3D prints where to go?

I think people are aware I bought myself a resin 3D printer and that Dan at Digitalsculpts has been preparing 'sculpts' of Prussian Seven Years War figures.
The early Sculpts were good but I found when casting into metal they lost some detail, so Dan has tweaked the models and I think theses will work well.
So far printed 40mm,30mm,25mm and 18mm.

After the Falkirk will do some 20mm and 10mm and then think what to do ! Always open to ideas and suggestions

Salute and more figures coming

Well that's Salute over for another year!  It got off to a bad start when my banner decided to split itself in two and although there are maps of the layout it became quite apparent that a lot of people rely on the banners etc to find what they want, however it was still a decent show with lots of favorable comments about the figures.
I'm even more pleased that the Too Fat Lardies in their 'Odd Cast' 18 make some very nice comments about the range ( 40minutes 30 seconds in)

Comments about the show in general I will post on the Scotia Albion blog.

In the mean time Griffin moulds pulled all the stops out and got new metal masters too me the night before I left for Salute.

So first up Keith's Highlanders primarily designed to accompany Charles Grant's forthcoming book hence the running and advancing figures.

Nest up - again for the book the Freytag Jaegers - I'm busy working on the Officer and hornist.
All these figures are conversions and I think they've come out ok? There's a little tidying up to do before they go into full production but I'm planning on getting these off to Griffin by the end of the week.

Some more conversions for the book British Line and Grenadiers running, there is another hat man who had gone walkabout - the question is if |I try and do some running command?

Finally the Naval landing party - sculpted by Richard Ansell I am really pleased with these and the pre.release packs sold very well at Salute.

So lots completed and lots to go to Griffin they will be in the shop in the next couple of weeks.

Last shout for Salute and look what's landing

Aa gentle reminder that the pre.order offer for Salute finishes the 19th March - this is to give me time to get the orders ready before I go to America.

More good news Richard Ansell has finished the Navy Landing party, I have been going on about these for a long time and it's good to see them arrive.

4 of the figures have open hands to act as gunners or to receive the melee weapons that have been made.

Looking forward to getting these. Hopefully I will have some in action in my game at Partizan.

Finally more good news Andy Stadden got in touch to say that his wife is making good progress and that he now feels he can return to sculpting and that he has started work on the second set of Saxons.

Merry Christmas 🤣🤣🤣

The Prussians/Hessians arrive

For Charles Grant's forthcoming book ( which I have already mentioned) we decided to commission our own figures that could be used for Prussians/Hessians.

By way of an experiment so as not to disrupt the sculpting schedule I commissioned Dan from Digital Sculpts in Sweden
http://digitalsculpt.se/

To do some figures. I have posted a couple of teasers but once I received the files and printed the resin masters I sent them straight to Griffin for casting in metal, the results are below.

Photos could be better but we have strong sunlight today!!!

Dan and I have learnt quite a bit from the process but overall I am very pleased and should have some painted up shortly. They will be available shortly on the web site and of course at Salute.

Salute 2019

Well Salute is fast approaching and it's time to offer the pre.order deals for collections at the show.

From now until the 19th March orders over £50 and using the coupon code salute2019 will receive a 15% discount.

The discount doesn't apply to unit,brigade or army deals which are already discounted.

I'm in America the week before Salute hence the cut off date of the 19th to give me time to get the orders ready!

I'm also hopeful to have some pre.releases of the Naval Landing party and the Prussian/Hessian infantry to support Charles Grants forthcoming ' Skirmish actions' book. There will be a 10% reduction on these new releases.

Don't forget to get in touch with any suggestions or queries.

On The Move!

As mentioned in my previous post on the 18th January my wife and I are upping sticks and moving.
We are just about packed and I have to admit I am slightly overawed by the number of boxes of books, games etc I've put together even before I started on the Crann Tara stock!

Anyway unless there are any last minute major glitches from the 18th the Crann Tara address will be in Marske. The website will be updated tomorrow so please check there for the details.

I will be without access to my emails etc. From Wednesday 16th until 19th and there will be a slight disruption to orders etc. But I anticipate I will be up and running and orders cleared by the 25th.

The Mounted Freytag Jaegers and. On Luckner Hussars will also be available under a new tab on the site 'Skirmish Actions'

In the meantime we shall continue our relocation

Happy New Year - New Start -

First can I wish you all a Happy New Year and that you can face the year with a positive outlook and overcome whatever challenges you may face.

The last post of the year gave an outline of where I see Crann Tara going this year, today I am in the middle of preparing for our house move!! A  mammoth task for any gamer I think when you begin to realise how many books, figures etc you have acquired - add to that stock and I have a lot to do over the next three weeks!

All orders are up to date and there may be a little disruption around the 18th when we move but it will be kept to a minimum. Details of the new address etc will be on the website, newsletter and here nearer the date.

Show wise my first trade show will be Salute, followed by Falkirk then the new show at Glasgow.

I will be visiting Vapnartak in February and aim to be putting a 'Sugar Islands' game on at Partizan so if anyone wants to order figures for collection at either of these shows just get in touch near the time.
I really hope I can complete the Culloden game for the second Partizan this year.
In the meantime a few pics of the figs. from the range.

The Savoia marching band - sculpted and painted by John Dougan I really hope I can get him to do another drum major for casting.

 More Savoia pieces again painted by John.

 A nice command Vignette painted by one of my customers

 Part of my British army painted Mark Allen, Steve Allen and myself :)

Have a great year