I had promised an update over the weekend, but missed due to a nasty cold. So, in an effort to make up for the missed update…
To give you a taste for our next ‘lost figures’ 25mm release I’ll leave you with this headline & picture from the 1967 Scruby Catalog:
25mm Boer Soldiers, 1899
The Boers repelling the attack of the Inniskillings on Inniskilling Hill
Stay tuned for more info…
It isn’t quite time to party like its 1899, but I do have a few small updates to share…
Last year (or was it the year before), we remolded the 25mm artillery models. Last weekend, I completed remolding the first of the 30mm artillery models. By the end of this coming weekend the remainder of the 30mm Artillery models will have new molds. Oh, and yes we will remold the wheels this time (25mm wheels to follow).
On the 30mm Napoleonic front; we have almost finished remolding the Napoleonic Standard Bearers. I’m in the process of remastering the last two figures. These should be in molds by Saturday. In addition to the exiting figures, I’ve added one more: SB01 – Standard Bearer, Fore & Aft hat. Since I was working on British and Austrian standard bearers I figured I add one more to the mix. If I can get the head positioned correctly we’ll see about a standard bearer in Bicorne.
The last 30mm piece I’m actively remastering is 1078C. The master figure is AWOL as are the pattern figures. I’m about 90% done with this one, just need to get the epaulets done correctly.
That about does it for today, look for more over the weekend.
No news is is, well no news. That doesn’t mean we don’t have anything to say or share. It just means that we had a long, hot, humid, rainy summer. Couple that with a very busy work schedule and, well time just got away from me/us.
All is well here at HistoriFigs HQ and we do have several news items in the queue to share with you. Now that we are about 90% ready for winter, I’ll have a bit more time to finish up the news items and projects I have in my queue. So, look for news concerning some 25mm Colonial figures that have not been in production since the late 60’s/early 70’s. We promise it won’t be Boer-ing 🙂
Late May was a little out of sorts here. First I was blitzed by the annual spring allergy peak. I was down for a couple of days followed by several more at 1/2 speed. Back to almost normal now and getting caught up. This past holiday weekend was split between the shop and the barn. Saturday and Sunday saw many orders achieving completion/shipping status. As a bonus I was finally able to find the workbench! Projects kinda piled up during the last half of May and well, I wasn’t too sure I still had a workbench. Once I got the bench cleared off I was able to catch up on soldering projects. I had a few dozen figures to assemble: 40mm ACW Cavalry (those were for my 40mm ACW Union army) and some miscellaneous 54mm infantry for various orders. Monday was barn work day. First cutting of hay is in and we needed to get the bales stacked in the barn. As it turned out the task went quickly. Liam was unloading the hay wagon, Alison was putting bales up on the deck and I was stacking the bales. We were able to knock out the task in a little over an hour. After we were done with the hay, it was back to the shop for some more casting. Horses in various scales were the order of the day…
I was really hoping to have time to get caught up on photographs last weekend, but Alison was away on Saturday and Sunday and had the camera and by the time I was done with the barn and shop work on Monday there wasn’t much time left for photos. I did however, manage to fit in 10 minutes for some quick workbench (good thing I found the workbench) shots of recently molded 54mm ACW figures.
TT-83 Union Infantry Marching
TT-386 Union Artillery Crew
The next two figures along with the Confederate Artillery crew will be the next 54mm figures to receive new molds.
TT-81 and TT-82 Confederate and Union Infantry At Attention
The next 15mm project on the table is to finish molding the First Italo–Ethiopian War range. This project is getting a little more attention now that I’ve been reading up on the topic. I’m shooting to have this project caught up by the end of June. The other project at the top of my work list is to finish molding the new N-gauge tricorne era figures. I have enough of these to keep me busy for quite a while. The goal is to release a batch at least once a month (I’d like to release a batch every couple of weeks, but we shall see how quickly things progress).
Don’t forget to check out the June Specials, and be sure to check in again for more news (and hopefully more pictures).
May has been a busy month, my backlog of figures to photograph continues to grow. As soon as I can clear the photo area I’ll grab the camera and start shooting pictures…
In the little bit of spare time I’ve been able to find I’ve been revisiting my Napoleonic Skirmish Game project. As you may know from previous posts my Napoleonic skirmish game uses our Scruby 45mm Napoleonic Skirmish figures and for rules I’ve been using my Napoleonic TSATF variant – The Sword and the Eagle. While I really like TSATF, I’ve never been really happy with my Napoleonic version. I’ve tried several other rules sets including Sharp Practice (Too Fat Lardies), but until recently I have not found a set I really like. Some number of months ago I decided to try out one more set of rules: Song of Drums and Shakos (Ganesha Games). So far I’m really liking this game system (In coming weeks I’ll be writing more about our exploits using various rules sets from Ganesha Games)…
Song of Drums and Shakos is a fast playing Napoleonic skirmish games based on the popular Song of Blades and Heroes system. One of the really nice things about this system is that one can play with as few as 5 or 6 figures per player; a points system is used to balance player forces. The game mechanics are far from complex. Each figure has a quality rating and players role for activation for each figure. Depending upon activation roll results figures can perform up to three actions per turn.
The game design is such that it can be used with nearly any figure scale you desire. The rules include measurements for 15mm to 40mm (all measuring is done using measurement sticks – Short, Medium and Long). When playing with 15mm figures one can play on a surface as small as 2 feet by 2 feet (with 28mm figures – 3 feet by 3 feet). For my 45mm figures I’ve adjusted measurements and play in a 4 foot by 6 foot space. When I first wrote/posted this I did not have my notes with me; thus didn’t get ‘it’ right. My adjusted measurements for 45mm to 54mm figures are as follows: Short 115mm, Medium 180mm and Long 270mm. The rules actually provide measurements for 40mm figures. However, most modern 40mm sculpts seem to fit into the same space as 28mm figures, so I recommend using the 25/28mm measurements as presented in the rules. If your 40mm figures have a larger footprint using the 40mm measurements or even my alternate 45/54mm measurements will work just fine. I’ll stick with my recommend playing space of 4 feet square for 40mm figures, unless you are using my alternate distance measurements; in which case I recommend my 4 foot by 6 foot space.
Now that I have a nice , simple set of rules I expect that Lance Corporal Dodd and Carabinier Sergeant La Duc will see much more table top action! Perhaps when I find time to remold, cast and paint some more of the Scruby 54mm Napoleonic miniatures I’ll bring Sergeant Vladamir of the 37th Russian Jagers out of retirement (I did finally manage to locate the Sergeant Vladamir figure as well as four of his fellow Jagers).
Song of Drums and Shakos is expanded by More Drums and Shakos; which includes additional rules, special rules, weapons, four (4) scenarios as well as army lists for most Nations involved in the Napoleonic wars…
I’ll close out with a N-gauge teaser…
Look for NEW N-gauge Tricorne Era figures in the very near future -Last night I cast patterns for Officers (foot and mounted) as well as the first of the New Highlanders…