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French Foreign Legion - Mexico
Mexico was Emperor Napoleons attempt to establish an empire for France in Mexico whilst the United States were busy with their own Civil War. One of the most famous of all battles was fought at Camerone where a few legionnaires fought off several thousand Mexicans before being overwhelmed and almost wiped out to the last man. We plan to expand this range significantly over the next few months and it is all set to be one of flagship ranges with lots more additions!
- MADFFL001 -- Pointing (Red Trousers) - An NCO points out a target whilst keeping a low profile.
- MADFFL002 -- Kneeling (Red Trousers) - Kneeling firing soldier picks out another target
- MADFFL003 -- Firing (Red Trousers) - Standing firing wearing red trousers slightly turning to the left.
- MADFFL004 -- Firing (White Trousers) - More formal upright standing firing straight ahead and wearing white trousers.
French Foreign Legion
All figures except FFL024 are a limited run of 125.
- FFL017A -- Standing & Kneeling (Clean Shaven) - Features a standing and kneeling firing pair of legionnaires loaded down with backpacks. The A version wear Kepi fitted with Havelock's whilst the B version sport beards and wear white Kepis minus the Havelock.
- FFL017B -- Standing & Kneeling (Bearded)
- FFL018A -- Standing & Kneeling Repel (White Kepis) - comprises two more Legionnaires in the classic 'Standing Repel' and 'Kneeling Repel' which was still used by the French to fight off cavalry charges in the desert. The A version once again sport Kepis with Havelock's whilst the B version wear the normal white kepis with beards to give them a more rugged appearance
- FFL018B -- Standing & Kneeling Repel (Havelock's)
- FFL019A -- Standing Firing - is a single figure standing firing in a more formal firing pose than FFL017 and minus his backpack. Provides a useful dio filler for your firing line, square or even from a fort rampart! The A version wears a Kepi with Havelock whilst the B version wears a normal Kepi and has a patch on the left leg of his trousers!
- FFL019B -- Standing Firing (Trouser Patch)
- FFL024A -- Standing Reloading (Kepi) - Is a single standing reload figure which has been sorely missing from the ranks since we started this range. The A version wears a Kepi with Havelock whilst the B version is missing his hat, but still reaches coolly for more ammo as the Arabs fire around him. This figure is actually very flexible as he can be positioned facing up to four different ways in your firing line, whereas the firing line guys generally have to be facing forwards towards the enemy! As such we only made 100 of these figures.
- FFL024B -- Standing Reloading (No Hat)
- TG-FREE009 -- Parade Officer
French & Indian Wars
Originally produced for a museum in the UK.
The Royal Americans were formed in 1756 after Braddocks defeat and were specifically formed with a view to fighting in the Americas and Canada.
Officer recruitment was mainly from Switzerland and Germany, it was the first time foreigners had been allowed an officers commission in the British army. The 60th were trained to fight as a conventional infantry unit but also as a more irregular force that could fight in the heavily wooded areas of North America against the French and the Native Indians. The Regiment fought at Louisbourg, Quebec and Bushy run plus it maintained garrisons throughout the continent during the FIW. Our first figure from this series is dressed as he would have been for the FIW and is stood to attention, useful for either on parade, guard or waiting to go into battle.
All the figures in this series are slightly smaller than our normal 60mm range and will fit in nicely with Britain's, JJD or Frontline figures from this period.
- FIW001A -- 60th Foot Regiment (Parade) - is clean shaven, dressed wearing white gaiters whilst our B version wears the 'campaign' brown gaiters and has more of an unshaven look about him.
- FIW001B -- 60th Foot Regiment (Campaign)
African Wars
Please note these figures are the same size as Britains and Conte to enable the collector to mix and match their collection.
- SFA005A -- Laying Down Firing (No Hat) - Lying down firing rifleman. No base on this figure allows him to be used in a variety of places. The A version has no Pith helmet whilst the B version has Pith hat worn as per Queens regulations!
- SFA005B -- Laying Down Firing (Pith Helmet)
- SFA006A -- Wounded (No Hat) - Wounded Rifleman or probably very close to dead looking at the nasty wound suffered to his throat! Once again the A version is minus his Pith helmet whilst the B version wear pith helmet.
- SFA006B -- Wounded (Pith Helmet)
World War One
LOA009 and LOA010 are the B version of our FFL Arabs that recently sold out at quite an unbelievable rate of knots. This version as such will be very useful for helping the Allied side in their fight against the Turks.
- GW018 -- French WW1 (Gas Masks) - is something not seen from Thomas Gunn before and this is French WW1 infantry wearing gas masks dressed in Horizon Blue! Both soldiers are wearing the ARS gas mask which was very similar in appearance to the German army issue gas mask of the time. One soldier reloads whilst kneeling and our second figure fires from the prone position. Please note more Frenchies wearing gas masks will be coming later on in the year to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the start of WW1.
- LOA009 -- Firing & Wounded - comprise a standing firing figure and a wounded brother in arms.
- LOA010 -- Standing & All Fours - features a standing sneaking forward and a cautiously advancing Arab on all fours.
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