Regal Soldiers of the World Collectors (1 Viewer)

[lancer]

Great picture, Randy. Great Christmas gifts, too. SoW Boxer figures are some of their best. As a matter of interest, my SoW WW1 1914 French 75mm gun set and caisson set are due to arrive either today or tomorrow. They are my Christmas gift. :wink2:^&grin -- Al

Have faith and you will be rewarded.^&grin My 75 and caisson showed up 30 minutes ago from Mike Russo at Stockade miniatures. They are just as beautiful as I thought they would be. Randy posted the picture of the sets back on the first page or so of this thread. A VERY nice gun set. -- Al

 

[ucla1967]

"Chow Mein and Sauerkraut"

Chinese Boxers skirmish with German Kriegsmarine near a Peking courtyard during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900

I received 9 new Soldiers of the World Boxers for Christmas (Sets BX1A and BX1D) and here are 2 of them in action. As usual they are beautifully made glossy figures.

Randy,

What a neat scene! Your ability to capture the essence of a scene with glossy figures and backdrops is unsurpased.

 

[ucla1967]

Nice looking figures Randy. The Wilmot Proviso was one of the events that hastened the breakdown.

Does Regal make any Civil War figures?

Brad

Brad,

When I saw my first Regal ACW soldiers I did a double take. They appeared to have a VERY Imperial Productions look to them, but on steroids, which is to say more like Trophy's robust figures. At the time, I was not aware of the Farley brother's past association with Imperial Productions which explained at lot. At one time, I had ACW sets from Frontline, Trophy, Imperial, and Regal in my collection. Now, I have retained only the Frontline and Trophy. I sold all my Imperial and Regal off with the exception of four Regal Confederate sets of CSA Infantry, 4th Texas Regt, 1st Texas Regt, and Texas Cavalry (i.e., figures from sets 43, 44, 45, and 46) which I will take to the 2012 West Coaster to sell.

 

[jazzeum]

Mike,

Since you have/had Trophy and Regal ACW, do you think they work well together?

Happy New Year.

Brad

 

[jazzeum]

Yes they do ACW. Below are links to the other Mexican American War sets and some of the ACW ones as well. Like Little Legion they make a lot of items not yet on their website

http://regaltoysoldiers.com/brands/mex-am

http://regaltoysoldiers.wordpress.com/toy-soldiers/american-civil-war-range/ Click on titles

I took a look at the Regal Blog. Very interesting. They also have a matte line of ACW, also interesting. I wonder if they will make some of their matte offering in gloss.

Brad

 

[PolarBear]

I took a look at the Regal Blog. Very interesting. They also have a matte line of ACW, also interesting. I wonder if they will make some of their matte offering in gloss.

Brad

Brad

They wil do any figures in matte or gloss per your request.

Randy

 

[ucla1967]

Mike,

Since you have/had Trophy and Regal ACW, do you think they work well together?

Happy New Year.

Brad

Brad,

Yes, they absolutely do work well together. The only reason I decided to concentrate on Frontline and Tropy's ACW was that I already had about two dozen Trophy sets and virtually all of the Frontline sets already in my collection. If you click on Randy's link to the Regal blog, you can judge for yourself. My Regal figures must of have been originally purchased as singles, since the CSA Infantry and Dismounted Texas Cavalry sets have five figures each, while the 4th Texas Infantry and 1st Tennessee sets have four each.

I also forgot to mention that I have about three dozen Edmund's ACW sets, too. I have them limited to one curio shelf, so only about 20 sets are on display. I did not have the Imperial or Regal sets on display due to space limitations which is another reason I decided to sell them.

 

[lancer]

Brad, as Mike says, SoW and Trophy will work together quit well. I compard my Trophy 24th Ft. with the WW1 French SoW I have and they are all but identical in size and bulk. Hard to see any difference in height at all. The gloss paint of both makes just makes them meld together, as well. -- Al

 

[PolarBear]

"The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend" Peking 1900

During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871 and later during the Great War of 1914-1918 Germany and France were fierce enemies. However, in 1900, during the Boxer Rebellion in China, the two nations along with other Western powers, had a common enemy in the Chinese who wished to banish them from their land. Here German Kriegsmarine and French sailors defend a checkpoint near the Forbidden City.

Figures are from special SOW sets made for Stockade Miniatures

 

[PolarBear]

Trying out my new Regal figures for a mockup cover for a graphic novel.

 

[PolarBear]

For fans of Sharpe's Rifles, Bernard Cornwell's book and TV series, Regal includes a set of "The Chosen Men" of the 95th Regt. in their glossy Napoleonic range.

 

[Napoleon1er]

For fans of Sharpe's Rifles, Bernard Cornwell's book and TV series, Regal includes a set of "The Chosen Men" of the 95th Regt. in their glossy Napoleonic range.

Thanks for the picture! Where is that set available? On another note- I don't believe gidons were carried by the rifles.

 

[Napoleon1er]

Ken--excellent scene

I think this set on the Regal Blog is pretty cool:

Engineers with Siege Equipment 1812

I'm also very interested in this set- where does one buy regal Naps?

 

[PolarBear]

I'm also very interested in this set- where does one buy regal Naps?

