| Durando | 06 Jun 2009 4:31 p.m. PST |
I am seeking some thoughts as to what poses people would like to see, I am looking at Turkish and Russian gun crews for the RTW..Please let me have your thoughts. The figs will be in 28mm. Cheers, Geoff |
| J Womack 94 | 06 Jun 2009 8:13 p.m. PST |
I'm not entirely positive of the artillery technology employed in the RTW, to be honest, but here's my $.05 USD worth: You need a gun captain. Someone with either binoculars or a telescope or at least a pointing hand directing the fire of the gun. You need a shell carrier for a breechloader, or a ball carrier for a muzzleloader. For a muzzleloader, you also need a rammer. Replace with a second shell carrier for a breechloader, maybe kneeling as if ready to ram the round into the breech. Gotta have a lanyard puller, too. I would like 4 to a crew, to match rules sets I currently have. Why is my opinion worth $0.05, not $0.02? Inflation! |
| Durando | 06 Jun 2009 9:07 p.m. PST |
Pretty much in line with my thoughts, thought of a figure sighting the gun, maybe one pushing the wheel as if getting the gun into place…..? |
| Jeremy Sutcliffe | 07 Jun 2009 1:16 a.m. PST |
Deployed guns (any period) are an obvious target for a mini diorama so I'd say that a variety of poses is always welcome to enable variety among units. |
 Grelber  | 07 Jun 2009 9:09 a.m. PST |
For moving the gun back into battery, you'd need two guys: one to push the right wheel, one to push the left.
Aside from that, perhaps a guy with fuzes (did they still have to cut them to length?)
Grelber |
| J Womack 94 | 07 Jun 2009 1:15 p.m. PST |
I like the gun pushers, yeah… unless the guns are recoilless, like the French 75s? but I am not sure off the top of my head when those came out. Late 19th century, I think. |
| Zephyr1 | 07 Jun 2009 2:55 p.m. PST |
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| Grand Duke Natokina | 07 Jun 2009 3:39 p.m. PST |
If you're doing the limber as well, then add a troop removing the round from the limber and one carrying it to the gun.
Otherwise I think JWOMACKhit it.
Natokina. |
| religon | 07 Jun 2009 4:25 p.m. PST |
I actually like one guy standing around looking rather dumb, as though he is waiting to help reload after the weapon is fired. I have always thought a figure with two right arm options would be great in an artillery set. The figure would stand in a neutral, semi-relaxed pose. Right arm #1: ramrod vertical. Right arm #2: hand on right hip. |
| J Womack 94 | 07 Jun 2009 5:46 p.m. PST |
Zephyr: 6 or 8 for a full historical crew, certainly, but most rules sets don't account for a full crew. Heck, some of them only want two crewmen per gun model! |
| Commodore Wells 1 | 08 Jun 2009 9:35 a.m. PST |
A four man crew seems to be a fairly standard representation so either a pack of 4 or 8 (to crew 2 guns)would be handy. All of the above suggestions for poses seem good. |
| Askari Minis | 14 Jul 2009 9:18 p.m. PST |
The guns were breech loaders. I'll have some Russian field pieces ready to preview next week, as well as a Krupp 77mm field gun the Turks can use. Al |
| Durando | 16 Jul 2009 8:08 a.m. PST |
Can`t wait to see all of these and get an order in |
| Durando | 25 Jul 2009 2:20 p.m. PST |
Love the field pieces Al, look really cool will the Krupp 77mm be following soon. Geoff |
