Recently I obtained from Glenn, a great deal of painted Airfix figures. Some of these figures will be able to be used for the V&B Waterloo project. The rest will be used for my Duke, Elector, King (DEK) project that I have set in the nations of the known world in the D&D setting of Mystera.
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More Klantyre Highlanders. |
Why? Because the known world allows for a range of both European and Non-European forces, and the nations have a wealth of background material. Of course by advancing the time line by 700 years and eliminating the high magic of the setting, allows for a great deal of flexibility in ignoring items that I dislike, or won't work for a DEK campaign. (More details are located here).
In a previous post I detailed how I intended to use painted Highlanders surplus to Napoleonic gaming. As such the forces of Klantrye in Glantri have gained another two stands of infantry.
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Yet more Highlanders. Klantrye now has a sizable infantry force. |
Included in the figures from Glenn was a collection of Airfix French Artillery that at some stage had been converted with a great deal of imagination to French Imperial Guard Foot Artillery with the addition of material to the Shako in order to make bearskins. Given that I already have plenty of purpose built figures for that unit, I decided to do something very different.
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Big headgear, bright colours, and a dedicated gun! |
I decided to model an elite unite of Himaya (warriors) from the Mumlyket of Kadesh. Kadesh has a long traditional of military excellence, so it makes sense for them to adopt the latest military systems and equipment into their army.
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The gun was produced by Plastic Soldier as a game component for their remake of 'Hold the Line'. |
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Both units would be rated as having shock, but the dedicated gun probably gives the Kadesh troops the edge. |
I purchased years ago a set of German G.M. 0024"British Army in Egypt: Madras Regt". PSR reviews a similar set of figures here, and their comments about the material the figures are made from is rather generous. The material crumbles easily and should not be used to make figures!
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Not all modern troops in the Sind region are in the employ of the local rulers! |
.These figures (and the other two stands I hope to make from the set) I plan to use both as East Indian Company Sepoys and as Sepoys of the Minroth East Sindindian Company stationed in Sambay, Mumlyket of Jalawar.
Thyatis is the major military power of the background, and I have arbitrarily decided to give the majority of their infantry white coats. This is largely due the fact that I like the look of Ancien Régime troops in white coats!
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Airfix British Hussars in use as Thyatian Light Horse face some WIP Shire militia. |
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WIP stand of Thyatian infantry. |
While Thyatis is a major military power with all the trimmings, The Five Shires are not. They are a smaller power that doesn't have a large standing army. Rather they rely on trained bands and militias raised as required. Also, they are a nation of
Halflings who call themselves the Hin.
I am still figuring out exactly what ships go where, but I am definitely enjoying myself! The
Mayflower was apparently a Fluyt design, so I am planning on using her as a generic vessel of the class.
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1/83 Scale Revell Mayflower next to 1/144 scale HMS Southhampton |
And since I have so many ships, I clearly need a Pirate Fortress. Below are my WIP planning photos for remodeling a rather broken and gutted Tracey Island Kat purchased for me.
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A toy pirate ship which could be a ketch with asperations to greatness! |
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The island can host multiple V&B urban areas. |
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It will need defenses to cover that nice beach... |
Thank you for looking, and hopefully I will have some finished items soon to post on the blog!