New 28mm British in home service uniforms

[Malamute]

Coming from the Isle of Wight and being surrounded by Victorian defences I'd also like to do some Coastal artillery and crew, but that's way down the list

Ahh, you may recognise these pics then:









 

Cavalry would be great to see, lancers, life guards, hussars and the artillery.

Good luck I hope it goes well for you and get to fund your dream.

[Calimero]

Nice figures

HLBS do have a nice selection of costal artillery already... British crew could be useful for VSF players indeed

http://www.hlbs.co.uk/type.php?id=95

[Thunderchicken]

Certainly got my interest. Nice figures.

[OSHIROmodels]

Best of luck 

Once the main bulk of the range is done, civvies, character types and officers of note always go down well 

cheers

James

[Thunderchicken]

I received a few packs of these figures today.

Now, as a caveat, many fellow VSFers know I am a fussy git when it comes to figures in Home Service uniform so here goes with a quick review.

In my opinion these figures are cracking. The casts are crisp, detailed and well defined. The heads are separate but very easy to attach which is a bonus if you go for any of the other head options. Some of the poses are refreshingly original compared to similar ranges and the figures are well proportioned.  They scale up well with Ironclad and Redoubt, so if you already have any of those figures in your collection (as I have), the Queen and Country figures will compliment them nicely.

I contacted Jon at Queen and Country before making my purchase and he was punctual and very helpful indeed. A pleasure to deal with.

It's not often I put my neck on the line but I recommend these figures and any additions to the range will be eagerly anticipated. 

   

[Malamute]

Now, as  many fellow VSFers know I am a git



   

Fixed that for you.

[Thunderchicken]

  

You've been waiting 7 years for that!

[Malamute]

 

You've been waiting 7 years for that!

I know, the wait was so worth it though

[Mors]

I received a few packs of these figures today.

Now, as a caveat, many fellow VSFers know I am a fussy git when it comes to figures in Home Service uniform so here goes with a quick review.

In my opinion these figures are cracking. The casts are crisp, detailed and well defined. The heads are separate but very easy to attach which is a bonus if you go for any of the other head options. Some of the poses are refreshingly original compared to similar ranges and the figures are well proportioned.  They scale up well with Ironclad and Redoubt, so if you already have any of those figures in your collection (as I have), the Queen and Country figures will compliment them nicely.

I contacted Jon at Queen and Country before making my purchase and he was punctual and very helpful indeed. A pleasure to deal with.

It's not often I put my neck on the line but I recommend these figures and any additions to the range will be eagerly anticipated. 

   

This is good to know, not that your a git  but about the figures, I ordered some at the weekend

[OSHIROmodels]

Oh no, he's still a git 

cheers

James

[Thunderchicken]

Oh no, he's still a git 

cheers

James

Mors, hold my coat for me please.

 

[jp1885]

Slightly off topic, but these might be useful for the VBCW crowd (especially the separate heads), so I've added this range to my VBCW Minis Guide website

[Mors]

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Mors, hold my coat for me please.

 
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I seen how tall he is ,not getting involved 

My package arrived Tuesday, seeing as I only paid for them on Monday excellent service.
From my initial quick look I concur with Thunderchicken regarding quality of casting and scaling up with Ironclad, helmet size is similar to Ironclad but smaller than PofW company from North Star and the old Wessex range....if anyones worried about helmet size 
Although not a expert I think they are armed with Martini Henrys and have the 1881 equipment

I bought  enough busby heads  to do the unit  as Fusiliers, I also bought a pack of Glengarrys and Pillbox heads.

I know I can look this up... but being a lazy 'git' , with the exception of the helmet are there any other differences between Zulu War uniforms and undress/marching order Home Service uniforms of the  1880's ? I have some WF plastics somewhere in the mountain and was going to try the heads for scale

[Genghis]

I'd like to second (or is that third or fourth by now?) the comments regarding the rather splendid quality of these figures; they're very crisp & look like they won't require much in the way of cleaning up prior to painting.  As far as size go, they appear to be 1-2 mm taller than Redoubt Enterprises' Home Service Dress redcoats - I haven't built mine yet, so have based this comparison on shoulder-to-shoulder height.  (The extra height is ideal for me as I'm teaming mine up with some 32 mm steampunk ladies for my IHMN company, so these chaps will be a little less short than the Redoubt figures would have been.)

Assuming Lequeux gets the custom to justify expanding the range, I'd like to offer a couple of suggestions:

 - A suitably grizzled Sgt to provide a level of command between the chaps & the officer.

 - Some VSF/Steampunk weapon options, in particular an IHMN-style arc rifle.  (Possibly a somewhat controversial suggestion this one, but I'd like to be able to add some weird science weapons to my otherwise historically accurate figures - a couple of regular Home Service riflemen who happen to have arc rifles on field trials.)