Muskets&Tomahawks - Supplement "Shakos&Bayonets" - Tyrolean Rebellion

Manufacturers:   PianoWargames, Victrix, Chicken´sTabletopCrafting    

Scale:   28mm

Hi,

it is still a long way to get my forces ready for my Tyrolean Rebellion project that we would like to game after the ruleset of "Muskets&Tomahawks" using the supplement "Shakos&Bayonets".

There are some more figures on the workbench that have to be varnished and also the basing needs some more "tuning" with tufts and things like that.

And of course - some more figures still have to be painted, especially more Tyroleans.

Until then the already finished figures will be kept in a small diorama within my IKEA-Billy-shelf for some motivation to keep on the project.

The figures on the pictures are from different manufacturers. The Bavarians are Victrix while the Tyroleans are from PianoWargames. The two buildings are from "Chicken´sTabletopCrafting".

If you like to get further information about the Tyrolean Rebellion and also about Andreas Hofer, who led the Rebellion, just have a look at the following links to a very good docu on YouTube. Unfortunately it is only in German. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q3imffLdGM

The second link shows the storming of Innsbruck taken from the movie "Andreas Hofer".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FX0d52RMuM&t=47s

If you like to have a look at the complete movie (also only in German) follow the next link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsc-0wTXRR0

But I also found a shorter documentation concerning the Tyrolean Rebellion in English:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j140bKSCdms

This rebellion is not very well known but in my opinion it would be very nice to play some games dealing with this topic.

Cheers

Mike

Bavarian Grenadiers and Light Infantry from Victrix painted by a friend.

The Tyroleans from PianoWargames have been painted by me.

Toysoldiers - TeamMiniatures - "Second BoerWar"

Manufacturers:   Mostly TeamMiniatures, one figure is ThomasGunn

Scale:   60mm (1:30)

Hi,

just a short post about a small side project of my collection - The Second BoerWar.

I have bought these figures just a few years ago and didn´t know exactly how to present them better than putting them on a shelf of my showcase. There are only a few figures I have in my collection concerning this conflict and so the figures looked quite lost on the shelf.

From my collection for wargaming I have built a plate 2x2 feet a few years ago in order to use it for the rules of DeadMansHand. But this piece of terrain doesn´t really fit well to the other terrain pieces. So I will gonna use it for placing my toysoldiers representing the Second BoerWar on it.

Cheers

Mike. 

The only figure of ThomasGunn within this side project.

The selfmade ridge without figures - the colors are similar to the British uniforms.

Toysoldiers - JohnJenkinsDesign - The Irish Regiment "Lally" in French duty

Manufacturer:   JohnJenkinsDesign

Scale:   60mm (1:30)

Hi,

following one of my earlier posts this one is about the next figures available for the Irish Regiment "Lally" that served within the French Army of the SevenYearsWar in India.

The arrangement with the hill is just for a quick better look. For I don´t know about the looking of the terrain of India yet and don´t have any idea how to set the figures perfectly in scene I will put them on one of the shelves within my showcase.

But the figures do look brilliant. The sculpting style of JohnJenkins has improved during the years though I also like the older style very much.

Cheers

Mike

Toysoldiers - A visit to "Hadriansvilla"

Manufacturers:   Too many to tell

Scale:   60mm (1:30)

Hi again,

Yesterday I managed to visit a German dealer for Toysoldiers of the manufacturers "FirstLegion", "JohnJenkins", "TeamMiniatures", "King&Country" and "ThomasGunn".

The company is called "Hadriansvilla" and is placed in Böblingen near Stuttgart. (https://www.hadriansvilla.de/index.html). That´s about 210 kilometers away from my home but the trip was surely worth it.

The owner of this company is Marcus Heiß-Hasala who I met about three years ago at the "Internationale Zinnfigurenbörse" in Kulmbach in 2022. He is a very friendly guy and his prices are very fair. 

After the release of the French SYW-Regiment Lally by JohnJenkins I decided to order these figures from Marcus. For I had at least one week of vacation I asked him if there is a chance to visit him and have a look at his own collection. And of course to pick up the ordered miniatures. He agreed and I want to say thank you for a warm welcome. I enjoyed the visit very much and it has been a pleasure to talk about our shared hobby.

One thing we discussed was the actual tax policy of Donald Trump concerning China. As most of the manufacturers are producing in China the taxes will rise the prices for these kind of toysoldiers in the US for sure. I have read in a post on facebook that prices have increased already. Fortunately there is not a trade war between Germany or the European Union and China by now. So we hope to be lucky to get the figures to the usual prices.

Here are some pictures concerning Marcus´s collection. 

The first thing he has shown me must be his personal highlight. This showcase of TrenchWarfare in the GreatWar is about 4x4 feet in size and is placed within the living room on a table. It contains a lot of WBritains Trench sections and a lot of figures from all kind of manufacturers. Though I am not a collector of the GreatWar (maybe Australian Lighthorsemen could make an exception some day) I have to say that this showcase was overwhelming. Lots of figures lovingly arranged and real eyecandy. The pictures do not reflect the impression in the approach.

Trenches from WBritain defended by French and British soldiers against an attack of German troops.

All kind of manufacturers have found their place on this great display.

The French part of the trenches - a mixture of mostly JohnJenkins and King&Country.

Some rare figures from Frontline - Horses and riders wearing gas masks.

A truck transporting troops by a smaller former British manufacturer that I unfortunately forgot.

That´s the kind of detail I like very much. The top of the Trench section can
be removed to show another detail of the diorama - in this case an
improvised hospital.

One of the shelves of Marcus´ collection with a lot of tanks - he has specialized into the Ardenne offensive.

Crimean War 1854

FirstLegion Napoleonics.

HungarianAustrian Infantry of the NapoleonicWars by FirstLegion.

Marcus is also collecting flats.

FrancoPrussianWar 1870/1871.

Very rare and valuable Indian elephants.

I like these Romans very much. If I am right these are ThomasGunn Miniatures.

Again Ardennes.

I suppose the collection is representing every single tank of the German army during this campaign.

A very impressive lineup of Napoleonic Highlanders. 

The death of Gordon Pasha. Reminds me to watch "Khartoum" once again soon.

The Sudan campaign.

Also very impressive to see the accessories for collecting toysoldiers. 
These palm trees look awesome. Also the gate of the town wall is brilliant.

Christmas time at the front.

A very nice civilian setup.

A display Marcus formerly used for placing his American Natives. Now used for presenting his
Indian troops of the British Empire.

Cheers

Mike