Steel Fist, Early Renaissance Kickstarter

I'd just like to make a quick post to point out to anyone interested in adding some Early Renaissance Men at Arms on foot to their collection might want to invest in.

The three sets of two sculpts are already done with the promise of adding more.

A project that is well worth supporting especially from my perspective with the Battle of Ravenna within my sights.

STEEL FIST KICKSTARTER HERE!

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A Sequel to Hastings?

BBC News:

Read about it HERE!

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1st Madras Fusiliers/Neill's Blue Caps Close Ups

I mean't to take these photo's a few days ago to accompany the more scenic pics but real life intervened and it wasn't until this early morning that I was able to find the time to take the pics and edit them. On the subject of editing; please accept my apologies for the discrepancy in size of some of the pics. As my Photoshop won't download onto my now year old laptop I'm stuck using Picassa, where it is not possible to be as accurate in the final sizing of the pics. An inferior program but free so I shouldn't really complain.

Getting the uniforms right was quite difficult. I'd been in conversation with chap who commissioned the Iron Duke Miniatures Indian Mutiny range, Col. Mike Snook via email and he had described to me the types of uniform and the effects of wear and tear in the hot Indian sun. After quite a lot of experimentation I came up with the simple expedient of using the Andrea White boxed set which proved to be just about perfect for the job, giving a 'white' that was 'dirty' enough to show that these soldiers had suffered the ravages of being in the field and fought a few battles. For the rest of the equipment I simply followed Mike's uniform guide lines for 1st Madras Fusliers/Neill's Blue Caps on the following link HERE with my own take on the colours.

        

                                                 

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1st Madras Fusiliers/Neill's Blue Caps

Hi Folks,

Some of my Indian Mutiny Brits; 1st Madras Fusiliers or Neill's Blue Caps as they were known for their striking blue forage cap  covers.

The 1st Madras, being the only European regiment fully armed with the Enfield at the outbreak of the Mutiny, were involved in much of the early fighting as part of the Allahabad Moveable Column (under Maj-Gen. Sir Hugh Wheeler at Cawnpore and Brig-Gen. Sir Henry Lawrence at Lucknow) ultimately to be under the command of the now somewhat famous Brig-Gen. Henry Havelock arguably the first effective commander of an army in the Indian Mutiny.

Anyway, please forgive the paucity of miniatures in the pics, it was originally mean't for the LAF league which is about to start but I misread the rules and after being informed that I had to present three teams I decided just to post the progress of my Indian Mutiny stuff here.

Hope you enjoy the pic, I'll certainly be adding more images and some close ups of the miniatures will follow hard on the heals on this pic of Col. James Neill's Blue Caps :)

There will of course be many more pics to come of both the Blue Caps, more European and Indian army units and of course the Mutiny regiments/bands