In amongst the 40 Bolshevik infantry that I received six weeks ago from Brigade Games were a couple of other packs. The two British Sisters for the French and Indian war have already appeared here Bydand: Finally, Some Painted Figures! (1808534.blogspot.com), and tonight it is the turn of a pack from the Swashbucklers and Musketeers range.
I have been looking at doing a Three Musketeers type collection for some small-scale skirmish games for years, and finally took the plunge when making the Brigade order up to a $125 total, to get their special $15 RoW postage deal.
I have a copy of these rules and have had a brief look through to see if they seemed like the kind of thing that would appeal to me. I will probably have a mini solo trial game to check out how the game mechanics work.
Regular readers will be unsurprised to see which pack I chose to start the collection with! I will be adding musketeers and the Cardinals guard, some townsfolk and bar staff etc in due course.
This first one is my least favourite - for some reason, I found her mouth hard to get right
I like this pose
This one I think looks a bit like Mrs Thatcher! (its the pursed lips I think,,,,,)
Quite like this pose..
...and the fifth one is probably my favourite!
Here they are paired up for a bit of sparring
The girl on the left is from the Siberia Miniatures order I painted up a few months ago
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Finally, a close up of each figure (some are a bit blurred but I was too lazy to go back and redo them!)
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Thats the lot for tonight. The four Copplestone Turkish officers are nearing completion and should be making an appearance here in a couple of days. Until then, stay safe and healthy, thanks for visiting and double thanks for leaving a comment!
Fine work there Keith and fortunately in 10mm you don't have to worry about betting the mouths right, the eyes lined up etc! The Three Musketeers and The Flashing Blade (superb intro soundtrack for those of a certain age) have always held my interest to this day. The latter hasn't aged well I think but still fun for some pure nostalgia, which is always for the soul I think.
ReplyDeleteYes I well remember the Flashing Blade ...Chevalier de Recci and all that! I have tried to track the full series down on YouTube but have only ever found the theme music and then some bits and pieces of the actual show...bit of a shame, I would like to remind myself what it was all about !
DeleteGood figures with believable and characterful faces.
ReplyDeleteThanks Norm, I am not sure who does Brigade Games' sculpting, but their figures are all very nice indeed.
DeleteVery nice. The En Garde rules are a great little set. I use them for Musketeer and Border Reiver games
ReplyDeleteThanks Scotty. I am not good at reading and interpreting rule sets...I prefer to just go along to a game and let someone else explain them to me! I had a go at browsing through them yesterday but not a lot has been retained, so a small play through may help.
DeleteOutstanding work and beautifully done painting on the figures. These look like great fun and looking forward to how the rules play.
ReplyDeleteyour comment about the figure looking like Thatcher made me fall off my chair laughing!
Very nice matey. Top stuff as always.
ReplyDeleteThank you, kind sir!
DeleteClearly, I am not surprised at which figures popped into the painting queue first. Nice work.
ReplyDeleteNo surprises, Jon, I am rather predictable! Most of this project are a long way back down the supply chain,IE, they are still sitting on the shelves at Brigade Games!
DeleteLovely looking miniatures sir!
ReplyDeleteI think so too, Michal, thanks!
DeleteFine looking ladies, with swords! It’s like I’m 18 all over again when I was going through a certain phase…😀
ReplyDeleteI’ve heard good things about En Guard.
Haha Stew, yes I guess maybe part of my brain never matured from the 18 year old version (whaddaya mean, none of it did?)
DeleteThese look great Keith. It is always a surprise when you recognise people in the figures, such as Mrs Thatcher there. Another of them looks like a wife of a friend of mine, although she usually doesn't get about with a sword.
ReplyDeleteVery true, Lawrence....one of the 3D printed Soviet females I painted up a few months back looked like a business analyst we used to have working for us! Possibly helped by the fact I painted the figure with similar auburn hair 😊
DeleteExcellent work Keith on some very nice figures.
ReplyDeleteI would have thought any figure from Siberia would have more clothes on 😁
Thanks Ben , yes, I am not sure why that lady is in a state of deshabille....she is part of a multi figure set called Defenders of the Dacha or something like that, so perhaps the idea is, she has rushed from her slumber, wearing only a shift, but armed with her fathers/brothers/husbands sabre....??
DeleteSounds more than likely. Probably her sword!
DeleteMy mother recalls the principal of her boarding school calling on the senior hockey team to grab their sticks and chase an intruder from the grounds. 😁
Lol, where did she go to school.....St Trinians? Crooked Dice do a couple of packs of armed schoolgirls......😀
DeleteVery nice work, great faces, very envious of you there. I liked the rules you pointed out in the article, be interested in seeing your thoughts. We sort of got waylaid as I remember on AD1666 at that time.
ReplyDeleteThanks Joe, I am glad you like them! Your AD1666 tales have been quite inspirational...those are the kind of scenarios I have a desire to create too!
DeleteGreat looking figures, including your former tory leader, I had no idea what on earth was going on watching the flashing blade but it was all very entertaining in a swashbuckling way!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Totally agree Iain...I think I watched it several times (the BBC used to repeat it frequently, IIRC) but I don't really know what the plot was, except that the Spanish were the baddies but had the cooler uniforms!
DeleteDeadly bunch of dames. Nice figs and lovely painting mate!
ReplyDeleteCheers Dai!
DeleteExcellent! More fantasy figures.
ReplyDeleteDon't know what you mean Andrew, these are historically accurate models of seventeenth century swordswomen.....oh, wait....😀
DeleteLovely additions to round out the genre. Three musketeers/ swashbuckling is a wonderful period; I just can't wrap my head around the Osprey rules, the combat system in particular. Too bad (I really wanted to like them, but fortunately, there are lots of others to choose from for the era to suit just about any taste).
ReplyDeleteThanks Ed - I was able to download these in pdf format from an online library, so if I don't like them, no drama, they didn't cost me anything anyway. I have had a half read of them and not overly convinced but I should give them at least one or two plays to see how they work. I have seen some other ideas with cards (a bit like Wings of War, where you all preplan two or three moves) where you pick if you will slash. parry, riposte etc., and each player gets or saves hits (wound points) depending on the line up of the cards as the combat progresses. That sounds quite interesting but might be a lot of admin....which I am not a fan of
DeleteTop stuff Keith…
ReplyDeleteSo unlike you to go for female figures…. Not! 😂
All the best. Aly.
Lol......yes, Aly, so true!
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