| Durando | 23 Feb 2016 2:19 p.m. PST |
Can anyone advise if the 25m Colonial Italian and Abyssinians that were produced by Mirliton but no longer appear in their listings are available via any other comoany |
| vexillia | 23 Feb 2016 2:42 p.m. PST |
If you have codes I will ask Mirliton for you. There's a good chance they will be available --
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| Durando | 23 Feb 2016 2:50 p.m. PST |
Unfort I do not have any codes |
| vexillia | 23 Feb 2016 2:59 p.m. PST |
Descriptions? Date range? --
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| imdone | 23 Feb 2016 3:08 p.m. PST |
The only company I know of that made 1898 Italians and Ethiopians was Bicorne. They are still available |
| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 23 Feb 2016 6:19 p.m. PST |
I do remember seeing Milton figures for Adowa advertised.Never saw them "in the flesh ". |
| Grelber | 23 Feb 2016 10:33 p.m. PST |
Would these be the old Strategia e Tactica line? Grelber |
| Gone Fishing | 24 Feb 2016 7:54 a.m. PST |
And before S&T weren't they sold through Wargames Illustrated (was it under the Tin Soldier brand name)? I remember the photos of those in old issues--looked like a very characterful range of figures. |
| ITALWARS | 24 Feb 2016 2:32 p.m. PST |
They were labelled Trent Miniatures, advertised and sold trough Wargame Illustrated..after having seen those same nice picts that you mentioned i pested the Editor of WI (Including IRC) to order some samples…and never received an answer..
that was the origin of my decision to produce my own miniatures for that period…probably the second manufacture of wargame minis to see light after Mirliton here in Italy..(Mirliton never made Italian Colonials and Abyssinians for the Adwa period.).here are some of my minis painted and from the collection of my friend Piero: link |
| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 24 Feb 2016 2:40 p.m. PST |
You are right,I was thinking of S&T. Oops. |
| Gone Fishing | 24 Feb 2016 3:01 p.m. PST |
And I was thinking of Trent! Knew Tin Soldier didn't sound right… I really like the figures in your friend's first photo. Great looking troops! |
| ITALWARS | 24 Feb 2016 3:51 p.m. PST |
thanks…it had been a work of passion..but i sold quite a few of those minis also in USA..i remenber one of my very first customer (think it was in 1998) was a Reverend/teacher who ordered me about 300$ of minis with the goal of making a big diorama and explain the Adwa period to his students..i also produced some Italian Colonial Askaris and, just before Foundry came with this same idea, a Darkest Africa initial range (i had in mind exactly what then WF made) with slaver,tribesman and Congo Askari:
but strangely the most succesful were the WW1 Alpinis and Austrians in WW1
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| Grelber | 24 Feb 2016 9:58 p.m. PST |
I asked about the Strategia e Tactica line because I have a list I'd be happy to post, if it is of any use. Grelber |
| Doc Ord | 25 Feb 2016 12:28 p.m. PST |
Gerry Webb at Castaway has some very nice figures for the period and he may also have the Cannon Fodder range. |