US Dealer--Mike Rosso--a really nice guy to work with:

STOCKADE MINIATURES

http://www.stockade-miniatures.com/


4 North 6th Street
Stroudsburg, PA 18360, U.S.A.
Tel: (570) 424-8507 Fax: (570) 424-8503

REGAL WEBSITE

http://regaltoysoldiers.com/

REGAL BLOG

showing some of the Napoleon figures:

http://regaltoysoldiers.wordpress.com/toy-soldiers/napoleonic-range/

 

[lancer]

Just added another set of charging WW1 1914 era French infantry. SoW will have to correct the uniform error (epaulets shouldn't be on the 1914 uniform), before I buy more, though. Also added the the 30th Lancers (Gordon's Horse) to my Indian Cavalry regiments. This gives me 4 regiments represented by SoW. They are the 1st Duke of York's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse), in yellow kurta; the 39th King George's Own Central India Horse, in khaki kurta; the Jodhpur (Sardar Rissaiah) Lancers, in white kurta; and the 30th Lancers in their dark green kurta. All are just bright and gorgeous but the khaki and white kurtas are especially striking. -- Al

 

[ucla1967]

Just added another set of charging WW1 1914 era French infantry. SoW will have to correct the uniform error (epaulets shouldn't be on the 1914 uniform), before I buy more, though. Also added the the 30th Lancers (Gordon's Horse) to my Indian Cavalry regiments. This gives me 4 regiments represented by SoW. They are the 1st Duke of York's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse), in yellow kurta; the 39th King George's Own Central India Horse, in khaki kurta; the Jodhpur (Sardar Rissaiah) Lancers, in white kurta; and the 30th Lancers in their dark green kurta. All are just bright and gorgeous but the khaki and white kurtas are especially striking. -- Al

Hi Al,

Yes, that is strange that they have epaulets on their 1914 figures. Attached is a photo of my Hiriart Infanterie de Ligne, 1890, figures where the they are wearing epaulets, have a tunic with a different cut than the 1914 uniform, and also have a different kepi. I wonder if anyone knows when they changed uniforms?

 

[lancer]

Hi Mike. The French Army started uniform changes soon after the 1870 war. In 1875 the shako with pom-pom was replaced. The kepi that went to war in 1914 was adapted in 1884. Also, in 1875, the epaulettes on the coats were done away with. The French Army went to war in a model 1877 double breasted greatcoat (no epaulettes) and a model 1897 tunic that was single breasted. The blue cloth cover for the kepi (the lone attempt to dull the uniform) wasn't put into service until March 1913. Prior to the blue cover, the kepi cover was a white lightweight cloth ala the Foreign Legion. There was also a button on neck cover for the cap for summer and manuevers. Everything about the French uniform was antiquated from the coat to the leather equipment like the pack (1893) and braces (1892) to the boots (1893 pattern), canteen (1877), ammo pouches (1888 or 1905) and the Lebel rifle of (1886, modified 1893). Everything about the French uniform screamed 19th century until 1915 brought much needed changes. -- Al

 

[ucla1967]

Hi Mike. The French Army started uniform changes soon after the 1870 war. In 1875 the shako with pom-pom was replaced. The kepi that went to war in 1914 was adapted in 1884. Also, in 1875, the epaulettes on the coats were done away with. The French Army went to war in a model 1877 double breasted greatcoat (no epaulettes) and a model 1897 tunic that was single breasted. The blue cloth cover for the kepi (the lone attempt to dull the uniform) wasn't put into service until March 1913. Prior to the blue cover, the kepi cover was a white lightweight cloth ala the Foreign Legion. There was also a button on neck cover for the cap for summer and manuevers. Everything about the French uniform was antiquated from the coat to the leather equipment like the pack (1893) and braces (1892) to the boots (1893 pattern), canteen (1877), ammo pouches (1888 or 1905) and the Lebel rifle of (1886, modified 1893). Everything about the French uniform screamed 19th century until 1915 brought much needed changes. -- Al

Hi Al,

Wow, I knew you liked the French military from that era, but I am impressed with the depth of your knowlege. Thanks for the information.

 

[lancer]

Hi Al,

Wow, I knew you liked the French military from that era, but I am impressed with the depth of your knowlege. Thanks for the information.

Thanks for the compliment, Mike. Generally, I don't keep that kind of arcane stuff in my head, but I had been reading up on the French uniforms of 1914 and knew where to find the info.:wink2: One of the main reasons that the French went to war in such colorful, traditional uniforms was political. The French Army had been testing various low-visibility uniforms but had met a lot of political resistence which claimed that the traditional flamboyant colors were more 'French' than the dull greens or grays that were being tested. Certain colors were rejected as too German or too Italian. Ironically, a uniform had been selected that consisted of three different thread colors, red/white/blue, but was not produced when it was discovered that the red thread was colored with dye from Germany! It was this uniform, minus the red thread, that went into production as the famous 'Horizon Bleu' in 1915. Nothing like a war to stimulate change.:rolleyes2: -- Al

 

[ucla1967]

Thanks for the compliment, Mike. Generally, I don't keep that kind of arcane stuff in my head, but I had been reading up on the French uniforms of 1914 and knew where to find the info.:wink2: One of the main reasons that the French went to war in such colorful, traditional uniforms was political. The French Army had been testing various low-visibility uniforms but had met a lot of political resistence which claimed that the traditional flamboyant colors were more 'French' than the dull greens or grays that were being tested. Certain colors were rejected as too German or too Italian. Ironically, a uniform had been selected that consisted of three different thread colors, red/white/blue, but was not produced when it was discovered that the red thread was colored with dye from Germany! It was this uniform, minus the red thread, that went into production as the famous 'Horizon Bleu' in 1915. Nothing like a war to stimulate change.:rolleyes2: -- Al

As you know, I love the colorful, albeit impractical, French Military uniforms in 1914. See my Hiriart thread "French Military Parade, 1914." I always wondered where and how the horizon bleu came about since it, while better than the previous uniform, seemed like an odd, less than ideal choice. The red German dye story is a scream.