jammy four  | 15 Apr 2018 1:02 a.m. PST |
a few more black flags to be added to my site cheers
Ged
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 deadhead  | 15 Apr 2018 11:14 a.m. PST |
Yeah, These are getting better all the time……..but he told me not to bother with my planned conversion to make a kettledrummer for French Carabiniers a Cheval…for the Napoleonic Era. No need he said. Strong hint. "Nous sommes trahis" they cried at Waterloo (well the French did anyway) Now I cry "Moi Aussi" Still, I think there is still a heart at Gringos40 that beats Napoleonic….the latest figure of Dorsenne suggests that. |
| jammy four | 16 Apr 2018 4:52 a.m. PST |
Liam…………….your quite right.once smitten never forgotten……….I didn't sit through 1970 Waterloo twice for nuffing!! ……..just made the last train home,
en avant mes braves……..more Napoleonics bubbling mon ami cheers
Ged more Indo-China en route with a hint of Napoleonic back flavour ! |
| Mad Guru | 16 Apr 2018 3:39 p.m. PST |
But what of a hint of more Camerone Legionnaires… more Imperial and/or Republican Mexicans… more of Maximillian anything? Please don't take my desperate pleading the wrong way, Ged! It's your company and entirely your call and you must do what you want to do, across however many periods you find yourself interested in. It's just that Camerone Day is just around the corner (April 30th) and I can't help myself! |
| jammy four | 17 Apr 2018 1:27 a.m. PST |
Mad Guru im with you on the Maximillian period ,I have some new ideas for this period which I will tackle as soon as im able regards
Ged
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| deadhead | 18 Apr 2018 9:32 a.m. PST |
and another Black Flag figure
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| marco56 | 18 Apr 2018 10:49 a.m. PST |
Looks good but want to see some French.Again some excellent painting.
Mark |
| jammy four | 19 Apr 2018 10:19 p.m. PST |
Mark cheers for that…contingent of French underway cheers
Ged
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| deadhead | 20 Apr 2018 4:11 a.m. PST |
And now this chap, in a rather fetching shade of pink
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| deadhead | 23 Apr 2018 1:36 a.m. PST |
They are getting very colourful, these chaps. Ged tells me this one is in Tangerine….I had thought more like Satsuma, but thinking about it, that is Japanese anyway……..
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| marco56 | 23 Apr 2018 5:40 p.m. PST |
Got my figures today and don't miss out if your interested in this period because they are excellent.
Mark |
| jammy four | 24 Apr 2018 1:21 a.m. PST |
Mark thank you very much for the endorsement kind regards
Ged
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| davejl | 01 May 2018 12:55 p.m. PST |
Just seen the photo of the French infantryman in my latest copy of The Foreign Correspondent.
Absolutely brilliant and one wonders how they fought with all that equipment on their back.
The figure captures the flavour of the period.
Also saw two photos of the range in Wargames Illustrated. Gringos goes from strength to strength.
Brilliant figures and range Ged. Best Wishes davejl |
| marco56 | 01 May 2018 2:15 p.m. PST |
Suppose to be more French shown soon.
Mark |
| jammy four | 02 May 2018 10:27 a.m. PST |
Davejl
many thanks for the kind words Marc French are underway along
with other figures and equipment for Tonkin range cheers
Ged
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| marco56 | 02 May 2018 5:52 p.m. PST |
I know it Ged. Looking forward to seeing them.
Mark |
| jammy four | 23 May 2018 4:14 a.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 23 May 2018 5:30 a.m. PST |
Now my immediate reaction to these latest was they are the best yet in this range. Superb painting and modelling
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| jammy four | 23 May 2018 6:10 a.m. PST |
superb paint work from Rafa "Archduke"painting service
cheers
Ged
gringo40s.com
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| marco56 | 24 May 2018 6:27 p.m. PST |
You can't do much better than that.
Mark |
| deadhead | 25 May 2018 7:14 a.m. PST |
and now we see the same thing rear view……….really skilled painting gone into these I am sure you all know the artist's book in the Painting War Series "Napoleonic French Army". I find it invaluable
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| jammy four | 25 May 2018 8:57 a.m. PST |
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| marco56 | 25 May 2018 7:42 p.m. PST |
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| jammy four | 30 May 2018 7:08 a.m. PST |
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| jammy four | 01 Jun 2018 9:58 a.m. PST |
Tonkin range coming together..our navy is taking shape
as are the new figure additions cheers
Ged
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| marco56 | 02 Jun 2018 5:11 a.m. PST |
Looking for those French Ged.
