tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44367597368848645862024-02-07T02:10:11.737+00:00Wargaming The Great Warlegatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436759736884864586.post-61419137623289745012014-09-04T00:55:00.001+01:002014-09-04T00:55:49.218+01:00Bolt Action WW1 from Osprey<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The recent slew of WW1 tanks gave it away but Osprey have just officially announced a publication date for Bolt Action WW1 rules of a year from now. This is exciting because the Warhammer Historical WW1 rules were a dead end. I am hoping that four years of WW1 coverage in the media and significant anniversaries will make the period a popular one so that we get rules and scenarios for things like WW1 in East Africa which, with the early war period is what I am most interested in.</div>
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legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436759736884864586.post-29197597741543857652014-06-23T17:32:00.001+01:002014-06-23T17:32:44.547+01:00Mutton Chop WW1 Two different sizes!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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If there is one thing I hate about wargames ranges it's the variance in scale you often get in 28mm figures. For example, a few years ago I bought some Perry ECW figures having got lots of Renegade ones and they didn't match at all. I can't understand these people who say well people are different heights so it doesn't matter. <i>It matters to me!</i></div>
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Now I have got used to different scale (which is, after all, what they are) figures between different manufacturers but when the figures are different sizes <i>within </i>a range I get really annoyed. Yes, Warlord Games and your Romans and AW Miniatures Indian Mutiny figures spring to mind. This is usually the result of using different sculptors. However, what is the excuse for figures in the same range, by the same manufacturer and sculpted by the same sculptor being different sizes?</div>
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This is exactly what has happened with Mutton Chop Miniatures WW1 range by Paul Hicks. I ordered the first two packs of British and very nice they were too. Tall enough to be used with my Renegade figures without too much problem. When I saw that there were two more packs on sale I ordered them only to find that they are much smaller than the first two packs. In particular, the legs seem shorter and slimmer and the heads and hats are smaller on the new ones. A difference in 2-3mm foot to eye I reckon. Now why would this happen? Fortunately the rifles are the same size and the packs nearly so but, still, how annoying. They offend my artistic sensibilities! </div>
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legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436759736884864586.post-63189778205348208972014-04-04T08:06:00.002+01:002014-04-04T08:06:12.868+01:00Quick comparison: Renegade v Mutton Chop WW1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I'll do a proper review another time but here, in the centre, is one of the new Mutton Chop British by Paul Hicks. Either side we have a Renegade Lowland Scot and a Renegade German.</div>
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I wouldn't mix them in the same unit but I have a lot of painted Renegade Germans and I would be happy to field the Mutton Chop British against them. They are much slighter (look at the legs for example) with more in-scale rifles and the thicker bases on the Renegade figures make the latter seem taller. </div>
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legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436759736884864586.post-81751660953643521292010-11-13T09:45:00.005+00:002012-10-31T20:45:27.242+00:00Something for the weekend...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Here, from Club International, June 1975, is an unusual illustration of the equipment of a French infantryman of the 5eme regiment from 1914.<br />
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Both figures wear the traditional madder and dark blue kepi and collar, complete with regimental number. Both also wear the blue cummerbund which was soon dropped from service although the 5th did wear it at the Battle of the Marne.</div>
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The figure on the left is wearing the standard infantry marching equipment. The pack (<em>havresac </em>M1893) was made from canvas over a wooden frame. It was waterproofed through the application of an <em>astiquage; </em>a process that was so messy and unpleasant it was actually used as a punishment. Above the blanket is the <em>gamelle individuelle</em>, mess tin. To the sides of the pack are spare boots and tent poles and on the back is the boiler (<em>marmite pour quatre hommes</em>). Slung from the left shoulder is the bidon or waterbottle with a tin cup attached.</div>
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Both figures are armed with the 8mm M1886 M93 rifle, a somewhat transitional weapon which, although it carried on in service well into World War 2, was basically already out of date in 1914 because of the eight round tubular feed device which was clumsy and difficult to load.<br />
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<em>The memorial in Confederation Square</em> </div>
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I was in Ottawa last week and was very taken by their splendid National War Memorial, which is in Confederation Square, just in front of my hotel.<br />
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A contest to design a memorial commemorating the dead of the Great War was announced in 1925. The winner, who was announced in January 1926, was Hull-born Vernon March (1891-1930) based in Farnborough in Surrey (not that far from where I live!) who beat off 126 other entries. His design showed the response of Canada to the war (hence the monument's alternative name: The Response). Work began in 1926 but March never lived to see its completion, dying of pneumonia in 1930. His six brothers and sister worked to complete the sculpture. <br />
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<em>The unveiling of the monument by King George VI</em><br />
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The figures, which use 32 tons of bronze, were finished in 1932 and disolayed in Hyde Park for a while. They were shipped to Canada in 1937 where the granite arch was constructed and the whole monument was finally dedicated by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on May 21 1939 in a visit which marked, surprisingly, the first time the reigning monarch had visited Canada.<br />
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The figures in the main part of the monument are 7'10" tall and represent infantry, a pilot, an air mechanic, a sailor (from the patrol ship HMCS Stadacona) and support services such as nurses, a stretcher bearer, a sapper and members of the Canadian Corps of Signals, The Forestry Corps and the Army Service Corps. The two mounted figures represent a mounted artilleryman and a cavalryman.<br />
