G is for Gribeauval System - Field Forge & Crew - Historex No's 741 & 743

So, I started the year with every intention of getting all these done, and while about half of them have been scanned (memo to self - do the rest this weekend so they are on the system), and a good start was made with the character figures and a few of the horse-drawn transport posts, other stuff and real life put the brakes-on!

So I'll get the last five horse-drawn sets out now (they've been on the desktop since March I think?!), and make more effort next year, but they'll all stack-up under the Historex tag, with the show plunder re-branded (heat-branded!) Elastolin 40mm's which were found at the May PW Show!

 

There was also a crew of three blacksmiths or 'Artillery Artisans' available;

Because Historex was rather all about the uniforms they are relaxed upright poses, if you wanted to get them more active, you married them to bits of Airfix 54mm Collector Series 'multipose' figures and ordered extra arms!

If I had the time and the skill I'd love to do a diorama of these chaps heat-shrinking a new iron-tyre onto a wheel. And many thanks to Mr Foy of the Prometheus in Aspic Blog, who sent all these to Small Scale World many years ago.