Posts Tagged ‘Figures’
12 December 2011
My Warlord Games “Rorke’s Drift” box set arrived today… It’s an impressive beast- it was part of their pre-order special on the new Anglo-Zulu War range that’s the premier of their new strategic partnership with Empress Miniatures. At the time I resisted the urge to get the full “Horns of the Buffalo – Rorke’s Drift Collectors Set” which is an absolutely huge collection of toys! This set is the first of their collaborations planned with Empress Miniatures – so you get a swag of Warlord Games plastic figures and terrain pieces, some Empress Miniatures speciality metal figs, and a pair of “4Ground“ laser-cut plywood building kitsetsthe of the storehouse and hospital. There is also a mixture of biscuit box and mealie-bags barricades reported to be historically accurate renditions from the battlefield as well as the barricaded wagons and the stone wall from the Kraal. Add to that 40 plastic Married Zulus & 20 plastic British Redcoats plus 7 assorted metal “Character Figures” (including Chard, Bromhead, Bourne and Hook – the historical version of the chaps – and a mounted InDuna to command the Zulus as well as a Zulu Rifleman in looted red jacket)!
24 November 2011
Indus Indian Irregular Cavalry or Pindari with Bows, although the right-hand arrow looks a bit long?
I recently stumbled across Indus Miniatures – and when they announced a 20% off ‘Thanks Giving‘ Sale I couldn’t resist getting a few – even though they are aimed at the Indian 18th Century to Mutiny era rather than the later NWF (North-West Frontier). Still the quality of the greens looks nice in these pics, and some of the figs are designed to be fairly generic – for example the Irregular Cavalry or Pindari are described as “meant to represent the Irregular troops serving in India for the Princes, Mughals, Europeans, Sikhs etc. They can be used from 1700 till 1850′s. They probably can be used for other time frames as they are quite generic“.
Posted in 28mm Figures & Models, North West Frontier | 
Tags: 28mm, Afghanistan, Cannon, Colonial, Elephants, Figures, Indian, Indus, Medieval, Pike & Shotte, Victorian | 
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21 November 2011
Brigadier Gaillard's brigade of the army of the Duchy of Veloires, these Wargames Factory units are just awaiting banners - Picture from the Platoon Fire blog (see below).
As mentioned previously the announcement of the release of Maurice by Sam Mustafa (due about March 2012) has got me inspired to finally get started on my WSS Armies, of which I have purchased several packs of Wargames Factory plastics (in fact I now have 15 Infantry & 7 Cavalry boxes, and am waiting for the hinted at Artillery box that is apparently being considered and will hopefully appear in 2012). Further inspiration is coming from several gamers blogs and such working on these same plastic figures, such as Platoon Fire, an Imagi-Nation WSS project. The photo above is from the Platoon Fire blog’s first Wargames Factory units, the author (Aidan) is constrained for space so is doing small 12 fig Infantry Battalions and 5 fig Cavalry Squadrons/Regiments. And there is more inspiration around too with a nice WF WSS Infantry Battalion at Castles of Tin.
Posted in Spanish Succession War | Tags: 1701–1714, Age of Enlightenment, Age of Reason, Duc de Tallard, Duc de Villars, Duke of Berwick, Duke of Marlborough, Elector of Bavaria, Figures, French, John Churchill, Lace Wars, Maurice, Prince Eugène of Savoy, War of the Spanish Succession, Wargames Factory | 4 Comments »
29 October 2011
I stumbled across Jeff Lower’s Blog recently care of Michael Davis – and he’s currently working on some new Victrix Austrians – and my gosh they do look good! The new Victrix ranges include two Infantry packs (a early 1798-1809 set in helmets, and a mid to later period 1806-1815 set in shakos), a Grenadier set (for 1798-1815), and a Landwehr Infantry set (for the later 1808-1815 period). You can check out Jeff’s progress on his blog.
It’s enough to inspire one off into a another sub-period of Napoleonics (i.e. 1805-1809) – argggh… must resist, resist, must… must… With Sam Mustafa’s new “Maurice” 18th Century rules likely to finally inspire me to get on with the WSS (War of the Spanish Succession) in 28mm the last thing I need is a second 28mm Napoleonic era to pour cash into as well!
