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Plastic n Len Cooksey Parade crafts reviews of the latest REVIEWS OF THE LATEST PLASTIC RELEASES releases for collectors ofJACOBITE REBELLION PERSONALITY FIGURES plastic toy soldiers andBY REPLICANTS figures.Reviewed by: Len Cooksey kilt, which was the characteristic dress many years later, it is clear that the of the Highlander at least since the late Jacobites had many brave men in their 16th century, was worn over a tunic. The army. But their Catholic tinge did notThe small but perfectly formed company belted plaid was as much as 5 feet wide enamor them to the English, ProtestantReplicants, the last U.K. maker of plastic and 7 yards long, and its upper half could population. Nor did they attract thefigures, during the last few years has be loosely draped over a shoulder. It is far support of all Scots. The 26th Footdeveloped a modest but delicious series removed from the small kits worn today by (Cameronian Regiment) in particular wonof figures that fit into the period of the people who claim Scottish heritage. a spectacular victory over Jacobites in theJacobite Rebellion of 1745 to 1746. Battle of Dunkeld in 1689. Replicants’ Prince Charlie appears to Proprietor Peter Cole has already be encouraging and waving his troops to Various uprisings took place in 1715,produced a set of four English troops from charge forward in a fearsome Highland 1719 and other times. For example, anthe conflict. He has also come up with a charge -- something regular troops were a abortive revolt in 1708 was foiled by thequartet of Scots, ostensibly for the English tad wary of. Royal Navy, which denied the JacobitesCivil War of 1642 to 1651. But ditch that a place to land their army. An invasionset’s laddie with a bow and arrow and the By contrast, the Duke of Cumberland was planned by the French in 1744, but aother three chaps seem fine to me to use sits proudly on a rather larger, more storm scattered their fleet. The Jacobitesin a scenario based on the “Forty-Five,” warlike horse. He points his telescope were definitely not lucky.the Stuart dynasty’s last try to regain the forward to urge his troops to death orBritish throne. glory. Cumberland appears in knee- However, 1745 was different -- perhaps length boots, a full coat, sash and tricorn. it was a case of 50 years too late. On this Now Replicants has released Jacobite As always, the clothing of all Replicants occasion Charles Edward Stuart -- theRising command-and-control figures of figures is exhaustively researched by Peter Young Pretender landed without men andBonnie Prince Charlie and the Duke of prior to commencing sculpting. without arms. The bulk of the ScottishCumberland. Well, one leader per side population did not rise up on Bonnieshould be enough, shouldn’t it? Prince Charlie’s side, remembering as UNLUCKY REBELS many did the absolutist and brutal nature I have to say that having studied this of Stuart rule.DEATH OR GLORY? period for A-level history many yearsBonnie Prince Charlie is modeled clad ago, the Jacobites excited precious little However, the British were caughtin a traditional Scottish Highland outfit sympathy from me. Revisiting the period napping as many of their troops wereand mounted on a rearing horse. The great fighting on the Continent. There were only about 4,000 British troops in Scotland. The Jacobites had their day and a few battles were fought climaxing in their defeat at Culloden April 16, 1746, at the hands of troops led by Cumberland. Bonnie Prince Charlie returned to exile in France. Cumberland rose to become the leading British general of his day, not because of his experience but perversely despite his lack of experience because his father was King George II. These figures retail for just £4 apiece, plus postage, from Steve Weston’s Toy Soldiers, Replicants’ exclusive, U.K.-based distributor.n far left: Bonnie Prince Charlie by Replicants. (Photos by Dave Norton) left: The new Duke of Cumberland figure created by Peter Cole.52 TOY SOLDIER & MODEL FIGURE
MAHDIST CAVALRY & BRITISH CAMEL CORPSBY ARMIES IN PLASTICReviewed by: Len Cooksey The Mahdist figures are quite nice. But MOUNTED INFANTRY it must be said that they are let down by Set No. 5591: “The Gordon ReliefOnce again we are in the sultry, hot climate some pretty basic horses, which are used in Expedition, 1884-1885, Mounted Infantryof the 19th-century Sudan looking at a multitude of sets. However, this should Set 1” features four British soldiers ridingsome more sets by Armies in Plastic (AIP), be balanced against the reasonable prices camels. They include an officer, bugler andwhich sometimes seems to be the only of AIP figures. two men molded in “khaki brown” plastic.company that continues to churn out sets of This new set provides a slight variationfigures on something like a regular basis. Strictly speaking, I would have expected on previously reviewed Camel Corps these lads to be mounted on ponies rather offerings. I have found that a couple of new than thoroughbreds. I suppose this is a1:32-scale sets portraying mounted consequence of a one-size-fits-all policy However, it features the same old but-Mahdists and British mounted infantry adopted by AIP. terscotch-colored camel, which is actuallyon camels are very useful to augment my a very nice sculpt. I like it so much that Ialready rather large armies. Four of the riders are pretty much the have bought and painted numerous AIP same with their left hands holding rather sets of camel-mounted figures, including nice shields and varied weapons in their the camel-borne screw gun team, camelsMOUNTED DERVISHES right hands. Two chaps charge waving carrying stores and, of course, those riddenFive horsemen come in set No. 5490: swords, one holds aloft a spear and another by troops.“Mounted Dervishes, Egypt & Sudan, a rifle. The fifth figure fires a rifle whilst1881-1898.” charging on horseback. Related sets available from AIP range from Egyptian infantry and lancers to In- dian Army cavalry, British Army infantry (including Scottish Highlanders) and cav- alry, Royal Navy seamen, Royal Marines, and Royal Artillery cannon and Gatling gun teams. Mahdist forces include Ansar warriors and fierce Beja tribesmen best known as Fuzzy-Wuzzies due to their hairdos. As fans of “Dad’s Army” know, these fellows “do not like it up them.” This is an amazingly prolific track record for a manufacturer concentrates on 22 different periods of conflict, including the Nile Wars. AIP sets cost £9.50 per box from Steve Weston’s Toy Soldiers in England or $15 each from U.S.-based AIP proprietors Marilyn and Tony Ciccarello. n above left: Examples of AIP’s British camel riders, including mounted infantry, as painted up by collector/reviewer Len Cooksey.plastic appeal above right: Box art for AIP’s Mahdist cavalry set. (Photos by Dave Norton) Plastic toy soldier manufacturers and traders are invited to send figures in for review. Please send items with a cover letter to the attention of TS&MF Editor Stuart A. LEFT: Five charging Dervishes on horseback are Hessney at either the U.K. or U.S. offices. Please direct inquiries to the editor supplied in the AIP set. at [email protected] or reviewer Len Cooksey at [email protected]. about the reviewer Len Cooksey is a keen collector of old and new 54-mm toy soldiers. Operating as Ivanhoe Figures, he runs a stall at toy soldier fairs in England, selling his own products and items by various manufacturers. TOY SOLDIER & MODEL FIGURE 53
