Saturday 20 October 2012

Kansu Braves


Continuing with the Boxer Rebellion theme with have more from 'Redoubt Enterprises', this time my test miniatures for Dong Fuxiang's, Kansu Braves.


These fearsome Muslim warriors are wearing their bright and distinctive uniforms and must have been a terrifying sight as they laid siege to the Legations.  Organised into eight battalions of infantry, two squadrons of cavalry, two brigades of artillery, and one company of engineers, the Braves were also familiar with and used modernised weaponry.




This, sadly, is all I've managed this week and although I put in a brief appearance at some of your blogs I'm looking forward to spending a day trawling around and catching up tomorrow.  In the interim I just wanted to show off my new favourite gaming accessories - aren't they just gorgeous?  These beauties arrived in the post this morning courtesy of 'The Angry Lurker'; they were commissioned as part of a giveaway to commemorate his outstanding blog reaching its second anniversary.  A wonderful milestone indeed;  THANK  YOU  Fran.  



42 comments:

  1. No problem Michael, glad you got them!

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  2. Excellent figures, beautiful work! and the dice look very cool if I say so myself!!

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    1. Thank you Ray and looking forward to rolling them in anger.

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  3. Very nice painted miniatures! Especially the pattern on their kerchieves, simple but effective! Well well done!

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    1. Thank you the idea was cribbed from the Osprey title for the Boxer Rebellion.

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  4. The "not too red and not too yellow" is a really Lovely colour combination...I´ll pinch that for some sergeants-at-arms.
    Cheers
    paul

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    1. I shall take that as a wonderful compliment.

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  5. Great looking figures and dice. These might work well for a Tong faction in EotD!

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    1. Great idea there, you could certainly have some fun with the colour schemes.

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  6. Your superb painting of these figures is going to make me reconsider Redoubt Miniatures in future figure purchases. Excellent work once again Michael.

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    1. Thank you Pat, they do paint well, but I have to say that I am looking forward to more detailed miniatures.

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  7. As always great looking figures. Love the colour and yes they must have been a sight to make the knees shake. Well done getting the dice too

    Ian

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    1. Thank you Ian, definitely would have been a terrifying sight.

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  8. Nice job! I like the 'chinese red' and muted golden combo.

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    1. Thank you, took a bit of orange in the mix to get it to where I wanted it.

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  9. Fantastic painting, as usual. How do the Redoubt figures seem size-wise?

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    1. Thank you Al; they actually match in pretty well, I'll try and post a comparison shot in the next post.

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  10. Very nice colour combo, a fearsome looking little band!

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  11. Dang. Every one of these posts is making me want to try Boxer Recellion stuff more and more.

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    1. Or maybe even the Boxer Rebellion! ;-)

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    2. Go on you know you want to! Just watch 55 Days at Peking with Charlton Heston saving the day and you will be hooked!

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  12. Lookin' good, Michael.

    Nice dice!

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    1. Thank you Jay and very pleased with the dice.

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  13. They look brave indeed. Love how your red turned out

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    1. Thank you Michael, really pleased with the red too, a touch of orange in the mix towards the end helped.

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  14. Great work Michael! love the little sinpets of history you give with the pics.As Pat said on the prvious post a great ad for Redoubt!

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  15. They look really splendid and totally awesome! Great stuff, Michael!

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  16. Now those are very cool, my good man!

    Well done indeed.

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  17. Wow - these are spectacular. You've done a great job on them. Best, Dean

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  18. Red uniforms to hide the blood...good, very good painting Sir Michael. :)
    And well done for the dices! I won some as well by Fran's friend, Ray. (don't throw a 1). :) Lucky sod I am. :)

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  19. Enough to chill the hearts of all long-nose, round-eyes in the Legations!

    Congrats on the dice haul, too. I'm jealous!

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  20. Fine work Micheal, and well done on the dice!

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  21. Beautiful work, Michael. I particularly like the pattern on the headscarves. And congratulations on the dice - they are quite natty!

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  22. Super work for sure! Congrats on the dice and looking forward to getting mine!:-)

    Christopher

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