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A particularly splendid example of a war memorial and it gives me the urge to paint up some of my late war infantry as Canadians.<br />
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legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436759736884864586.post-74883503510069295182009-09-07T21:32:00.007+01:002009-09-07T22:16:55.287+01:00Officers and Soldiers of the French Army 1914: Andre Joineau<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGcx6-fZjC3ear12r3DoUwefsaGlXMbAXBrn_A_SmPHCcozgSE1YV5C6reABXfh9bJ1WThJx9umxYMk_ayvaXgeOiLhKlbirN3KtnB9m-JyJDu8sxfS4BhLFr89v98i2GmBn6zGOuUQVE/s1600-h/51PNwBHb-GL__SS500_.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 332px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378835286406470130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGcx6-fZjC3ear12r3DoUwefsaGlXMbAXBrn_A_SmPHCcozgSE1YV5C6reABXfh9bJ1WThJx9umxYMk_ayvaXgeOiLhKlbirN3KtnB9m-JyJDu8sxfS4BhLFr89v98i2GmBn6zGOuUQVE/s400/51PNwBHb-GL__SS500_.jpg" /></a><br /><div><div align="justify">I just picked up this superb visual reference (there isn't a lot of text) which has made me very keen to paint some French Infantry for the early war period. this surely must be the most spectacular army of the Great War and I just hope that Great War Miniatures will get around to some of the exotica like the Spahis and Algerian Tirailleurs. </div><div></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD7JysbfEraJq1U-O5VGEbVH95Ojh00Na-yQg0CMCTSGtuagml0TRLZJz-XQ4Jlp2XYwv85PpEiqa0r0pB2R8dKNL0MBoUUaZLIHMl664SSldD4eUIJdkcKsYRD8nCpdOYyPFpCVrXRZs/s1600-h/P1000892.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378834182430565682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD7JysbfEraJq1U-O5VGEbVH95Ojh00Na-yQg0CMCTSGtuagml0TRLZJz-XQ4Jlp2XYwv85PpEiqa0r0pB2R8dKNL0MBoUUaZLIHMl664SSldD4eUIJdkcKsYRD8nCpdOYyPFpCVrXRZs/s400/P1000892.JPG" /></a><br /><div align="justify">I painted some of the Renegade figures a couple of years ago and really liked them. I find the Great War Miniatures figures a bit small in comaprison but this leaves me with a dilemma. GWM are much more likely to expand their range than Renegade but I have painted a dozen or so Renegade figures (although they will all need re-doing, I suspect). Any Renegade figures I have won't go with the GWM figures. I suppose it won't be too bad if I keep them in seperate units.</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjADKi_Kpl1f02n4WPuJQsS3YhZSU4Yu86FxRYdbP1z-qA88eQ_gS7puytzboxzE3Z12SVO3ttA16w_C064JhgdAHaLSwJ87duLhfFni3r4QaAzHflwDhRUrusB1sTLpz9TOJGq7XQ7cuA/s1600-h/strip+617.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 242px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378834065043262562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjADKi_Kpl1f02n4WPuJQsS3YhZSU4Yu86FxRYdbP1z-qA88eQ_gS7puytzboxzE3Z12SVO3ttA16w_C064JhgdAHaLSwJ87duLhfFni3r4QaAzHflwDhRUrusB1sTLpz9TOJGq7XQ7cuA/s400/strip+617.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Here is one of my Renegade French Marines and the relevant illustration from the new book.</div></div></div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436759736884864586.post-85417846634987277472009-06-08T22:27:00.005+01:002018-11-11T18:39:55.867+00:00German Guards Company 1914<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I have just finished re-painting the last platoon of my Guards company; so here they are: 36 figures with 3 command. I am still not sure whether to field a Guards Battalion or a normal Infantry Battalion. Guards are much more expensive so it may be better to have them be the divisional support of a normal infantry battalion. If I do this I will have to paint two companies of normal infantry to field them (then two more in order to be able to field a cavalry unit).</div>
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I also have a platoon of Jaegers finished so I think I better do some opponents. I was thinking of doing some Great War Miniatures British but as I don't think I will use my already painted Renegade figures I would have to start from scratch. Also I have some late war British under way so maybe I will repaint my French, as I have a dozen or so done but they are in too bright a blue. The Renegade French are really nice figures and I like them better than the Great War Miniatures which suffer from big head syndrome.</div>
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legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436759736884864586.post-8587700380991562312009-04-24T19:46:00.012+01:002009-04-25T19:16:35.610+01:00Problem mounting Artizan Camel Mounted Arab Irregulars<div align="justify">I had got some of the new Artizan Camel mounted figures delivered today and had terrible trouble mounting them on the camels. I really thought they were useless and put a note up on TMP about them. Both Brigade Games and Artizan (it's a joint range) came back straight away and said they would look into it.</p><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5qXGuGL32Ki1My9rZ_iuaMeV0N53dnqBkdwURaGeNFiOqBLRKb9STSFX5SZmBQCsxenEWdc6uEfpLWy8uZXH7N_-1S7fclL64rA_8qDBUnZqBPMkM594elyEvy8H0miC4g2qLwQXfYA/s1600-h/P1000028.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328335947153742882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 202px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5qXGuGL32Ki1My9rZ_iuaMeV0N53dnqBkdwURaGeNFiOqBLRKb9STSFX5SZmBQCsxenEWdc6uEfpLWy8uZXH7N_-1S7fclL64rA_8qDBUnZqBPMkM594elyEvy8H0miC4g2qLwQXfYA/s400/P1000028.JPG" border="0" /></a><em> ..I mounted this one and couldn't lose this gaping space at the back<br /></em></div><div align="center"></p><br /><div align="justify">Mike Owen explained that he had sculpted them in one piece and then seperated them for casting, so that meant that particular riders only fitted on particular camels. I was trying to fit the figure on the wrong camel!<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizleNjx48pdgK3uUkHZaTwtFRLFihsnu0QhHaFijMJbfsAniuvjApMgmVG43JbMa8dmXK-PahIwZ0PgXFhbKWHrA5avZBBhIeVICVEmcRAWsyU5STMq6TPhaDN3cCNnFZqslzY0JbP_vA/s1600-h/img1669.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328521139286148818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 349px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 251px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizleNjx48pdgK3uUkHZaTwtFRLFihsnu0QhHaFijMJbfsAniuvjApMgmVG43JbMa8dmXK-PahIwZ0PgXFhbKWHrA5avZBBhIeVICVEmcRAWsyU5STMq6TPhaDN3cCNnFZqslzY0JbP_vA/s400/img1669.jpg" border="0" /></a></p></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">The figure with his rifle across his chest on the left only sits on the camel whose back legs are closer together.