1/6TH ARMY n Scott J. Dummitt covers the latestSHOWCASE action figure- related items.Reviews of the Latest Action Figure-Related ITEMS If it’s new in the hobby, you’ll find it here first!WORLD WAR I BRITISH INFANTRYMAN: ALBERT BROWNBY DRAGON IN DREAM CORP. Reviewed by: Scott J. Dummitt lessons from the Second Anglo-Boer War of 1899 to 1902. With the 100th Anniversary of the Great War fast approaching, it appears that One of those lessons was that they various hobby-related manufacturers are were going to have to change their way of quickly gearing up to meet the expected thinking to fight a modern war. Starting surge of interest in the conflict. I know before the Second Boer War ended, steps of five action figure companies at this were taken to institute major reforms time that are producing First World War throughout the British military beginning figures, uniform and accessory sets, or are right at the top and working downward. planning on releasing them. Leading the way is Dragon in Dream Corp. (DiD) LEFT: Wearing a peaked cap and shouldering with the introduction of “Albert Brown,” a WWI British infantryman. his rifle, “Albert Brown” stands ready to embark for France with the BEF. BELOW MIDDLE: A pencil-thin mustache BITTER LESSONS highlights the Tommy’s realistic facial features. The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) (Photo Courtesy of DiD) sent to France in 1914 was highly trained and well equipped. This stemmed from the BELOW: Accessories provided include a gas mask. British Army having learned many bitter (Photo Courtesy of DiD)54 TOY SOLDIER & MODEL FIGURE
At the turn of the 20th century, the role never ceases to amaze me how it seems to WOOD & METAL RIFLE played by the regulars of the British Army come to life. I think the Tommy’s pencil-was to protect the interests of the Empire. thin mustache is an extremely nice touch. One of the nicest accessories in this set isAs a result, a campaign in mainland Europe a Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE)was not a high priority on the agenda. Brown is dressed in the 1907-pattern rifle. The stock is made of wood and the service dress. The figure comes with cap metal parts are actually made of metal. The Royal Navy guaranteed the safety badges and shoulder titles to display himof Great Britain and the Territorials could in a choice of five different units, including While you can’t take the magazine outdefend the shores. But regulars were the Royal Artillery. You will need some of the rifle, you can pull back the bolt toneeded to keep Britain’s imperial interests sort of glue to attach the badges. I used reveal a round in the chamber. The reararound the world safe from encroachment standard fabric glue and it worked fine. sight can be moved up or down as well.from France, Germany and Russia. The rifle can be slung over Brown’s should Under his tunic he has a collarless using the adjustable web sling. Army shirt. For headgear, Brown is issued with a Mk I steel helmet and an early There is also a die-cast metal bayonetHALDANE REFORMS version of the peaked cap. The later version that can be mounted on the barrel of the of the cap was not as stiff and had flaps rifle. In 1907, the British Army retired theWhile steps were taken under the sewn on the sides. 12 1/8-inch blade and issued 17 1/8-inchConservative government to start changes in blade bayonets. the Army, it was under the guidance of the ensuing Liberal war secretary, R.B. Haldane, Other pieces of equipment includedthat major reforms were put into effect. INTRICATE WEBBING are a gas mask carrier (commonly worn on the front of the uniform), gas mask with One of the measures that Haldane Before attempting to assemble the figure’s canister, canteen, entrenching tool withinstituted was an improvement in the 1908 webbing, I suggest doing research carrier, entrenching tool handle with amusketry, or rifle shooting, of the soldiers. online. Alternatively get a copy of either separate carrier that attaches to the bayonetNot only was an infantryman required to the Blandford Colour Series’ “Army scabbard, a roll of barbed wire, and areach a rate of 15 accurately aimed shots Uniforms of World War I” or Osprey splendid faux leather ammo bandolier. per minute, but so too were the cavalry Publishing’s “British Infantry Equipmentand any other soldier (clerks, cooks, supply, (2) 1908-2000” from its “Men-at-Arms” Completing the set is a display boardetc.) in the Army. This was only one of the series. backdrop with the poppy fields of Flandersimprovements to the soldier’s training that on one side and the famous poem “Inwould greatly assist the relatively small but The webbing is detailed, intricate and Flanders Fields,” which was written by Lt.highly professional BEF that landed in can be a bit confusing, as I found out Col. John McCrae, a Canadian physician. France in 1914. personally. You need to leave all strapping on the figure, undo the belt buckle from My great uncle, Stan “Hop”Lee, Another major step was closer training the webbing and start putting on items served with the Canadian Expeditionaryof the officer staff with the Dominion such as the bayonet frog, wire cutter Force’s 57th Regiment (Peterborougharmies (Australia, Canada, New Zealand pouch and ammo pouch. The webbing Rangers) during WWI. When I look at thisand South Africa) as well as the Indian brass buckles are well-secured to the DiD figure, I think of Uncle Hop and all the otherArmy. This would be a great assistance webbing, so I didn’t have any problems young men, not only from the British Empirewhen the Empire answered the call to with them coming off during assembly. but from all over the world, who were caughtservice in 1914. up in the war to end all wars.This figure is I have been told that it is not really well done and tribute to all those men. Along with improvements to training necessary to put the wire cutter case on thecame the development and issue of new belt as most British troops carried cutters DiD has released two versions ofand improved uniforms and equipment. in their pockets. If you are not familiar the “Albert Brown” figure: one as aThis started with the introduction of a new with how the figure’s backpack attaches Tommy would have looked departing forstandardized khaki service dress in 1902 to to the webbing, the box has a photo of Continental Europe; the other a specialbe worn on all occasions except for walk-out Brown holding the webbing open to battle-worn edition. The regular figure isor when full ceremonial dress was required. give hobbyists a bit of an idea of how to selling for about $99.98 U.S. while theBy 1907, the kinks had been worked out on assemble it. special edition figure costs $129.99. nthe new uniform and it was universally wornby all non-commissioned ranks. TOY SOLDIER & MODEL FIGURE 55 New standardized webbing wasintroduced in 1908 and this pattern wasgenerally used throughout WWI. A similar1914 leather pattern was introduced toovercome a shortage of the 1908 patternwhen there was a lack of web material. LIFELIKE FACEDID’s “Albert Brown” is something that hasbeen missing from the 1/6th-scale worldsince Sideshow Collectibles discontinuedits “Bayonets & Barbed Wire” series. There-emergence of this aspect of the hobbyis being heralded by both 1/6th-scalecollectors and WWI enthusiasts. The facial sculpture is so lifelike that it right: Dressed for the trenches, the fullyarticulated figure simulates a bayonet charge.FAR right: A backpack and steel helmet areamong the accessories supplied with the figure.
