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

"Black Watch Miniatures" - Austrian Infantry of the SevenYearsWar

Manufacturer:   BlackWatch Miniatures

Scale:   normally 1/72, but printed in 60mm (1:30)

Hi again,

one of my best friends, Uwe Wild, is a collector of figures scaled 1/72 and also a specialist in uniforms.

If there is a lack of figures in the normal ranges he publishes his own sets or ranges to close these gaps. One of his newest sets is a range of Austrian Infantry of the SevenYearsWar. The range comes as stl-files and can be printed with a 3d-printer.

You can see Uwe´s figures and his wonderful posts concerning figures and military history by following these links.

- figures available at myminifactory.com    BlackWatch Miniatures

- Uwe´s Blog:                                                Historyin172.blogspot.com

I am not a collector of 1/72, but the fact that Uwe´s figures are coming as stl-files I was thinking of scaling them up to 28mm for my wargaming collection and also to scale them up to 60mm to be used for my collection of toysoldiers.

The first attempt was printing a test figure in 60mm. I painted it as a soldier of the Regiment "Kaiser".

Unfortunately my 3d-printer is out of order at the moment. I hope to be able to make it work again very soon. The next attempt then will be to print some miniatures of that range in 28mm.

Cheers

Mike

Left: Franconian Regiment "Rot-Würzburg" from JohnJenkinsDesigns
Right: Austrian Regiment "Kaiser" from BlackWatch Miniatures