Some nice ACW Conversions

 Our hobbyfriend Ralf Guntermann sent me some photos of his collection. Here a few great conversions from the "good old times",when we had to create conversions ourselves.

Today with 3d-technic you can nearly have everything which is good on one side, but I remember the evenings when we sat down with a knife, "killed" some figures and created new ones. OK, I never tried the Airfix magazine idea of Chinese cavalry, made with a lot of paper etc.:-)

My favourites of his photos first  - Louisiana Tigers

Upper body - ACW figures

Baggy trousers - Esci muslim warriors

Gaiters - Esci Austrian infantry

the rest - simply Milliput:-)

Signal post

Berdans Sharpshooters

Confederat Brigade headquarter

Denis sculpted some SYW figures

 For some years is working on a range for the battle of Rossbach. Maybe you know the infantry sets, some of them are available from Hagen Miniatures.

Deniz also sculpted some great cavalry figures. The Prussians of this range could be useful for my Korbitz diorama too:-)

The next Generation of Blackwatch miniatures - 3D painted masters - produced in metal

 We hope that with the change into 3D-mastered figures we are finally able to cover the costs of the production of figures and can produce a bigger range of figures, as well as creating more dioramas ourselves.

Here is the first set of figures, appearing in our shop within the next two weeks. 

The first set of French Garde Mobile for our Franco-Prussian war range. Personally I would say, not as lifely as figures made by Massimo, but the come in one piece and are no challenge to glue. 

We already have around 20 new sets mastered in 3D and wait for our Spanish caster to produce them. There will some complete new ranges to come very soon.

I have tried Kossak Miniatures 3D-prints

 In the past my goal as a collector of figures was, to get all figures ever produced in 1/72 scale. The big challenge so far was to lay my hands on old German figures from the period of 1900-1930.

Now with the 3D-technology it even became worse:-) At first I was not happy with 3D products, they broke too easy. I have made first test-buyings from Ebay or Etsy. Also my friend Michael printed some for me. 

In the meantime there is better resin available and the figures usually survive my clumsy hands:-)

Following several figure groups on facebook, I saw all the new figures from Kossak miniatures. I thought interesting subjects, but printing myself was a desaster. So I was surprised to see the seller forge city on Etsy. He is offering printed figures in cooperation with Kossak. 

I thought, I give it a try and ordered around 150 figures. They arrived with just six broken muskets which are easy to glue and of which I got the promise of replacements with my next order which will for sure be come soon. 

See here some photos of what I am working on these days. The first order I have focused on Russian troops in Potemkin uniform. I like this one, already have several sets from Leonids range at Hagen Miniatures as well as more poses that Leonid sold directly.

Here we have the first set of Russian Artillery in Potemkin uniform.

Still many Infantry and Jägers to paint

The next order will got for the 1799 Russian army:-)

Conversions for AWI

 Years ago my mate Pay sent me photos of figures from his collection, which he wanted to sell. I was too late to get these figures, another hobbyfriend was more lucky. 

These figures are converted and painted by a guy, whom we call "the painting friend". I was often offered some of his great figures and have many in my collection.

First some AWI  3rd American dragoons and a train vehicle

Next some old school conversions. I can't remember, what I myself converted from the old Airfix Cuirassiers. 

And some Prussian staff figures

New Roman infantry, 180 AD

 The latest news at Blackwatch miniatures is a set of Roman infantry around 180 AD.

They are the start of a new range for Patrick's Marcomanic war diorama

The figures are 3D-painted. We have printed them in 1/72 scale and they are on the way to our caster in Spain. 

The advantage of 3D-files is, that we can print and cast them later in different scale (for example 28mm) too. A bigger chance to cover the costs and use the profit for more masters as we usual do.

You can see the whole range of photos here