WORLD WAR I BRITISH ARMY ACCESSORY SETBY BARRACK SERGEANTReviewed by: Scott J. Dummitt helmet if you want to use it. I did exactly ABOVE LEFT: DiD’s Albert Brown models that and then it fit the Elite BrigadeHow do you take a great figure like DiD’s helmet. In fact, my photo of the Hessian the greatcoat, Hessian helmet cover and rifle breechWorld War I “Albert Brown” and make cover accompanying this review shows it cover produced by Barrack Sergeant. him better? Add a great accessory set like on an Elite Brigade helmet. Barrack Sergeant’s recently released WWIBritish accessory set. Once you have the cover on the helmet ABOVE: Barrack Sergeant’s new mess kit carrier there are two drawstrings to tighten it Larry Yip, owner of Hong Kong-based with. Then you can either clip off the can be attached to Albert Brown’s backpack.Barrack Sergeant, was gracious enough to excessive string, or carefully tuck it intoinclude a sample of his new accessory set the helmet over itself. conversion work to use it for pre-WWIwhen I brought in some of his products and early WWII soldiers as well.for my shop. It has all the right pieces to add to not only the latest Tommy by DiD, The inside of the coat is lined. Threebut the WWI sets that were produced by MESS KIT CARRIER fasteners and a hook keep it shut. I foundSideshow Collectibles years ago. These that if you leave the tunic on the figure,accessories could also spruce up older sets The mess kit carrier is designed to go on it’s difficult to do up the collar hook. Onthat Formative International once did in its the back of the web belt. However, I have the other hand, this is probably the best“Soldiers of the World” (SOTW) series. seen photos of British soldiers carrying overcoat I have ever had go on a figure their mess kits attached to their backpacks. because usually tunic sleeves get caught in Included with the set is a Hessian cover a greatcoat’s arms. In this case they went(that’s a bit of a contradiction of terms) for You could use a World War II 1/6th- on perfectly.the Mk I British helmet, a breech cover scale German mess tin, which is veryfor a British Short Magazine Lee Enfield similar to the WWI British kit, or you The price of this accessory set ranges(SMLE) rifle, a mess kit carrying case (no can stuff the mess kit carrier with a piece from $30 to $32 U.S. If interested, pleasemess kit included), and the star of the set: of Styrofoam packing chip and display act fast because only 500 of these sets arean enlisted man’s greatcoat. in one of the aforementioned ways. For being made. n the purposes of this review, I used the Styrofoam chip. about the reviewerHESSIAN COVER The breech cover would most likely be Scott J. Dummitt retired from the Royal used when an attack was not imminent as Canadian Navy after 25 years of service.The Hessian cover will fit over Sideshow, I cannot see it being of much use when He is an avid collector of action figuresSOTW, DiD, vintage Action Man and trying to fire or load the rifle. It goes over and toy soldiers. He is also the proprietorG.I. JOE, and Dragon Models Ltd. 1/6th- the bolt area of the SMLE. of Scott J. Dummitt Presents, whichscale helmets without any problems. sells 1/6th-scale action figures and accessories. In addition, he produces I managed to squeeze the cover on 54-mm toy soldiers representingan Elite Brigade Tommy helmet, but I ONE GREAT COAT Canadian units.recommend trimming the edges on the The greatcoat is a great piece of kit. Besides using it for WWI figures, I imagine that some collectors will attempt56 TOY SOLDIER & MODEL FIGURE
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KIT n The mostKORNER excellent Bill EbenspergerTHE LATEST MODEL FIGURE KITS AND MORE offers engaging reviews of eclectic and exciting figures.OUR REVERED REVIEWER BIDS FAREWELLHello painters! How have you all been this I am finding that I am more of a BELONG TO A CLUB?past month? collector than a painter of late. With the samples I receive from manufacturers to Do you belong to a figure club? Do you I, for one, am totally overwhelmed write Kit Korner, plus the ones I buy on attend the meetings every month? Is yourwith the amount of new model figure kits my own, I now probably have more figure club made up of a diverse group?hitting the market. I find myself spending kits than Carter has liver pills (look it up,more and more time following the various young’uns). My club is dying for various reasons.Websites and online forums that feature For the most part, it’s because I haven’tthe latest figures. Maybe I’m alone in thinking that our been as active as I have been in the past. computers and technology are taking away I’m not trying to say that I’m the onlyTIME TO PAINT a lot of fun from our lives. They are too reason the club was healthy in the past. addictive. Hours can go wasted drilling I am saying that without the participationAs a result, I am finding that I have less down from one Website to another. of all members, a club will eventuallyand less time to paint. Between work, wither and die.family obligations and trying to see what’s Don’t get me wrong -- some timenew, I’m exhausted. So, this column is on YouTube can be very helpful with I have a very good friend who isgoing to be a little different. I’m not going some of the modeling demonstrations extremely disciplined. He will get up at 6to review any new kits. As a matter of fact, uploaded there. Also, if you don’t live close a.m. and paint for two hours, go to work,I am going cold turkey and will voluntarily to a hobby shop, the online stores are have dinner with his family, and then gostay away from the Internet! invaluable. It just needs to be tempered. off to practice for a couple of hours with his band mates. He seems very relaxed. The reason is both simple and complex. How many times do you check yourSimply speaking, I hope to free up time to cell phone for e-mail? How much time In last month’s Kit Korner, I mentionedpaint. A more complex reason is that I don’t are you spending texting a friend rather my brother, John, and how he delegateswant to be harnessed to the immediacy of than talking to them? How often do you his time. He always seem to have anthe technology that will let me know of kits hole up in front of a computer cruising the abundance of time. I’m not either one ofplanned for released. I’m the type of person figure forums looking for the latest and those guys. I wish I was. who if I see them, I want them. greatest? I’m the kind of person who will buy a kit and spend a lot of time researching online the time and circumstances of the kit’s subject. As TS&MF readers have seen in past columns, I sometimes name these Bill’s Series 77 figure of “Steven G. Lipke, Captain, U.S. Light Artillery, 1863.”ABOVE: Bill’s well-equipped workbench stands ready for building and painting model figures.58 TOY SOLDIER & MODEL FIGURE
Series 77’s “Edward J.Carrigg, Trooper, U.S.2nd Dragoons, 1851.” ABOVE: About 50 partially awaited figures await Bill’s attention.figures to give them a life in my mind. than one who vegetates in front of a that I am finding it hard to write a conciseIt probably sounds strange, but that’s how computer. Sure, the computer is fun. column. I am writing from the heart. OnceI bring life to my kits. But after a couple of hours surfing the again, thank you for reading and always Internet, what do you have to show for it? remember to paint or die! n I’ve posted a few pictures with this After a couple hours of painting, you havecolumn. One of them is my painting a figure with your individual imprint on it. Bill’s favorite figuresdesk. I have everything needed to create And the best part is the more you paint, from Series 77great figures. There is paint, brushes, great the better your figures will look. include “Fredricklighting and all the accessories you could J. Palmer, Private,ever want. Only one thing is missing -- me! Secondly, get involved in a club, if at all U.S. Marine Corps,I need to put myself back in the picture. possible. Meet with your fellow painters, 1950.” compare techniques, show your latest piece One of the other pictures is the top of of work and ask for advice. There really is about the reviewerone of my display cabinets. I’m embarrassed nothing better than meeting with a bunchbecause there must be 50 partially of people who share the same interests. Bill Ebensperger is a Michigancompleted figures. My goal is to get back to Historical Miniatures Club