| Dewbakuk | 18 Mar 2007 5:31 a.m. PST |
I'd like to do a unit of each for my British forces. The only Mountie that looks right (as far as I'm concerned) is the Pulp Figures one by Bob Murch. I don't think there are any others so, are there any other troops that are in the right uniform? I can always make some new hats for them. Does anyone do Metis in 28mm? I could be wrong, but the image I have in my head is someone dressed in a mixture of buckskin type clothing and european style. Again, it's probably more a romaticised image than a real one but it'd look right on the table. Thanks |
 chicklewis  | 18 Mar 2007 6:11 a.m. PST |
Hi, Dewbakuk, RAFM do the figures you want. Nice Metis. Bigger than "true 25s" but smaller than most 28mms. RAFMs website can be a little bit hard to maneuver. I'll go have a look and maybe be able to provide a link. Chick |
| chicklewis | 18 Mar 2007 6:15 a.m. PST |
Yes, mounted RCMP as well as Metis. Hope the link works. link Chick |
| The Gray Ghost | 18 Mar 2007 6:25 a.m. PST |
>>Does anyone do Metis in 28mm?<< Kind of Foundry has some figures in thier Mountianman and ACW Out West ranges that I use, check out the ACW Indians the're great. |
| Dewbakuk | 18 Mar 2007 6:41 a.m. PST |
Some of the Foundry Mountain men could certainly work thanks. link link I didn't see any Indians in the ACW range though? |
| Dewbakuk | 18 Mar 2007 6:43 a.m. PST |
Thanks Chick. I was under the impression that RAFM were smaller than the older Foundry ranges though, and those are pretty small these days. |
| John the OFM | 18 Mar 2007 7:33 a.m. PST |
The RAFM figures are EXACTLY "true 25mm". I have them.
The NWMP are in pillbox hat, and not the Sergeant Preston or Brendan Fraser "Mountie" hat. If the figures appear on different parts of the board, he size anomalies should not jar all that much. As it is, Perry figures (I use the Sudan 1885 for Canada 1885) are almost 30% taller.
Foundry Mountain men are not so bad, but still larger than RAFM NWMP. |
| Jakar Nilson | 18 Mar 2007 12:24 p.m. PST |
Unless you're doing the Goldrush, the Pulp Figures Mountie won't do for 19th century NWMP. And since we're also talking Métis in here, the RaFM ones are the perfect ones from the creation of the force, through the North West Rebellion, to the early 1890s. |
| Dewbakuk | 18 Mar 2007 2:32 p.m. PST |
I know the image I have in my head is a bit of a stereotype and that the hat (stetson?) didn't come in until later, but it just looks cool. Besides, it's VSF, it doesn't have to be historically precise. Unfortunately, the RAFM Metis and Mounties are too small to mix in with my other stuff. I'm not a scale nazi but they are a little too far out for me. My only issue with the RAFM Metis, and the reason I think I'll go with the Mountain Men, is that (while probably historically accurate) I could easily mistake them for normal european civilians. I'd prefer mine to have some native touches. |
| The Gray Ghost | 19 Mar 2007 11:42 a.m. PST |
>>I didn't see any Indians in the ACW range though<<
They are listed under the Americana section, Old West Indian Collection, two packs of Cherokee and one of Delawares |
| Dewbakuk | 19 Mar 2007 4:54 p.m. PST |
Ah, the Cherokee raiders would probably mix in okay. |
| Jakar Nilson | 20 Mar 2007 10:41 a.m. PST |
Oh yeah, forgot about this tidbit. In the RaFM NWMP comand pack, the little guy in the bowler hat is Jerry Potts, one of the main scouts from the early years of the force, and a Legend of the West. Potts (half Scot, half Blackfoot) was one of the best shootists and scouts of the time. He could track a man right through a blizzard. He used to trim his mustache with his pistols. He wasn't much of a talker, but he was the man for the job. |
| Dewbakuk | 20 Mar 2007 10:49 a.m. PST |
"He used to trim his mustache with his pistols" I'm sorry, what? Please tell me this is one of those non-urban myths? |
| Skrapwelder | 20 Mar 2007 4:59 p.m. PST |
Have you considered any of the Texian Volunteers from Artizan? link |
| Jakar Nilson | 20 Mar 2007 6:57 p.m. PST |
"I'm sorry, what? Please tell me this is one of those non-urban myths?" It's not a tall tale. Back in the 1870s, Potts and one of his buddies, after having a few drinks, would go out in the street and practice their shooting by aiming at each other's facial hairs. Neither of them ever got hurt that way, and they didn't need to go to the barber. Potts tended to wear a cat's skin around his neck as a good luck charm. He also had a lead ball stuck in his left ear from an early brush. The day that lead ball was removed was the end of his career. After that, he took up farming, badly, and died in the late 1880s. |
| Dewbakuk | 21 Mar 2007 3:59 a.m. PST |
Those Volunteers are also quite good, thanks. Looks like there are a few suitable figs to get. |
now paints and bases the model.
