"18th Century Naval/Merchant Crew coming from Galloping Major" Topic

Here are my first three completed sailors since the one released as a "Soldiers Free" to accompany sales of the Ainsty ships. These three are in shirt-sleeves and ‘slops', the dress will vary among the figures: there was no uniform specified for naval hands at the time though the seafaring man had a highly recognisable style of dress which clearly differentiated him from the "land-lubber"; officers' uniforms in the British Royal Navy became subject to regulation from 1748. Two of these examples are armed with pistol and knife, the third with a blunderbuss, the weaponry of the rest of the crewmen will vary to include cutlasses, boarding axes and muskets.
There'll be more to show before long, another twelve sailors are currently in progress including a ship's captain.
The first release will comprise 4 x 6 figure packs including a command pack and will appear as a pre-order deal first. Gun crew packs will be added later.
Ships' crews in the French & Indian War can man ships and boats in coastal and river operations and on the Great Lakes, as well as serving ashore in supporting roles and as landing parties from the Monongahela to Quebec and beyond. But our sailors won't, of course, be limited to service in the American colonies, nor to the service of King George: they'll serve on the high seas in actions against their national enemies and attacking enemy colonial ports, chasing down pirates, heading off smugglers in home waters and manning and bravely defending the merchant vessels preyed upon by pirates. For that reason as well as carrying our French & Indian War range logo, our sailor packs will be the first to carry our 18th Century Adventure range logo.

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Lance, they look great. Glad to hear you are expanding the range to this area. When available I will be placing an order with Keith here in the states. I have been working on basing the militia figures that my painter painted up for me and they really look fabulous.
Now when can we expect to start seeing those regulars packs?

More sailors and naval equipage…..Loverly!

Hello Joe,
Believe me, the wait will be worth it. You know what the Provincials and the militia look like. You can only imagine what the regulars will look like.
take care,
Keith

Lance, I think I will have to spend some more money on figures, having a look at these beautiful tars!

The militia figs are cool, and the sailors are a great addition. Whaleboat men landing on British occupied Long Island?

Hello All,
Have the latest sailor sculpt up on the website. Follow the link below.
take care,
Keith
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Sweet. Keep them coming Lance. Make sure they are done and over to Keith before Fall-In comes around .

Hello All,
These figures will be included in the 24 figure box set that is a pre-order.
take care,
Keith

Something to hopefully brighten the day of all those waiting for our 18th Century sailors to arrive, more details on the Studio page.

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A bit better view of the 4 sculpts from the picture below which will feature in the Command & Characters pack along with the captain and the senior rating with a pair of pistols and reversed tricorne pictured earlier. These four are a lieutenant, midshipman and two senior ratings.

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All 6 sculpts for the Sailors With Muskets pack.

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