"Artillery contingents of the Barryat of Lyndonia" Topic
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| Arteis02 | 21 Nov 2020 1:49 a.m. PST |
In Part 8 of my series of blog postings in which I'm reviewing the armies of my ‘imagi-nation', the Barryat of Lyndonia, I take a look at the artillery contingents. Rather than having its own army, my imaginary eighteenth century state contracts its troops from real-life European countries of the time. The Barryat's artillery contingents come from Britain and France – which has no doubt led to many a fisticuffs argument in local hostelries when carousing gunners from these two habitual enemies run into each other! These are 1/56 (near enough to 28mm) models by Crann Tara and Minden Miniatures. There are more pics and info on my 'Dressing The Lines' blog: link
More pics and info on my blog: link |
 Grelber  | 21 Nov 2020 10:00 a.m. PST |
The painting is great!
For some reason, I particularly admire the way the gaiters came out. Grelber |
| Frederick | 21 Nov 2020 11:17 a.m. PST |
Very nice – even including battalion guns; well done! |
| Arteis02 | 21 Nov 2020 12:28 p.m. PST |
I must apologise to Fife and Drum Miniatures – it is this US company who make the large guns and limbers in my posting above, not Crann Tara. The latter company carries their range in the UK, from where I ordered my models. It is confusing when more than one company produces such exquisite figures that all fit so well together, that you then can't identify which company made them! Well, that's my excuse, anyway!!! |
| historygamer | 21 Nov 2020 2:08 p.m. PST |
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 Der Alte Fritz  | 22 Nov 2020 7:55 a.m. PST |
Rollie: it's called synergy 8^) . Graham and I both cover various eras of the 18th Century and there is some overlap from time to time. For example, I added Mohawk Indians for my Saratoga range that can also be used in Graham's FIW figure range. This way, neither of us has to sculpt both Mohawks and Hurons for our figure ranges. It helps that Richard Ansell sculpting both ranges helps and Graham is a fine gentleman to work with. |
| Colonel Bogey | 23 Nov 2020 3:22 a.m. PST |
They are wonderful models |
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