Info about Germans in East Africa??

[mortimer]

Hi mates, I'm thinking in my next army... a German Army for colonial adventures...

I've seen the Copplestone Casting range
and the Brigade Games one

How they fit? Some size problems? And, where else can I get some of these troops?

Finally, for an easy conversion, a prussian Herman Fleischer villain in Shout at the Devil film? Perhaps with a foundry donkey... where can I get a suitable miniature? I've found this range too Franco Prussian Foundry

Thanks for your help!!!

[traveller]

The copplestone are maybe a tad bigger than the Brigade ones but I use them together without hesitation. A potential Fleischer can be found in the Renegade Miniatures early WW1 command pack. It´s a bulky fellow with a cap that could easily be converted into a picklehaube.

[argsilverson]

The copplestone are maybe a tad bigger than the Brigade ones but I use them together without hesitation.

I do the same.

A potential Fleischer can be found in the Renegade Miniatures early WW1 command pack. It´s a bulky fellow with a cap that could easily be converted into a picklehaube.

pickelhaube? why?
I have not seen the film,so, Ido not know how Fleischer looks. In East Africa, however, they had no pickelhaube and caps are very suitable!

more here:
http://www.germancolonialuniforms.co.uk/

[Plynkes]

pickelhaube? why?

Because just sometimes, old pal, what is cool is better than what is right. 





And I'll bet you cannot find conclusive evidence that not one single German ever wore a Pickelhaube while in German East. 

I have not seen the film,so, Ido not know how Fleischer looks.

You really are missing out. It is classic Pulp Great War in Africa fun. One of my favourite films. A taste for you...











The Wilbur Smith novel the film is based upon is even better. A great action read, and darker than the film.


I used the Renegade figure suggested above for my Fleischer. I was a little too lazy to convert him into a Pickelhaube though, and left him in his cap. I'll see if I can find a photo of him. This thread has made me think about having another go, though and doing him again. The Foundry Darkest Africa Force Publique officer on a mule might come in handy for such a conversion.

[Plynkes]

Found him...



Blimey, those Askari are looking a bit crummy. I'd like to think my painting has got a bit better since I did them (though I'm probably deluding myself). 


As to the Foundry Franco-Prussian war range - I had the same idea, but they are much, much smaller than Copplestone, Brigade and Renegade. They look like hobbits next to them. I wouldn't advise it unless your attitude to size match-ups is extremely tolerant.

[Gluteus Maximus]

Because just sometimes, old pal, what is cool is better than what is right. 

And he certainly looks very cool indeed! 

I really enjoyed when it came out at the pictures. A great film and one I'm going to have to find on DVD. 

Wow! Only £3.98 here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shout-Devil-DVD-Lee-Marvin/dp/B000P0JQ8W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1263044834&sr=8-1


 

[aecurtis]

"The Wilbur Smith novel the film is based upon is even better. A great action read, and darker than the film."

Very much so.  The film *is* rather silly:



Oh, yes: don't miss Bilbo in a fez...

Allen

[Gluteus Maximus]

"The Wilbur Smith novel the film is based upon is even better. A great action read, and darker than the film."

Very much so.  The film *is* rather silly:

Oh, yes: don't miss Bilbo in a fez...

Allen

     I never realised he was in it!

I really must read the book, though. For some reason I've only ever read a couple of Wilbur Smith's novels 

[Helen]

I don't mind silly films, but the book is one of the better reads from the author an a different ending.

I was actually thinking of the bald guy with monocle from the Brigade Games Western Front Germans range with his head sliced an a picklehaulbe attached - he has the look you know!

Helen

[argsilverson]

Because just sometimes, old pal, what is cool is better than what is right. 

No problem, but I cannot understand how this fat chap tolerate a pickelhaube in such a cilmate, he should have his brain boiled in it!
A good conversion is the only thing he needs.

[Leapsnbounds]

I use the figures interchangably.  I primarily use the Cobblestone Figures for Offices and N.C.O.'s. Some of the later castings (Cobblestone) are a little larger but not by much.  My naval unit from the Koingsberg is made of both manufacturers and it is the best wargame unit I have.  I will look into "Shout at the Devil"  I never heard of it before.

[Dan]

I've used a Renegade mounted officer mounted on a Tiger miniatures donkey .

[mortimer]

Thanks for the info!!! I'll try with the Renegade miniature... and with a foundry donkey...

It seems there isn't more manufacturers with a German East Africa Colonial range... 

and a finally a question for mr. Plynkes, where can I find this minis?



Thanks again!!

[traveller]

There are actually more manufacturers (but Brigade and Copplestone are the best for East Africa Germans):

To name a few:
Battle Honours
HLBS
Pulp figures
Seebatallion can be obtained from Redoubt, Old Glory

[argsilverson]

There are actually more manufacturers (but Brigade and Copplestone are the best for East Africa Germans):

To name a few:
Battle Honours
HLBS
Pulp figures
Seebatallion can be obtained from Redoubt, Old Glory

Tiger Miniatures (incl. mule mounted Askari and germans)

http://tigerminiatures.co.uk/