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There will be several new additions to the Redcoats range this Fall, and if all goes well at least one new mounted subject as well. We are happy with the general success of the Classic Gloss series and plan on adding new sculpts, time periods and new units in the future. As mentioned in other posts we are still planning on adding additional figures to existing units too.
Thank you so much for your kind comments all!
Ken
 
Thanks for the answer Ken!!!As i wrote in another thread there's a "hole" of 33 years (1822 to 1855)..let's fill it with some First Afghan War soldiers!!!!:)
 
cantinetozzo said:
Thanks for the friendship Craig!Yes i really like the Bluecoats too but at the moment i'm focusing on the Redcoats , if i 'll buy them in the future surely i'll start from the late IXXth century figures (really amazing)..today i received the 1822 guardsman, what can i say?Really well made!Next stop:The 5th foot soldier of 1792!
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thats ok glad to have you as a friend :) yes the 1822 guardsman is really stunning the nco to accompany him looks great to!!!
 
Just today i completed "The Destruction of Lord Raglan" by Hibbert (i was really slow in reading it mainly because i know nearly everything about the charge and very little about what happened after Inkerman apart from the intervention of my countrymen so i was slow in reading the parts i already knew and fast after passing those chapters, really a good book by the way ) and i think what is missing (maybe Tony and his beautiful Crimean range could obviate) is the Redcoat in all his "misery" , all the sufferings of the Crimean winter and the kind of "uniform" he adopted, i know that looking at the Redcoats range we can see the uniforms of the soldiers as conforming to the regulations , but i 'd like to have a more battered soldier for Crimea( the 1855 soldier is very good , but if i recall he has a 1855 tunic and not the coatee used in the early phases of the war), after the Crimea (and all the failings of the officer's class)there was a great "revolution" for the way in which the wars were waged by Great Britain..but i know that Ken is workin' for us!P.S. Ken just to give you a little inspiration give a look to the "British army on campaign" 4 volumes by Osprey Men At Arms..there are wonderful "field modifications" of uniforms.
 
Thanks for the interest and suggestions all!
As mentioned elsewhere Richard and I take note of the requests and discussions and consider the input in our 'brainstorming' sessions.

When the Redcoats series was launched we had decided to concentrate on the home service uniforms and the regulations as written and enforced. This would make a clear demarcation between what we were doing in realistic Matte and Classic Gloss.

As this line has evolved... as most ranges do, we have incorporated the reality of Foreign Service and transitional uniforms and equipment. This was first introduced when we created the spin off ranges that included the units serving in North America in the mid Eighteenth Century.

I have spent years reading inspection returns, first hand accounts, purchase orders, suggestions and regulations from these earlier periods (1710 - 1830 in particular). This combined with searching out period art to support this written information has created a somewhat different image than the idealized view.

You can see that the newer releases, including those of the last quarter of the Nineteenth Century are including not only Foreign Service dress, but some field modifications. As this range, and the Bluecoats range grow we will continue to add both Home Service, Foreign Service and field modified uniforms for interest and historical accuracy.

In some cases we may develop one line or another in depth as a Matt product and Vice-Versa, but in many cases there will be at least one example in the Classic Gloss.

Hope this helps some,
Ken
 
As people are making suggestions; a little variety in the Gloss AZW series wouldn't hurt :cool:. Please toss us some artillery or a horse or two.
 
Thanks for the answer Ken..i know the series is evolving and will continue to evolve in the future..:)and i appreciate the rythm of the releases too, i can keep pace with most of them ..and i know i can count specially on you (by the way on the most part of the toy soldiers producers) for historical accuracy..so keep up the good work!!!!
 
I think I've posted this in one of the other modern Britains threads, so please forgive me if it's a duplicate, but I'd like to see some cavalry, too, like light dragoons from the Seven Years War or Revolutionary War, and light dragoons/hussars and heavies from the Napoleonic Wars.

Prost!
Brad
 
theBaron said:
I think I've posted this in one of the other modern Britains threads, so please forgive me if it's a duplicate, but I'd like to see some cavalry, too, like light dragoons from the Seven Years War or Revolutionary War, and light dragoons/hussars and heavies from the Napoleonic Wars.

Prost!
Brad
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ill second that!!! some light dragoons for the seven years war sounds like a great idea
 
Very, very cool uniforms. These have been on the list for a bit now and they are moving closer to the top.
I have a couple of nice oil paintings probably painted in the 1920s based on two of the Morier paintings right across from my work bench. I guess I know which ones I will probably do...

Ken
 
Ken & Ericka Osen/H&A Studio said:
Very, very cool uniforms. These have been on the list for a bit now and they are moving closer to the top.
I have a couple of nice oil paintings probably painted in the 1920s based on two of the Morier paintings right across from my work bench. I guess I know which ones I will probably do...

Ken
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looking forward to seeing these!! plus all the other figures on that list of yours lol :D:D:D
 
In these last days i received the 1855 figure , and i want to congratulate Ken and WBritain because is a beautiful figure, simple in the pose but with many interesing details.The Albert Shako first of all, like the name implies it was designed by prince Albert but it was really heavy and was often discarded durin' active campaigning..the Tunic replaced the Coatee (in use throughout most of the Crimea war) but a minor detail puzzles me:my source (Osprey MAA 198 ) says at first the tunics were all with a double row of buttons and then starting from 1856 (and effective from 1857) they became single row.Now the soldier is labelled 1855 but maybe there are other sources that say the Tunic with a single row appeared early.Tha accoutrements are interesting too , changin' from a cross belt pattern to a more simple waistbelt.Our soldier could go well with the Indian Mutiny (many regiments fought in their European Cold Climate uniform ) .Talkin' about the coatee early in this post i'd like to see more soldier with the uniform worn in Crimea, and a little dream, a bandist with the white uniform !
 

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I'm askin, what do you expect for this range in the autumn catalogue?Something new (for example a new period , maybe 1842, 1849..Crimea) or variations of existing figures?
 
cantinetozzo said:
I'm askin, what do you expect for this range in the autumn catalogue?Something new (for example a new period , maybe 1842, 1849..Crimea) or variations of existing figures?
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I believe there will be a Black Watch Redcoat from the Anglo-Egyptian War (1882) standing at attention. It will complement the Club figure that is marching and shown below. Since this is among my favorite subjects I will likely pickup multiples.
 

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I believe there will be a Black Watch Redcoat from the Anglo-Egyptian War (1882) standing at attention. It will complement the Club figure that is marching and shown below. Since this is among my favorite subjects I will likely pickup multiples.
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Now about 20 more with an officer and pipers would be fun.
 
PolarBear said:
I believe there will be a Black Watch Redcoat from the Anglo-Egyptian War (1882) standing at attention. It will complement the Club figure that is marching and shown below. Since this is among my favorite subjects I will likely pickup multiples.
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This is a great figure so i hope we see a few different redcoats to compliment it :D id also like to see sets of 4 drummers & 4 fifers to go with the 45th foot sets they released at the start of the year
 
just a quick question to anyone that would know? did the 45th foot have a light company in 1754-1763 ? if they did i would like a set of 4 of these aswell :rolleyes:
 
When I was researching this unit before sculpting, I could not find evidence for a light company being formed yet. We will revisit the period with boxed sets for another line unit that did though!
Ken
 
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