Friday, May 20, 2011

Jingling Johnny

aka Turkish Crescent finished. The bearer of the device is a Mameluke. Again, these are Front Rank figures which are nicely sculpted with good details.
Below is a depiction of the 88th Foot (Connaught Rangers) capturing the Jingling Johnny belonging to the French 101st Line at Salamanca in 1812.
Apparently many European armies used these in their bands, but only a few still use them in the present-day. Interestingly enough, German Emperor William I presented one to King Kalakaua of Hawaii in 1881, when the later toured the world. It was used in the Royal Hawaiian Band - pictured far left in photo below.
Next weekend is the big Pacific Northwest historical gaming convention - Enfilade! I will host/co-host a couple of games; one on Friday and one on Sunday. I should also be pre-registered for two Ancient Naval games on Saturday; one Roman Seas and the other Man Your Oars! I like Roman Seas (and have the rules), but want to see how the other set compares. Hope to post some photos and AARs after the convention.

12 comments:

  1. Beautiful work!!! I love 'em!

    Cheers.

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  2. Nice work! Have fun at Enfilade!

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  3. What a great job you did on those miniatures!!

    All the best,
    GregS

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  4. very nice details and very nicely painted.
    Cheers
    paul

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  5. Fantastic flesh tones- well done!

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  6. At the military tatto at the Windsor horse show about 10 days ago the French Foreign Legion band had a most impressive jingling johnney.

    Guy

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