| Come In Nighthawk | 02 Dec 2012 4:32 p.m. PST |
Nic may chime in here at some point soon. In the meantime, I've heard from him, and he writes to say: The Sandras are getting closer to the top of the pile every day. Alan Marsh is working on a female hussar for us in the next two weeks, and if this test piece goes well, then we will make a lot more of the Sandra range. I'm very encouraged.  |
| poiter50 | 02 Dec 2012 6:35 p.m. PST |
While not quite Sandras, perhaps he could look at doing the "Duellists" as 2 Ancient pillow fighters as well? |
| Come In Nighthawk | 02 Dec 2012 7:30 p.m. PST |
…perhaps he could look at doing the "Duellists" as 2 Ancient pillow fighters as well? I suspect he would expect a request filed under the 100 Club Rules… I note my request for an Eighteenth Century Cricket Team is logged, 100CLUBHM104, which is right "up there" with "Westphalian cuirassier; 1812" and "Legion De Saxe…"  I'm not sure what prompted the Napoleonic pillow fighters; maybe it was a lark -- and there are only the two. You can always send an email! All he can say is "no."  |
| Cardinal Hawkwood | 03 Dec 2012 6:23 a.m. PST |
The officer needs to be redone with a correct style of coat. I don't know where those turnbacks come from? |
| abdul666lw | 03 Dec 2012 8:45 a.m. PST |
I don't know where those turnbacks come from? The AWI, I'm afraid  |
| Come In Nighthawk | 03 Dec 2012 9:32 p.m. PST |
The officer needs to be redone with a correct style of coat. I don't know where those turnbacks come from? "From the very date of their founding, the Countess's regiments of foot were noted for a number of 'peculiarities' in the manner of their dress from the earliest date. At a time when the officers of other armies still wore the skirts of their coats loose, the Countess's officers wore the skirts of their coats turned back, in the fashion of their soldiers. They did however adopt the Prussian pattern of a sash worn tight-wound 'round the waist under the coat, and a gorget of chased silver or gilt according to the button colour of their corps was hung about the neck on a silk ribbon of the facing colour." Obediah Phondelwell, A History of the Regiments of The Army of The Countess Sandra in the Late War (London: Rich. & Thom. Struthers & Sons, 1769). |
| Musketier | 04 Dec 2012 2:56 a.m. PST |
Nigthhawk, excellent source!
Will you be writing the Osprey book on Sandra's Army? |
| abdul666lw | 04 Dec 2012 4:44 a.m. PST |
Anyway the officer's coat with turnbacks would be fine for the supposedly 'lightened' 'hot weather' (bare navel) uniform  |
| abdul666lw | 11 Dec 2012 7:15 a.m. PST |
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| Come In Nighthawk | 11 Dec 2012 12:43 p.m. PST |
Nigthhawk… will you be writing the Osprey book on Sandra's Army? Actually, I am thinking about approaching an academic publisher in the New Year with a proposal to do an edited version of Phondelwell's History of the Regiments of The Army of The Countess Sandra in the Late War. Help de-mystify some of the 18th Cent. language with an up-to-date edition; explain some of the more obscure entanglements in which the little army fought, etc., etc. I believe that would make the work more accessible to the wider public than the "Cliff Notes" done by Osprey Pubs! Not that Osprey doesn't have its good points!! |
| Come In Nighthawk | 13 Dec 2012 2:24 p.m. PST |
@abdul666lw. …part of the 33mm 'Laughing Monk' range which seems to have disappeared in the transfer… They are still there. If you go to "Browse by Range," on the upper-left of the site's tool-bar, you will find Nic is carrying "Laughing Monk." |
| Come In Nighthawk | 24 Dec 2012 5:45 p.m. PST |
The latest from Nic, summarized in one post: TMP link Please scroll to the bottom! |
| abdul666lw | 08 Nov 2013 12:57 p.m. PST |
On the Eureka100 page Female Imagination Infantry and Cavalry are at 100+ (Artillery lags behind): I understand that works really starts when the 150 mark is reached, so there's hope. Of course the 100Club is a quiet form of crowd funding, without the noisy widespread advertisement of Kickstarter / Indiegogo (how many potentially interested wargamers are unaware of the project?) so it's slower. Btw I posted on the Alternate History Forum musings about an AH female unit, the French Carabinières de la Reine and its uniform in the mid-18th C., with two possibilities: one (semi)realistic -ceremonial outfit in riding skirt, one more 'imaginative' -battlefield unit in breeches, with high boots and breastplate in the cavalry role link |
| abdul666lw | 17 Jan 2014 10:39 a.m. PST |
The Eureka100 Female Horse & Musket Imagi-Nation infantry & cavalry reached 100+ link: Courage mes amis !
New uniforms are currently designed in expectation: link. |
| Pyrate Captain | 28 Jan 2014 12:40 p.m. PST |
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| Come In Nighthawk | 23 Dec 2022 12:12 p.m. PST |
It is a pity that this famous thread is so old… at a decade!!… As a consequence, seemingly well over half of what I, at least, recall as being some great links, no longer work!! Truly sad… |
paints brigs for the British fleet.
