These are also from Old Glory's Boxer Rising/Rebellion range. A bag each of cossacks (sadly without fur caps), and artillery crew. I ordered a couple of Tsuba Miniatures cannon for the crew to man. Plan to base some of the figures with the gun, and a few as singles. Should've ordered another cannon as there are 19 figures, and only plan to use 4 or 5 per cannon. Also ordered a pair each of Tsuba Hotchkiss and Maxim machine guns with crew.
The cossacks are painted up as Trans-Baikal troops with yellow uniform distinctions. They all carry what appear to be whips in their right hand. If their right hands were posed differently, I might've added lances.
The figures are all pretty nicely sculpted, again not overly detailed and making them easy to paint. The horses themselves are very nicely posed and proportioned, IMO.
I also just received a copy of The Men Who Would Be Kings. Very similar to the "Rampant" line of rules, but geared more for 19th Century Colonial (Imperialist?) armies versus tribal hordes. I was thinking of using it for RJW skirmish, but may mod it with stuff from Rebels and Patriots. On the gaming front, plan to be at our annual Dragon Rampant Christmas game day next weekend at Bruce Meyer's place in Gig Harbor. Bruce is the owner/proprietor of Brigade Games, and graciously opens up his place every year for this - we did skip one year due to the lockdown though. And in heavier news, the hotel that was used for our annual big convention in May, Enfilade, has been sold and the contract with our club voided. The powers to be are searching for a new location to host the convention. It had been held at the hotel in Olympia for about 20 years or so. I was fortunate to attend the last 17 there (missing the lockdown year). The place holds fond memories for me - being the place where I was first exposed to gaming, and making long-lasting friendships there over the years, including a great horde from Canada. Until next time, thanks for stopping by and wishing you all the best this holiday season.
Lovely Cossacks and artillery crew Dean! TWWBK is good fun.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot, Mike. Yes, I'm comfortable with the Rampant-family rules, and there are a lot of others here who play them regularly. Kindest regards, Dean
DeleteThese are great Dean and I have a tip for you - I got the WWI Russian cavalry from OG to use in my RCW collection - if you are not too fussy, I am sure they would work well for the RJW too - and the bonus is, some are wearing fur caps!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much, Keith. I will likely be getting those "proper" cossacks soon. Warmest regards,Dean
DeleteWhat an awesome work on them!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much, Michal! Kind regards, Dean
DeleteThey do look very nice Dean!
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Thank you so much for the kind words, Christopher! Much appreciated. Warmest regards, Dean
DeleteReally great looking addition to your forces. Great photos as well, and a thought...more is better than less when it comes to cavalry.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot, Joe. Roger that, about the cav! 😀 Kindest regards, Dean
DeleteAbsolutely amazing Dean.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your kind words, Richard. Warm regards, Dean
DeleteBeautiful work, Dean! Bad news about Enfilade losing the site in Olympia. I have never made it to Enfilade since it relocated to Olympia. Olympia is simply not an easy drive from Spokane. It would be nice if other, more centralized locations were considered. Tri-Cities might be a possible location and almost certainly less expensive than an Olympia site.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jonathan. Yes, as for Enfilade being in a Olympia, I was spoiled. The furthest I had to drive was when I lived in Puyallup. And that was only about 45 minutes. Since moving to Steilacoom, it was only about 25 minutes. I think we need to stay around King or Pierce Counties, along the I-5 corridor. This mainly for our Canadian brethren. They always come down in force and put on a lot of good games. We'll see though. Warmest regards, Dean
DeleteGreat job Dean they look fantastic.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for the nice words, Stu! Kindest regards, Dean
DeleteSplendid looking additions to your Russian force!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thank you very much again, Iain! Best regards, Dean
DeleteLovely figures and always Dean , hopefully a new venue can be found ?
ReplyDeleteThanks, Matt! Yes, we'll likely find a place, but the old site in Olympia was not only a great location - but the room rates were locked for many years. We should be hearing from the NHMGS committee soon of possible new locations for the con. Kindest regards, Dean
DeleteFine looking figures. Hope the convention finds a new home successfully; changes of venue are always and added strain!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the kind words and well wishes, Peter! We should be getting an update in the coming weeks. The last word from the BOD is that they still intend to have the convention over the Memorial Day weekend in May - that's only a few months away! Best regards, Dean
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