These were a smaller 'set' than the AWI or
ACW, I don't know why but can have a guess that maybe the period wasn't as
popular before Airfix's figures were issued? Although I know there were metal
wargames figures of the era, but smaller, maybe it hadn't taken-of in the
larger 30mm? Do we blame Charles Grant and his books full of Marlbrough?
The British - There is a pose missing, an
advancing Highlander (who is not listed in the modern metal range?), I got a load of these; all semi-painted or started, but
no Highlanders, they obviously stayed to fight another day when the owner
off-loaded these!*
The French - The first figure is a
Grenadier advancing and while I've seen him described as a Highlander (when
found in grey) he has the French bayonet of the other two and no pleated kilt/sporran
as it's a greatcoat!
Everybody else! I think these are - from
top to bottom - Russian, Prussian and Austrian (listed as Bavarians), but with
these figures it was all about the paint, perhaps augmented with a blob or two
of Plastacine and something called
banana oil!
The Cavalry, all two of them; Lancers or
Lifeguards! There were hussars but they got moved to the AWI in the early
1990's! It's how Dr. Who gets away
with it; history and time-travel are one and the same thing!
While there were no gunners, we've already
seen how the catalogues pointed out the uses of the other guns for Napoleonic
forces - presumably AWI carriage for France and its allies, ACW for the Brits?
The AWI could also provide earlier French
with bicornes/tricornes, while if you needed dismounted Cossacks there was
always the backwoodsmen to paint-up; just cut-away the racoon-tails!
Catalogue Listings
Mid 1970’s
Production (approximately 1974)
Standard Range
Napoleonic
- Bag of 24 British
Lifeguards (trotting)
- Bag of 24 Lancers
(galloping)
- Bag of 24 Hussars
(charging)
- Bag of 80
Russians/Prussians/Bavarians Infantry (mixed)
- Bag of 80 French
Infantry (3 types mixed)
- Bag of 4 Cannon (2
field & 2 howitzer)
Early 1980’s
Production (approximately 1981?)
Standard Range
(1980’s)
Napoleonic
- Bag of 8 British
Lifeguards (trotting)
- Bag of 8 Lancers
(galloping)
- Bag of 8 Hussars (charging)
- Bag of 30
Russians/Prussians/Bavarians Infantry (mixed)
- Bag of 30 French
Infantry (3 types mixed)
- Bag of 2 Cannon
(field)
- Bag of 2 Cannon
(howitzer)
Peter Johnson Years
Plastic Range
Napoleonic War
P21 - 30 British
Infantry (15 Battalion Company privates, 15 Highlanders advancing, 15
Highlanders firing)
P22 - 30 French
Infantry Advancing (10 Grenadiers with greatcoats, 10 without, 10 Fusiliers)
P23 - 30 Mixed Armies
Advancing (10 each; Bavarians, Prussians and Russians)
P24 - 8 Cavalry (4
lancers, 4 Lifeguards)
P25 - 2 Guns
(6-lbr’s)
Plastic Sample
Packs (contents differ)
SP2 - Standard - Napoleonic (8 foot, 2 mounted, 1 gun)
Other Items
SP2 - Standard - Napoleonic (8 foot, 2 mounted, 1 gun)
Other Items
P29 - Horse and
Musket Rules 1750-1870 (including ACW demonstration game)
Metal Range
Metal Sample Packs (6 foot, 1 mounted)
SM4 - Napoleonic
Internet/Metal
Years
Weren't listed for a while, now found here, sans Highlander advancing.
*If anyone would like to swap a handful of plastic Advancing Highlanders (if they existed?) for
either of the other two poses, that would be brilliant - any colour received, you get red . . . with a bit of paint!
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