THE WESTGIOTHA GUSTAVIANER. A TRIP TO THE 1700′S

Blog piece on a 1700s trek Some excellent photos on this bit of experimental archaeology.

John Churchill

Following on the post from Bill here's the image I think Steve Saleh used for his personality figure.

More New "Goodies" From North Star 1672

The Duke of Monmouth mounted and young Mr. Churchill on foot

Armored Cavalry Command

Cavalry in breastplate with 3-bar helmet

 Following on to Ralphus' last post on this range, and for those that may have missed it on TMP, Nick at North Star has announced that sculptor Steve Saleh has been very busy of late.

The photo captions are self-explanatory, with the possible exception of the personality figures of Monmouth and Churchill. I commented to Nick that the appearance of young Mr. Churchill was a bit "dodgy", as it doesn't conform to his uniform with the Lord High Admiral's regiment or the French-issued uniforms he would have worn with either the 2nd Battalion of the Royal English regiment or the later French Royale Anglais. Nick has responded that he agrees, in principle, but that Steve based the sculpt on a sketch of young John in one the many biographies. With his reminder, I vaguely remember the sketch, but can't place the book; I'll have to dig through my collection. At any rate, Nick felt that it would be a unique and interesting sculpt to add to the range, which I can't disagree with, and that there were already plenty of officer and ensign castings that could work for Mr. Churchill in proper uniform.

The Armored Cavalry Command appear excellent. The Cavalry in breastplate are very good for what they are, namely Maritime Alliance English, Dutch or Germans. I would hope that Steve and Nick would turn their attention to some proper Austrian or Imperial Cuirassier for the Rhineland Campaign and the Italian Campaign, as these would be very useful figures. He could base the sculpts on these illustrations as a starter:

The distinctive Austrian helmet with the adjustable nasal would be nice to see, as would the full back & breast. Hint, hint Nick and Steve, Christmas is coming you know!

Til next;

Bill

Uniformi della Milizia di Genova durante l'assedio del 1747 (Balilla)

Thanks to Boris for finding this mid 18thc drillbook.

Swiss Musketeer

Steve Saleh has been working on NorthStars 1672  range that was started by Copplsetone Castings - more soon. Look good.

French invasion of the Isle of Wight 1545

The first landing of French troops took place today - read about it here. Part of the Italian wars.

Aughrim 1691

Any of you in Ireland might be interested in popping over for this weekend's celebrations of the pivotal and often overlooked battle.