Garibaldi's Wars of Liberation 28mm range coming soon from Gringo40s

[Shipka]

Have a Great Christmas Ged

[olyreed]

Wonderful additions

[gringo]

thanks Emir we our best!! ...........and Olyreed

Shipka Happy Christmas to you to

regards
Ged
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[Helen]

Great miniatures Ged! Merry Christmas to you.

[gringo]

cheers Helen and a very Merry Christmas to you
and a final Picciotto has just been put on my site
see below..................

regards
Ged
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[Helen]

Lovely Ged. Just the ticket for my boss man in the 12 miniature Picciotto unit I wish to have for the collection.

[gringo]

excellent Helen!

cheers
Ged
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[gringo]

looking at my post Christmas images and found this one of a Picciotto leader and he took my fancy...if there is enough interest I may commission him. all votes welcome!!

cheers
Ged
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[Helen]

Very pretty uniform. My hand is raised. Thanks Ged.

[italwars]

looking at my post Christmas images and found this one of a Picciotto leader and he took my fancy...if there is enough interest I may commission him. all votes welcome!!

cheers
Ged
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Hello...really sorry to pass for a party pooper but this nice pict from a kind of Italian  "look and learn" magazine of about 1950 refers not to a Piciotti leader..but to an antifrench leader of the Neapolitan resistance, nom de bataille "Fra Diavolo" literally Devil Friar..who fought with his brigants followers VS Republican and later Napoleonic French invaders..from 1798 to 1806..in a sort of less known "Italian Ulcer" that obliged the French to fight ferocious engagment not very different from those that they will face in the Peninsula VS Spanish guerillas...the unform is typically Consular/Napoleonic ..the choice of red probably influenced by supplies of material by Royal Navy wich ships protected from Sicily to the Pontine and Neapolitan Islands the interest of the exiled Bourbon dinasty...the appearance of Risorgimento's Piciotti would be sensibly different..the figures on second plan..with the so called "Calabrian Hat" , at least for this headgear, could be more associated with Risorgimento..but not really with Picciotti from Sicily..while it would look OK for "continental" (Neapolitan/Calabrian/Abbruzzi/Lucania/lower Latium ecc..)  anti Piedmontese Briganti fighters...

[italwars]

and if you really want to give life to Gringo Minis you could what this old Italian moovie...apparently naif but, in my opinion, very good representation of Piciotti ecc...if you write 1860 you'll probably find other parts of the moovie.



from the Eighties ..a film on Battle of Volturno part 1:


Volturno part 2



Volturno part 3


Voltuno part 4

[italwars]

some toys soldiers in 45mm well researched that could be an inspiration to paint Gringo 28mm..above all for the flags

Neapolitans (note the Cacciatori guidon)
http://www.newtoysoldiers.it/e_commerce/categoria-prodotto/zinnfiguren_collection/regno_due_sicilie/

Garibaldini
http://www.newtoysoldiers.it/e_commerce/categoria-prodotto/zinnfiguren_collection/garibaldini/

Duchy of Parma (a vassal of Austrian Empire..never fired a shot in angry..but very clourful)
http://www.newtoysoldiers.it/e_commerce/categoria-prodotto/zinnfiguren_collection/ducato_parma/

Pontifical Army (my favourite .)
http://www.newtoysoldiers.it/e_commerce/categoria-prodotto/zinnfiguren_collection/stato_chiesa/

[gringo]

italwars great feedback and links..did think the figure looked too

"Napoleonic"!!

loved the clip of the Neapolitan lancers..very lifelike
cheers

Ged
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[gringo]

just fully restocked my New picciotto now so all up to date
await the deluge of orders!!

Happy New Year to all my LAF buddies
best regards
Ged
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[olyreed]

Hi Ged
i recieved the artillery for xmas from my father. But the barrel was missing, would you be able to supply one