Saturday, 16 September 2017

1688

Around the early 80s I got these-
I looked with enthusiasm at the Warrior Miniatures Charles II period 25mm figures in the window of their shop in Glasgow. Alas I never bought any. What I did do was decapitate loads of Minifigs 25mm GNW Russians and stick on wide brimmed heads ( possibly Thessalian ancient?) to get the look. It was fun at the time.
The other day this arrived-
I have not had time or energy to do it justice but I am very impressed  indeed. A visual delight and well written. Once more it has fanned the flames of enthusiasm for the "might have been" battles of 1688 on English soil. Combined with "The Pikeman's Lament" I am tempted to give them a go but which scale- 15mm,20mm or 28mm?
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5 comments:

  1. Tom16 September 2017 at 12:07

    Alan,
    you may have seen this blog, but if not, you may find it interesting. http://warsoflouisxiv.blogspot.co.uk/

    I found one of the earlier posts particularly interesting, and with a great video.

    http://warsoflouisxiv.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/soldiers-of-killiecrankie-2017.html

    I never even knew there were re-enactors or that they went to Killiecrankie. It looks like it was a good day.

    cheers,
    Tom

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  2. WSTKS-FM Worldwide16 September 2017 at 13:56

    Looks like interesting reading nevertheless. Of course, Warrior Miniatures are still in operation, and, I see, still very reasonably priced. . .

    Best Regards,

    Stokes

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  3. nobby16 September 2017 at 18:38

    28mm. They have heft and bulk and character, and it is worth naming them :)

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  4. Tim Gow17 September 2017 at 22:01

    54mm of course!

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  5. Adam7 October 2017 at 08:25

    If more inspiration is required a similar what if campaign has been running for a couple of years here:
    http://leagueofaugsburg.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/blogging-for-britain-part-1-preparation.html

    Set in England in 1692...

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