tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post3472717475770133611..comments2024-03-28T19:56:04.555+00:00Comments on Hinton Hunt Vintage Wargame Figures: Prussian artillery – doneStrykerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-10174977714444912332017-11-06T10:09:22.831+00:002017-11-06T10:09:22.831+00:00Thanks Lee.Thanks Lee.Strykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-77445848936862788932017-11-06T09:59:17.919+00:002017-11-06T09:59:17.919+00:00Very nicely done Ian, I do like the clean bright l...Very nicely done Ian, I do like the clean bright look of the bases, it really sets off these vintage figures.'Lee.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02728400013024811279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-14401867609621500782017-11-04T23:02:02.883+00:002017-11-04T23:02:02.883+00:00Great looking Prussian guns and a nice recreation ...Great looking Prussian guns and a nice recreation of a period photo, very nice! <br />Best Iain caveadsum1471https://www.blogger.com/profile/02174163740406928172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-12203246248988086512017-11-04T10:17:04.578+00:002017-11-04T10:17:04.578+00:00Thanks Paul.Thanks Paul.Strykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-60529603108634059112017-11-03T20:49:40.908+00:002017-11-03T20:49:40.908+00:00Excellent re-creation of a great picture.
PaulExcellent re-creation of a great picture. <br /><br />PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-31742384807977611352017-11-03T10:58:46.844+00:002017-11-03T10:58:46.844+00:00Thanks Ross - the figures have the same effect on ...Thanks Ross - the figures have the same effect on me!Strykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-71836863529758419112017-11-03T10:52:26.039+00:002017-11-03T10:52:26.039+00:00Great job on recreating the look of the picture (a...Great job on recreating the look of the picture (<i>apart from appearing to have painted the guns...</i>).<br /><br />Anyway 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,Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-17037231494809484032017-11-03T10:47:35.865+00:002017-11-03T10:47:35.865+00:00Yes, if we brought them all together it would be o...Yes, if we brought them all together it would be one serious battle!Strykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-52512017927404638442017-11-03T10:35:20.028+00:002017-11-03T10:35:20.028+00:00Nice work! Artillery is obviously the flavour of t...Nice work! Artillery is obviously the flavour of the month. Mark, yourself and me all featuring different nationalities recently.mojoworkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06755579098528760602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-45804986395253430132017-11-03T10:22:24.964+00:002017-11-03T10:22:24.964+00:00Mark - the two guns to the left do look like HH to...Mark - the two guns to the left do look like HH to me, certainly the right size.Strykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-39952308343471255372017-11-03T10:12:27.459+00:002017-11-03T10:12:27.459+00:00In the original picture Stephen looks to have used...In the original picture Stephen looks to have used a mixture of manufacturers. There are Hincliffes and what I assume are Hintons. Mark Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13331203191073034775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-81675093207465213952017-11-03T09:54:59.818+00:002017-11-03T09:54:59.818+00:00The limber riders in the old photo are Honton Hunt...The limber riders in the old photo are Honton Hunt ones not conversions. However the mounted officer does look like a conversion - possibly from Blucher?Strykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-41944418590577477732017-11-03T09:47:38.695+00:002017-11-03T09:47:38.695+00:00Ausgezeichnet! and so beautifully blue. Well done...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.............. the Archdukenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-66864377188775454262017-11-03T09:40:24.182+00:002017-11-03T09:40:24.182+00:00Thanks for the comments chaps!
The spare gunners ...Thanks for the comments chaps!<br /><br />The 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.Strykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-20972491501911841352017-11-03T09:38:55.493+00:002017-11-03T09:38:55.493+00:00Nice bit of nostalgia - I assume the limber riders...Nice bit of nostalgia - I assume the limber riders in the old photo were conversions?<br />Fire at Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08816572506887450180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-47944059313482304962017-11-03T07:36:31.840+00:002017-11-03T07:36:31.840+00:00They look very nice, well done!They look very nice, well done!Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08913029478686087197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-12537120085594595372017-11-03T06:50:39.507+00:002017-11-03T06:50:39.507+00:00Marvellous nostalgic photos .Marvellous nostalgic photos .The Good Soldier Svjekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08749564052124659180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-73498819969418544152017-11-02T23:59:33.121+00:002017-11-02T23:59:33.121+00:00They look marvellous - I am a bit intimidated, in ...They look marvellous - I am a bit intimidated, in fact!<br /><br />Could the two spare gunners be converted to ride on a limber?MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-72939527681110816582017-11-02T21:15:13.568+00:002017-11-02T21:15:13.568+00:00They look absolutely magnificent, Ian!They look absolutely magnificent, Ian!Wellington Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295966991101976478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-87523127704028748102017-11-02T21:04:28.189+00:002017-11-02T21:04:28.189+00:00Fantastic little collection, what is to happen to ...Fantastic little collection, what is to happen to the odd two gunners?Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751744958434403184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-70929666807367240752017-11-02T20:55:37.061+00:002017-11-02T20:55:37.061+00:00Mark - that picture of the Swiss had a huge impact...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!Strykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-33471821383442560212017-11-02T20:40:38.527+00:002017-11-02T20:40:38.527+00:00Splendid looking troops. That is a lot of firepowe...Splendid looking troops. That is a lot of firepower you have mustered.<br /><br />I still have the same copy of Miniature Warfare and this was one of the pictures I drooled over.<br /><br />I seem to remember a cover picture of Swiss Napoleonic figures which inspired me to paint some Hinton Hunt as the Swiss 3rd Regiment. <br /><br />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.<br /><br />Mark Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13331203191073034775noreply@blogger.com