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. :)

 

Toysoldiers - "Tyrolean Rebellion" by Piano Wargames - Some civilians

Manufacturer:   PianoWargames

Scale:   60mm (1:30)

Hi again,

my newest additions to my collection of Tyroleans - this time some civilians.

These figures are always a pleasure to paint.

Cheers

Mike