Toysoldiers - Some Teutonic Knights by TeamMiniatures

Manufacturer:   TeamMiniatures

Scale:   60mm (1:30)

Hi,

Within my last post I forgot to introduce my Teutonic Knights made by TeamMiniatures. This manufacturer makes very nice ranges and one of by favorite is the range of „The Battle of Legnica 1241“, where Teutonic Knights, Templars and Livonian knights fought against the Mongols invading Europe. Within the battle the combined army of Polish and German knights had been beaten. 

The figures have very dynamic poses and that’s what I like very much. The combination of the martial look of the Teutonic Knights and their poses is really fantastic. If you look at the first figure (picture 3) just notice the pose. The horse is standing on two hooves and the complete weight of the figure is perfectly outbalanced. Remembering that this is not a plastic figure but metal, this must have been a real challenge for the sculptor.

So here they are - hope you enjoy them.

Cheers

Mike

My collection of Teutonic Knights placed in the battlefield of Legnica by AI.

The original picture of my collection.

One of the two additions I got about half a year ago.

The second one.

Toysoldiers - Latest additions to my collection

Manufacturers:   JohnJenkinsDesigns, King&Country, TeamMiniatures

Scale:   60mm (1:30)

Hi,

Though I would like to post some stuff about my actual project of building up an early Republican Roman army for an army list suitable for the rules of LionRampant 2, I am again out of order due to another stay in hospital and a second upcoming operation. 

So this is why this post is (again) about my collection of 60mm toysoldiers. Just to get over the boring time here without any possibilities to assemble figures, painting them or crafting terrain. And not to spend the time searching eBay for more figures to buy 😂.

The figures shown here are additions I got within the last few months, but I haven’t shown them here on my blog yet. As my collection is a bit widespread there are different periods of warfare they belong to.

The first newbie to my collection is a variation of Jim Bowie from King&Country‘s range of „Remember the Alamo“ (RTA048). I also got another figure for this range several months ago that I have not shown. It is a wounded Texian (RTA057). This range is not my focus, so there are only three figures within my collection at the moment. I don’t want to expand this range very soon. I’ll take chances on bargains on eBay or somewhere else, but as I mentioned before it is not my focus.

The next models are really on my focus. I love the FrenchIndianWar ranges from JohnJenkinsDesigns. Once for the period and twice for their sculpts. I was lucky to find this boat (QBOAT-01) from the range „The battle of Quebec“. With these boats the British landed at Quebec in the night from 12th to 13th September 1759, climbed up steep cliffs in order to launch the attack on Quebec next day. So - I’ve got a boat. Now the search for the crew will follow. I have already spotted a seller on eBay. But he is located in Canada. So costs of shipment and also taxes and customs made the offer far too expensive. Maybe I will be lucky some day to find the crew for an affordable price.

I was also lucky to find this set of Lt.Brown and an officer (QB-02B), that also belong to the „Quebec“ range. I placed the figures next to the boat just to give a better impression of the boat’s dimensions. The two figures can be seen in a painting showing the death of General Wolfe and do complete the scene. The painting shown in this post is not the original one, it is done using AI, but it comes close to the original 

Also belonging to the „Quebec“ range I got me some more marching British soldiers to increase the advancing forces. You never will get too many soldiers for an impressive marching line. 😊

Again JohnJenkinsDesigns, but this time from the range „Raid on St.Francis“. Some marching soldiers from the Connecticut Provincial Regiment.

Finally again some JohnJenkins miniatures, this time from the „GreatWar“ range. Not a focus again, but I got a suitable piece of artillery for a very good price that has already arrived while I am here in hospital. But here is the gun crew and some more infantrymen resting. Normally the guys I am calling „resting“ are Tank riders and bus passengers. But their poses are ideal for calling them „resting“. In combination with this piece of terrain (I don’t remember the manufacturer) this is quite a good setting and they look like waiting for orders.

This was a short report about my newest additions. I hope you enjoyed it. 🙂

Cheers

Mike

Toysoldiers - A selfpainted "Hospitaller Knight"

Manufacturer:   ReconquerDesigns

Scale:  60mm (1:30)

Hi,

in order to finish the set from ReconquerDesigns of a Muslim Warrior fighting against a Eropean Knight I painted up the knight as a Hospitaller Knight in the style of toysoldiers. The problem was that the 3d-print did not come out perfectly. The sword was not printed correctly and also the sword scabbard was not printed completely. I had to scratchbuild both missing parts from a piece of wood and plastic card. But I managed it and completed the figure.

So the duelists are now ready to be included into a showcase. This showcase was just set up for taking some photos and it is a wild mixture of figures of several manufacturers. There are some King&Country, JohnJenkinsDesigns, TeamMiniatures and a single figure, that originally is not a toysoldier. But it fits well in size and so it found its way into the little photo session,

Cheers

Mike

The finished Hospitaller Knight.

The set of duelists from ReconquerDesigns.

Again I couldn´t resist to bring the fighters into animated action. There are three different variants.

Here comes the setting of the mixture of Crusade figures.

An overview - the next is a short video for more detaiil.

The Muslims are defending the gate. The castle is paper made from King&Country.

A siege tower is always necessary to storm a castle (King&Country)

The figure that normally isn´t a toysoldier in front of a medieval tent (K&C).

The duelists from Reconquer again. In the background the two 
Almoravid archers from JohnJenkinsDesigns that I used as  a
tempate for the Muslim warrior.

Mounted Templar Kinghts (TeamMiniatures) attack the mounted archer (King&Country).

An unequal fight of two Crusaders against one Saracen (King&Country).

Templars (one K&C, two TeamMiniatures) attack the Almoravid archers (JohnJenkinsDesigns).

Again one brave Saracen is fighting against two Templar Kinghts (King&Country).

Toysoldiers - "The Boxer Rebellion" or "Peking 1900" - French Marine Infantry and French Navy

Manufacturer:   TeamMiniatures

Scale:   60mm (1:30)

Hi,

this is already the fourth part dealing with "The Boxer Rebellion" or "Peking 1900". This time I would like to show you the series of miniatures made by TeamMiniatures that represents the contingent of France - The French Marine Infantry and French Navy. This series consists of seven wonderful figures.

The figures shown within my earlier posts about the Boxer Rebellion are already completely added to my collection. This time a single figure of this series is missing (PGFA-6004). If it is not sold out yet I hope to get it from one of my dealers.

The further posts to come concerning "The Boxer Rebellion" also won´t show figures of my collection. I don´t have the complete range. There are some series there I only have one single figure and also some series there I don´t have any figure at all.

But I can assure you that there will be some special content.

Cheers

Mike

The missing figure - I hope to get it for a lower price.
I was lucky to get the other figures much cheaper. Otherwise I could not afford my collection.

A picture that I found at Pinterest.

A uniform plate published within Osprey 95 - "The Boxer Rebellion"

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

Manufacturer:   TeamMiniatures

Scale:   60mm (1:30)

Hi again,

the third part of my series about the Boxer Rebellion shows a small series of Italian Bersaglieri. Again these figures are produced by TeamMiniatures. There are two variants of uniforms - one in blue and one in beige. The figures of both variants are identically the same and there are at least nine figures in both variants. I decided to go for the blue variants because this is also the one that can be found within Osprey 95 "The Boxer Rebellion".

Here is some information that can be found on wikipedia.

Italian expeditionary forces in China

A very nice series of miniatures and maybe I will search for the beige variants aswell.

Cheers

Mike