Toysoldiers - "Russian Artillery of the SevenYearsWar" made by FirstLegion

Manufacturer:   FirstLegion

Scale:   1:30 (60mm)

Hi,

as my favorite period of warfare is the SYW it is no wonder that I also try to get some SYW related figures for my collection of toysoldiers. But this is a hard way. There are only a few manufacturers having produced figures for this period.

There is for example a range of JohnJenkinsDesign called "The battle of Leuthen" that I have already published within a post in 2023 (Link to the former post). This manufacturer has also a lot of ranges concerning the FrenchIndianWar. Though this also belongs to the SYW in a kind I am talking about figures that represent the fightings on the European theatre. These are not wide spread, often hard to find and if you have been lucky to find them they are too often bloody expensive. Concerning "The battle of Leuthen" I was lucky to get the figures from a collection´s liquidation.

Another manufacturer that has produced some figures for the SYW as toysoldiers is FirstLegion. Very detailed and excellent painted figures but they also belong to the most expensive ones. So my collection of these figures is still small and the figures I already have would not have found their way into my collection if I hadn´t got them for very good prices.

The one range of figures I have managed to complete is the Russian Artillery of the SYW,

And here they are.

Cheers

Mike

Toysoldiers - "The Boxer Rebellion" or "Peking 1900" - 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