memberpainting, clean up that group and complete I realize that I’ve been all over the and has been a figure painter for moresome figures, if I can find all the pieces. board with this column and I hope you’ll than 30 years. He lives in Rochester forgive me. I have so much admiration for Hills, Mich., USA, with his wife and Also pictured here are some of my this hobby and all who participate in it three daughters.finished figures here as an inspirationfor me to do more of them. These model “Ronald C.figure kits were produced by Series 77 Wehrman,and represent one of my first loves in this Sergeant, U.S.hobby (see TS&MF issue 164). Marine Corps, 1859,” fromSAYING SO LONG Series 77 as assembled andAs readers may have realized by now, this painted by Bill.will be my last Kit Korner. I want to thankEditor Stuart A. Hessney for this greatopportunity to reach out to my fellowhobbyists. I have enjoyed writing thiscolumn, but it’s time to move on. I also want to express my sincereappreciation to the many kitmanufacturers that have supplied mewith review kits during the last few years.You have all been very supportive of thiscolumn. I particularly want to thank AndyCairns of AC Models, Bruno Leibovitz ofMetal-Modeles, Alejandra Fernandez ofAndrea Miniatures and Dave Youngquistof Last Cavalry. Whenever I was stuck fora kit, you guys always came through. My last pieces of advice to all thepainters out there is: First, do everythingyou can to keep painting. I believe aperson with a hobby is much more alive TOY SOLDIER & MODEL FIGURE 59
history & military miniaturesDrums Alongthe MohawkEditor Stuart A. Hessney recounts how the Battle of Johnstown climaxed the ARW whilemarking the end of dramatic, divisive and destructive local strife with the death of dreadedTory Rangers leader Walter N. ButlerText: Stuart A. Hessney Photos: Stuart A. Hessney and TS&MFThe Johnstown area was a frontier SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON ABOVE: Colonial militia clashes with Tory hotbed in upstate New Sir William Johnson, an empire-building Butler’s Tory Rangers and Iroquois Indians York during the American pioneer, is the most pivotal figure in this in the Battle of Johnstown. Figures byRevolutionary War thanks to the legacy entire drama even though he died the year Britains.of Sir William Johnson and fidelity to the before rebellion erupted in the AmericanBritish Crown. colonies. BELOW: The Butler’s Tory Rangers set by Britains. Bitter intercine strife pitted Loyalists Born in Ireland, Johnson was 23 whenagainst their Patriot neighbors and he came to the Mohawk Valley in 1737 to which means ”Chief Big Business,” or ”oneIroquois against Iroquois. administer 15,000 acres of land owned by who does much business.” his uncle, British Navy Adm. Peter Warren. The strategic Mohawk Valley didn’t During the French and Indian War,just experience the Revolution -- it The enterprising Johnson prospered from Johnson served as a major general,was engulfed in a backyard civil war. the fur trade. Learning the native language winning the Battle of Lake George inSimmering personal vendettas and violent and customs, the charming frontier diplomat 1755. King George II rewarded him withreprisals boiled over into savage massacres forged friendships among the Six Nations £5,000 and a baronetcy.and bloody battles. of the Iroquois Confederacy: the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca and In 1756, Sir William was appointed The conflict has been been detailed Tuscarora tribes. sole superintendent of Indian affairs.by historians, chronicled by literary He used his immense influence to helpluminaries such as James Fenimore He was even adopted as a full-fledged the British Empire win the struggle forCooper and dramatized by Hollywood Mohawk chief dubbed ”Warraghiyagey,”in ”Drums Along the Mohawk,” the1939 film starring Henry Fonda, whoseancestors lived in the valley. Toy soldier makers such as W. Britainshave drawn inspiration from the strife inthe valley, a place steeped in peace andprosperity suddenly plunged into chaosand brutality. And it all came to a head at Johnstownon Oct. 25, 1781, in a little-known battlefought six days after the British surrenderat Yorktown. Considered the last major battle of theARW, Johnstown climaxed fighting inthe Mohawk Valley and led to the deathof young Tory Ranger Capt. Walter N.Butler, the scourge of his time and place.60 TOY SOLDIER & MODEL FIGURE
history & military miniaturescontrol of North America. ”I bow to no man for I am considered primarily German Palatines and Highland Following the war, he left Fort Johnson a prince among my own people,” Joseph Scottish Catholics. Brant told the King. ”But I will gladlyalong the banks of the Mohawk River in shake your hand.” After the Revolution erupted, a forcethe hands of his son John and moved to of Patriots led by Jacob Sammons routedJohnson Hall, his new baronial mansion in At the outbreak of the Revolution, Sir John and his Friends of the King justJohnstown, located nearly 50 miles west of the Six Nations pledged neutrality. As three weeks after the Battle of LexingtonAlbany. principal war chief of the Mohawk, Joseph in May 1775. Brant played a leading role in trying to Flanked by stone blockhouses, the maintain native fidelity to the British. The Continental Congress ordered hisGeorgian-style mansion was built in 1763 Molly Brant worked hard to support the arrest. Johnson Hall was fortified, but Siron rising ground overlooking Cayadutta Crown too. John wisely did not stage a useless resistanceCreek at the intersection of well-traveled when Patriot Gen. Philip Schuyler and aIndian trails. By 1777, most Iroquois had sided large force marched into Johnstown to seize with the British except the Oneidas and his military stores on Jan. 26, 1776. The manor was a fitting seat of power Tuscaroras, who sympathized with thefor Sir William, who had acquired more Patriot cause. Paroled instead of being imprisoned,than 500,000 acres of land in the Mohawk Sir John soon fled to Canada along withand upper Susquehanna Valleys. While the people of the Mohawk Joseph Brant, 300 whites, as many Indians Valley mourned Sir William, there was and two small cannon that had to be He founded Johnstown as the ”capital” of also grief because his wealth and power abandoned along the way.his vast domain. He worked to encourage had fallen into the hands of his hot-settlement in Tryon County by immigrants headed son, Sir John, and his associates. Once he was safely in Montreal, Sirfrom Ireland, Scotland and Germany. John was commissioned as a lieutenant Bonds of personal fealty and true colonel and authorized to raise the Despite already feeling ill, Sir William affection for Sir William started to break regiment known as the Royal Greens.made an impassioned speech to a tense down in the face of revolutionary resentmentgathering of 600 tribesmen under a against a medieval manorial system that BUTLER’S RANGERSblazing sun on July 11, 1774. Joseph Brant, bound free men to the soil as tenants. John Butler was a successful farmer alongthe young Mohawk chief, was at his side the Mohawk River in the Fonda area.when he died just two hours later. Sir John was staunchly loyal to King He was regarded as being the second George III and maintained the fidelity of richest person in the Mohawk Valley ”Joseph, control thy people; I am going hundreds of followers among his tenants,away,” Sir William implored in his dyingbreath. ABOVE & right: The Mohawk Valley lost its foremost Iroquois warriorspioneer, planter, trader, military officer, produced byland speculator, Indian agent, churchman Britains.and statesman.LEGACY OF TURMOILTo say the least, Sir William’s legacy wascomplicated -- not just in the world ofshakers and movers -- but in his personallife as well. His first two wives died after givinghim a total of six children, including hisheir John. Mary ”Molly” Brant first appears in SirWilliam’s papers in 1759, the same yearshe gave birth to the first of their ninechildren. She was about 23 and he was 44. Koñwatsi’tsiaiéñni, as she preferred tobe called, managed his household and wasa highly respected Mohawk clan leaderwho served as a vital link between SirWilliam and his Indian allies. ”One word from her goes further withthem than a thousand from any whiteman,” a chronicler recorded. Molly’s younger brother, JosephBrant (Thayendanegea), received a goodeducation at a forerunner of DartmouthCollege thanks to Sir William. TheMohawk protégé became a trustedinterpreter and Johnson’s secretary. Joseph Brant filled the same role forGuy Johnson, Sir William’s nephew andsuccessor as superintendent of Indianaffairs. They traveled to England togetherfor negotiations to help cement British-Iroquois relations and the proud Mohawkwas introduced to King George III. TOY SOLDIER & MODEL FIGURE 61
