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| The figures are mostly Clayton ones with a few vintage and DK's as well. The limber and horses are vintage Hinton Hunt, guns and howizter are by Newline Designs. |
The figures used are mostly Clayton castings with one or two vintage figures and a couple of DKs thrown in for good measure. Interestingly there are virtually no differences between the three manufacturers output although one or two of the Clayton’s had miscast bases which had to be made good before painting.
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| Image taken from a 1971 issue of Miniature Warfare - the original wargame magazine from the 60s and 70s. Reproduced here without permission but hopefully John Tunstill won't mind. |
For a touch of nostalgia I have tried to recreate a photo from a 1971 (annoyingly this one is printed without the issue number) edition of Miniature Warfare. The original photo was a huge inspiration to my 14 year old self being one of a series showing the collection of Hinton Hunt Prussian figures belonging to Stephen Connolly.
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| My own collection in 2017 (how they would have looked in 1971). |
Next on the painting desk will be those British Light Dragoons.
Splendid looking troops. That is a lot of firepower you have mustered.
ReplyDeleteI still have the same copy of Miniature Warfare and this was one of the pictures I drooled over.
I seem to remember a cover picture of Swiss Napoleonic figures which inspired me to paint some Hinton Hunt as the Swiss 3rd Regiment.
Today they are still in action as the 4th Swiss and I am sure I saw them in a picture of the recent Waterloo refight.
Mark - that picture of the Swiss had a huge impact on me too. How strange I should end up with your unit having been inspired by the same photo!
ReplyDeleteFantastic little collection, what is to happen to the odd two gunners?
ReplyDeleteThey look absolutely magnificent, Ian!
ReplyDeleteThey look marvellous - I am a bit intimidated, in fact!
ReplyDeleteCould the two spare gunners be converted to ride on a limber?
Marvellous nostalgic photos .
ReplyDeleteThey look very nice, well done!
ReplyDeleteNice bit of nostalgia - I assume the limber riders in the old photo were conversions?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments chaps!
ReplyDeleteThe spare gunners will stay spare in case of damages (Foy and Goya can get over excited during the heat of battle). They wouldn't lend themselves for conversion to limber riders but HH did make some of these however I haven't come across any yet.
Ausgezeichnet! and so beautifully blue. Well done, sir, I like both the firepower and its provenance. I have met the Prussian limber riders. They are really cute, which may not be the look you seek..............
ReplyDeleteThe limber riders in the old photo are Honton Hunt ones not conversions. However the mounted officer does look like a conversion - possibly from Blucher?
ReplyDeleteIn the original picture Stephen looks to have used a mixture of manufacturers. There are Hincliffes and what I assume are Hintons.
ReplyDeleteMark - the two guns to the left do look like HH to me, certainly the right size.
ReplyDeleteNice work! Artillery is obviously the flavour of the month. Mark, yourself and me all featuring different nationalities recently.
ReplyDeleteYes, if we brought them all together it would be one serious battle!
ReplyDeleteGreat job on recreating the look of the picture (apart from appearing to have painted the guns...).
ReplyDeleteAnyway your figures have 'that' something makes one want to smile with pleasure and itch to touch them and push them across a table and roll some dice,
Thanks Ross - the figures have the same effect on me!
ReplyDeleteExcellent re-creation of a great picture.
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Thanks Paul.
ReplyDeleteGreat looking Prussian guns and a nice recreation of a period photo, very nice!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Very nicely done Ian, I do like the clean bright look of the bases, it really sets off these vintage figures.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lee.
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