</p></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Great responses from Artizan and Brigade on this. </div><br /><br />That said, there are two different camels but in one pack I got two identical ones. Maybe it's only the one figure who needs the particular camel...legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436759736884864586.post-9309920500899271852009-02-02T11:33:00.003+00:002012-10-31T20:47:04.305+00:00Renegade v Great War Miniatures Early War Germans<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436759736884864586.post-23576292447939159682009-01-29T20:09:00.003+00:002009-01-29T20:26:40.638+00:00Third guards platoon<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2gxVIPsJ3ACValNiXN1d6YhRqUQ1Sf43Bf9vIfYY4RqkkqQmhHEUamT5J0cf2YLEXfv3TVkB8c17hUargatrTDuJMMyt7sIaOKh5gtAR70XHN_qU3Qx0fK9Zt0NHzKtX_RXO-8Yy1y5g/s1600-h/Germans+2+units.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296814653347144290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 132px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2gxVIPsJ3ACValNiXN1d6YhRqUQ1Sf43Bf9vIfYY4RqkkqQmhHEUamT5J0cf2YLEXfv3TVkB8c17hUargatrTDuJMMyt7sIaOKh5gtAR70XHN_qU3Qx0fK9Zt0NHzKtX_RXO-8Yy1y5g/s400/Germans+2+units.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify">I have finished the third Prussian Guards platoon. I think I have now got the colours right. The first platoon I finished I did in too green a grey and I am currently repainting these figures. These two are right though.</div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify">Originally I had intended to do a Guards Battalion under the Great War rules but now I think that I will do the standard Infantry battalion but you can include a Guards company of 3 platoons. I can have a Jaeger company of three platoons and four companies of normal infantry. This would be 18 platoons altogether or 216 figures. It sounds like a lot but I really enjoy painting these figures.</div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436759736884864586.post-67208232229999286242009-01-28T22:43:00.005+00:002009-01-28T22:53:30.882+00:00East Africa: British Infantry<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiOWOShAYLGARnuRtgecmwiDAWatev7uBLa6GWoPID1YOh_fw4okBwDmbMyOfkbVBJalPUYqHSkeaYrAa8O0vy8oSsUMPXDfC0SxYMGZL-i4kIFcwz-RcyUnwRmiKNHyKYPTKHtEdbhOo/s1600-h/DSCN2619.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296479116769422706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 293px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiOWOShAYLGARnuRtgecmwiDAWatev7uBLa6GWoPID1YOh_fw4okBwDmbMyOfkbVBJalPUYqHSkeaYrAa8O0vy8oSsUMPXDfC0SxYMGZL-i4kIFcwz-RcyUnwRmiKNHyKYPTKHtEdbhOo/s400/DSCN2619.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify">I've just finished these off as they have been waiting around for a long time. Brigade Games figures sculpted by Mike Owen. They could also be used in Palestine or on the Turkish front. I have some King's African Rifles askaris based and ready to go and they shouldn't take too long to do so maybe I will get those on the workbench and start undercoating them. Next for The Great War are late war Gordon Highlanders though.</div><p></p><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">The big advantage of East Africa over the European front is that you need a lot less scenery. No buildings or trenches just trees and brush.</div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436759736884864586.post-83681703431431781572009-01-23T21:45:00.007+00:002009-01-23T22:37:33.991+00:00Musketeer, Great War Miniatures and Renegade British<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVI050DiEgFkiMx2xZGhabmdaHGF7Fn8FILk_3dw2V4K42FD4UL9p0SJjO3KEBPofEkyarL-7EqaU2QucmoZKaD-4hakyO2OnteOJKwntYkNfbCNukq1D1YSSUJPrNkqnDVRZswoSxaSE/s1600-h/great+war+comparison+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294610489897974290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 247px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVI050DiEgFkiMx2xZGhabmdaHGF7Fn8FILk_3dw2V4K42FD4UL9p0SJjO3KEBPofEkyarL-7EqaU2QucmoZKaD-4hakyO2OnteOJKwntYkNfbCNukq1D1YSSUJPrNkqnDVRZswoSxaSE/s400/great+war+comparison+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><em> LtoR: Musketeer, GWM and Renegade</em></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify">Here is a comparison picture of the Musketeer Miniatures, Great War Miniatures and Renegade WW1 early British. Both Musketeer and GWM have caught the hats perfectly whereas I am not so happy with the Renegade one. </div><br /><div align="justify">The real issue for me is that the Musketeer figure is just too small to put with others whereas I <em>would</em> mix the GWM and Renegade figures (this will be especially useful to get varied officers). </div><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglDm4Ah04AZVVXqDawFNjWjUbGU4s0vrvGA18q6lxYuTH4Lkuk3Tiu_rKJZVsOwIB7EBDgCDLtFQzNzeptHAWNZZiAVGc2RRh67nBEjgn8DOENYQLEaYSg8pzuPLCQ3LjDTjTvQcuT4e4/s1600-h/Bantam+recruiting+poster.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294618798034344770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 276px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglDm4Ah04AZVVXqDawFNjWjUbGU4s0vrvGA18q6lxYuTH4Lkuk3Tiu_rKJZVsOwIB7EBDgCDLtFQzNzeptHAWNZZiAVGc2RRh67nBEjgn8DOENYQLEaYSg8pzuPLCQ3LjDTjTvQcuT4e4/s400/Bantam+recruiting+poster.jpg" border="0" /></a><em> 28mm Bantam confronts 40mm policeman</em><br /></p><div align="justify">Now, of course the British Army did recruit "Bantams" in the Great War, men between 5' and 5'3" tall (the previous lower height limit had been 5'4"), but not in the original Old Contemptibles period. The practice was started by the MP for Birkenhead Alfred Bigland (ironically) whose initial recruits in late 1914 formed the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Cheshire Regiment. I once had a girlfriend from Cheshire who was 5'2" tall and she seemed tiny, I must say! The idea spread and other units were formed, such as the 20th Battalion of the Royal Lancashire Fusiliers, and eventually there was a whole Bantam division: the 35th. By the end of 1916 the standard of men volunteering for Bantam units had deteriorated as all the best men had already signed up. The Bantam units started to take taller men and they lost their Bantam status. Many bantams were miners and saw service in the underground war of mining and counter-mining along the Western Front.</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW8ssGAZjjaD41dxn2ewJFjO2OBgomg6MpeIb9p4yPHGCEtuE4u63C5iQoCouzSa9S4PvVDLg0JoE9M-Viw7waiQr9hqAbZ5AWkvQoRSqJyE_OR_UTwZG3hyphenhyphenRihLzuar_bkWDfiB9mJOc/s1600-h/P1020501.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294621774973455042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 387px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW8ssGAZjjaD41dxn2ewJFjO2OBgomg6MpeIb9p4yPHGCEtuE4u63C5iQoCouzSa9S4PvVDLg0JoE9M-Viw7waiQr9hqAbZ5AWkvQoRSqJyE_OR_UTwZG3hyphenhyphenRihLzuar_bkWDfiB9mJOc/s400/P1020501.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify">It is easy to forget, however, that the men of this period were much smaller than today. Here is a picture of my little boy Guy, who is 11, in one of my pickelhauben (this one is a Bavarian officer's). The helmet is far too small for me but fits him perfectly!</div><br /><div align="justify">So maybe my Musketeer figures may find themselves in a Bantam unit!