"Northstar Boer War in 28mm." Topic

Northstar sets of artillery guns and machineguns for the Boers, in 28 mm.

Maxim Gun and Crew

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7 Pounder Mountain Gun and BSAC Crew

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Screw Gun and Crew

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Hope you enjoy!.

Amicalement
Armand

Hi Tango, I think these are for the British South Africa Company, rather than the Boers.

Lovely figures, which I will get soon…

Thanks for the heads up…

It would also be nice if North Star could do the civilian explorer version of that early model maxim on its shielded mount, along with crew figures; an important piece of kit that Mr Copplestone managed to miss in his DA days.

That barrell on that maxim gun doesn't look right. Looks more like a Browning machine gun. The 7 pounder looks really tiny next to those figures. Should it be that small? The figures look good though.

Thanks for the data my friend.

Amicalement
Armand

Oh. I was going to get these in a story to Bill. And they aren't Boers. They are the British South Africa Company, though actually the BSAC wasn't strictly in a uniform, they were in stout Victorian outdoors gear. As such they could be used for other late 19C expeditions.

Not my thing but they are beautiful

These are really great figures. I need to recruit them for my very British Civil War collection. The gunner on the "maxim " seems a little smug, he's saying well it's teatime now. Are those bullets on the belt to scale they look very big. But then I guess this is a 50 caliber gun?

Warwizard – as I indicated in my previous post, this is the first model of the maxim in Imperial service, as also employed by H M Stanley on a more complicated mount; so the barrel is depicted correctly.

I'm not so sure about the mountain guns; they do look very small. I would have thought the wheels should reach shoulder height against a kneeling man – but I kneel to be corrected.

I did a Google search of mountain artillery, and found many images of guns just about the size represented by these models.
Check this for an example
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I just wonder how effective these little weapons are? They shoot a ball the size of a baseball/ cricket ball but maybe a good against emplacements and fortifications. Maybe one shot of canister at onrushing horde. Seems like the crew of five or so shooting rifles would be more effective.

I like the sets so much, especially after seeing the realism of them, so I went to order them. I got all through the ordering process and discover these guys don't take PayPal! :(

Good find Bobgnar!. (smile).
Thanks for share!.

Amicalement
Armand

Hi Bobgnar

We do take Paypal, just not through the shopping cart. Email your order to northstarfigs@googlemail.com and we'll send you a Paypal request.

We will be supplying Brigade Games USA in the near future if you want to buy them from a US stockist.

Nick Eyre
northstarfigures.com

Thanks much for the information, I'll remember it for next time. I like these figures so much that I ordered them anyway and paid by credit card :-)

I have been doing the Boer War for many years and these figs just don't look like anything I recognize. IMHO Foundry and OG still makes the best figs for this conflict.

For colonial artillery crews (locally raised in South Africa British troops) I used the OG Spanish American War, American artillery crews and painted them up using Osprey and other uniform information I have found in my research.

That maxim looks more like a WWII 35mm air cooled machine gun. The guy firing it looks like a department store mannequin.

Contrary to Tango's erroneous thread title, these figures are from North Star's Matabele Wars range.

A photo of the early model maxim used in these campaigns can be found in the Wikipedia entries for the maxim gun and the First Matabele War.