"New Minden Grenadiers de France Pix" Topic

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Der Alte Fritz	13 Jun 2015 6:20 p.m. PST
Here are a couple pictures of the new Grenadiers de France figures from Minden Miniatures for the Seven Years War: MF-014 Grenadiers de France Command set: MF-015 Pack of two standard bearers. MF-016 Grenadiers marching, pack of 8 figures: Click the link to my blog for more information link
Arteis02	13 Jun 2015 8:55 p.m. PST
They look great! Any chance one day you'll make the Gardes Françaises, preferably in the poses depicted in the fmaous Philippoteaux painting? link
de Ligne	13 Jun 2015 9:22 p.m. PST
Arteis02, Good posting on your blog. One of my favourite paintings too. Nigel nigbilpainter.blogspot.com paintedsoldier.net
Extrabio1947	14 Jun 2015 5:04 a.m. PST
Artemis, Crann Tara is releasing the very Gardes Francaises miniatures you are requesting. Both Minden and Crann Tara are sculpted by Richard Ansell and are fully compatible. Jim, these are beautifully painted. I can't wait to start on mine. Thank you for posting. Bill
Der Alte Fritz	14 Jun 2015 6:49 a.m. PST
Yes, Graham Cummings has plans to add the Fontenoy Picture Gardes to his range, while I will add the Maison du Roi cavalry. We are trying to coordinate our plans to avoid overlap of the same figures. Synergy.
Winston Smith	14 Jun 2015 9:50 a.m. PST
Painting that whole platoon of drummers sure looks like a fun way to spend the summer.
Musketier	14 Jun 2015 2:59 p.m. PST
It may be a silly question, but is there a particular reason ( or evidence ) for the officer to be carrying his fusil on the left?
Frederick	14 Jun 2015 7:07 p.m. PST
Great work – a must have unit for the serious French SYW gamer
Arteis02	14 Jun 2015 11:49 p.m. PST
That's excellent news about the Gardes Françaises. But these Grenadiers de France are very nice too!
Der Alte Fritz	15 Jun 2015 5:45 a.m. PST
The pose of the NCO straightening out the rear of the line is physically impossible to do unless you are a yoga master. Try it out for yourself.
spontoon	19 Jun 2015 5:27 p.m. PST
@ Der Alte Fritz; Sorry, my spontoon is in the shop! Impossible poses has never daunted figure sculptors. Look at that Egyptian-like pose Phoenix/Les Higgins figures used to come in!