"My 20mm Franco Prussian War collection........." Topic

Started collecting 20mm Franco Prussian War figures about a year ago. Mostly B & B figures, also Minifigs "S" range figures from the late Ed Millers collection that were generously gifted to me by his son Rusty. Have about 1200 infantry, 200 cavalry, 36 guns with crews and some command stands. I continue to add to it, been a fun project…….

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They're beautiful, George!

Thanks Wayne, glad you like them. Have thought a number of times of doing FPW, the only thing holding me back was starting from scratch, but I finally decided to pull the trigger, glad I did, have made a lot of progress in a year.

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Beautiful collection. I'm sending you a PM regarding Ed Miller.

Thanks Nick, glad you like it………….

Impressive.

Thanks Joe, it's been a lot of fun putting this collection together………..

Wow!!!!

Double G:

Yes, very impressed.

Can you give us a rough estimate of which brands of 20mm are present? I had no idea there were so many, mostly out of production?

I alwasy thought 20mm would be a great scale of this period but thought there were a lof of figrues around. You prove the opposite
These look very good.

Wow , Impressive, are used in previous comments so I guess that I'm speechless.
Congratulations Mr G , beautiful collection.

That is a gorgeous layout, miniatures and terrain together.

- Ix

Thanks for the positive feedback everyone, I appreciate it. The figures are B & B Miniatures, which are still in production, they have a website with a shopping cart and also Minifigs S Range, which I believe are back in production through John Cunningham out of the UK.

As requested, more pictures; thanks again for the feedback and positive words…….

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Really nice and inspiring work.

Thank you for the feedback, this project has been a great deal of fun, something I wanted to do for a long time.

A wonderful collection!
Well done and thanks for sharing.

Thanks very much, I appreciate it………..

Outstanding – Very Atmospheric!

Thanks Joe; we've talked about this, happy I finally took the plunge………….

Glorious! One of my all-time favorite periods for sure. The art of Detaille, Rochling, and de Neuville inspired me to "take the plunge" back in the 1970's when I had to convert Airfix WWI Germans and WWI French to get my Franco Prussian War games on. They were 20mm too! Not a lot of options for this period back in those days.

Thanks for the comments Perris0707; wow, great minds think alike as the artwork was one of the inspirations for me as well to get into this period.

So glad I did, am slowly building my collection up, am about 75% there, want to get to 1000 infantry, 200 cavalry and 24 guns per side, hopefully by the end of the year I'll get there.

What rules do you use????????

Not a gamer; I'm a collector, I enjoy planning and setting up large layouts using 20mm Napoleonics, ACW, FPW and WWII, have close to 20,000 painted figures in my collection, I enjoy what I do a great deal…………..

It all looks splendid -well done!

Thanks very much…………

Great George. Your setup actually reminds me of Detaille paintings. That is quite an achievement. Thanks for posting so many photos.

I have a friend here in Ohio who does as you. He has the figures and terrain. He creates a scene, often from an historic battle, and lets it set up for a while to enjoy. Then he puts it away to bring out a new one a little later.

Tom

Tom,
Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it. Glad you can relate to what drives my bus; I enjoy planning out the layouts, setting them up and then just enjoying them visually for a few weeks, then I take them down and start planning the next one.

It's a great deal of fun and fun is what this or any other hobby should be about………..

Just noticed this post and what a collection!! Great to see such superbly painted figures all en masse, super stuff!!

What a gorgeous collection! Superb!

Very nice indeed.

Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it. It's been a great deal of fun putting this collection together, I plan on adding to it this year as well, thanks again everyone………………..