A couple of sneak peeks and what's to come in 2018

A parcel arrived from Andy Stadden yesterday, so I apologise for the quality of the photos, taken in haste in poor light using un inked figures however these will be off to Griffin for their return to work on the 2nd January.
First up are the completed set for the Georgia Scouts/Rangers.

 Then we have a couple more hussars this time charging and a rather nice Hussar ADC

 Then we have the Chasseur de Fischer infantry and nice addition to the French army

What is not shown are the Hussar Horse holders ( 2 variants) - waiting on the horse and a set of Afro-carribean heads which will prove very useful for some conversions I'm planning.

So what's to come in 2018  well with the continued absence of Richard and the family turmoil when Mam died then the Saxons never got released but they are the priority for 2018 and will appear sooner rather than later.

More French - on the bench at the moment with Andy Stadden are the Musquetaires, there will be Cantabrians and all sorts of other troops that take  my fancy.There's isn't much left now to finish the Jacobites - a decision re casualty figures is still to be made.

The British army is just about done - NCO's, Officers and ADC's is about all that's left

John Dougan will continue with his War in Savoia and will finis off the command for the French Dragoons.

You can also expect to see some maritime pieces appearing at some point which I think if all of this is achieved will lead to a rather full year.

So thank you for your support and a Merry Christmas to you all

Merry Christmas and a couple of new pieces

First and foremost can I wish you all a Merry Christmas and hope you all enjoy the festive break.
I shall be on Christmas slow down from the 23rd December until the 2nd January but I will still be checking e.mails and orders ready to hit the ground running in 2018.

I should have the next set of new releases from Andy Stadden this week but in the meantime here's a couple of conversions I've completed and these will be in the shop in the New Year.

There's a British General another addition for Pistligo's horse and some 'generic' Militia figures hope you like them.

Also there's a flag for Clan Chattan from Pete's flags - nice.
The horses are the new heavy horses on licence from Ebob - there's a little work to do on them before they are released but they're no far off production.

Salute 2018

Long time no post - apologies for that, still patiently waiting for the next set of sculpts from Andy Stadden.
However the good news is that my booking for Salute 2018 is confirmed, now whilst a lot of debate takes place about the format of Salute to a small trader like me its business critical, a good day usually lets me plan and pay for the next 20-30 figures in the range.
so the planning starts now! cash flow is critical so early planning is essential, in addition I shall be offering the usual pre.order for collection and to make it more attractive over £60 will give a 15% discount over a £120 a 20% so it's certainly worth considering and I hope to have quite a few new releases out in time as well.

On other things the French army continues to grow, Regiment Foix joins the ranks
painted by Steve Allen and based etc by moi.

Hussars are available at last !!

I'm pleased to say that the Early French Hussars (with the exception of the horse holders) are now available and are in the shop.
These are all sculpted/converted by Andy Stadden.
Mounted hussar and command and the dismounted Hussars skirmishing together with command so a great add on.
The Hussars will also come with the new light/medium horses we have licensed.
In addition there's a couple of British Mounted Officers which have been much wanted and a couple of French Officers which are minor conversions from the Savoia Officers.

Also coming soon is the Mule train! the loads are not cast on the mules to allow for variation and the Savoia mountain gun will be coming shortly both assembled and deployed and as a load for the mules.

Fusliers de Morliere

Whilst the hussars are being cast and Andy is on with the next set of sculpts I received from Steve my two units of Fusiliers de Morliere - Cavalry and Infantry.
I have to paint the horses for the cavalry but in the meantime here's a couple of pics of the infantry -
they've already been in their first engagement and performed exceedingly well.

More Hussars

Andy Stadden has come up trumps with the early hussars both mounted and dismounted.
There are also two horse holders to come.
The pictures aren't the best but hopefully gives you a feel. There's also the picture of the two British mounted Officers and there are also two French mounted Officers.
These have gone off to Griffin for the master moulds but production wont be far behind.

There's more figures coming soon including the Georgia Rangers for the '45 range.

New figures available to order next week

I have just sent off figures for seven production moulds to be made at Griffin. There are figures for a further 8 moulds so its going to be ab busy summer.

The figures that have gone are the marching Spanish Infantry, the Savoia mounted Officers, the French dragoon, the early French Hussar, British Horse ( command and trooper) and the French artillery - I'm doing two four figure packs for these one pack of the crew serving the gun and a pack of the pushing/pulling figures as I think these will be useful for other things - some nice vignettes?

Pictures below - apologies for the quality the light was just too strong!

These will be available to order on the web site next week.

New Metal Masters

Just to keep the pot boiling I received some of the new metal masters from Griffin today

There's the mules for the mule train - Ebob miniatures on licence with the details added by John Dougan, the French dragoon and the generic infantry with pompom.

Then we have the first batch of Compagnie Franches de la Marine in tricorn and waistcoat.

One checked and cleaned up they will be going for casting.

A summer of new releases

Over the next few months I have lined up a fair few releases/


First up is a real 'special' John Ray who's wonderful collection graces the A Military Gentleman Book, blog and Forum very kindly sculpted an early French Hussar for the range
The figure looks comfortable on both standing  and galloping horses and I'm sure this will be a must want figure.

Unfortunately Richard Ansell continues to be unavailable due to ongoing family issues, to that end I have sought the services of Andy Stadden son of Charles to help out.

The first set of releases he has done are primarily conversions but more pieces are coming.
So we have the French artillery crew and the British Horse

 I think you will agree he has done a good job.

Finally John Dougan continues his work on the War in Italy the Spanish Infantry marching is making his way to me, pack mules etc are already at Griffin and expect to see a mountain gun coming soon as well.

Just check the website for updates and availability