"If you were to commission an 18th C range..." Topic

to be sculpted, what would you initially choose to do..?
three choices?
I think my first choice would be WAS, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Staff and foot…
The the mounted and guns,,
and then
begin a project to do figures representing every Prussian regiment of foot..

One-off AWI things.
I would have to hit the Lottery fiorst, since no sane manufacturer would make these based on just me.

So, I would commission, in no particular order, but simultaneously:
1) A vignetted based n Leutze's washington Crossing the Delaware
2) Similarly, The Spirit of '76
3) The Volunteers of Ireland, in their weird unique uniform
4) Some of the strange Continental grenadiers found in the Osprey and Troiani books.
5) 23rd Royal Welch Fusiliers, wearing bearskin hats/caps.
6) Hunting short chaps, in a more varied short than the ones we see all the time.

as usual can't edit the spelling error in the title!!!

"23rd Royal Welch Fusiliers, wearing bearskin hats/caps"

obviously a fantasy unit as they wore the shorter fusilier caps (says a former 64th Grenadier who had proper Bearskins)

The Irish rebellion of 1798
Armies of India
Armies of Iran

What Glengarry said for The Oirish, then using the great offices of Super Max, DAF, Historygamer, and some others I know, commission "The Ultimate AWI Range" (TM) to include Spanish, Frogs, various Sausage Munchers and proper AWI figures inlcuding "Hollywood-esque" stuff like "George Crossing A River In A Boat".

Following that would be The Second AWI, Being The War of 1812….. especially Upper Canadian Militia in Heroic Poses.

With an especial MacDonnell figure to lead them to Glory alongside Brock.

Eric

I would do a pretty comprehensive Clive in India range. It would cover the campaigns from 1755-60.

After that I'd probably do a Carnatic War range.

Quasi-War and Barbary Corsairs.

23rd fusiliers in otterskin caps perhaps..
1812 is a bit out of the frame…

A proper and decent army for 18th C. Persian, Ottoman Turk including the Barbary Corsairs and Indian Moghul although a new startup figure manufacturer has started down the path for the Moghul hooray and what beautiful figures they are see link

I can probably now fight Clive in India with these…..

Nearly forgot, the definitive AWI range is a must need….OFM has touched upon just a few must haves….

Angry Welsh 'ladies' for Fishguard 1797.

interesting so far..nothing silly at all… I might add some Baron Munchhausen character models

I guess you are talking about 28mm figures, so maybe better not to conceive any insane hopes about my own wishlist, which is 15mm… :(

Army of Idries Shah of the 1740s (Iran, Persia whatever you want to call it) – It calls to be made and would incorporate all those wonderful trouble-making Afghans of the period while reaching out to the India ranges currently in development.

In the Euro theatre, Wurttemberg because everyone can use them and they're easily adjusted from a Prussian template. And Bavaria, because they're jolly.

I would love to have all the necessary miniatures for the Swiss Villmergen War

Polonians.

any size will do…insane wish lists in all scale welcome here..its that sort of poll concept
with you on the Wurtemburgers and Bavarians..and Franconian Kreis units for that matter..

Actually Eureka Saxons make fine Polonians..

I did – India

CH, Angry Welsh 'Ladies' isn't silly??!!!

I'm shocked, disappointed and offended!

ok angry welsh ladies are a tjny bit silly..but a vital feaure for a Fishguard scenario..
link
it is alleged that one angry wife, armed only with a pitchfork, rounded up 12 Frenchmen
GWZ it would do you well to put in a link here ..a number here don't seem to know of your efforts..

any size will do…

OK, here it goes then (I warned you ):

- 15mm female soldiers (any sub-period in the Century dressing would be OK), either Infantry or other arms.
- 15mm female characters on backhorse.
- 15mm aides-de-camp, couriers and/or runners (other than British, already made by Black Hat).

Yer Eminence;
Pardon for mentioning the 1812 stuff, your post got me all rambling like with "What I Would Do Were I King For A Day" and all…

I suppose I should add Levies and such for St. Clair's defeat and Wayne's Legion. I like the Old Glory figures, but I'd like to see how Mike Broadbent, for instance, would do them.

Eric

Some 28mm Munchhausen figures and 18th C adventurers.
More early Napoleonic figures like the Mob, Sans Coulotes and so on.

ep ..good show..
soladets…you strike a chord..!!! I too have ideas in that direction.
an hussar hurdy gurdy ensemble with gypsy dancers.. .where is Jean-Louis?

In metal ranges, I would be thrilled to commission 28mm mounted officers for the WSS, WAS, and SYW similar to how the Perry's have started with the Napoleonic French, Prussians, etc., for 1815.

I'm sure it would be impossible financially, but I would be ecstatic to commission a mulit-part plastic range in 28mm for the WAS and SYW. Infantry and cavalry.

I doubt it would be possible nor make enough to cover the consts of the plastic mold process, but that would be the "project I would most love to commission".

Erik

1796-7 Sardinian/Piedmontese to face off against my Eureka French.

