Miniatures for WW1

[Gallowglass]

Hmmmm....they're quite nice. Thanks for posting 

[Helen]

Hi Guys,

More coverage of WW1 figures in due course from Brigade Games:

From Lon,Quote: "Paul is working on new French, Austrians and Italians. The French will be out first and released at Historicon. The Austrians and Italians will follow after that.

Mike Owen has finished off another Sikh Command pack, French artillery crew in kepis and Russian Artillery crew.

These should be released in late July at Historicon." Unquote.

How kool is that! Lon informed me that there will be a Sikh lewis gunner in the Sikh command pack!

[Poliorketes]

Great news, Helen! And Austrians! Hope he'll do a Schwartzlose.

[carlos marighela]

Hi Guys,

More coverage of WW1 figures in due course from Brigade Games:

From Lon,Quote: "Paul is working on new French, Austrians and Italians. The French will be out first and released at Historicon. The Austrians and Italians will follow after that.

Mike Owen has finished off another Sikh Command pack, French artillery crew in kepis and Russian Artillery crew.

These should be released in late July at Historicon." Unquote.

How kool is that! Lon informed me that there will be a Sikh lewis gunner in the Sikh command pack!

Does that mean a Russian gun will be forthcoming? Hmm I thought British guns and crew for the Middle East were meant to be somewhere ahead in the queue, I've been hanging out for some. Keep pressuring Helen for seperate head sets to convert the Indians to various other types, Dogras, Jats, Baluchis etc.

[archangel1]

I notice Richard at HLBS has revamped the categories for his WWI ranges.  There's a new heading for Artillery, which now contains his German 'Big Bertha' and the British Mk.V Howitzer, now with crew and shell packs.  Maybe we'll eventually see a German crew! 

[Hammers]

Mike Owen has finished off another Sikh Command pack, French artillery crew in kepis and Russian Artillery crew.
How kool is that! Lon informed me that there will be a Sikh lewis gunner in the Sikh command pack!

Lovely!

[harmonkeys]

Carlos wrote:
"Keep pressuring Helen for seperate head sets to convert the Indians to various other types, Dogras, Jats, Baluchis etc."

Though not normally a "swappable head" man myself, I love Carlos' idea. I was reading the Appendices to "Sepoys in the Trenches" and realized that not only were Indian Army Brigades made up of Battalions from different "ethnicities" (plus that obligatory British Btn.) but that many Battalions themselves were made up of Companies from different "ethnicities" as well.
Can't make too many Indian Army figs, can we?

yours
Scott Sahib, I mean,  Pasha

[Will Bailie]

Hi, there,

I just got an email from Phil at Brigade Models.  In addition to sending me an extra order of Belgians gratis, he provided the following news:

"I'm currently doing the moulds for the next release ( heavy machine gun & casualties ) at the moment. Hopefully I'll have some news in the next couple of weeks.
 
After that we'll be doing cavalry and a Minerva armoured car around October."

Whoo-hoo!  Reinforcements for Plucky Little Belgium!

W

[Will Bailie]

I've just finished painting my first two Belgians.  Here they are for your amusement and edification, and comments welcome.  In particular, I am not sure if I have the details right and would appreciate feedback from some of our Belgian experts!  In particular, what shade of green did the Carabiniers wear?  I've assumed it would be pretty dark, similar to the British Rifle green, but I'd like to know for certain.

Thanks!

Line Infantry


Line Infantry


Carabinier


Comparison:  GWM, Renegade, Brigade Models


Comparison:  Brigade Models, Brigade Games, Renegade

[Plynkes]

Just been on the Battle Honours site, and bafflingly it seems that they no longer sell the Battle Honours figures. You have to get them from Old Glory 15s in the States, which is a right pain in the arse. Just when I wanted some.

So now their company name seems particularly redundant, and designed to confuse stupid people like me. Want Battle Honours figures? Well, you can't buy them from Battle Honours as they don't stock them! 

So what next: Will I have to go to KFC to get a Big Mac?

[Svennn]

Just as decent pictures have started appearing that actually sell the figs for a pretty hot period too.

Baffling only starts to describe it.

[pbeccas]

Nice paint jobs on the Belguims Will.  I had no idea what their uniforms looked like.  What colour did you use for the infantrymans coat?  I can't tell if it's a grey or a dark blue.  I am ordering some.
Cheers
Paul

[Will Bailie]

Thanks, Paul.

Colours were a bit washed out by my flash.  The line infantry are supposed to have dark blue coats - I used Vallejo Dark Sea Blue with a black wash.  Carabiniers are supposed to have green coats, but I'm not sure if that means very dark (like British riflemen) or a lighter shade.

Couple of sources of information for the uniforms here:
http://www.landships.freeservers.com/new_pages/belgian_unifs_ww1.htm
http://users.pandora.be/ABL1914/Uniform/FotosABL1914.htm

Cheers

W

[cdr]

nice belgians
the carabiniers had a very dark green overcoat. There is however no piping and insignia on the overcoats of ordinary infantry and carabiniers. Only the regiments of grenadiers had insignia on their overcoat (they also wore darkblue instead of grey trousers)

[Will Bailie]

Thanks, cdr - that's what I needed to know.  Not having to paint piping on the troops will make it much easier for me to finish off the rest of them!

w