Monday, 7 November 2011

Recently painted No 38 15mm FIW Mobile Forge


At SELWG in September I bought loads of various wagons from different companies, to make a large wagon train for my French Indian Wars project. This fine piece of equipment comes from Hallmark Miniatures, here in the UK sold by Magister Militum, the codes are CW002a and CW002. As I'm collecting figures for a large skirmish game I thought these would be a great addition to my British army, I've painted their breeches red, but I'm sure I may use them as French from time to time as well, that is when I've finished the rules and had a few games!!!! The first 4 pics are of the crew working hard, the Blacksmith hammering away, his assistant holding the metal and the lad pumping the bellows. The last 4 pics are of the mobile forge in transet, ready to be attacked by the marauding Injuns!!!!!
Also I'll be using this as a piece of scenery for my NYW project and I don't see why it can't be used well into the Napoleonic Wars too.

Ray








33 comments:

  1. That looks really good. Well done! That will add alot to your army.

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  2. Excellent!

    No more lame horses with thrown shoes in your cavalry!

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  3. nice pice. I need one for my SYW stuff too.

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  4. I do love these extra bits for the table. Yes, the soldiers and weaponry is nice, but civillians were there as well and it is always nice to see them engaged in their normal activities.

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  5. very cool nicely done could be used from late 1600's though early 1800's

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  6. Great work Ray. A very useful set.

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  7. Ray this is really good stuff! I would have thought it was a larger scale than 15mm-you must have good eyes...also the base is excellent. Well done.

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  8. That's really nice work Ray...nice one about putting on some games, it made me and Postie laugh.

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  9. You can never have too many wagons I say - and those are lovely - must check the field forge out for my 15mm WSS project...

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  10. Looking good Ray. Very characterful.

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  11. Very nice painting and scene work. Those will make a good addition to your gaming table.

    Cheers.

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  12. Very nice and as you you said, useful for a large number of different settings.

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  13. great, I would like to have more time available to recover the hobby!

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  14. Very nice, Ray. A rulebook about Indian Skirmishing? Say more, say more...

    Cheers,
    Juan

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  15. @Juan - I'm trying to write my own large scale skirmish set of rules for the FIW, I'm nearly there....I think????

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  16. Very nice. I really like these little vignettes as they add so much to a layout.

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  17. Great job Ray, a wonderful addition.

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  18. These are really nice Ray. These extra's make the difference on the gaming table. Looking forward to an AAR with all your F&I stuff

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  19. Really very nice! Extras just make tables come to life.

    Christopher

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  20. Nice diorama you have there Ray.

    Cheers

    Ken

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  21. I almost thought that Paul painted these for you looking at the bases! :-D

    Serious Ray, you did a good job!

    Greetings
    Peter
    http://peterscave.blogspot.com/

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  22. Nicely painted. A good idea for adding some color to the table.

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