[Commercial] Introducing Bloody Miniatures P.50 - A Regiment of Foote

[Eric the Shed]

very smart

[DivisMal]

Got myself a nice present for father’s day. Very impressed how the range has developed and could not resist anymore!
Looking forward to more bloody miniatures, Richard!
Cheers!

[Captain Blood]

Ah, thank you Florian 
That’s very kind of you. They will be in the post tomorrow!

[majorsmith]

Well I’ve taken the plunge and bought the mortuary men pack, have you ever thought of expanding the range to the 3 musketeers? 😜

[serran]

Three musketeers! Three musketeers! Three musketeers!

Sorry......

[has.been]

Three musketeers! Three musketeers! Three musketeers!

Sorry......

There is always one!...
and they are all for him!!!!

[Captain Blood]

Well I’ve taken the plunge and bought the mortuary men pack, have you ever thought of expanding the range to the 3 musketeers? 😜

Thanks Andy, I'll get them off to you tomorrow
(Ah, just noticed - you didn't put a house name or number on your order? Only the name of the lane. If you could let me know? Ta )

And for you Three Musketeers fans, I have had the following pointed out to me...



That's three figures from the 'All the King's Men' pack, and one from 'The Mortuary Men'.

Honestly not what was intended, but they do actually fit pretty well don't they? 

[majorsmith]

They all look great as musketeers!

[Captain Blood]

Well, inspired by Abu Iskander's recent excellent conversions of Bloody Miniatures to ECW Scots, I've had a crack at a few of my own...



It's quite timely, because I’ve been asked by several people if I’d consider some Bloody ECW / TYW Scots.

Scots armies played a significant role in the English Civil War, with the Presbyterian Covenanters fighting across the north of England, first for Parliament against the King, and later for the King against Parliament. The Scots also fought each other - Covenanters versus Montrose's Royalists - and Scottish mercenary companies served widely on the continent throughout the Thirty Years War.

Despite this history of extensive Scottish participation in British and European wars of the first half of the Seventeenth Century, I worry that ECW Scots might be something of a niche interest (other than to Scottish wargamers of course!)

Without boring you with the economics of wargames figure manufacturing, you basically need to sell around 250 sets of figures just to cover the sculpting, moulding and casting costs of creating that set - never mind making a profit. Having discussed it with Nick Collier though, we could take 16 existing figures from across the range and adapt them with a variety of new heads in Scots’ bonnets, border plaid cloaks, and some distinctive Scottish polearms like Lochaber axes and Jedburgh staves. The figures would be a characterful mix of swordsmen, musketeers, pistoleers and polearms. An ‘adapted’ set would be economically viable. 16 brand new sculpts possibly not.

To provide an idea of what adapted figures might look like, I’ve converted these. Two are straight head swaps (using the Scots bonnet heads from the separate heads sprue). The other four I’ve titivated with border plaids, extra hair, bonnet decorations, and the like. Obviously Nick’s sculpts would be way better than my amateur Green Stuffing, but this is the sort of level of adaptation.












If you can spare a minute to help me gauge whether there would be an appetite for a release of Bloody Miniatures Scots, would you be kind enough to pop across and complete this little survey for me? Thank you

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/6HPXWP3

It’s strictly no names, no pack drill, so please answer honestly as to whether you’d be interested or not. It’s terribly unscientific, and is not any sort of commitment to buy. Merely an ‘in principle’ indication of possible interest. Or not.

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

Wow - they look good.

[Rogerc]

Fantastic Richard, the chap in long coat looks ideal for a Jacobite officer, I wonder if doing a pack of adapted figures that could be used in later conflict may make that particular pack more popular for you? I would love to have that particular figure mixed with my Jacobites for example.

[Bullshott]

Lovely conversions on the Scots 
My musketeers arrived this morning, so I'll be starting soon on converting some, in order to produce a nice varied unit of shotte.
Looking through the range and your hints of future packs, here is my 'wants' list for future consideration:
1 - more heads. You have enough helmet options, but a major omission for ECW is knitted 'Monmouth' caps, both the close fitting and wide brimmed styles. These were probably the most common hat style worn my English musketeers in this period. A few Montero caps wouldn't go amis either (good for TYW and Oxford garrison in ECW).
2 - a halberd armed sergeant dressed in a plain soldier's coat or cassock, with a hat rather than a helmet and in the 'order' posture (standing alert). Sergeants were normally attached to the shotte, so such a figure would work well with the musketeers you have produced to date.
Keep up the good work!

[Silent Invader]

Love the Scots so much I’ve started on some conversions of my own 

[gamer Mac]

Great figures

[Friends of General Haig]

Wonderful conversions, Richard!  A superb job on the tartan as well 👍.

 I’ve answered the survey monkey, but I think there was an option missing … “at this point I’ll buy any figures you release”  !.

Love to see some Lochaber axes.  Can I sow the thought of may be a targe or two?  Certainly some basket hilted broadswords. A nice big claymore perhaps?  How about a nice dirk to go in the hand that’s carrying the targe? Would the all metal construction pistols (supposedly very popular in the highlands) not be obvious to sculpt in this scale?  Is a bow with a quiver of arrows out of the question?

I think I’ve mentioned it before, but trews can be a nice option, and it’s possible to adapt a figure in breeches without too much difficulty - great for officer types.

How about just working through each of the McBride illustrations in the Osprey ‘Highland Clansman”?