</div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436759736884864586.post-13952389305560468022009-01-21T15:49:00.006+00:002009-01-28T22:54:31.837+00:00Early War British Infantry: Woodbine Design Company<div align="justify">These figures are sculpted by Soapy for this Gripping Beast offshoot. So far they have concentrated on ANZACS and turks for Gallipoli but have now done a pack of British which you can buy with different head variants. So far they just have:<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5za2ilvMK8ixO0Yg2nVsjnufmXbo_gq-IoXZvqfyDYbQts1QddxUS_FJ91kYooSAXSalhpN_om1aCjwCptQ4_RWcER_2aokMtbeUxAucHJrJgFwb4Y6w7kZYb8tDyZDNPB1j9MqwRsCg/s1600-h/sizeimage.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293776447854677234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 229px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5za2ilvMK8ixO0Yg2nVsjnufmXbo_gq-IoXZvqfyDYbQts1QddxUS_FJ91kYooSAXSalhpN_om1aCjwCptQ4_RWcER_2aokMtbeUxAucHJrJgFwb4Y6w7kZYb8tDyZDNPB1j9MqwRsCg/s400/sizeimage.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293776325886148530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 185px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW1KW_zilwop-2ex_FwGdxXhmLUQhiJH8dwV9xS2HKSDN4hQRM-pv2jWNM2sW9pc3xO3z5piccKX9DyvGeiw9qPrHvXjXbJXN9gYhJgS9AwxDJst0Mn16OLW_E4163o1DFbjRpHF6ZvEM/s400/sizeimage+2.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center">Serge Uniform Section Pack (Service Cap) </p><p align="justify">They come in packs of 10 and there are at least 8 poses illustrated on the website. No command or support yet though. These look similar in bulk to the Renegade figures but with better hats. They have got the pack right at least. the hands look horribly big but it could just be the way the photo has come out.</p><p align="justify">If I ever do the Turkish front then the Woodbine figures would be worth looking at as their Turkish army figures are the most complete range out there but for the Western Front I will look elsewhere I think.</p>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436759736884864586.post-24171796934840719182009-01-21T15:26:00.003+00:002009-01-21T15:44:48.685+00:00Early War British Infantry: Musketeer Miniatures<div align="justify"><br />Musketeer Miniatures range originated last year as an Ireland 1916 range. They are sculpted by Paul Hicks. Recently they have said that they will be expanding the range into a full BEF range and doing Germans as well. So far they have the following available:<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhldIMHwqb7DTRJJIKe3YLlwxhmL9oS4uZAaa6PypWrnbpBd4P-c6eGTMtteeBO2yMg4Eqp3xcOI5VDLBzNFQGtoa5czvgcwS12OuHAKO28Tj3PxiSQCCmNFpmwvFsvad3pqAfIi9qzTjg/s1600-h/BritInfAdv.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293769471776716322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 286px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhldIMHwqb7DTRJJIKe3YLlwxhmL9oS4uZAaa6PypWrnbpBd4P-c6eGTMtteeBO2yMg4Eqp3xcOI5VDLBzNFQGtoa5czvgcwS12OuHAKO28Tj3PxiSQCCmNFpmwvFsvad3pqAfIi9qzTjg/s400/BritInfAdv.gif" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>BEF 03 british Infantry advancing</p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6DnMYH6u-Ekw7RjQ5EE3PVN-0swk_GXmhPGHy_ZfntUqJS5Aaolg34U1Iaqk44H0OF6_NhdQF1HROJAt429gGow9LnPZNEASbc6LCdoKDgjjPZF19D9S19xQ19jl67mFvVkNS_UiXO9Y/s1600-h/britinf.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293769241204749874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 184px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6DnMYH6u-Ekw7RjQ5EE3PVN-0swk_GXmhPGHy_ZfntUqJS5Aaolg34U1Iaqk44H0OF6_NhdQF1HROJAt429gGow9LnPZNEASbc6LCdoKDgjjPZF19D9S19xQ19jl67mFvVkNS_UiXO9Y/s400/britinf.jpg" border="0" /></a><em> BEF 04 British Infantry firing</em><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo0-sBThiwSXtZXn456G_Tet6qJ6Ikvb8yNp03l6qyjnOqdPEW4N5-MZPrOUrWUqreveOtKW6cfLWQ6l_9SpViWHuptBcli72RFQOAnRDNrU1TWEDqD2BWl-TgOrIoLhltX2YusWkAa6o/s1600-h/BritComd.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293769106617877938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 298px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo0-sBThiwSXtZXn456G_Tet6qJ6Ikvb8yNp03l6qyjnOqdPEW4N5-MZPrOUrWUqreveOtKW6cfLWQ6l_9SpViWHuptBcli72RFQOAnRDNrU1TWEDqD2BWl-TgOrIoLhltX2YusWkAa6o/s400/BritComd.gif" border="0" /></a><em> BEF 02 British Command</em><br /><br /></div><div align="justify">So, eight poses of infantry and four of command but no machine guns or artillery.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">I think that in many ways these are the nicest BEF figures out there and that is largely because they have more accurate anatomy and proportions than the others. I have a few minor quibbles about the backpacks but the real issue for me is that they are the smallest figures of the ones available. They really don't go together with Renegade or GWM. Also I am not sure that they would ever produce the range of figures you might need. The other ranges can be put together at a push but for me these would look wrong. A shame as I think the animation, character and detail are great.</div></div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436759736884864586.post-92050458959759136412009-01-21T11:08:00.010+00:002012-10-31T20:49:10.097+00:00Early War British Infantry: Great War Miniatures<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Great War Miniatures is run by Aly Morrison and Dave Andrews. I think that they do ranges each as the styles of the figures can be quite different. Like Renegade, they do both late and early war figures. Unlike Renegade they continue to produce new figures at a reasonable rate. They started with the late war and are now moving on to early war. So far the range looks like this. (Why can't they get decent sized pictures on their website?)<br />
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GWM have maintained that they want to produce the definitive range of Great War figures and I have to say that you can't fault these. They have addressed some of the problems I have with Renegade (the equipment, especially the pack, is spot on, the rifle more in scale and the hat looks right (the brim to hatband proportions are correct). It's not a perfect range: I'd like to see some prone figures and a maxim gun as well but I suspect these are the ones I will go with. At a push they are compatible with Renegade anyway as this picture shows.<br />
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legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436759736884864586.post-32233257794210112532009-01-21T10:07:00.016+00:002012-10-31T20:50:41.162+00:00Early War British Infantry: Renegade Miniatures<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Firstly, I am going to look at what figures are available for British Infantry of the BEF for the second half of 1914. There are four manufacturers with appropriate ranges: Renegade, Great War miniatures, Musketeer and Woodbine Design Company(Gripping Beast). The Foundry ones are really too old now; with gnomish proportions and hardly any variations in pose.<br />
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The first ones on the market were the Renegade figures and I already have a couple of dozen of these. They have the following appropriate figures:<br />
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WW1B01 BRITISH SKIRMISHING A</div>
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WW1B02 BRITISH SKIRMISHING B</div>