Posted in Grognard Chatter | Tags: 1805-1809, 28mm, Austrian, Figures, Historical, Napoleonic, News, Victrix | 7 Comments »
10 October 2011
Dutch Militia at Quatre Bras & Waterloo (the 8th Battalion)
Continuing with more of Lieutenant General Hendrik George de Perponcher-Sedlnitsky’s 2nd Netherlands Division in the Hundred Days campaign here we have my recreation of (Major-General) Willem Frederik count of Bijlandt’s (or Bylandt) 1st Netherlands Brigade; following on from the 2nd Nassau-Usingen Regiment and the 28th Oranien-Nassau (Orange-Nassau) Regiment of von Sachsen-Weimar’s (Saxe-Weimar) 2nd Netherlands Brigade. So here’s some more ‘Work In Progress‘ type photos as I work on basing these chaps ready for service on the table top…
Posted in Grognard Chatter, The Hundred Days 1815 | Tags: 1815, 1st, 27th, 28mm, 2nd, 5th, 7th, 8th, Battalion, Belgian, Bijlandt, Brigade, Bylandt, Division, Dutch, Figures, Lasalle, Napoleonic, Netherlands, Orange, Oranien, Oranje, Perponcher-Sedlnitsky, Shako II | 5 Comments »
3 October 2011
28th Oranien-Nassau Regiment - June 1815
Continuing with Lieutenant General Hendrik George de Perponcher-Sedlnitsky’s 2nd Dutch-Belgian Division in the Hundred Days campaign and the balance of (Colonel) Prince Bernhard of Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach’s 2nd (Nassau) Brigade, and following on from the 2nd Nassau-Usingen Regiment is the 28th Oranien-Nassau (Orange-Nassau) Regiment – the unit von Sachsen-Weimar (Saxe-Weimar) was Colonel of prior to taking over the 2nd Brigade on the 15 June 1815. So as these are near completion and following the ‘Work In Progress‘ type photos theme, here’s the Oranien-Nassau regiment…
Posted in Grognard Chatter, The Hundred Days 1815 | Tags: 1815, 28mm, 28th, 2nd, Belgian, Brigade, Division, Dutch, Figures, Lasalle, Napoleonic, Nassau, Netherlands, Orange, Oranien, Oranje, Perponcher-Sedlnitsky, Prince Bernhard, Regiment, Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach, Saxe-Weimar, Shako II | 2 Comments »
1 October 2011
Part of the 2nd Nassau-Usingen's 3 Battalions at Quatre Bras in 1815
I have finally got around to getting to work on basing up my figures for Lieutenant General Hendrik George de Perponcher-Sedlnitsky’s 2nd Dutch-Belgian Division in the Hundred Days campaign. First up is (Colonel) Prince Carl Bernhard of Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach’s (Saxe-Weimar in English) 2nd (Nassau) Brigade, with possibly my absolute favourite uniformed Allied unit from Quatre Bras, the 2nd Nassau-Usingen Regiment. As they are now firmly mounted on bases ready for completion by flocking, varnishing, and fitting of standards I thought it was a good excuse to take some ‘Work In Progress ‘type photos of the near completed regiment…
Posted in Grognard Chatter, The Hundred Days 1815 | Tags: 1815, 28mm, 2nd, Belgian, Brigade, Division, Dutch, Figures, Lasalle, Napoleonic, Nassau, Netherlands, Perponcher-Sedlnitsky, Prince Bernhard, Regiment, Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach, Saxe-Weimar, Shako II, Usingen | 6 Comments »
5 August 2011
A friend just pointed out the following Model Distributor who offers a nice service casting custom models for people who supply an original master. They say “Send us your scratchbuilt master model and we will make an RTV (Room Temperature Vulcanizing) rubber mold of your model. We can then make approximately 75-100 copies of the master before the mold begins to deteriorate.” With a cost of as little as US$8 for each subsequent resin casting of the mould this could well be a fine option for those people wanting to churn out several dozen copies of an original figure or model – although the initial mould creation does cost around US$175. Check it out at the Fidelis Models Website…
Posted in 20mm Figures & Models, 28mm Figures & Models, Buildings & Fortifications, Tools | Tags: 15mm, 20mm, 28mm, Buildings, Figures, Manufacturer, Model Vehicles, Modelling | No Comments »
10 April 2011
Sometime (i.e. 2-3 years) ago I acquired several pre-painted 28mm French Generals on EBay – they were spur of the moment purchases put to one side for when I eventually got around to doing my 28mm French Napoleonic Army. As I am hoping to start work on that in the near future I thought I should work out what I actually have! As a result I’m trying to identify these figures – both maker and what they are (e.g. are they personalities or just generic ‘Generals’ or even just Infantry/Cavalry Colonels or ADCs?) – so I’ve posted them here in the hope someone passing by may recognise them and be able to clarify for me what actual manufacturer’s figure they are…
Posted in 28mm Figures & Models, Grognard Chatter | Tags: 28mm, Figures, French, Manufacturer, Napoleonic | 1 Comment »
23 January 2011
My Warlord Games ECW Packs
There has been a fair bit of recent discussion on the Auckland Wargaming Club group about doing a Basic Baroque 15mm ECW (English Civil War) tournament or mini-campaign. Basic Baroque is a variant to Basic Impetus & Impetus. Now I’m not much taken by 15mm armies (I’ve sworn off these completely), however the Basic Baroque rules interest me as a possible simple set for doing some 28mm ECW in the short term – especially as I long since lost interest in DBR (De Bellis Renationis) as lacking flavour for the later renaissance period and most especially the mid to late Seventeenth Century ECW & TYW (Thirty Years War) and after.
