Another purchase I made was some 10mm plastic figures from a company by the name of Gordon & Hague. They are based figures already painted. They come painted and based already. each base is individually packaged. I did some research of the company. It seemed that after a couple of years in business, the company who molded the figures went out of business. G&H then planned to switch to 15mm plastic figures; however they went out of business. I was getting interested in these figures. However, when they were in business the price of single stands were quite high. In fact I bought 10 stands which with postage cost $2.00 per stand. When I opened them, one figure dropped off the base with no abuse on my part. I dare say that if I want to war-game ACW in 10mm, I will stick to Old Glory figures.
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| A Gordon & Hague artillery and Confederate militia stand. |
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| An assembled and primed Minifigs 4.7 gun. |
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| The 4.7 manned by Peter Laing figures. |
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| Frying Pan & Blanket Amalgamated British War of 1812 Infantry. |
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| FP&BA War of 1812 American command figures. |
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| FP&BA War of 1812 American infantry. |
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| FP&BA War of 1812 artillery |
Good luck with finding the militia, you must have been pleased to find the 4.7 s though. I have spent much of this evening looking for some paint that I bought less than a week ago. I put them somewhere so bloody obvious that I could not fail to find them when needed. Cometh the hour disappeareth the paint.
ReplyDeleteI really just wanted to compare the militia figures with the others. I have no immediate plans for the figures so I didn't spend much time looking. I am very happy to find the 4.7s though. When I get in the mood for using my Peter Laing Victorian figures, That's when I go in search of the 4.7s. Now I will put them in my "PL Artillery Park" drawer. My big problem with paints is the gloss enamels tend to dry if I don't use them quickly, which, the way I change projects, happens all time.
ReplyDeleteJohn, interesting post. I have never heard of those 10mm figures before.
ReplyDeleteI like the 4.7, looks good with the Laings. When I wanted a 'Konigsberg' gun for my WW1 German colonials, I built it from a Laing 6" howitzer carriage and built up aluminium tube for th barrel
I bought the Gordon & Hague figures because I had never heard of them either and wanted to check them out.. Even if I did want to collect them it seems they were only produced for a couple of years and were already expensive enough, so I think they will be too pricey for me.
ReplyDeleteI wanted Peter Laing figures to fight Little Wars type games. The 4.7s will work well for these games. I still haven't tried to make my own guns.