Saxons!

I just got around to finish my first badly understrangth Battalion of 'Von Rechten' Musketiers.

This is likely the last bit of painting for a while since another move is imminent.

Cossack artillery with winter-gear

I came across some references that sparked my interest. 

I was handing them over to Niels to have a look at them

and 4 days later some images reached me that I just need 

to share with you people.

Salute 1813

I am happy that worked out.

Retreat from Moscow

I still own a set of really old retreat from Moscow Flats from the 30's. I was asking Paul quite a while ago to get started on a Cantiniere on the retreat and he really nailed things down.

What a miniature...

First Wave of Saxons

A few days ago the first Saxons arrived and I'm pleased as a proud owner of a Saxon Granny can be.

Paul did a fabulous job and I was surprised when I was holding them beside my Calpe Saxons as they

seem to be a very good match. 

All Westfalia

Few Calpe mixed in (see black dot)

Note the biggest difference - calpes tend to lean forward and have the right boot forward while Westfalias are pretty straight and have the left boot in front. Also Calpe has very slightly bigger bayonets and deepwe cloth-folds. 

Next is the Grenadiers!

A sudden side-project

We welcome Frank Germershaus as wellreknown former 20mm sculptor.

He will support us with the French Train and we've received the first masters.

Impressive attention to detail and very clean sculpting are Franks trade-marks. 

Crane with crew:

Train-officer with 3 replacement heads and 2 arms - can be used as normal infantry officer too.

Train-trumpeter

These will complement our existing assets nicely and Paul won't get distracted from finishing the great many Saxons ahead of him.

It's 2013 and the 'Saxon issue' needs to get sorted.

There's the old Coinesseur range. Really limited choice of poses, but many basic formations.

Then there's Calpe which is glorious but still limited to Fusiliers.

Eureka released Kuerassiere. Crisp details, but I do not like the sculpts to much.

To me that's not a choice I can live with, so we at Westfalia decided to get our own Saxons on the way.

Our approach will be to cover all formations with a releases of 6 to 14 miniatures per formation. We soon plough on with Grenadiers, Artillery, Light Infantry, Jaegers and eventually light cavalry. 

Please enjoy some early wips of the Musketiers.