history & military miniaturesMohawk Valley Colonial militiamen are traitor Gen. Benedict Arnold, who hadportrayed by the Britains set of George Rogers been his father’s prewar friend, managedClark’s Virginians. The personality figure of to get Walter’s sentence reduced totheir leader was sold singly. imprisonment. He spent months in an Albany jail before escaping to Canada.after Sir William. While St. Leger was still besieging the The son of a British officer and a fort, the rebels mounted an approximately By December 1777, the first company 800-man relief expedition led by Gen. of Butler’s Rangers had been mustered.veteran of the French and Indian War Nicholas Herkimer. Molly Brant, who Uniforms consisted of green coats, Rangerhimself, Butler was a lieutenant colonel had moved back to her home village of caps and dark-colored accouterments forin the colonial militia and deputy Canajoharie in the valley, sent warning of concealment in the forests. Many Rangerssuperintendent in the Indian Department. Herkimer’s approach to Tory and Indian customized their outfits with Indian forces led by Sir John Johnson and his leggings and moccasins. His eldest son, Walter N. Butler, was Royal Greens, John Butler and Josephborn in 1752 and was practicing law in Brant’s Indians. Working closely with their nativeAlbany when the Revolution began. He allies and using guerrilla warfare tactics,enlisted in the King’s 8th Regiment as an They laid an ambush in a ravine and Butler’s Rangers staged devastatinglyensign to fight the rebels. decimated the Patriots. Reportedly only deadly raids against frontier outposts about 150 out of the 800 rebels who in New York and Pennsylvania. In June Col. Guy Johnson moved the marched into the ambush weren’t killed or 1778 alone, the raiders killed about 300headquarters of the Indian Department badly wounded. Pitting neighbor against people, razed eight forts and destroyedto Montreal in June 1775. Accompanied neighbor, the desperate hand-to-hand 1,000 homes in Pennsylvania’s Wyomingby his son, John Butler followed Johnson combat that became known as the blood- Valley.to Montreal, then was posted to Fort drenched Battle of Oriskany was WalterNiagara with orders to try to maintain the N. Butler’s first major action. Some of Butler’s Rangers traveled asneutrality of the Six Nations. far west as Michigan and as far south as Despite the overall failure of the St. Kentucky. They carved out a reputation as In August 1777, John Butler gathered Leger expedition, John Butler’s success one of the British side’s most active anda large number of Indians at Oswego in working with Indians was recognized successful Provincial Corps of the ARW.to support Lt. Col. Barry St. Leger’s by Sir Guy Carleton, governor andarmy. This force was assigned to sweep commander in chief at Quebec in Canada. CHERRY VALLEY MASSACREeastward down the Mohawk Valley to On Sept. 15, 1777, Butler was authorized Returning to his home region, Capt.link up with Lt. Gen. John Burgoyne’s to raise eight companies of troops. They Walter N. Butler led a Loyalist army upsouthbound army at Albany, converging became known as Butler’s Rangers and the Susquehanna Valley to attack Fortwith northbound troops from New York were based at Fort Niagara. Alden. It was really little more than aCity that never materialized. wooden palisade thrown up around the Going behind enemy lines to recruit village meeting house in Cherry Valley, But St. Leger couldn’t capture Fort Loyalists, Walter N. Butler was captured N.Y., a frontier town situated about 60Stanwix, where the Stars and Stripes flew and sentenced to death for spying. miles west of Albany.in battle for the first time, and ultimately Ironically, the hero of Saratoga and futureBurgoyne surrendered at Saratoga in His force included 250 Butler’s Rangers,October. some 50 British soldiers, 300 Seneca warriors led by Chief Sayenqueraghta andThe Morgan’s Riflemen made by Britains play the role of the Tryon County Militia. Joseph Brant with 20 or so Mohawks. Marching through newly fallen snow, Butler’s force fell on Cherry Valley on Nov. 11, 1778. Leaving the civilians to fend for themselves, barely alerted rebel soldiers closed the fort’s gates just before Butler’s men arrived. ”The garrison all the while coop’d within their breastworks remained spectators of our depredations,” Butler wrote in a report to his father/commander. Indians became incensed when they discovered American soldiers who had surrendered in the past and given their parole. The Senecas went on a tomahawk- chopping rampage. They killed 16 soldiers caught outside the fort and 30 or more noncombatants -- mostly women and children. Brant, who knew most of these people, tried to halt the killing. The Senecas wouldn’t listen. Brant tried to protect citizens by capturing as many as possible and claiming them as his personal prisoners. Blame for the massacre fell upon Butler. He couldn’t take the fort, but his men62 TOY SOLDIER & MODEL FIGURE
history & military miniaturesplundered and burned the town. Historic Johnson Hall in Rowley had not reached his position They departed the next day with 70 Johnstown, N.Y. when the battle actually began, so at that moment Willett was outnumberedprisoners. However, Butler let most of BATTLE OF JOHNSTOWN four-to-one in the face of a skilled andthem go within a couple of days, taking Willett concentrated his troops at Fort determined foe. Forced to retreat afterjust a few back to Fort Niagara. He hoped Rensselaer (modern-day Fort Plain). fierce fighting, Willett’s force tookto exchange the American prisoners for Scouting parties were kept constantly on the flight toward Fort Johnstown and foundhis own mother and younger siblings kept move between the five forts in the valley. sanctuary in a church.captive by rebels. Operating southeast of Fort Rensselaer, Suddenly the British were attacked from Events like the Wyoming Valley raid one of these scouting parties discovered the west by the troops led by Rowley, whoand the Cherry Valley Massacre led directly a force of 607 Tories and British regulars was shot through the leg and carried fromto American Gen. George Washington commanded by Maj. John Ross and Capt. the field. The British turned their captureddispatching the overwhelming Clinton- Walter N. Butler on the morning of Oct. American cannon against Rowley’s men.Sullivan expedition in 1779. Burning 24, 1781. The tide turned when Willett was able toIroquois crops and villages, the American rally his men and return to the battlefield.offensive cut a swath through upstate New This force, which had left OswegoYork that shattered Indian power. on Oct. 11, included 25 men of the Pressured from two directions with 8th Regiment, 100 troops from the darkness coming on, the British broke and Walter N. Butler tried to mount a stand 34th Regiment, 30 men from the 84th fled into the woods.at Newtown, but was forced to retreat. Regiment, 120 men from the King’s Royal Regiment of New York, 150 Butler’s Casualty figures vary, but reportedlyBURNING VALLEY Rangers, 40 men from Capt. Leake’s about 40 British troops were killed andRaiding and atrocities continued on both Corps, 12 Chasseurs and 130 Indians. 