New Dollies (Russians & Interwar Germans)

None for the Japanese cavalry, I'm afraid, as the horses have been delayed. I guess it is only the U.S. cavalry that always arrives in the nick of time.

So, other dollies and bits have been sculpted instead. Firstly two modified dollies for one of the next Russian sets:

The plan is to use the instruments not only for a Russian band but also for others in the (even further) future.

And there have also quite some dollies for opponents and possible allies of the Freikorps Werdenfels been sculpted:

 

 

 

 

And something to protect the heads of some of them: 

 All the sculpting work done by Paul Hicks.

Another RJW battle/photo report

This time from the fellows of the Grimsby Wargames Society:

The guys got three whole galleries of Russo-Japanese War eye candy on their homepage for our viewing pleasure:
Gallery 1
Gallery 2
Gallery 3

RJW battle report

Not by me admittedly (maybe that's why it is so great looking... ;-) ).

Mark Strachan has posted the battle report on his '1866 and all that'-blog. If you are interested in gaming the Russo-Japanese War or just like some eye-candy, please have a look at: http://stracmark.blogspot.co.nz/2013/05/russo-japanese-war-scenario.html

Here's a teaser photo from Mark's blog:

PS: Today also marks the 108th anniversary of the Battle of Tsushima, which sealed the fate of the Russian Baltic Fleet (renamed the Second Pacific Squadron) after traveling over 18.000 nautical miles (approx. 33.000 km). Sometimes refered to as the beginning of electronic warfare due to the use of wireless technology on both sides (the Russians faced a lot problems with their German built equipment, though) and also as the greates naval battle since Trafalgar.

More painted Russians

Simon has worked his magic again. ;-) Here are the painted versions of latest three Russian sets:

RJ-R05 Russian Standard-bearers, Bugler and Drummer (4)

(incl. two standard tops with poles)

Painted as members of the 34th Infantry Regiment "Sevskiy" (the advancing miniatures) and and the  36th Infantery Regiment "Orlovskiy" (the standing ones), to fit in with the officers and NCOs and the respective troopers. (The ensigns are obviously missing their standards, these will be added later.)

 

 RJ-R06 Russian Troopers firing II (4)

Painted as members of the 33^rd Regiment "Eletskiy", which means that now every regiment of the 9th infantry division is depicted in form of one of the painted trooper sets.  

 RJ-R07 Russian Casualties and Mecidal Orderly (4)

Painted in the vary same way as the ensigns and musicians.

First Japanese cavalry horse

Back from the holidays and the first (small) sign of the Japanese cavalry to show. The first horse (incl. saddle, harness, etc.) sculpted by eBob based on one of his medium horses.

There will be a total of eight different horses: four in walking and four in standing poses. Once they are all finished, they will be send to Paul Hicks so he can sculpt the dollies for the cavalry miniatures (mounted and dismounted) in the next free spot in his (very) busy schedule. These dollies will then be cast up by Griffin Moulds and returned to Paul to wait for their turn to to be made into complete miniatures.
So, still some way to go... ;-)

Holiday notification

Yes, it's time again for a holiday! :-)

We'll be away until April 6th, all messages received during this time will be answered asap after our return.

A Happy Easter to all of you and your families!

New castings, two dogs and one stockist

The castings of the latest three sets arrived some time ago, but I haven't found the time to put up a post due to other commitments. :-( Also, the bad weather prohibited better photos.

But anyway, here they are:

RJ-R06 Russian Troopers firing II (4)

 

 RJ-R07 Russian Casualties and Mecidal Orderly (4)

FW-06 Assault team (4)

Since the release of the Freikorps Werdenfels command set some people have enquired about the possibility of getting the Dachshund on its own. So far this hasn't been possible because of the make-up of the mould. But with the moulds of the new sets, we used the opportunity to get some extra castings of the little one and he even brought a friend! (The second one, the one sitting and begging, is intended to be part of a future civilian set.)

MISC-02 Dachshunds (2) - € 1,50

Both dogs sculpted by eBob and the set of two is available for € 1,50/set. Since they don't have a mould of their own, I can't guarantee to have them in stock all time. ;-)

Here's another photo of them alongside a 'regular' 28mm toy man to show how tiny they are:

Another news, especially for those in the UK, is that Empress Miniatures is stocking our miniatures and also carrying them at all the shows the good folks at Empress attend:

Link:  http://www.empressminiatures.com/index.htm