A quick dash home during the PAUSEX to do see Herself and do some laundry, also found some recents buys waiting for me. Some of them are related to my graduate courses, but two were not.
25mm Minifigs...<ahem> Napoleonic French
Now before we all run off screaming and calling for an investigation and a committee to commit me to an insane asylum, let me be clear. This is NOT the start of some massive project, nor have I suddenly been whacked on the coconut. I am a devotee of The Portable Wargame series of rules and I have the Napoleonic variant that I've used for both 18th century and 19th century games.
A number of years ago, a friend, Joe S., a fellow member of the Society of Daisy, gifted me some British Napoleonic figures painted somewhat in an Imagi-Nation style. They have lain dormant, unbased, but painted. I could not in good conscience part with them. So, the next best thing was to acquire an opponent for them. The sticky bit was they needed to be "true" 25mm figures.
A fortunate find on TMP led me to pull the trigger and purchase these. I am now only in the need of artillery and gunners and maybe a dozen generals to complete this project.
And speaking of the kindness and generosity of friends....
A package arrived from Blighty from my friend Brian C., with a very nice donation of vehicles for my Irish Civil War project. The Crossley tenders will be converted to Gub'mint use, but I might keep the staff car in its original colours. Many thanks, Brian!
Now...to pack up the overnight bag with fresh laundry and go back to the Digital Wars of Peace.
Nice set of cars and trucks. Perfect for Irish Rebellion/Civil War. I will have to let my friend Dave know as he is looking for ones like those.
ReplyDeleteJust reading the Portable Napoleononics myself. See where you’re going with them. Very nice
Thanks, Mark! I hope to have a travel edition of TPNW in time for September. I'll be up for a wedding at the end of the month then, so maybe we could get together for a game. And if Dave is coming to Historicon, there is usually a fella in the Flea Market that has some of these trucks. I just never acted on it, until Brian kindly offered some as surplus to his requirements.
DeleteThese Yesteryear models by Matchbox are great for the period 1910-1940 (approx) and OK for scale with 28mm figures - although a bit too large on some occasions - I don't think they have a rigidly enforced standard scale to be honest.
ReplyDeleteHere in New Zealand, they are pretty easy and cheap to get your hands on - I have a stack I bought online when I was going through my Pulp collecting phase - I have even used a few of them! - (some were also converted for use by the Bolsheviks in our RCW/BoB games)
I know, they really are great for that time. And I'm looking more for "something about right", rather than perfect in scale, etc. I have seen them for sale very cheaply at some of the big shows here in Doodle Land. I suppose a couple more wouldn't hurt...
DeleteFantastic box of Minifigs Eric! Are you going to paint them as French or ImagiNation units?
ReplyDeleteCheers, MJ! I think I'm going to do a modified form of Imagi-Nations. I've got a uniform for Legion Loup from Sharpe's Battle. And looking at some of the various Italian light infantry units, there may be enough variety and opportunity for Artistic License. Thoughts and recommendations are most welcome.
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