up selecting something else that month, and then never quite got back to it. But it looked very interesting.
As to these new figures from Replicants, they are so typical of Peter Cole’s original creations, where he creatively comes up with new designs to fill in the gaps left by other producers. I mean, who would ever conceive of making a sculpt of a Commanche woman on a horse holding a child?
I know Andy Keliar, for his Old West dioramas, assiduously collects all the 19th Century American Western stuff which Replicants produces. He had been waiting for the Plastic Warrior Show to see what Replicants would unveil. He has already placed his order for a couple of sets from Steve Weston.
I meant to also add, however, that with these new figures Replicants continues its on-going practice of making many of its horses a little too small for the riders (or conversely, making many of its riders a little too large for the horses).
In this case, the Commanche woman with child looks about right for the horse she and the child are mounted on. But the Commanche warrior hiding himself on the side of the horse looks way too big and heavy for the horse to support.
The first 3 and last picture look like some kind of Space Alien has attached itself to the poor horse!!
Replicant excel in choice or era ,poses depiction and anatomy ,but lack the horse x sure and has been always a MAJOR issue for it .
The type plastic had been a problem as blurr the deep faces else detail .
Painting then help much more .
I consider Replican pioneer of only last maker standing in short run production since 90s .
Yet the fact that these issues “had not been correct” x years stop me to buying many sets /figures
In mounted poses after you spend more because horse set increase value ; you need to replace the horse even so, some horses capture very well de animal pose and moment but it is sad waste unfortunately.
The new set x sure is quite interesting and great addition.
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The shiny plastic problem might be helped somewhat by etching the mold cavity to give it a matte finish. You can see this method used effectively on some manufactured plastic products.
No idea but it has not been ever corrected over 25 years now production and I don’t understand why !!??
So either not care or not easy to do and nothing else is happen
Many people had complain about it ,same in horse issue.
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I would like to see them all painted.
They look like someone threw a blob of something and it stuck to a horse. They look awfull.
Look at the post I just put up of them painted. Cole has tried a difficult subject which mosr designers would have passed.