Mark |
| jammy four | 04 Jun 2018 11:55 p.m. PST |
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| jammy four | 12 Jun 2018 9:00 a.m. PST |
some pictures of "work in progress" on our
first Gunboat to be posted soon cheers
Ged
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| deadhead | 13 Jun 2018 7:28 a.m. PST |
Some "work in progress" on the Tonkin 1885 range..first of the French navy ships is the "Revolver" a gunboat with shallow draft used in north Vietnamese estuaries with great success against the Black Flags. Crew are being painted and the guns need painting and work done on the setting. Also three pictures of a French officer commanding the Tonkinese rifles. It seems a lot of these chaps wore this splendid uniform in 1885!
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| deadhead | 14 Jun 2018 2:17 p.m. PST |
I can only see that bottom picture with Martin Sheen sitting up front and a stoned guy, water skiing off the back…… Or is that just me? |
| deadhead | 15 Jun 2018 6:04 a.m. PST |
Few more shots of the above
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| jammy four | 15 Jun 2018 7:30 a.m. PST |
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| jammy four | 19 Jun 2018 3:20 a.m. PST |
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| marco56 | 19 Jun 2018 6:27 a.m. PST |
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| jammy four | 21 Jun 2018 3:21 a.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 23 Jun 2018 7:26 a.m. PST |
To quote Ged;
"a French torpedoboat 1885, the torpedo is at the front. It was fired at an enemy junk..most effective". I can well imagine as much of a hazard to the crew of this boat in practice! Makes for a very nice model though
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| deadhead | 25 Jun 2018 6:12 a.m. PST |
To quote Ged; "Another boat for Gringos40 French Colonial Tonkin navy..
the French used old whaling boats in a quite clever
manner ,as due to lack of time and equipment "in situ"
they produced improvised Torpedo boats…at the front
was a pole positioned on a lever with a "large charge"
attached. The attack on the very large junks
would involve full steam being achieved, then the
captain and the few Fusilier marines on board would
steer the boat flat out towards the nominated target
in the dead of night..Hence the outer charcoal black paint
being used!…and get as close as possible and "drop" the
bomb and make off at full speed. The results were impressive
..in one attack by two boats one boat was badly shot up
..many crew wounded ..the other managed to press home
the attack and blow a huge hole in a gigantic junk which eventually
sank. The Junks struggled to depress their cannons and
their rifle fire was not always accurate. If they even managed to detect
the "stealth" craft. Later replaced by the Torpedo boat already shown…boys own stuff
in many ways!" Raving lunatics I would have said. Kamikaze, several decades in advance.
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| deadhead | 26 Jun 2018 11:10 a.m. PST |
Further releases and I do have to say the French were looking a bit outnumbered
Here are 8 pictures of Ged's latest swath of Tonkin figures to be released in about 10-15 days..loads more en route, I am assured. Two are "Fusilier Marines".Then come more Legionnaires The two with funny hats are Tirailleurs Tonkinois which can be used as Tirailleurs Annamites. Basically north Vietnamese riflemen who fought for the French. I stress all the above is straight from la mouche du cheval!
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| jammy four | 27 Jun 2018 4:05 a.m. PST |
many thanks Liam
figures will be available in about 10.15 days time cheers
Ged
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| deadhead | 30 Jun 2018 1:26 a.m. PST |
Now these do impress me. Great modelling and painting skill and very imaginative and novel. To quote Ged "The gunboat crew for the Revolver French gunboat. The chap on right is firing the Hotchkiss 37mm revolver Gatling cannon..The guy far right is turning a handle on the forward 80mm rifled cannon. The Captain? Well, looking splendidly Gallic methinks! Vive la France!"
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| jammy four | 30 Jun 2018 3:20 a.m. PST |
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| jammy four | 04 Jul 2018 3:00 a.m. PST |
first few of our French released …….. much more to come! regards
Ged
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| marco56 | 04 Jul 2018 4:26 a.m. PST |
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| jammy four | 04 Jul 2018 3:17 p.m. PST |
cheers Mark and another release today 4/7/2018 cheers
Ged
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| Durando | 04 Jul 2018 3:45 p.m. PST |
Bought, received and another order in!!!!!…….will we see regular Chinese ? |
| jammy four | 05 Jul 2018 6:48 a.m. PST |
Durando many thanks indeed……will be looking at Regular Chinese! cheers
Ged
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| jammy four | 05 Jul 2018 6:48 a.m. PST |
Durando many thanks indeed……will be looking at Regular Chinese! cheers
Ged
gringo40s.com |
| jammy four | 08 Jul 2018 9:14 a.m. PST |
more figures for Tonkin en route
greens expected in a short period cheers
Ged
gringo40s.com |
| Durando | 08 Jul 2018 12:28 p.m. PST |
Great news, can't wait to see more Legionaires, Foot officers and Regular checklists! |
| jammy four | 09 Jul 2018 1:37 a.m. PST |
update chaps underway French Marines
more foot officers in unique
uniforms to command various foot units!
more Tonkinese rifles
black flag personalities
looking at regular Chinese
and French artillery next cheers
Ged
gringo40s.com |