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WW1B05 BRITISH HMGs (VICKERS)</div>
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legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436759736884864586.post-12714635330323715202009-01-20T13:55:00.007+00:002009-01-20T16:12:25.671+00:00Which figures for The Great War?<div align="justify">It looks like The Great War is going to be one of my major projects this year so I had better start to find out which figures I will use for the various armies I will be building. I'll be looking at 28mm figures only which are reasonably recent (hence no Foundry) and offer a good range of poses and troop types.</div><div align="justify"><br />Uniforms and (particularly) equipment changed a great deal during The Great War and added to this are the variations for different climates in theatres such as Africa and the Middle East. </div><br /><div align="justify">For simplicity's sake I am going to divide the war into three periods <em>based on uniforms</em>:</div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify">First I am going to look at the Western Front.</div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293387191782524418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 270px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigD7XgUCa-m-KUwatDkl3AeXeS-aUnhEQ9jr5oPIFpZTpFAJ6Run7-h5ACqFCmi-Tyn0CKmEr-_Ez0eDwBCsPGhv4M3ZGoHZsPyPzee3hXF5JxhjW7-QIh4dZhxcAFE1DSaSgtXHp9BwU/s400/British+Soldiers+1914.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"> <em>BEF troops in 1914</em> </p><p align="left"><strong>Early War Western Front</strong></p><div align="justify">The initial invasion by the Germans and the initial battles with the French, Belgians and British Expeditionary Force from August-November 1914. British in peaked caps (Scots in Glengarries), French in Blue and Red with kepis and the Germans in pickelhauben.</div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293388785011192882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 295px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQeBBSDk2a7Q9PL7fqh4mNGD0onoMsHsa26nBOHuK45JgMkJABkcAyqv3E6q6kXf0TOv7qSr4JAH7PZI7GpvfoKLGArSBk_TD0KY0cT5MHLO6aWfRkJk057vdIT9ewwwfYh_D9vQE6eM/s400/wwi_c.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><em>Early colour photograph of French Troops in Horizon Bleu</em><br /></p><p align="justify"><strong>Mid War Western Front</strong></p><p align="justify">This covers the period of the first trench lines going up December 1914 to January 1916. British wearing the softer cap with flaps, the French moving to Horizon Bleu and the Adrian Helmet. The Germans removing the spikes on their helmets. The need for gasmasks.</p><p align="justify"> </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsNcouP_JLsf2Lei3N4drNhZISqfMhaXDSP2DwcxAWariNFqrZkiELpe8hmHCf2MwKA-B52MsCG0zqf1bdq5sauez9kR1wOxOHPjuJ7_CNZ0ReK6FsU9q3yb6giEsC8ez_IxFWYEaOnls/s1600-h/trun2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293390721439646914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 192px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 285px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsNcouP_JLsf2Lei3N4drNhZISqfMhaXDSP2DwcxAWariNFqrZkiELpe8hmHCf2MwKA-B52MsCG0zqf1bdq5sauez9kR1wOxOHPjuJ7_CNZ0ReK6FsU9q3yb6giEsC8ez_IxFWYEaOnls/s400/trun2.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a><em>German soldier at Verdun 1916<br /></p></em><p align="justify"><br /><strong>Late War Western Front</strong></p><div align="justify">February 1916 to the end of the War. British adopt the Mark I Brodie helmet (October 1915 but not generally available until early to mid 1916), and the Germans introduce the Stahlhelm (for Verdun in February 1916)</div><div align="justify"></div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436759736884864586.post-53264174959275363792009-01-04T22:20:00.005+00:002009-01-04T23:12:54.608+00:00Mark IV Tank 2<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTGtLbzg6of_CpJjt2sMbJB7nojvE7RITCDgNWZhuKqTR-U954h8XPeUy7k5dTPFGMowyXly6Sz_g-I89gMbXEolbFV_egloIVEhxA4bQ7S_cnGHFs4x3tU7_sDr6mk5NX9mCE-waNh2s/s1600-h/Mark+IV+tank+undercoated.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287568484835433474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 218px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTGtLbzg6of_CpJjt2sMbJB7nojvE7RITCDgNWZhuKqTR-U954h8XPeUy7k5dTPFGMowyXly6Sz_g-I89gMbXEolbFV_egloIVEhxA4bQ7S_cnGHFs4x3tU7_sDr6mk5NX9mCE-waNh2s/s400/Mark+IV+tank+undercoated.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I've now spray undercoated the Mark IV. As I did it outside in the dark I need to touch up a few little bits which the paint missed in good light and then it will be ready for painting. I still have to undercoat the beam for the rear (stern? they are His Majesty's Land Ships after all!).<br /><br /><br /><br />The tank now sits properly as I weighted the inside with a stack of steel washers.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwjYpMrNf50D4aW49K0zlMN5uzdaH3WyhbGCzt0mo8g7HSU-gtMC33bbz8bw3fMEqYGY-D1U9kXF5lunZyIzjOhMaoDFy3YJxrtphm2nTw0-_LXrvvVHsJ1hV2ftyg6Y8fx8180qSsY8I/s1600-h/mark+iv+tank+weighted.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287568569168534274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 313px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwjYpMrNf50D4aW49K0zlMN5uzdaH3WyhbGCzt0mo8g7HSU-gtMC33bbz8bw3fMEqYGY-D1U9kXF5lunZyIzjOhMaoDFy3YJxrtphm2nTw0-_LXrvvVHsJ1hV2ftyg6Y8fx8180qSsY8I/s400/mark+iv+tank+weighted.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p></p><p align="justify">Gamburd commented on my previous post that the battle around Fontaine during the Cambrai offensive in November 1917 would make a good scenario. This is very true. I am attracted to the Cambrai assault as the British troops were largely Highlanders and these would make interesting looking infantry (and no tartan to paint, thank goodness, as the kilts had a khaki cover). The only problem with depicting Fontaine is that many of the British tanks were destroyeded by lorry mounted German light anti-aircraft guns and I have no idea how I would model this accurately!</p>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436759736884864586.post-1772795374609754692009-01-01T19:35:00.004+00:002009-01-01T20:06:10.460+00:00Tank!<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLzacUTcRF_7TPZLAGUD1Q_j0Z7GkxPJOPFRvsERy15nm4UBcU0ktFPc5YOfxNc9L3nS0sfaJHwDdX4-Dm0w76XIg1wro8tGBzNt5cfJl-vb78HnQu5_z75YHm4xiHhRuO3ish8tlv87Y/s1600-h/markIV+tank.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286417158648580274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 235px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLzacUTcRF_7TPZLAGUD1Q_j0Z7GkxPJOPFRvsERy15nm4UBcU0ktFPc5YOfxNc9L3nS0sfaJHwDdX4-Dm0w76XIg1wro8tGBzNt5cfJl-vb78HnQu5_z75YHm4xiHhRuO3ish8tlv87Y/s400/markIV+tank.