50 taken prisoner. The Americans are saidsides. to have lost 40 men. They were supposed to link up with In May 1780, Sir John led an army of a contingent of Indians sent from Fort News traveled slowly in those days. Themore than 500 whites and Indians that Niagara by Sir John Johnson. After the combatants had no way of knowing theyravaged the Mohawk Valley and invaded expected reinforcements did not make the had fought the Battle of Johnstown nearlyJohnstown. His goals were to recover rendezvous, Maj. Ross led his command a week after the official British surrenderpapers and valuables buried at Johnson along the south side of the Mohawk River. at Yorktown.Hall when he fled four years earlier, to They forded the Schoharie Creek, thencollect sympathizers wishing to return crossed the river. Georgeto Canada with him, and to assassinate Rogersofficers who led the revolt. Ravaging the countryside, the Clark figure marauders advanced on Johnstown. by Britains. By the spring of 1781, conditions in Skirting the jail/fort garrisoned by a smallthe Mohawk Valley were horrendous.The Patriot detachment led by Capt. Johnpopulation had been reduced to one-third of Littel, they headed toward Johnson Hall.its prewar size and the miserable survivorswere crowded into forts.Their homes had Accounts vary of the fluctuating battlebeen torched and their crops destroyed. that ensued. Both sides claimed victory. The Tryon County Militia mustered As a former Johnstown resident, I opt2,500 men at the beginning of the to abide by local historians who creditRevolution. By 1781, it had been reduced the Americans with the victory. After all,to 800. Besides militiamen who were they held the field when the day was done,killed or captured, one-third of the force though the British raiders had no reasonhad deserted to Canada and the rest were to stay and hold their ground at that point.posted elsewhere. Willett pursued the raiders with 416 Local historians estimate 700 buildings militiamen and one 3-pound brass cannon.had been burned in Tryon County, more They overtook the British near Johnsonthan 600 Loyalists had fled to Canada, Hall on Oct. 25.nearly 200 people had been killed andanother 100 had been carted off to Canada Despite being outnumbered nearly two-as prisoners. to-one, Willett divided his force by sending Maj. Aaron Rowley with 200 men to circle The few American troops left in the behind the enemy troops and attack theirforts weren’t much use. They were half- rear. The Patriots’ lone cannon was placed tostarved and clothed in rags. In some posts bang away at the British left wing.not even one pair of shoes could be found. Two events changed the complexion ofthe situation. In early May, the upper Mohawk Riverflooded and seriously damaged Fort Stanwix.What remained of it burned a couple of dayslater and its troops were evacuated to FortDayton and Fort Herkimer. The other milestone was theappointment of Col. Marinus Willett, oneof Washington’s most trusted and efficientofficers, to command all troops in theMohawk Valley region. Sagging moralesoared. TOY SOLDIER & MODEL FIGURE 63
history & military miniaturesDEATH OF BUTLER Today a brick ranch house commands the British built her a home at CataraquiShaking off pursuers, Ross’ command made the site of the Battle of Johnstown near (present-day Kingston, Ont.) in Canada.it back to Oswego on Nov. 6. However, Johnson Hall. She died in 1796.Butler was killed in a rear-guard action whilefording West Canada Creek on Oct. 30. and writhing in great agony. The Indian Johnson Hall was sold as confiscated Tory advanced and while Butler looked him full property. Its first postwar occupants were Though the Loyalists were lionized in in the face, shot him again through the eye brothers Sampson and Jacob Sammons.Canada and Britain, they were reviled in and immediately took his scalp.”their home region. Walter N. Butler was Ironically, at least according to legend,despised as the architect of the Cherry ”So perished Walter N. Butler, one of Tory Sheriff Alexander White had firedValley Massacre and the bane of the the greatest scourges, as he was one of the the first shot of the ARW west of theMohawk Valley. most fearless men of his native country. Hudson River when he took aim at No other event of the whole war created Sampson out a tavern window and missed. In 1901, James Younglove of Johnstown so much joy in the Mohawk Valley as the And, as noted previously, Jacob had led thewrote a riveting account of the ”bold and news of his decease.” rout of Sir John Johnson’s Friends of theenterprising but cruel” Butler’s death: King in the opening days of the war. In his 1989 book, ”Fulton County: ”He was brought down by the rifle A Pictorial History,” longtime Fulton Not only did the Sammons brothersof an Oneida Indian, who, happening to County Historian Lewis G. Decker wrote: survive the war, they lived things up atrecognize him as he was looking at the their new mansion, entertaining thebattle from behind a tree, took deliberate ”When word reached Johnstown of the Marquis de Lafayette among others.aim and shot him through his hat and the death of this young Loyalist, word wasupper part of his head. received at the same time of the defeat of TOY figures the British Army at Yorktown. Bonfires W. Britain evoked the Mohawk Valley ”Butler fell and his troops fled in the were lit and people rejoiced in the village, conflict with three-piece sets of Butler’sutmost confusion. The warrior who made more over the death of Walter Butler than Tory Rangers and Iroquois Indiansthe successful shot sprang first across the the defeat of the whole British Army.” introduced in its 2004 catalog.creek in the general confusion and runningdirectly up to Butler discovered that he AFTERMATH Action-packed sculpting and finewas not dead but sorely wounded. After the war, John Butler was reunited finishing breathe life into these 54-mm with his wife and surviving children. figures from the manufacturer’s ARW range. ”He was in a sitting posture near the tree He returned to farming in the Niagara The Iroquois figures are particularly splendid. Peninsula and became known as one of theStatue of founding fathers of Upper Canada. To help illustrate this article, the three-Sir William piece Britains set of Morgan’s RiflemenJohnson near Butler’s Rangers were disbanded fills in for the Tryon County Militia. TheseJohnson Hall. in 1784. Many of the men settled in figures are complemented by two other Canada. The Canadian Army’s Lincoln 2004 releases: George Rogers Clark’s and Welland Regiment is the military Virginians and a personality figure of Clark. descendant of the Loyalist unit. Of course none of them were actually Sir John Johnson received £45,000 present at the Battle of Johnstown, but the from the British government for his losses figures look appropriate for such frontier during the war. He was active in relief fighting. programs for the 7,000 Loyalist refugees who fled to Canada. In addition, he held With figures like these, a collector can the title of superintendent-general of stage a miniature version of the Battle Indian affairs for British North America of Johnstown -- a costly coda to a war from 1791 until his death in 1830. already won and lost that marked the end of neighborly death and destruction in the The British defeat and the Treaty of Paris Mohawk Valley. n in 1783 led to cessation of all Six Nations territory to the fledgling United States. No known contemporary Joseph Brant, who has been blamed in illustration of Molly some quarters for dividing the Iroquois and Brant exists. Artist destroying the confederacy, worked to find a Sara Tyson created new homeland for his people in Canada. He this illustration spent the rest of his days raising his seven for a Canadian children and translating the Bible into the postage stamp Mohawk language. He died in 1807. issued in 1986. The indomitable Molly Brant was acknowledgements granted an annual pension of £100 and A tribute is in order the yeoman labors of Johnstown, N.Y., area historians Lewis G. Decker, James F. Morrison, Noel Levee and James Younglove among others, whose extensive research work provided resources for this article. Thanks are also owed to the staff of Johnson Hall State Historic Site in Johnstown, N.Y.64 TOY SOLDIER & MODEL FIGURE