Posted in Roundhead Roundup | Tags: 1642-1651, 28mm, Cannon, Cavaliers, Civil War, Cuirassiers, Dragoons, ECW, English, Figures, Horse, Parliamentarians, Pike & Shotte, Roundheads | 4 Comments »
22 January 2011
Dremel 300 Kit
Some recent discussion on the Auckland Wargaming Club group about dips and washes referenced the Tabletop Terrain blog (another New Zealand wargaming website), and while I’d past by occasionally, I hadn’t had a particularly thorough look around – when I did I came across an interesting reference to Dremel Tools being available locally here in Auckland, NZ, for a reasonable price. Previously I was unaware of them being available for reasonable money – I have seen them occassionally in the Hardware chain stores, but up to NZ$300-NZ$400 for a basic tool with no attacehmnts! So if you really wanted one it paid to import them from the US or Australia but still worked out fairly costly. Anyway needless to say I visited the Test ‘N’ Tools Website (they are located here in Auckland), and found them available (as Stu at Tabletop Terrain had said) for much more sensible prices, so I promptly ordered the Dremel 300 pack (essentially a starter pack with the Dremel Tool in a case and a small selection of attachments).
13 December 2010
Ryan's Company Commander
Ryan Davies is a member of the Crossfire Yahoo Group, and he recently put together a document detailing his techniques for painting and basing his 1/72nd scale figures – as a way to give something back to the wargaming internet community which he believes has helped him a lot over the years with his wargaming efforts. Ryan details how to cut bases from brass with a jewellers saw, his technique for labelling & indentifying his bases, and storing them.
Ryan then moves onto painting, especially soft plastic figures, covering how to paint, shade and seal them. He covers the merits of just brands of commonly available model paint, and the moves on to the actual techniques for basing the figures.
Posted in 20mm Figures & Models, Crossfire FAQ | Tags: 20mm, Crossfire, FAQ, Figures, Modelling, Terrain | 4 Comments »
14 May 2012, 10:04 pm UTC Rorkes Drift Arrives! Hi Mike - I got them from WG in the 'pre-release' special promo direct from the UK pre-Christmas. As John has commented on in this thread they usua...
14 May 2012, 10:02 pm UTC The Hundred Days Continues... Thanks James - appreciate your kind comments. I tried to be fairly smart and cunning about labelling while also getting the maximum info on and cle...
14 May 2012, 10:01 pm UTC Hundred Days British Thanks Glenn. :-)
14 May 2012, 9:58 pm UTC WSS Here I Come - Well Almost! Hi Jim, As I understand it the WF one however isn't the common type, but in fact closest to the "Grenadiers à Cheval de la Maison du Roi" ...
5 May 2012, 4:38 am UTC I take a foray into Vac-U-Form Plastics Great review of our products, thanks so much! We really value all the feedback and take note. Lots of new products on way, do have a look at our we...
18 Apr 2012, 2:40 pm UTC Rorkes Drift Arrives! Also, happy to participate in the enormous multi-player you are planning for when they are painted!