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /><div align="justify">My interest in World War 1 wargaming has always revolved around the early war period, partly because of the Airfix plastics I had when I was little. I wasn't interested in the trench war period, partly because of the requirements to acquire, or more likely, build trench systems. All this may be about to change as I bought this Great War Miniatures Mark IV tank at Warfare in November. </div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfEXBLy1rNQV_jQcdTqx1_GdmVcVtALF53x7RgSfFu4WZ0HZu0HW2jDZ4LUq2Iksjr4jxE9QLe5wdGHGkC_IXxSUymwt4SYPKGX0xkYvjWe0OcPFA0wF1IpnzG4BwLB5LEhs2aJuqYNHM/s1600-h/61LiXJd7rAL__SS500_.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286417888011414082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfEXBLy1rNQV_jQcdTqx1_GdmVcVtALF53x7RgSfFu4WZ0HZu0HW2jDZ4LUq2Iksjr4jxE9QLe5wdGHGkC_IXxSUymwt4SYPKGX0xkYvjWe0OcPFA0wF1IpnzG4BwLB5LEhs2aJuqYNHM/s400/61LiXJd7rAL__SS500_.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify">The reason I did this was becuase of a complete impulse buy. I was walking around our local Tesco's and my little boy pointed out a paperback with a World War 1 tank on the cover. I had a couple of business trips coming up so bought it as it was at a very good price. Disaster! <em>Band of Brigands</em>, by Christy Campbell, is a quite wonderful book, telling the story of the development of the first tank from its origins in agricultural caterpillar tractors which were later employed to pull artillery in the Great War. Impeccable research means that a lot of the story is told through the viewpoint of the men involved in this pioneering form of warfare as they struggled to persuade the generals of the worth of the tank whilst having no idea themselves as to how to use it. </div><br /><br /><div align="justify">There are some great pictures and they brought back the images of massed tank attacks from the Warhammer Great War book. Bad news as now I will have to start some late war armies!</div><br /><br /><div align="justify">Over Christmas I put the kit together. It consists of a (beutifully crisp) resin one-piece body with metal accesories (machine guns, 6 pdrs and the metal cage which supports the fascine (which isn't included and which I will have to make). There are no instructions and it took me a little time to work out what goes where (helped by some photographs). The metal bits were in a pretty poor state in the kit I bought. The metal girders were very bent out of shape and I never did get them straight and one was missing about 4mm which involved some gap-filling with metal flash and filler. There is one other problem with the model, and that is that it is front heavy so the tracks don't sit flat on the table. The underside is hollow so I will put some weight inside to counterbalance it.</div><br /><br /><div align="justify">Tomorrow I will spray undercoat it. I have never used a spray undercoat before but I bought a couple of cans of Citadel's black spray for my Battleboards which I got for Christmas. Just as an experiment I sprayed a trio of Norman knights with it and was very pleased with the results. I know that everyone else does this but it's a new thing for me! It should work well on the tank.</div></div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436759736884864586.post-75899449923745547722008-09-02T06:46:00.009+01:002008-09-09T11:37:43.120+01:00Prussian Guards: Second Platoon<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ_vR5mBduL77d4yQBC_4XZpNaa8crErAfo33GZ_NS4njuBSGr04WzNALR_kz_jj7ymbWBMdLKrYUgdXEmgTQccn1K-lNmfouEP3eexvyH-b0c_mdYUma5UDKLQJyg3vEa76wEiJ-pEug/s1600-h/guards_unit_2_a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243968643678481650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ_vR5mBduL77d4yQBC_4XZpNaa8crErAfo33GZ_NS4njuBSGr04WzNALR_kz_jj7ymbWBMdLKrYUgdXEmgTQccn1K-lNmfouEP3eexvyH-b0c_mdYUma5UDKLQJyg3vEa76wEiJ-pEug/s400/guards_unit_2_a.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify">I finished the second platoon of my first Prussian Guards company during my holiday last month. However I have changed the colour of the uniform compared with the first platoon I did. The first platoon has a more greenish grey uniform which is more a WW2 field grey. On my visit to the Military Museum in Brussels, where they have a lot of WW1 stuff, I saw that the uniform was not a green-grey at all (although it went that way during the later war period).<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaeUjQB7wS9RxZ_T-nMr2vCLApr6yvtHYUcq87yB6LaN7mA-iqBjdmyDsq3QN2AQ8txoNFTl2O15dsYe3Ke0TzFAxn-4gRKZ3OuwYu3m0mfTbxTp-igsVT2vSg-b1P3qtV3tJtZw7twyo/s1600-h/Guardsman+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241296731557989986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaeUjQB7wS9RxZ_T-nMr2vCLApr6yvtHYUcq87yB6LaN7mA-iqBjdmyDsq3QN2AQ8txoNFTl2O15dsYe3Ke0TzFAxn-4gRKZ3OuwYu3m0mfTbxTp-igsVT2vSg-b1P3qtV3tJtZw7twyo/s400/Guardsman+1.jpg" border="0" /> </a><em>The Guards uniform in Brussels.</em><br /><br /><p align="justify">This example doesn't have the piping on the cuffs (guards had red piping at the top <em>and </em>at the bottom of the cuff) but as the war progressed uniforms became more utilitarian. Only guards had <em>litzen</em> (the two white bars piped in red) on their collars; painting these was a challenge!</p><br /><p align="justify"></p><p align="justify">The big question now is whether to repaint the first unit. If I paint carefully I shouldn't have to do anything except the piping again. I suspect I <em>will </em>change the first platoon to match the second.</p><p align="justify"> </p><p align="justify">The third and final platoon of the first company is under way. They are now all based, undercoated and the basic flesh tone has been added. I have now painted the base uniform colour on four figures and hope to have the other eight done this week. After I have finished the first company I will paint some British and try out the Great War rules using three companies for each side. I have already painted 16 British, although the bases will need upgrading. I have decided not to repaint them and will stick to the greener uniforms as the ones in Brussels were a green khaki not a brown one as I thought they were. </p></div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436759736884864586.post-21425537305373211132008-07-30T14:16:00.002+01:002012-10-31T20:51:12.068+00:00New Figures<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436759736884864586.post-41502385366799444052008-06-28T18:27:00.005+01:002008-06-28T20:05:25.686+01:00First Jaegers<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn31Ahp342UEMHa8x7mCA300fblBUVsrzaqMdQUkr7OowQCvaAB9eEGM43hdEO6_psqazyUf83H3y80rdMOHEdzcNXO7QVjszM-Sx_HazkGhtxcLBhKJS0phdHNgOFp6K7Qn8kf98NjSE/s1600-h/Prussian+Guard+jaeber+Platoon+1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216985507053070114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn31Ahp342UEMHa8x7mCA300fblBUVsrzaqMdQUkr7OowQCvaAB9eEGM43hdEO6_psqazyUf83H3y80rdMOHEdzcNXO7QVjszM-Sx_HazkGhtxcLBhKJS0phdHNgOFp6K7Qn8kf98NjSE/s400/Prussian+Guard+jaeber+Platoon+1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here is my first Jaeger platoon of 12 men. This will be half of the two companies I need, initially.