First Look at the WW1 extension!

[Leman]

Saving pennies at the mo for a WWI buy at York in the New Year. Looking forward to getting started on early Western Front.

[Dave Fielder]

Hurry up with the RND. WW1 is looming and this Royal Marine wants his Division formed and ready for Antwerp Aug 2014.

[Dave Fielder]

I was in a presentation this week by a member of the Western Front Association. It was about the Royal Naval Division of WW1, specifically the combat in Belgium 1914. Fascinating, and he was in his 1916 Western Front Petty Officer battle dress. We will be doing a story on this via the RNAS Culdrose page of www.royalnavy.mod.uk some time soon ....

Those sailors and Royal Marines look very nice, any timescale?

[Leon]

Hopefully before the end of the year, but Dave's sorting those out and I'd need to check with him to confirm.

[GW844]

Will there be any Royal Marine Light Infantry to support the naval Division at Antwerp?  They really need to be there 

[Dave Fielder]

You can use the RN figures for the RMLI in this scale. They wore very similar rig but with a Globe and Laurel cap badge on the sailors cap. The RN had "HMS" on their cap tallies. If you were going larger scales then the RN sailors would be less well equipped with webbing etc, they were hastily formed for the 1914 period whilst the RMLI were a professional organisation. Later years, 1915, onwards the steel helmet replaced the cap and better webbing came in so they looked more like the Army. Gallipoli saw a bit of both in terms of uniforms, so the sailors caps can still be used.

[Dave Fielder]

http://jackclegg2.webspace.virginmedia.com/barnsley%20marines.htm#dard

[Ithoriel]

Nice link - interesting stuff. Thanks Dave

[Leon]

We've got a couple of batches of WW1 sculpts here for everyone, with the heavy artillery crews, British Lewis gun teams and German cavalry now ready for master moulding.  In addition, we've got a little and large combo, with a British motorcycle along with a 14 inch railgun!

German heavy artillery crew:



Russian heavy artillery crew:



Austro-Hungarian heavy artillery crew:



Italian heavy artillery crew:



German infantry in mutze:



British Lewis gun teams (prone):



British Lewis gun teams (walking):



German Uhlans with lance:



German Kurassiers with lance:



British motorcycle with sidecar:



14" railway gun!





Hope you like them!

[Steve J]

Awesome .

[mollinary]

Leon,

Those are magnificent - really full of character!

Mollinary

[Techno]

Pass on my compliments to the sculptor !
Cheers - Phil.

[kustenjaeger]

Greetings

These are really good. 

Edward

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Those are fantastic! 

[Leman]

Wow, looking very impressive.