Toysoldiers - "Settlers and refugees" - a small range from JohnJenkinsDesign

Manufacturer:   JohnJenkinsDesign

Scale:   60mm (1:30)

Hi again,

this saturday´s post is about a small range from JohnJenkinsDesign that fits both to FrenchIndianWar or American War of Independence.

The figures have wonderful postings that catch the drama within this scene. I love the small details like the dolls on one horse and another one held by the little girl.

Also the girl that is sitting on a horseback seeking protection while wrapping around her mothers body.

The settler with the rifle looking backwards is alos brilliant. Maybe he has heard a suspicious noise and now is looking for potential danger. 

A possible setting could be the settlers walking on a path through the woods observed by two or three hidden Indian warrios. 

Another setting could be that the refugees are leaving their home for enemy troops are expected to arrive soon.

Maybe thats a good idea.

Cheers

Mike

Toysoldiers - Two more figures for my collection concerning"Tyrolean Rebellion"

Manufacturer:   PianoWargames (3d-printed and selfpainted)

Scale:   60mm (1:30)

Hi,

I am having a lot of inspiration at the moment and also the neccessary time to work on my project "Tyrolean Rebellion".

So within the last three days I was able to paint up two more figures for my collection. There are still some more figures on the workbench or even some more that have not been printed yet. And of course I will also have to print and paint some Austrian regulars and also of course the Bavarians. 

The next two figures I finished are a female civilian and a leader of a unit of Tyrolean "Schützen".

Hope you like them. :)

Cheers Mike

Some of the already painted figures. There are some more finished figures that I didn´t set in scene
here. There are also some painted ones at "Chicken´sTabletopCrafting" as scale references for a Tyrolean house that I ordered from Chicken. The people need some buildings in the right scale, too.

Some terrain for my collection of Toysoldiers

Manufacturer:   Found at TEMU

Scale:   1:30 (60mm)

Hi again,

Some time ago I found some very interesting items at TEMU. I know that a lot of people have strange feelings about ordering at TEMU, but it often offers good 3d-printed pieces of terrain to affordable prices and the quality is really good. I also can recommend to buy your tufts or flocking materials there. If you do need a lot of tufts you can save much money there.

So - by the time my stock on material of wargaming terrain got rather good sorted and these days I found some pieces of terrain I forgot that I had them while tidying up my man´s cave.

I found some tree trunks, a fireplace and also a suckling pig on a spit. Not for 28mm, but in the perfect size to be used in combination with my collection of toysoldiers.

Within my collection of the FIW there is also a group of Roger´sRangers that is sitting or leaning on vats resting. So the suckling pig should be a great addition to this group of figures. Even the tree trunks and some rocks should look nice next to the Rangers.

So I got me my brushes and colours and started to paint those pieces of terrain. I am really happy with the result.

Cheers

Mike

The complete arrangement of the resting Roger´sRangers (figures are from JohnJenkinsDesigns).

The unpainted suckling pig.

The suckling pig with a seperate fireplace.

A single tree trunk.

The same tree trunk painted ...

... and flocked.

Another set of different tree trunks.

Some of them painted and flocked.

 

Toysoldiers - "Tyrolean Rebellion" from PianoWargames - A shephard with his dog

Manufacturer:   PianoWargames

Scale:   60mm (1:30)

Hi,

today´s post is again about some selfpainted toysoldiers from PianoWargames. Normally in 28mm, but again scaled up to 60mm and printed in 3d.

This time another civilian from the range of the Tyrolean Rebellion - a shephard with his dog.

I am not a specialist into dogs, so I had to search the web for some templates of a fitting race. What I found was a Berner Sennenhung (Bernese Mountain Dog ?). I put these pictures also within this post.

Cheers

Mike

Toysoldiers - Newest additions to my collection

Manufacturer:    JohnJenkinsDesign

Scale:    60mm (1:30)

Hi again,

today´s post is about my newest addition to my collection of toysoldiers scaled 1:30. I bought them on eBay for very good prices as some of these items had been sold half of their original price. Lucky shot. :)

The only thing was that I had to wait a longer time to be able to unpack the figures. I had to go to hospital for two weeks and my release had been yesterday. So guess what had been one of the first things to do after my arrival at home. ;)

The figures I bought are all from JohnJankinsDesigns and are some good reinforcements for the ranges I am already collecting. 

I was able to get at least two further figures for my collection of Rome and its enemies. A gallic cavalryman and a mounted Roman General. So my collection of "Little Alesia", as I call it, now looks like this.

My "Little Alesia" so far - a mixture of mainly JohnJenkinsDesings, some King&Country,
FirstLegion, Kronprinz Toysoldiers and some figures from a Russian Manufacturer I don´t 
remember.

Attack on the gate.

The "new" mounted warrior ...

... accompanied by his fellows. The figure in the middle is from King&Country.

The Roman General ...

... who commands a very, very small unit of Roman Cavalry. I have to point out that these figures
are always produced in limited numbers. Some of the ranges are hard to get for good prices. So it
will take me some years to increase the collection.

The following figures are belonging to my beloved ranges concerning the FrenchIndianWar.

Another Fifer for my British march column

Also got a marching British Grenadier ...

... and an officer ,,,

... because you cannot have enough men for building a good looking 
march column.

Two British soldiers firing their muskets ...

... because you also cannot have enough men for building a good looking firing line either.

I also got another British cannon ...

... so my collection of the range of "The Battle on the plains of Abraham" so far looks like this.

The last figure of the reinforcements had been this guy. Though I don´t collect the range
"The fur trade" this figure was half of its normal price. So it was no doubt to get it. 

And the figure fits perfectly to the Roger´s Rangers of my existing collection. Maybe he was a
trapper hired for scouting acions or something like that. Who knows? :)

I hope you liked this pictures and got some inspiration for our hobby. Keep on gaming, collecting and having fun playing with toysoldiers or wargaming minis.

Cheers,

Mike

Toysoldiers - "The Jacobite Rebellion" by JohnJenkinsDesigns

Manufacturer:   JohnJenkinsDesigns

Scale:   60mm (1:30)

Hi,

I was able to resist starting to collect the range of "The Jacobite Rebellion" for many years.

But last week I found these four guys for a special price and temptation got too strong. So I got them for my collection.

JohnJenkinsDesigns had released this range several years ago. The range did not see any new poses for a couple of years and one year ago (or so) the company decided to pick up this range again by releasing some new additional figures.

The four guys in this post are from the first releases of the range and their faces have a kind of comic style (that I love). The newer miniatures´ faces are sculpted finer but fit to the earlier ones.

Unlike collecting the ranges of "The Battle of Leuthen" and "The Battle on snowshoes" I won´t start hunting for this range to get it completed very fast. If there is a good offer on "Jacobites" on eBay or on  websites dealing with toysoldiers  by chance I surely will try to get them. But I won´t search the web for missing figures until I found them and buy them from all over the world like I did with the other two ranges.

Posting my newest additions of figures within a group on facebook I was told that these figures also have some "detail" under their kilts. I didn´t know about that and also couldn´t believe it. But it´s true. So the manufacturer has worked very precisely on the appearance of Highland Clansmen in 1745. The last photograph within this post will proof this. :)

Cheers

Mike

Highland Charge

JohnJenkinsDesign set no. JR-03 comes with two figures.

JohnJenkinsDesign set no. JR-08.

JohnJenkinsDesign set no. JR-20.

This picture is from the website of JJD showing the first releases of the range.

A very nice painting I found on the web.

Very detailed figures - even in places you wouldn´t expect. 

You also won´t normally see this special "detail" while placing the figures within a diorama. :)