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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








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33 comments:

  1. Melanie7 November 2011 at 01:48

    Very nice!!

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  2. The Happy Whisk7 November 2011 at 01:52

    Ready to be attacked. Yikes.

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  3. Dan7 November 2011 at 02:19

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

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  4. Ben Gilmour7 November 2011 at 02:28

    Excellent!

    No more lame horses with thrown shoes in your cavalry!

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  5. James7 November 2011 at 02:46

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

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  6. Jay7 November 2011 at 03:42

    Nice job,Ray.

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  7. Unknown7 November 2011 at 04:18

    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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  8. Sub Radar (Mike)7 November 2011 at 04:26

    Awesome lil villagers.

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  9. Anonymous7 November 2011 at 04:32

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

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  10. Simon Quinton 7 November 2011 at 08:07

    Very nice Ray, Characterful set

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  11. Willie Anderson7 November 2011 at 08:53

    Great looking set Ray well done!

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  12. BigLee7 November 2011 at 09:05

    Nice work Ray.

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  13. Rodger7 November 2011 at 09:12

    Great work Ray. A very useful set.

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  14. Solo wargaming-on a budget!7 November 2011 at 09:44

    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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  15. The Extraordinarii7 November 2011 at 10:08

    looks good, nicely done

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  16. The Angry Lurker7 November 2011 at 10:30

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

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  17. Steve-the-Wargamer7 November 2011 at 12:59

    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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  18. Dangerous Brian7 November 2011 at 13:11

    Looking good Ray. Very characterful.

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  19. RazorOne2237 November 2011 at 13:23

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

    Cheers.

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  20. Luckyjoe7 November 2011 at 13:36

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

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  21. Anonymous7 November 2011 at 14:58

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

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  22. Juan Mancheño7 November 2011 at 15:00

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

    Cheers,
    Juan

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  23. mork69697 November 2011 at 15:10

    Great work, Ray!

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  24. Ray Rousell7 November 2011 at 16:00

    @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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  25. Neil Scott7 November 2011 at 17:23

    Great looking models Ray

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  26. Curt7 November 2011 at 19:09

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

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  27. Michael Awdry7 November 2011 at 20:08

    Great job Ray, a wonderful addition.

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  28. MiniMike7 November 2011 at 20:36

    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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  29. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)7 November 2011 at 20:54

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

    Christopher

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  30. Jay7 November 2011 at 23:12

    very rustic. :)

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  31. Ken8 November 2011 at 12:47

    Nice diorama you have there Ray.

    Cheers

    Ken

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  32. peter8 November 2011 at 18:30

    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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  33. Jason10 November 2011 at 15:56

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

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