Well that's all for now; wishing you all good health and the best of hobby endeavors during our current state of affairs.
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Spencer Smith Miniatures Mitrailleuse Gun and Crew.
As I was intending to host my Bolt Action Franco Prussian game at Enfilade in May, I wanted to add a Mitrailleuse "grapeshot" volley gun. I was hoping Soren at Eagles of Empire would have one ready in time, but it seems he had a few more projects in line before getting to it. Perusing the internet, I stumbled upon Spencer Smith Miniatures and found one in what is listed as 30mm. However, the site states that these match up quite well with current 28mm figures. As Foundry's range is quite smaller than most 28mm, and especially the largish Eagles of Empire figures, I figured I'd give Spencer Smith a shot. I'm glad I did as they do indeed match up very well, size-wise, with the 28mm figures I have for the period.
The sculpting is sort of "old school" with minimal details and somewhat static poses. The catalog list this range, as well as several others, as "Classic." In any case, the poses are fine for artillery such as these. Due to the these attributes, the figures painted up quite quickly. I haven't based them as I'm waiting until Hobby Lobby opens up again.
It's cool that the gun has a nice hand crank for the gun. There's a YouTube video showing the firing of reproduction of one of these.
The overall effectiveness of the gun in the Franco Prussian War was not impressive. A few contributing factors for this was its employment as field artillery and not used closely with the infantry. It was also slow to load and acquire targets, particularly with inexperienced crew.
Peter at Spencer Smith is a great guy and ended up sending me two orders. My original order was sent to my old address which was still in Paypay. Because of this the order was lost in the mail, and once we discovered this, Peter immediately sent a replacement set (free of charge) to m current address.
As mentioned, these "30mm" figures size and scale up nicely with 28mm, in this case Perry plastics.
Well that's all for now; wishing you all good health and the best of hobby endeavors during our current state of affairs.
Well that's all for now; wishing you all good health and the best of hobby endeavors during our current state of affairs.
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This is a nifty piece, Dean! I have never seen Spencer Smith figures before.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jonathan. I kind of like some of their old school, "all the same poses" figures. Warmest regards, Dean
DeleteOh, fantastic miniatures Dean!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot, Michal. Kind regards, Dean
DeleteBeautiful work Dean, awesome blue shades!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much, Phil. I added a little black to the shade for the trousers, to gray them a bit. Can't really tell the difference from the coat though. Kindest regards, Dean
DeleteVery nice Dean.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Ray. Warm regards, Dean
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ReplyDeleteA very beautiful tool, and painted excellently!
Thank you very much, Dmitry. Kindest regards, Dean
DeleteWhat beautiful miniatures and a great paint job Dean. Always good to hear of excellent customer service too.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot, Michael. Yes, great service and especially so during these times limiting our freedom to conduct business as usual. Warmest regards,Dean
DeleteLovely figures and brush work!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much, Andras. Best regards, Dean
DeleteNice find, little things like this make a hobbyist's day. Again out of nowhere you paint up another fine set of figures. I have been working on one model for a week and having motivation issues.
ReplyDeleteCheers
Kevin
Thanks a lot as always, Kevin. I actually painted them yesterday afternoon while "teleworking" from home. What motivated me to get them done is that an ebay order of Victrix EIR cavalry arrived in the mail yesterday. Gonna start putting them together here at work. No one else in the office! :) Kindest regards, Dean
DeleteVery nice job Dean and for old school castings, they look pretty good to me. I have heard of Spencer Smith but in the same way as I have heard of Willie and Hinton Hunt...I am sure they are a very old range...I thought they were actually plastic to be honest...maybe that is another range.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Keith! Yes, they do carry some of those old lines too. Well, maybe someday, I'll pick up an army of old school figures and paint them up all glossy. Wouldn't worry about folks griming up the figures. :) Warmest regards, Dean
DeleteThat's some "outside the box" thinking there. Widens the range of options, that's for sure. The result is certainly appealing (less dynamic poses work well for gun crews).
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot, Ed. Appreciate your visit and kind words. Warm regards, Dean
DeleteWonderful job, Dean! Everything looks great!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much, Sergey. Kind regards, Dean
DeleteVery nice figures and gun. And the paint job is top notch as usual!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Mike. Warmest regards, Dean
DeleteNicely painted figures and thanks for the size comparison always interesting to see comparisons 👍
ReplyDeleteThank you much, Matt. Best regards, Dean
DeleteGreat looking gun and crew! The comparison shot shows how well they work with current 28mm figures, lovely finish!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks, Iain. I think height and size-wise they're good with most 28's. However, the poses make them appear best as old school toy soldiers - at least from the website images. Kind regards, Dean
DeleteReally nice models! I like Classic :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats on getting reinforcement to your Franco Prussian project!
Thank you kindly, Dmitry. Yes, this would've been part of the game at our annual con, however, since everything has been cancelled, I ended up with other pursuits :) Warm regards, Dean
DeleteStunning job!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Bartek. Warm regards, Dean
DeleteOooh, I love the Mitrialleuse and crew, Dean. The French missed an opportunity with this weapon.
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