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Post by Mike Blake on Jan 12, 2024 13:32:58 GMT
currently working on figuring out a way to best represent the Spanish uniform.
I am assuming you mean the maddening reyadillo? I've tried over the years, fron just a pale blue- grey to real blue stripes on white and vice versa. One thing I'm sure of is easiest with acrylic paint PENS.
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Post by Mike Blake on Jan 12, 2024 13:43:15 GMT
I have accumulated a lot of info on Spanish colonials, Inc most of the wonderful Bueno books, happy to share if of any use to you.
Had a Spanish colonial army in 54mm, ran a game at an Historicon and left the figures with the two pals who helped to make room in my suitcase for more figures to paint!
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Post by twoinchkhan on Jan 12, 2024 16:09:14 GMT
I have accumulated a lot of info on Spanish colonials, Inc most of the wonderful Bueno books, happy to share if of any use to you. Had a Spanish colonial army in 54mm, ran a game at an Historicon and left the figures with the two pals who helped to make room in my suitcase for more figures to paint! Thanks, Mike! Yeah, the rayadillo is a challenge. In my research through photos of those brave souls who've taken it on, it seems the pale blue-grey is the default compromise. The guy who painted the models for the 28mm scale 1898 Miniaturas range (carried by Empress Miniatures), did a pale blue, with stripe-effect highlights on the most raised areas, that I think may fit the bill. I plan to make my attempt this weekend and will post the results, good or bad I have the Osprey (meh) and the very excellent Brassey's History of Uniforms Spanish American War, and have watched the film "1898: Los Ultimos De Filipinas" a bunch lol! But I'll definitely reach out if I get stuck, much appreciated! -- John
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Post by Mike Blake on Jan 12, 2024 17:21:51 GMT
Look forward to seeing the results.
I thought the film rather good?
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Post by zuludon on Jan 12, 2024 18:11:21 GMT
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Post by zuludon on Jan 12, 2024 18:21:47 GMT
Howdy, John. Welcome aboard.
Nick out in California, here. Your world sounds a lot like my mine, too many not-quite-complete projects, and then I'm off chasing after the next shiny thing. There's a guy on eBay who goes by the handle: "johnwg" who sells painted 54mm plastics, mostly AIP, quite reasonably. I just bought 24 of his Rough Riders. I hope I wasn't bidding against you! I find that if I can collect a core of painted figures, it motivates me to attempt to complete the collection - at least enough for a skirmish game.
Nick Stern
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Post by spiritofethandune on Jan 12, 2024 19:32:58 GMT
Nick,
Thanks for the info-I know that in 20mm plastic you can get WW1 Brits in shorts with Wolsey helmet (HAT do then I think) for Dunsterforce etc, but sadly not in 54mm (not even in metal). I once tried Airfix 54mm 8th army with metal Wolsey helmet conversions but they really didn't look very good (and the webbing is all wrong!).
Cheers Anthony
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Post by zuludon on Jan 12, 2024 21:40:18 GMT
Nick, Thanks for the info-I know that in 20mm plastic you can get WW1 Brits in shorts with Wolsey helmet (HAT do then I think) for Dunsterforce etc, but sadly not in 54mm (not even in metal). I once tried Airfix 54mm 8th army with metal Wolsey helmet conversions but they really didn't look very good (and the webbing is all wrong!). Cheers Anthony Hi Anthony,
We should probably start a new thread on this. I too, was thinking about converting the 8th Army in shorts figures, but never got around to trying in the flesh, so to speak. While I often enjoy the challenge of finding and converting figures to fill the many existing gaps, I sometimes settle for taking the path of least resistance and switching to a smaller scale.
I would love to find some Omdurman/Great War in Africa era Sudanese in British service as well.
Cheers, Nick
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Post by twoinchkhan on Jan 13, 2024 0:11:00 GMT
"Anthony, I am doing the RCW and Back of Beyond in 20mm so I can leverage my Great War British. In 54mm, Engineer Basevich covers the period - for a price!" Anthony and Nick, Definitely an issue. I have the Basevitch sets for the period, but in the States anyway, the embargo is making them difficult to get, and I imagine they'll only get more expensive as a result. The Basevitch models are amazing, but they are much larger than, say, AIP British NWF. They are also decadently detailed, and would look odd next to more "toy soldier" styled models. Which highlights the difficulty in collecting the period/region in 54mm. Very few ranges available, and the ranges don't often play well together. My hope is to assemble enough miniatures to at least do some Hollywood-style skirmishes. Large scale collecting may be out of my reach at this time lol. Alas, it is fairly well covered in 28mm.....but boo! --John
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Post by tradgardmastre on Jan 13, 2024 7:18:57 GMT
Thanks for introducing yourself John. It was interesting to hear of your projects.. Many years ago I put on a demonstration game of El Caney , albeit in 15mm. A fascinating period. I look forward to hearing of the Spanish American War in 54mm… P.S do feel free to post pictures and let us see how the project is getting on
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Post by twoinchkhan on Jan 13, 2024 16:29:38 GMT
Look forward to seeing the results. I thought the film rather good? Yes, I thought it very well done, if not very uplifting lol
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Post by ramases on Feb 5, 2024 13:52:07 GMT
Colin from Scotland. Just branching out into 54mm. Obcession with biblical period. Just building up a collection of 40mm thanks to STL files. However a dream was always 54mm biblical wars. Never seemed likely to happen in any numbers for armies…. Then Expeditionary Force announced Ancient Egyptian wars this year…. That’s me hooked in. Likely to do Lion Rampant size armies
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Post by Mike Lewis on Feb 6, 2024 16:35:18 GMT
54mm Biblical sounds interesting - welcome to the Forum
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Post by benstoysoldiers on Feb 7, 2024 4:49:53 GMT
Hello, I'm Ben from Illinois, USA. My biggest areas of interest are most 19th century conflicts as well as WWI and WWII. Some of my particular favorites as subjects for toy soldiers are the American Civil War, any of the British Colonial Wars, the Boxer Rebellion, and the Franco-Prussian War. I also like the English Civil War and the Thirty Years' War.
I started out just collecting unpainted plastic soldiers but a couple years ago I started making serious efforts to paint entire sets of them start to finish in the glossy "toy soldier" style. Armies in Plastic is my favorite brand because they're cheap, ubiquitous, cover many of my favorite periods, and have that charmingly simple, old school lead toy soldier look I love.
I would say that I play a particular game with them but it is impossible to find opponents in my area. I haven't even been able to find any group anywhere remotely nearby that consistently plays, and collects miniatures for, any historical wargame of any kind in any scale, let alone the especially-esoteric niche that is 54mm wargaming. I do however have a copy of Black Powder, as well as Little Wars, and plan to conduct some solo wargames in my garden but I probably won't have enough painted figures for both sides of a single conflict/period yet to do that for a while still.
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Post by zuludon on Feb 8, 2024 0:00:52 GMT
Hi Ben, I am Nick in California. Too bad we're so far apart, as we share many of the same historical periods of interest. May I suggest starting small with skirmish rules, especially for the Colonial period. The Men Who Would Be Kings requires Imperial units of 12 figures and native units of 16 and you can even play with half sized units. The same goes for The Sword and the Flame, whose normal unit size is 20 miniatures, but there are popular variants using 10 figures or fewer per unit. You can look up some of the Colonial skirmish After Action Reports in the Colonial section of this board. I find that a good skirmish game can be just as much fun as a game with 100s of figures.May I also suggest taking a look at the Belgian 54mm wargamers blog: pmcd-mobilisatie.blogspot.com Welcome aboard! Nick Stern
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