<br /><br /><br /><div align="justify">There is one problem with the Jaegers that the Great War Miniatures figures don't have. Or rather, it's what the Renegade figures don't have and that is the oval cloth field badge which was white with a black centre for Prussians. Now my Osprey The German Army 1914-1918 shows the Jaegers without this badge but all of the shakos I saw in the Royal Army Museum in Brussels did have them. The way the Renegade ones are made <em>could </em>indicate the badges are under the cover.</div><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZUjMukzHGWW7FPfqtCK0xUgIIwgSCa1C8U8NbKif_W7n-WMCn4Hn_HmZEKVSgt-jqIJHDp5xRhGkmJVAqPtghjzXSPJQzJjGBQZSzksLmXfkkbmnp8CIdAAvDAkY67qC759rG7s2f1ZY/s1600-h/jAEGER+HATS.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217009452757899938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZUjMukzHGWW7FPfqtCK0xUgIIwgSCa1C8U8NbKif_W7n-WMCn4Hn_HmZEKVSgt-jqIJHDp5xRhGkmJVAqPtghjzXSPJQzJjGBQZSzksLmXfkkbmnp8CIdAAvDAkY67qC759rG7s2f1ZY/s400/jAEGER+HATS.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><p align="center"><em>Jaeger shakos in Brussels. Guards units had plain shako covers. The one second from the right is the colour I have gone for.</em> </p>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436759736884864586.post-5463803690718158712008-06-28T11:42:00.017+01:002008-06-28T21:01:28.778+01:00The Great War: Prussian Guards Army 1914<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglaTv7q992T5QXQEeML2YuHoR1EJSBxk_IQaIDzzwRMkvWOmlQCpFpcHjPkQTJKQ2VK2xY0Vfe6UrMZ08JPSLDSL6eVg5w4YnnBz_r7zvB5a2iwlfjUnR7LUt64lRAVTmqbqx_oGYbvOg/s1600-h/Prussian+Guard+Platoon+1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216975504896440978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglaTv7q992T5QXQEeML2YuHoR1EJSBxk_IQaIDzzwRMkvWOmlQCpFpcHjPkQTJKQ2VK2xY0Vfe6UrMZ08JPSLDSL6eVg5w4YnnBz_r7zvB5a2iwlfjUnR7LUt64lRAVTmqbqx_oGYbvOg/s400/Prussian+Guard+Platoon+1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Here is my first unit for my army for the new Warhammer Historical <em>The Great War</em> rules. I painted these some years ago and recently upgraded the bases and touched them up a bit.<br /><br /><div align="justify">I have decided to start with a 1914 German Guards battalion, partly as the high cost of the figures means a few less to paint.</div><div align="justify"><br />The organisation charts reflect the historical arrangements pretty well but that is easier with a larger scale for the units than, say, 12 men representing a regiment. A regiment in TGW would be 432 figures! Phew!<br /><p></p><br />The German army in WW1 was organised into regiments. Each regiment had 3 battalions and each battalion consisted of four companies. The company was split into three platoons which was then further divided into four sections. You don't need to get down to this level of detail in TGW rules as the smallest unit is the platoon consisting of 11 figures, representing about 85 men in real life. You can buy up to two extra figures and I have decided to go for 12 man units so that is roughly a 1:7 ratio. So I will need 144 figures for my 4 core Companies. I now have 12 painted, 12 under way and 12 more based. All the figures are Renegade but I will be investigating the Great War Miniatures ones in the next few weeks.</div><div align="justify"><br />My initial army will be a Prussian Guards Battalion and will look like this: <p></p><br /></div><div align="justify"><strong>1 HQ Battalion Command Group</strong> <p></p><br /></div><div align="justify">This consists of 1 Officer and two soldiers.</div><br />I have already painted these and here they are.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ8yDt6m45sprY9vNDAv2p10qnuflj7h3mY8yBV8B4Ue3wZrd7Z7ibQQ33QQBXdH2dVEzssvRvz-y3NQoBv-2WRK48nrnMCl2_Rc5co717R1KrEuPKL-47gI49wDaiCSp_domlMv8Nb1k/s1600-h/IMG_1871.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216973945860967810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ8yDt6m45sprY9vNDAv2p10qnuflj7h3mY8yBV8B4Ue3wZrd7Z7ibQQ33QQBXdH2dVEzssvRvz-y3NQoBv-2WRK48nrnMCl2_Rc5co717R1KrEuPKL-47gI49wDaiCSp_domlMv8Nb1k/s400/IMG_1871.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I think I would prefer an officer with a peaked cap and will work on that shortly. My officer with the pickelhaube will become a company officer.<br /><p></p><p align="justify"><strong></strong></p><p align="justify"><strong>4 Core Guards Companies</strong><br /></p><p align="justify">Each company will be 36 men and a three man company command unit.</p><br /><p align="justify"><strong>Divisional Support</strong><br /></p><p align="justify">You can have 1 per 2 core company choices so I can have two choices. I think I will choose some cavalry. Initially just 1 troop of 12 figures (9 is the standard but you can buy up to 5 more)</p><strong>Regimental Support</strong><br /><p></p><p><br />You are allowed 1 per core company choices so that gives me 4. I am going to have two machine gun sections (2 maxim guns), one Jager unit (maybe a small company of two platoons rather than the normal 3) and a 77mm gun just because I like the look of the Great War miniatures artillery models.<br /></p><p align="justify">That is a lot of figures but I have quite a number already as I picked up one of Renegade's army boxes at a discount. We shall see how many years it takes but at least you can start a battle with far less than this.</p>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436759736884864586.post-46047398032333179762008-05-23T09:54:00.001+01:002008-05-23T10:12:22.699+01:00German Schutztruppe Askari<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHs8s_sgFQMe1Yf24pC9KjWAvaY4EimetITa6INrfJRT6-8Pq_FXpqnnwDmvSU757pg-DJbdtKMbd0Kk1Q1fjmrpd7cnbevWRB2w1Cj8jSPZiOra8atji9upRz-DCAHPHspEGYdJ9brvY/s1600-h/DSCN2643.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5143935808483891826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHs8s_sgFQMe1Yf24pC9KjWAvaY4EimetITa6INrfJRT6-8Pq_FXpqnnwDmvSU757pg-DJbdtKMbd0Kk1Q1fjmrpd7cnbevWRB2w1Cj8jSPZiOra8atji9upRz-DCAHPHspEGYdJ9brvY/s400/DSCN2643.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjmbZlpG_Zvx9qkBGCKMtyrCf-9HboQMKs3zFNZrey2nuGAcnbUD190aX279wOnIH7CsXvCyJHgRwj3zX1t6tgx1z-1aQCiGjUCh1EniJgIW31xstB-ykFXbDS3lEb5zqwtxr_62NQQ6w/s1600-h/DSCN2643.JPG"></a>These are my Schutztruppe Askari. They are Copplestone castings figures. The German is a Brigade Games miniature sculpted by Mike Owen. These are dressed as they were at the beginning of the war. Later on they adopted floppy hats and kahki puttees. </div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436759736884864586.post-50535692478012084202008-05-23T09:45:00.002+01:002008-05-23T10:11:33.122+01:00Great War Miniatures British 2<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCA8IffZqJNEyGsLvTluhIh3xF2q1qCh3gBu7F_qgR0xc3p5YEzsxgyxa2Yp3ghZHwUpT0lJ1JbuA7wvsd9S1ZBtTGEyS423Rbvkw8lBljwP1vjZ4OaOzF7SIlTq7UTofTMMhOh0lcSQ/s1600-h/riflemen+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192913612065571490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCA8IffZqJNEyGsLvTluhIh3xF2q1qCh3gBu7F_qgR0xc3p5YEzsxgyxa2Yp3ghZHwUpT0lJ1JbuA7wvsd9S1ZBtTGEyS423Rbvkw8lBljwP1vjZ4OaOzF7SIlTq7UTofTMMhOh0lcSQ/s400/riflemen+1.jpg" border="0" /></a><em> Great War Miniatures British Infantry advancing</em><br /><br /><div align="justify">The release of <em>Great War Miniatures</em> early war French has got me digging out the GWM early British I bought about six months ago. </div><div align="justify"></div></div><div align="justify">I hadn't realised a <em>Warhammer Historical's</em> WW1 set of rules was quite so imminent and so I filed down and based the 12 figures I have got today. I was hoping to do some painting this afternoon as I had the afternoon off for my annual diabetic eye check (hooray, my eyes are still OK!). I had just put a few colours on some more Ruga-ruga and Ngoni when my daughter returned from school and announced she needed the computer (and hence my desk) for her homework. I'm getting her a laptop for her birthday so that should prevet this, I hope! This she managed to drag out until the exact moment the light failed. Grr! So it was this that forced me to disappear into the kitchen to base some figures, instead.