Sunday, 7 April 2019

"Tricornicus"

Or "Wargaming the American War of Independance....My Way"

Many moons ago I had a number of 1/72nd AWI figures sculpted for me by Mr Andrew Stadden intended as a retirement project all for me. There are lots of fantastic ranges out there but I wanted to do it in my favourite scale with figures of my specification. 

So far I have 7 master figures sculpted but only 1 of those poses has had moulds made and figures cast - "Early British Infantry Charging"


The figure has a separate musket so lends itself to a fair bit of tweaking and conveniently doubles as a standard bearer and Sergeant with pike with a little work. (The officer figure is a plastic IMEX figure). This is not a commercial project (I learned my lesson first time round) but I would like to expand the collection to other favourite periods in due course.


I will get the other 6 figures (British & American officers and drummers, American infantry and a British Grenadier) cast up much later this year, but as I start my new Monday to Friday job tomorrow I thought I can at least show off my toys and start to dream of my little pet project finally taking off.  
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11 comments:

  1. MSFoy7 April 2019 at 23:56

    They look marvellous - really terrific.

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  2. The Good Soldier Svjek8 April 2019 at 07:29

    This looks like an interesting project , nice figures .

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  3. tradgardmastare8 April 2019 at 07:31

    Great looking figures, all the best with your new job.

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  4. Wellington Man8 April 2019 at 07:57

    They are little three-pointed masterpieces, Matt! What a fantastic project.

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  5. Stryker8 April 2019 at 08:56

    Lovely Matt!

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  6. Fraxinus8 April 2019 at 09:15

    Great little figures, wonderful to have some 'original' figures

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  7. legatus hedlius8 April 2019 at 09:40

    What a splendid unit. I would never have guessed it was based on just one figure.

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  8. Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.com8 April 2019 at 15:21

    Nice indeed! There is a lot to be said for a basic pose and a separate musket. Should be quite possible to use the castings as americans as well.

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  9. Phil Robinson8 April 2019 at 18:31

    A fine looking unit, I shall look forward to the project developing.

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  10. 'Lee.12 April 2019 at 09:41

    Really nicely done Matt, so much animation from a single pose!

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  11. David18 February 2021 at 22:03

    Thanks so much for pointing me to your blog and this post in particular. What a great project and I look forward to seeing the results of the castings!

    David

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