Toysoldiers - "The Boxer Rebellion" by TeamMiniatures - British Royal Marine Light Infantry

Manufacturer:   TeamMiniatures

Scale:  1/30 (60mm)

Hi,

today´s post is about the fantastic range called "Peking 1900" made by TeamMiniatures. This range covers the different contingents of forces from the leading western nations that fought against the "Boxers" from 1899 till 1901. 

The most known fight during this war should be the "55 days at Peking", where the Chinese Boxers and the Chinese army fought against small contingents of the UnitedStates, Russia, Japan, Austro-Hungary, Germany, Italy, France and Britain. The total number of the allied troops defending the Embassy district of Beijing was about 450 men, while the Chinese forces were about several thousand fighters. 

TeamMiniatures released figures of the contingents of the UnitedStates, Russia, Italy, France, Britain and Germany and also some figures covering the Boxers and also the Chinese Imperial Army. Unfortunately there are no Austro-Hungarians or Japanese. But concerning the Japanese there is a chance to do some fake as TeamMiniatures also released a range covering the Russo-Japanese War of 1904/1905. The Japanese troops of this range should fit aswell.

After some years of happy collecting I managed to complete the figures from the contingents of Britain, Germany and Italy (the blue uniformed Bersiagleri - there are also the identical figures in tan that I do not have). The contingent of France is missing a single figure. And until now there is only one Imperial Chinese Infantryman that has found his way into my collection.

Within this post I will concentrate on the miniatures from the British Royal Marine Light Infantry.

All figures from the British contingent.

If you like to get more information about this conflict just click on the following links.to wikipedia and YouTube.

The third link is the song from the movie "55 days at Peking" with Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner and David Niven.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxer_Rebellion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXuV9vOdfZA

55 days in Peking song

Cheers

Mike

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.