</div><br /><div align="justify">I am going to add them to the "in progress" pile and see how I get on with them in the next month or so.<br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhh85ZdgDLPHU4TgYXTA6KSMT4zpxcN5pbXoG6rT1Aej_aNcuJRBkcocuxcztBtSbThY46GHD9j7writwHxVJomNgd7R_vxNs3Z8cfVx6onZ02_vNeGULAJphcSqxhNM33ekRSHitv2A/s1600-h/Airfix+ww1+British.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192908488169587346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhh85ZdgDLPHU4TgYXTA6KSMT4zpxcN5pbXoG6rT1Aej_aNcuJRBkcocuxcztBtSbThY46GHD9j7writwHxVJomNgd7R_vxNs3Z8cfVx6onZ02_vNeGULAJphcSqxhNM33ekRSHitv2A/s400/Airfix+ww1+British.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify">I have always been interested in early WW1 since my Airfix days when I had hundreds of the German and British infantry. I used to dig trenches at the end of my mother's lawn and make endless coils of barbed wire by winding wire around pencils. I spent weeks over the summer holidays extending the trenches until they covered a front over ten feet long. Only a couple of years ago, when planting some bulbs, my mother dug up one of those plastic German stretchers which had been buried in the garden for over 35 years!</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjshMz6rWSpYaoCaxoNeJ7c3Lmel5y7tAJtreRV0hkX8jrb-Vzb-vaEjKsS5nphQ00KMTzK7MpmETc5HmwvjbwbZm_44VlHbC84S-txYI9AhT4H_8QEIkScVDRezrZrO03TmwWru4YVJg/s1600-h/WW1+Germans+Airfix.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192908355025601154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjshMz6rWSpYaoCaxoNeJ7c3Lmel5y7tAJtreRV0hkX8jrb-Vzb-vaEjKsS5nphQ00KMTzK7MpmETc5HmwvjbwbZm_44VlHbC84S-txYI9AhT4H_8QEIkScVDRezrZrO03TmwWru4YVJg/s400/WW1+Germans+Airfix.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify">About eight years ago I bought a lot of Peter Pig's 15mm early WW1 figures. I had no idea how I was going to use them but I did paint quite a few. </div><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoIrQIsn2HTLusCy2fIy5q2CqpvR8tnvhz5TvfhV_XhuJQAT4Mj-ycwNSSl674Ujz2fDxCwZJr_gOk3rydsmFNG4dW44VbhFOBd4xW0S2XhZaW5yMIo9RFdKEphzRarneWXcctP85faw/s1600-h/peter+pig+british+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192919955732267714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoIrQIsn2HTLusCy2fIy5q2CqpvR8tnvhz5TvfhV_XhuJQAT4Mj-ycwNSSl674Ujz2fDxCwZJr_gOk3rydsmFNG4dW44VbhFOBd4xW0S2XhZaW5yMIo9RFdKEphzRarneWXcctP85faw/s400/peter+pig+british+1.jpg" border="0" /></a><em>Some of my Peter Pig 15mm figures</em><br /><br /></p><p align="justify">I really liked the Peter Pig figures and they have a brilliantly comprehensive range but I just can't paint 15mm.<br /></p><p align="justify"></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192922919259701970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqP6-29o-NzrvPPtWKqzpyUipIeb4YenvDuBTsEwblkUx8gnFH54ciQjffY28VGgfPhBE0ecDG0h8pMhw9nQaJgIraJe59xm8Pn5DLztV511WZM8uOHefMHK3pycuYOF9u2zvelFMLJA/s400/Renegade+ww1+british.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"> <em>My Renegade British. 21 figures painted; that's an army by my standards!</em><br /></p><p align="justify"><br />When Renegade brought out their Mike Owen sculpted WW1 figures a few years ago I bought French, Germans and British and even painted quite a few. I didn't have any specific WW1 books at that time so come of the colour choices are a bit odd but they were great to paint. I notice that I still have a few dozen to paint but gave up on them when they failed (as usual with Renegade) to complete the range and started to move on to late war, which was less appealing to me.<br /><br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI4cy0de7SJ3lP825divxxj7Hp8Vg6087hZTrJ2XtVKMYo8OV62CwQYqYUtFDZDqso30ErF8JODWwWZCkA62Wukis0RyPpdv833F6dr9gjKT3Y-r9586Pa2ZeVuKMkhsXYYzV8qcvK9g/s1600-h/GWM+officers+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192914720167133874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI4cy0de7SJ3lP825divxxj7Hp8Vg6087hZTrJ2XtVKMYo8OV62CwQYqYUtFDZDqso30ErF8JODWwWZCkA62Wukis0RyPpdv833F6dr9gjKT3Y-r9586Pa2ZeVuKMkhsXYYzV8qcvK9g/s400/GWM+officers+1.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="justify"></a> <em>GWM spiffy officers. A couple of them look a bit dim. Probably went to Cambridge.</em><br /><br />I am hoping that <em>Great War Miniatures</em> will cover some of the cavalry figures I would like to see like Uhlans and French dragoons. There were a few sharp cavalry encounters in the early days of the BEF in France which would make good skirmish games. After all it was a cavalryman, Trroper Thomas of the 4th Dragoon Guards who was credited with firing the first British shot of the war during an engagement when the Dragoons charged, at full pelt, a unit of Uhlans.</p><br /><p align="justify"></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkLW6XhPhsBPZzCCFTpenLA4K3gEeSwdcuNgsxW8aAD-c5ycPqISi3r0ATsYZBE2PzO_YoiXu-GtsfMdG-1kdGRt3SdL9Oe5KIfLDlxJ5VvMsaD9yi1FgpTVOYwFB6v7WeLdMuYfdwqg/s1600-h/army+uniforms+ww1026.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192928120465097442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkLW6XhPhsBPZzCCFTpenLA4K3gEeSwdcuNgsxW8aAD-c5ycPqISi3r0ATsYZBE2PzO_YoiXu-GtsfMdG-1kdGRt3SdL9Oe5KIfLDlxJ5VvMsaD9yi1FgpTVOYwFB6v7WeLdMuYfdwqg/s400/army+uniforms+ww1026.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><p align="justify">The Renegade and GWM figures go well together (or at least the British do) so although the latter figures are much more accurate as regrds kit my original Renegades may not be a complete write-off. I now have a few more reference books including the long out of print <em>Army Uniforms of World War 1</em> by Andrew Mollo, which is excellent, particularly on things like webbing and equipment. I borrowed this from the local library a lot and tried to buy it from them but they wouldn't sell it to me. My wife, unbeknown to me, then found a second hand military bookseller through directory enquiries and got me a beautiful condition second hand one for a surprise birthday present!</p><br /><p align="justify"></p><p align="justify">The key thing with the British is I think I have painted them too green. Early WW1 uniform khaki seems to be a bit browner. It all depends on whether there is a suitable Humbrol paint. I probably need to get down to the National Army Museum. </p>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0