Man of tin and recently had an interesting post on HE and SAE-
https://manoftinblogtwo.wordpress.com/2024/04/01/the-curious-sae-madeira-30mm-figure-story/
Brian C, not that one, the other one, tagged me on this picture-
Both these reminded me of my wee box of 54HE Swedes-
Good idea!
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DeleteAlan Tradgardland
A very evocative address on the box, glimpsed tucked away in the appendix to Donald Featherstone’s War Games 1962.
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts exactly.
DeleteAlan Tradgardland
I read that post on Man of Tin and it was really interesting. Your figures look good and do deserve some paint on them.
ReplyDeleteIt was and they certainly do!
DeleteAlan Tradgardland
I saw this on the Tradition website.
ReplyDeleteIt's pretty obvious SSM were pirates of the SAE figures as the AWI are identical.
The article on Man of Tin does help with another mystery; CSG says that Charles Grant senior always referred to the artillery pieces of the VFS and GDL as "Hathaway guns" - in one of the excerpts there is reference to a John Hathaway producing artillery pieces...
Neil
Fascinating wargames archaeology it all is.
DeleteAlan Tradgardland
Interesting to hear the story behind S.A.E. I like the style of the H.E. figures.
ReplyDeleteI concur on both of these.
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