CH,

She certainly did (and then went out to get more)! :o)

Jemima Nicholas aside, the legend of the armed Welsh 'ladies' is something of a myth, but we still felt compelled to make a load of them for our Fishguard game:

TMP link

Just to expand it a bit, I think a range of 1790s British, including regulars, Militia, Volunteers, Fencibles, Yeomanry and armed civilians (and Welsh ladies) would be very useful – not only for Fishguard silliness, but also for the Irish Rebellions, Netherlands campaigns and various hypothetical invasion scenarios.

What could I ass, Your Eminence already knows:
link (evolved from TMP link).
- Female dragoons on foot and mounted (the most versatile troop type) -and yes, with a bagpiper instead of fifer / oboeist;
- a few 'Lacepunk' female characters (with each a potential Steampunk variant simply with alternate head and weapons), again on foot and mounted as at a time was almost the norm for minis of 'dungeon adventurers'.

Cheesecake and 28mm (does not matter if this makes them slightly smaller than current 30mm ranges, all the better on the opposite, women are on the average more petite than men).
Sculpted by an artists from Guild of Harmony, Kingdom Death, Kabuki or Raging Heroes.

Maybe I'm prejudiced, but I don't associate hurdy-gurdy, bagpipe and drums (how much indeed I like the combo, re. Faun & Omnia) with hussar dress, rather with pirettes

A few 'non fighting' female characters

on foot, riding side-saddle and minuetting would be welcome (currently very restricted choice, & the 'Willie' show their age while the Jackdaw are of same 'Old School' style), but such are more 'mainstream' and I leave the suggestions to people with less… extreme tastes.
Of course, such are an *absolute necessity* for a WAS French HQ

(from link).



No better inspiration than 'Brotherhood of the Wolf', imho

Now, 18th C. Cultists / warrior monks / Templars successors…

A complete, affordable (plastic?) line for India from say 1740-1803. Yes I know, but you've got to include the Tipoo and Assaye.

Next character vignettes. I'd add Frederick carrying a standard, a conference of some pompous, bloated generals/marshalls around a planning table, etc.

Engineering sets. An officer and an assortment of laborers, maybe some in the funky siege gear (helmets, cuirass).

Mostly shelf-sitters or diorama bait except for the India line.

I think GWZ has some stuff already useful for Tipoo, he may need to do some explanations of his range.. and Jean-Louis..priceless…
a Fench command set, including a choir works for me
and pompous bloated staff hangers on? ..again priceless

Because I admire and try to model my life after the OFM, the War of Jenkins Ear. Special attention on the Bavarian kettle drummers.

continental bagpipers..yes…!!!
And it is much more fun using TMP for good,rather than for calling people names..

I know some people wish to expand the Eureka quartet into a larger ensemble and to increase the regimental woodwind and throw in some French horns..I would like to see some French African cimbaliers..

Oh Sirs, you make me cry (*sob*)

But there are some fine ketledrummers already out there who would easily represent Bavarian KD..in 28mm

and it is good to finally see an irredeemably truly silly post..

"CH,

She certainly did (and then went out to get more)! :o)

Jemima Nicholas aside, the legend of the armed Welsh 'ladies' is something of a myth, but we still felt compelled to make a load of them for our Fishguard game:

TMP link

Just to expand it a bit, I think a range of 1790s British, including regulars, Militia, Volunteers, Fencibles, Yeomanry and armed civilians (and Welsh ladies) would be very useful – not only for Fishguard silliness, but also for the Irish Rebellions, Netherlands campaigns and various hypothetical invasion scenarios."
thats the spirit..there are some wonderful 'fencible and yeomanry uniforms waiting to be made..

Poles for the armies lead by Kosziusko against the Russians.

Crikee Abdul! Some of your pictures are not Work Safe.

as to the original question, "been there, done that"

I'm currently working on my own Ultimate AWI range with all of the bells and whistles.

Regarding musicians, servants, courtiers… Willie has most of what is mentioned here, but in 'Old School' style and not everyone is receptive to its very peculiar…. 'charm'.
Some possibilities in several Pirates ranges, of course (Governor, his assistants, his daughter…).

lol Fritz..
yes J-L but I was thinking of the huzzar combo as a camp scene..though the idea of a mounted hussar hurdy gurdy player is exercising my imagination very much..

Yes DAF, and very much in part you, Ashokmarine and GWZ are the inspiration behind the posting of this thread..and I suppose Big Frank as well

Poles ,indeed..
link
link

OFM
"6) Hunting short chaps, in a more varied short than the ones we see all the time."
what does this exactly mean?
and more dogs..we are desperately short of spaniels..some nice springers would be good..

Fritz, we certainly do not work in the same places! In the biology univ where I worked for some 45 years (6 as student, then 39 'on the other side of the counter') by hot late spring – summer days many students, secretaries, lab assistants and not a few young colleagues dress like this.
And no, this is *not* a subliminal advert from the French ministry of tourism

Back on-topic, to look really good bagpipes should have the goat head still attached (re. e.g. the bagpiper of the Saxon-Polish Janissaries).
YouTube link
For a dog, I'd vote for a Border Terrier

Regarding civilian subjects, Saxony porcelains are a lovely source of inspiration:

Character figures from The March of the Guards to Finchley:

link

In fact, any character from any Hogarth print or painting. In 28mm metal, please.

All for the French Revolution 1792-1795 period:
Dutch
British
Prussian
Of course in 28mm

I'd vote for the India range. In 10mm.