Hello LAF friends
Well, after 40+ years wargaming, painting, modelling, criticising from the safety of the sidelines, and vowing never to become a wannabe lead baron, I’ve finally succumbed
.
It gives me great pleasure to introduce you to my new (distinctly bijou) line of 28mm figures for the English Civil War - Bloody Miniatures. (How could I call it anything else?
)
It’s a range conceived to bring a dash of added personality to existing ECW / TYW collections, or provide characterful figures for skirmish games.
Bloody Miniatures are the work of the brilliant Nick Collier, original sculptor of the enduringly popular Bicorne and Renegade ECW ranges. If there’s anyone better than Nick at capturing the character of fighting men of this period, I haven’t come across him. The brief was pretty much to make them ooze with character. I think he's risen to the task.
Those existing excellent ranges contain huge numbers of rank and file models in a variety of drill-type poses - perfect for recreating big battles set in that era, but perhaps slightly less suited to the minor scrimmages, sieges, raids and sallies which typified warfare of the period. Bloody Miniatures complement these existing ranges perfectly, providing a seamless fit in size, style and stature, with extra helpings of charisma and period flavour
They're designed with the ECW in mind, but TYW arms, armour, and dress were broadly the same. The figures are also eminently suitable for New World colonial conflicts like the Powhatan and Pequot Wars of the 1630s - 1640s, and for C17th 'folk horror' settings / rules like 'Witchfinder General'.
The first four packs are available now at
bloodyminiatures.co.uk. The next four packs are already in the pipeline, and more will follow.
I've been known to criticise wargames manufacturers' websites (
) for a dearth of decent pictures and clear info, so hope I've managed to do a better job myself!
Here are a few pics. I hope you like them
(And a size comparison shot against various other manufacturers).
Pack BM001 - 'The Mortuary Men': Hard-bitten swordsmen
Pack BM002 - 'The Forlorn Hope': A hand-to-hand assault crew
Pack BM003 - 'The Pistoleers': Pistol-armed close quarter fighters
Pack BM004 - 'The Dismounted Troopers': Dismounted harquebusiers getting stuck in
Pack BM005 - 'A company of wolves': All of the above
Size comparison...
And a few tasters of the figures in action (lots more on the website
)...
The open handed Forlorn Hope figures are also quite adaptable to carry other things - here's one who has picked up a standard (the finial and flag cords are by Front Rank)
07 October 2008, 03:55:32 PM
