Toysoldier Collection - AWI British 22nd Regiment of Foot

Manufacturer:    FirstLegion

Scale:   60mm (1:30)

Hi again,

just another short post about some more figures that joined my collection of toysoldiers.

A found on ebay for quite a good price. Four figures from FirstLegion from their range dealing with the British 22nd Regiment of Foot.

The last two pictures are an extract from the homepage of FirstLegion showing the complete range of this regiment and also its history.

Cheers

Mike

The picture on the website of FirstLegion showing all figures of that range.

A short text about the Regiment´s history during the AWI.

King & Country - Another Barbarian for my collection

Manufacturer:   King&Country

Scale:  60mm (1:30)

Hi,

Just a short post about my newest addition to my collection of toysoldiers. :)

Cheers

Mike

Lion Rampant - First mounted Templar Knight from Victrix

Manufacturer:   VIctrix

Scale:   28mm

Hi,

just a short one.

I finished my first mounted Templar Knight from the new Victrix box. They are fun to paint and I used a figure from TeamMiniatures as a sample for the colors. Came out quite well in my opinion.

So - another 17 knights to paint to get at least three mounted units for the ruleset of "LionRampant".

The models are already built, primed and also have their first following colors. Hope to get another two or three ready this week. 

Cheers

Mike

Toysoldiers - A Templar Knight to be used as template for my 28mm figures

Manufacturer:   TeamMiniatures

Scale:   60mm (1:30)

Manufacturer:   Victrix

Scale:   28mm

Hi again,

this post is a mixture of different scales and also different collections.

I have bought the new Victrix 28mm mounted knights in order to paint them up as Templar Knights for gaming the rules of "LionRampant".

Just as an inspiration and also as a template I got me a Templar Knight from the ranges of TeamMiniatures. I love the color scheme of this figure and want to paint at least one unit of  my Templar cavalry in this style. 

Maybe I will do the other units in their completely white clothing. But I guess this will look a little bit boring. I will have to think about that. 

 

Cheers

Mike

Lion Rampant - Motivated for painting more figures

Manufacturer:   GamesWorkshop

Scale:   28mm

Hi,

highly motivated by the last few games using the rules of "LionRampant 2nd Edition" I just had a look at my pile of shame and found "some" figures that I started painting several years ago. 

I have some old GamesWorkshop Bretons in my boxes. Ok, they are not really historic, but they are looking great and have a little flair of Hollywood. I´m not a fan of Warhammer, but I like the Bretons from the ranges though their headgears are extremely overloaded.

This post is about one of these figures that I finished this week. I painted up two further mounted knights in the same color scheme some years ago. They fit quite well. :)

My thought is to increase this unit up to sic mounted knights in the same color scheme so that it can be used as heavy or elite cavalry in "LionRampant".

Cheers

Mike

Visiting the "Internationale Zinnfigurenbörse" in Kulmbach 2024

Hi,

today´s post is a short one with some pictures from the "Internationale Zinnfigurenbörse" in Kulmbach, Bavaria, Germany. This event happens every two years at the second weekend of August.

In its origin it used to be a fair for flats and within the years it became a fair for almost every kind of lead figure you could imagine - flats (of course still a lot of them), toysoldiers, kits of lead soldiers, manufacturers of terrain, a lot of books dealing with the hobby, brushes and paints and so on.

The first few pictures are dealing with a German manufacturer who makes really impressive an highly detailed 3d-printed wagons or cannons for different ages of warfare. You should visit his website. You won´t regret it.

https://compagnie-elite.de/about/

Also very interesting are the figures from HagenMiniatures. They have a very good range with very special themes in 1/72 scale.

https://www.hagen-miniatures.de/

I hope you all enjoy this little tour.

Cheers

Mike

Peipp-figures are a little bit bulky but their special style is also beautiful. Unfortunately they are out of production. This manufacturer was located in Dresden, Saxony, Germany. 

The market stall of Saimextoys from Italy.

The block houses had been very interesting to use them for the rules of Muskets&Tomahawks.

Guess about the person who reserved those five British fusiliers - :):)

A lot of Historex figures for a very good price - but not my point of interest. Maybe the Prussians on the right in the second row.

Figures in 1/72 from HagenMiniatures

It is always nice to take a look at the high quality painted flats.

Of course it´s not Vercingetorix, but it is Montcalm. The text belongs to the figure on row above.