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RBEoVoIEkWS n Reviews of READ ALL ABOUT IT... books about the ancient world for history buffs as well as toy soldier and model figure enthusiasts.HILL OF SQUANDERED VALOUR: THE BATTLE FOR SPION KOP, 1900Author: Ron Lock Having lost the high Gandhi and war correspondentPublished by: Casemate Publishers ground, Boer Gen. Schalk Winston Churchill, one of the sourcesISBN: 978-1-61200-007-7 Willem Burger withdrew of the firsthand details in this 288-page,Price: £20 U.K./$32.95 U.S. his commando as darkness hardcover book. Six maps as well asReviewed by: Stuart A. Hessney fell. The battle was as good some previously unpublished illustrations as won for the British, enhance the vivid text. but Thorneycroft didn’tLadysmith lies along the banks of the know it. After 16 hours of This book would be a boon to anyoneKlip River in the Uthukela District of nerve-shattering combat seeking a better understanding of theKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The town without instructions from Boer War’s intricacies, follies, ironies andbecame famous during the Second Anglo- higher-ups, no water pathos. nBoer War when British forces under Lt. and his depleted soldiersGen. Sir George White became besieged running low on ammo inthere from Nov. 2, 1899, to Feb. 28, 1900. a seemingly indefensible position, he ordered a Gen. Sir Redvers Buller launched three retreat.attempts to break the Boers’ 118-day siege.They resulted in British defeats in the The following morningBattles of Colenso, Spion Kop and Vaal the Boers were shockedKrantz. Author Ron Lock focuses on the to discover that the onlycampaign’s bloodiest episode in “Hill of British troops left onSquandered Valour: The Battle for Spion Spion Kop were casualties.Kop, 1900.” The British suffered 243 killed and 1,250 wounded Located just northeast of Ladysmith, or captured in the clash.1,400-foot Spion Kop is the highest hill The Boers’ 335 casualtiesin the vicinity. In 1900, it stood practically included 68 dead, andat the center of the Boer siege line. British they were left too weak toMaj. Gen. Edward Woodgate was tasked follow up their astonishingwith taking Spion Kop the night of Jan. success. Ultimately Buller23. If he succeeded, artillery placed on was able to rally histhe hill could command the flanks of troops and Ladysmith wassurrounding Boer positions. relieved four weeks later. Lt. Col. Alexander Thorneycroft was Lock lives in KwaZulu-selected to spearhead the assault by a large Natal, serves as a battlefield guide andBritish force. Two days of vicious fighting previously wrote several books about theensued as the Boers doggedly refused to Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. In “Hill ofrelinquish the position. Squandered Valour,” the author delivers an absorbing account of this somewhat Unfortunately for the British, in the overlooked battle that was a harbinger ofdarkness enveloping their initial attack desperate fighting still to come in the war.they mistakenly entrenched at the centerof Spion Kop instead of at the crest. Players on the stage include BritishConsequently Boer artillery and snipers officers such as Robert Baden-Powell,were able to exact a heavy toll on pinned Indian stretcher-bearer Mahatmadown British troops unable to dig inadequately. Write A Book Review! The bitter battle was a blend of bravery, Do you have a non-fiction book of interest that you’d like to review inhorror and confusion. Morale on both TS&MF? Then please get in touch with Editor Stuart A. Hessneysides was sapped by thirst and exhaustion about requirements via e-mail at [email protected] by extreme heat. The King’sRoyal Rifle Corps finally pierced the thinBoer line and captured Spion Kop’s doublesummit known as the Twin Peaks around5 p.m. Jan. 24.66 TOY SOLDIER & MODEL FIGURE
THE NOBLE ART OF THE SWORDAuthor: Tobias Capwell of swordplay in civilian life. Those who cannot adequately describe the skillPublished by: Paul Holberton Publishing engaged in public sword fighting were and artistry employed by the jewelers,ISBN: 978-0-90078-543-6 disparaged as ruffians and troublemakers. damasceners, enamelers, gilders andPrice: £40 U.K./$60 U.S. burnishers who produced the splendidReviewed by: Sally J. Needle This changed during the Renaissance swords shown in the pages of this book. when men who belonged to the fashionable I recommend “The Noble Art of the“The Noble Art of the Sword: Fashion elite began wearing swords at all times Sword” for this reason alone.and Fencing in Renaissance Europe in their everyday lives. Concurrently, the1520-1630” is a catalog produced to thrust-based method of sword fighting In addition, there are lots of otheraccompany an international exhibition replaced the cut-and-thrust method favored illustrations showing portrait paintings,at The Wallace Collection in London by medieval swordsmen. This led in turn to costumes, armor and pen-and-ink drawingsfrom May 17 to Sept. 16, 2012. the development and super refinement of from early fencing manuals. Furthermore, the rapier, a long, narrow-bladed weapon there are informative essays that expound The museum’s exhibition presents an “designed to cause maximum injury to the on swordplay, fencing masters and schools,array of swords from the great European unarmored opponent.” armories, Italian swordsmiths, andcollections, on display in Britain for the Renaissance workshops. nfirst time. Additionally, the exhibition The author describes the rise of afeatures fencing manuals, artwork and dueling culture during this period, whenaccoutrements, such as scabbards, belts, a duel or street fight could take place atsashes, shields, gauntlets and daggers. any time over the least provocation. Writer Tobias Capwell traces the “It is not very surprising that the rapierevolution of the sword from a utilitarian was often seen as being designed purelyweapon wielded by medieval combatants for cold-blooded murder in peacetime,”on the battlefield to a deadly fashion Capwell writes. accessory worn with civilian dressby noblemen and upwardly mobile This 264-page, paperback book hasmembers of the middle class during the 150 illustrations. They include full-page,Renaissance. glossy photographs that showcase the exquisite beauty of swords on display at Wearing swords with everyday attire The Wallace Collection.was frowned upon in medieval times,and lawmakers prohibited the practice The photos serve to exalt the craftsmanship of the smiths who forged these blades and their ornate hilts. WordsYANGTZE RIVER GUNBOATS 1900-49Author: Angus Konstam This was a chaotic, lawless and violent Famous incidents covered include theIllustrator: Tony Bryan period when ruthless Chinese warlords Japanese bombing of the neutral USSPublished by: Osprey Publishing, waged small wars to expand their sway. Panay in 1937 and the HMS Amethyst’sNew Vanguard 181 Foreign powers’ gunboats patrolled rivers hair-raising escape from CommunistISBN: 978-1-84908-408-6 in search of pirates, safeguarded their forces in 1947, bringing an end to thePrice: £9.99 U.K./$17.95 U.S. countries’ interests, and afforded protection gunboat era.Reviewed by: Stuart A. Hessney for missionaries and traders. This 48-page paperback would be an Old black and white photos are com- invaluable resource for anyone interestedGunboats seem to be a trendy thing in the bined with fine color illustrations by Tony in exploring miniature gunboats’ intriguingtoy soldier and model figure hobby. Bryan and the author’s text to cover gun- historical context. n boats of all the major nations that stationed Fairly recent examples that have surfaced naval forces in China, including Britain,in TS&MF have included models built by France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Portugal andreaders. Various makers such as W. Britain, the United States. Variations in the designsThe British Toy Soldier Co. and Little and firepower of vessels essentially intendedLegion Toy Soldiers have produced British to do the same job are an eye opener. steamers of the 19th-century Nile Wars. Just one of the fascinating examples One of the most memorable examples is the HMS Cicala, which is shown in awas a circa 1920s gunboat from the U.S. two-page, cutaway illustration as the vesselNavy’s Yangtze Patrol inspired by “The crewed by 55 officers and men would haveSand Pebbles,” a 1966 moving starring looked in 1927. Named for a bug, it wasSteve McQueen. Chris Munro specially part of the Royal Navy’s Insect Class of acrafted the model for King & Country dozen or so gunboats originally designedLtd. to launch a new series of naval figures. to outfight their Austrian-HungarianIt made a big splash at the 2008 OTSN counterparts along the Danube River. Inc. Chicago Toy Soldier Show. Instead they spent World War I and its Now hobbyists can mine more inspi- immediate aftermath in Mesopotamia andration from “Yangtze River Gunboats,” Northern Russia until being sent to theauthored by Angus Konstam. He outlines Far East to patrol the Yangzte. Japanesehow most Western powers maintained dive bombers sank the Cicala Dec. 21,a naval presence in China from the late 1941, while it was trying to defend Hong1800s until the first half of the 20th Kong during World War II.century. TOY SOLDIER & MODEL FIGURE 67
