"Molly Pitcher" (1 Viewer)

[Scott]

I'm trying to record figures I've painted. Here's a group that was on a crumbling diorama that I did some years ago. Figures are Imrie/Risley, a Cliff Sanderson press gang figure and the Rose miniature of Mary Hayes.

 

[Ragnar]

Very nice who made the gun I/R?...I have looked at there site a few times cannons are nice but not cheep.

 

[Scott]

Yes that's an I&R but I got that back in the 70s when they were less, a lot of shops carried I&Rs and I had money.

At the time there was some case for red gun carriages in the Continental Army.

 

[debrito]

What is the scale?

 

[theBaron]

The I/R kits are still worth it, in my opinion, though I concede, they are a little more dear than they were. Their prices almost doubled about a year-and-a-half ago or so, when metal prices shot up. But look on eBay, or at shows, often you'll find their kits to be had for good prices.

Prost!
Brad

 

[Scott]

What is the scale?

1/32 or 54mm .

 

[Scott]

I've been beating the bushes for a Union or Confederate officer, marching. I really DON"T want to pay $17.00 +shipping at this point in time for an unpainted casting.

 

[Ragnar]

I've been beating the bushes for a Union or Confederate officer, marching. I really DON"T want to pay $17.00 +shipping at this point in time for an unpainted casting.

Thats the problem with I/R kits now at $17 which is rather high for a metal kit.
Think i would rather buy Frontline figures at about $18 per foot and they are painted.
Still its fun to do your own stuff

 

[marco55]

At $17 I/R is very reasonable considering other companies figures range anywhere from $25-$50.
Mark

 

[Scott]

$25-$50

For unpainted figures? That's 17.00 for unpainted kits from I&R.

Then again I haven't bought anyone else' s unpainted metal kits in a long time.

Since I have painted figures, I can see that price for painted collectible figures. I wonder if the painters get anywhere near US minimum wage.

 

[wds0855]

All the King's Men have some very nice 54mm cannons. Not sure if they come painted or unpainted though.

http://www.allthekingsmentoysoldiers.com/ATKMAWI.html

Walt

 

[Ragnar]

At $17 I/R is very reasonable considering other companies figures range anywhere from $25-$50.
Mark

Thats true but some of the other companys like Andrea Miniatures are worlds apart from say I/R.
Hence i don't mind paying there price tag $25-$50.
Not taking a dig at I/R i have a few myself

 

[Ragnar]

Re: $25-$50

I wonder if the painters get anywhere near US minimum wage.

I do wonder

 

[Scott]

A quick search shows that Kings Men interpret Continental Artillery carriage color as gray/blue gray as do most reenactors and miniature makers. Yipes! I'd better repaint!

 

[Scott]

Not to rag on the makers but are most figures now painted in China?

 

[theBaron]

At $17 I/R is very reasonable considering other companies figures range anywhere from $25-$50.
Mark

For unpainted figures? That's 17.00 for unpainted kits from I&R.

Then again I haven't bought anyone else' s unpainted metal kits in a long time...

It's a good point to investigate.

Scott makes a good point about the cost of connoisseur kits, like Andrea, Pegaso, and similar makers. I think we should rather compare Imrie/Risley to castings from makers like Tommy Atkins (foot figure castings are ₤4, ₤5 for an ensign with a cast, furled flag); or Müritz-Miniaturen, who now make Ulrich Puchala's 54mm figures, asking 12.50 Euros for a foot figure, 30-40 Euros for mounted figures, and even 75 Euros for a SYW Prussian field piece and 5-man crew; or Fusilier, whose own figures are around ₤9 for foot figures, and whose catalog include Hussar Miniatures, ₤4.50 for foot figures, ₤12.50 for mounted.

I think they fall in the same range, now, but again, I concede that that's dearer than it was, and it makes finding them in boxes at shows or on eBay a better way to accumulate them.

I/R's are really good for putting a group of figures together as a backdrop for more detailed figures that you might feature in a particular display. If you cast your own, Prins August molds are good for that, too, to give you a large number of figures, cheaply.

Prost!
Brad

 

[Toy Soldier Brigade]

Great figures. I have always been partial to this Battle since I only live 20 miles from the battlefield.

 

[Scott]

I was at my In-Laws in Sayreville for Thanksgiving a few years back and saw a History Channel show about local relic hunters who got permission to hunt the battlefield. I drove out there the next day and there they were in the flesh! They showed me a couple of British shell pieces. Molly's unit had the hill and round shot while the Royal Artillery used bursting shells that burst too soon from the relics these folks dug up.

 

[Toy Soldier Brigade]

The state ended up buying the land across the street from the main park after that. Which became part of the park. Turns out the majority of the action took place there. No one realized after all of these years.

 

[trooper]

Not to rag on the makers but are most figures now painted in China?

No, at least not in the UK where the majority are still produced "in house", strangely those companies who take advantage of the low wages paid in China have the most expensive product in comparison. Another advantage of the "in house" brigade is that their product is never retired.