new 28mm French Contra Guerrillas from Gringo40s soon

[gringo]

thanks Lance .always supportive as usual!! really enjoyed seeing these

figures coming to life! .

regards
Ged

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[Bugsda]

Quality stuff Ged boy  Old beardy Dupin's excellent 

[gringo]

Thanks Bugsda old chap..........mucho gratias

best regards
Ged

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[Phil Robinson]

Head over to the SD Forum for some Andrew Taylor paint work on these.

http://www.steve-dean.co.uk/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=32563&sid=8f84380a2323ea428092ddcfa394d995

[Arthur]

   Cheers Ged thanks for the info, also I know Arthur has been a great help with this range are there any good books on the Uniforms for this period that either of you can recommend.

       Thanks

          Steve
      

There really isn't quite that much available in the English language. Besides The Long Endure, René Chartrand's Osprey MAA (The Maximilian Adventure 1861-1867) isn't bad at all if you take it for what it is, i.e a succinct introduction to the subject. The old FreiKorps 15 Campaign Booklet is probably still available and it's a generally decent primer on the subject, though it occasionally repeats erroneous information on some uniforms, notably the contra infantry. Most of the data I sent over to Ged comes from old (and therefore long out of print) issues of Uniforms, Tradition and Campaigns.

There is however a very comprehensive - and nearly definitive - work on the subject in French. Some twenty-odd years ago, the Club Français de la Figurine Historique put together a massive 600 page study entitled La guerre du Mexique 1861-1867, which covered not only the French army but also its allied contingents and - to a lesser extent - both the Imperial and Republican Mexican armies. Production quality is basic - bordering on crude - but the standard of research and scholarship is very high, using only primary sources and official period documents culled from the French army's records and archives. The only drawback for non-French native speakers is that the four books require a good command of the French language as they're mostly text. They're not terribly expensive for what they are - around 50 euros for the lot if memory serves - and the books are still available from the CFFH. I can PM you the CFFH treasurer's address if you are interested.

Still in French, but more accessible because of the numerous illustrations is the Musée de l'Armée's volume on the Mexican Expedition and the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. Apparently out of print, but some copies may still be floating around on the net :



http://www.amazon.fr/guerre-Franco-Allemande-1870-1871-Lexpédition-1861-1867/dp/2904768017/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1351198670&sr=1-3-fkmr0  

[Arthur]

Steve

glad the figures have caught your attention.....im really only interested
now in getting the best possible sculpts done so make a huge effort
with my sculpters to achieve the best figs around (hopefully!!)

next up;
1.belgians.......ready this week.first tranche
 2.more Republican infantry,,,,,,,,,shakos etc.ready end this week
 3.artillery pieces.......mountain gun made.
 4.artillery crew.
 5.dismounted Mexican Republican Cavalry
 6.Austrians
  7Mounted French
  8.more FFL
  9 plus all gap filling!!



hope that helps

best reagrds

My own suggestion is French infantry variants for folks like me wishing to do whole battalions. CamFFL13 would be a good candidate for this, with simple arm changes to the basic dolly - say one figure advancing with level musket and one advancing with musket at 45°. Add a drummer, bugler and standard bearer and that should prove enough to do a 30-figure battalion, the existing privates providing the castings for the skirmish screen.  

 

[StevieC]

   Arthur

      Many thanks for the info, I may have to pass on your 1st choice as I still wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat after dreaming about my French O level exams,

       especially the oral (no jokes please). Might have to keep an eye out for the one with the pretty pictures though.

           Thanks again for the posting of info.

               Steve

[gringo]

noted Arthur old chap.........i have the "Battalion" figures on the list

as well.....and  may well stretch to some of the other Allied units.......

The French line you mention are a must..................its the least i

can do !!

best regards
Ged

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[gringo]

Arthur

can you kindly pm me the CFFH details as well.................

many thanks
 ;)Ged

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[Maichus]

Very nice miniatures! For some reason ( ) I always think of them as 40mm... 

Sorry, if I've overread it but who's the sculptor of these fab minis?

[gringo]

Sean Judd is the scupter of my minis!!

regards
Ged

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[Arthur]

Arthur

can you kindly pm me the CFFH details as well.................

many thanks
 ;)Ged

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PM sent 

[gringo]

thanks Arthur.....................

just to let you chaps know the first of the Belgium contingent

is on its way to me from Griffin and the second set of Republican

Mexicans with Shakos etc!!

regards

Ged

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available at Crisis 2012!! en avant!!!