ARMIES OF THE NAPOLEONIC WARS: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORYEditor: Chris McNab coalitions as warfare was waged on anPublished by: Osprey Publishing unprecedented scale across Europe andISBN: 978-1-84908-648-6 elsewhere. Price: £16.99 U.K./$24.95 U.S.Reviewed by: Stuart A. Hessney This 432-page book provides a comprehensive and gorgeously illustrated guide to all the minor and major“Armies of the Napoleonic Wars: An combatants of the Napoleonic Wars.Illustrated History” is a new paperback Besides France, the spotlight shines theedition of a book first published in 2009. brightest on the armed forces of Austria, Britain, Portugal, Prussia, Russia and Spain. The text and colorful illustrations weredrawn from a large number of Osprey How each country’s army wasPublishing books covering the Napoleonic organized and changes in their artillery,Wars. cavalry and infantry branches are detailed. Superb artwork illustrates weapons, The nearly two decades of grievous kit and uniforms, including somefighting ranged from the searing sands spectacularly flamboyant forms of dress. of the Egyptian desert to the frozenlandscape of Russia, the towns and This compilation is a bargain and anwilderness of the Iberian Peninsula, and invaluable bonanza for anyone interestedthe climactic clash at Waterloo. French in military history, wargaming, or findingEmperor Napoleon I commanded his inspiration for toy soldier and model figureGrand Armée and allies against various projects. nCARTHAGINIAN WARRIOR 264-146 BCAuthor: Nic Fields Warrior 264-146 B.C.,” between Numidia and Carthage. In reality,Illustrator: Steve Noon penned by Nic Fields, Carthage was a shadow of its formerPublished by: Osprey Publishing, sheds light on Rome’s self in the wake of two wars with RomeWarrior 150 worthy foes. Wonderful and it was being unfairly harassed by itsISBN: 978-1-84603-958-4 illustrations by Steve Numidian neighbors at the time.Price: £11.99 U.K./$18.95 U.S. Noon breathe life into Nevertheless Cato made sure theReviewed by: Stuart A. Hessney Carthage’s heterogeneous commission was prejudiced in favor of mixture of soldiers. Numidia. This inevitably led to the Third Punic War and the complete destructionAncient Roman statesman Cato the At first, the core of of Carthage and its Semitic civilization inElder became legendary for his hatred Carthage’s army was 146 B.C.nof Carthage during his own lifetime citizens reinforced by(234-149 B.C.). levies from tributary allies and foreign mercenaries. According to one tale, he dropped Later ruthless professionala fig from Libya on the floor of the soldiers who onlySenate building on purpose. After an remained loyal as long asunsuspecting colleague noticed the fruit they were paid became theand picked it up, he began to admire its backbone of the Phoenicansize along with other senators. Cato took city-state’s military.the opportunity to remind them that thefig came from a land in North Africa The author examinesonly three days away by sea. the diverse mixture of races within the Ironically, Cato’s greatest enemy was Carthaginian army.Scipio Africanus, the Roman general Its ranks encompassedwho defeated Hannibal’s Carthaginian everyone from citizenarmy in the Battle of Zama in 202 B.C., conscripts to Balearicdecisively ending the Second Punic slingers, Iberian infantryWar. That triumph wasn’t enough to and Numidian cavalry.satisfy Cato though. He still urged the Their clothing, equipmenttotal annihilation of Rome’s resourceful and weaponry are exploredrival for domination of the western in this 64-page paperback. Fields coversMediterranean by incorporating the words their appearance, recruitment, what they“delenda Carthago!” (“Carthage must be ate, the equipment they carried, and thedestroyed!”) into every speech he made battlefield tactics used to inflict a numberin the Senate, no matter what the subject of defeats on Rome.of a debate was. However, it was Cato the Elder who Naval power was the foundation of would have the final word, even if heCarthage’s wealth and influence. But its died before his hatred bore fatal fruit. Inarmies took a heavy toll on Rome and 150 B.C., he led a Roman commission ofItaly, especially under Hannibal’s brilliant inquiry delegated to adjudicate a disputeleadership. The book “Carthaginian68 TOY SOLDIER & MODEL FIGURE
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EPXREIRZCEISE n Kings X, K&C TS&MF MONTHLY COMPETITION and TS&MF team up to offer readers a chance to win a Civil War commander from TexasWIN CONFEDERATE LT. GEN. JOHN BELL HOODThis month TS&MF readers have a George H. Thomas. James B. McPherson Run, Antietam and Gettysburg.chance to win a newly issued American and John M. Schofield were amongst Hood was one of the South’s bestCivil War figure portraying Confederate his classmates. All three of these menLt. Gen. John Bell Hood, commander of became Union Army generals who brigade and division officers. However,the fabled Texas Brigade. opposed Hood in battle. In addition, the as the general was tasked with bigger Academy’s superintendent from 1852 to and more independent commands, his This matt-finished, 1:30-scale 1855 was Brevet Col. Robert E. Lee, who effectiveness was reduced. His forces werepersonality figure was produced by King & became Hood’s commander during the dealt decisive defeats in the Atlanta andCountry Ltd. exclusively for its own Kings ACW. Franklin-Nashville Campaigns.X Toy Soldiers shop located in the historicMenger Hotel in San Antonio, Texas, Hood was graduated in 1853, Postwar Hood became a cotton brokerUSA. Kings X Development Manager ranking 44th in a class of 52. He was and served as president of an insuranceMartin Vasquez has very generously made commissioned as a brevet second company in Louisiana. A yellow fevertwo examples of this figure available to be lieutenant in the 4th U.S. Infantry and epidemic in New Orleans ruined hisgiven away to TS&MF readers. posted to California. Subsequently Hood business and claimed Hood’s life. Sadly transferred to the 2nd U.S. Cavalry in he succumbed at age 48 Aug. 30, 1879, Hood was born in Owingsville, Ky., Texas, where he served under Lee and just a few days after his wife and oldestin 1831. One of his cousins was future Col. Albert Sidney Johnston trying to child had also died. Left behind were 10Confederate Gen. G.W. Smith. Hood protect settlers from attacks by Apache destitute orphans, including three setswas also the nephew of a congressman, and Comanche Indians. One of the of twins. The children were adopted byRichard French, who arranged for his several wounds Hood suffered during families in five states.enrollment in the U.S. Military Academy his years of military service came from aat West Point. Comanche arrow shot through his left This handsome Hood figure on foot hand while he was leading a patrol from retails for $42 from Kings X. However, He received instruction in artillery from Fort Mason in 1857. two TS&MF readers can win samples of it simply by doing a little researchabove: The figure depicting the Texas Hood gained promotion to first and sending in the correct answer to theBrigade’s Gen. Hood is available exclusively lieutenant in 1858. Two years later he was following question:from Kings X. Scenery is not included. appointed as West Point’s chief instructor of cavalry, but he declined the position because he wanted to stay with his field What was the nickname Hood became regiment and keep his options open as known by to his friends at West Point secessionist war clouds gathered over and later in the U.S. Army?: America. Hood resigned from the U.S. Army A) Stonewall right after the Battle of Fort Sumter in April 1861. Since his native state of B) Slow Come Kentucky was neutral, he decided to serve his adopted state of Texas. He joined the C) Sam Confederate States Army as a cavalry captain, then rapidly rose through the D) Stew ranks. He took command of the Army of the Potomac unit that became known get in touch as Hood’s Texas Brigade Feb. 20, 1862, and soon after was promoted to brigadier Kings x toy soldiers general. 206 Alamo Plaza San Antonio tx 78205 Hood carved out a reputation for Web: www.kingsx.com valor and aggressiveness that bordered on E-mail: [email protected] recklessness as the Texas Brigade became Phone: 210-226-7000 regarded as one of the Confederacy’s elite units. Name an ACW battle or campaign and he was probably in the thick of it, including the Peninsula, Second Bull70 TOY SOLDIER & MODEL FIGURE
PREVIOUS WINNER ANNOUNCEDCongratulations to the very lucky winner of The 1:30-scale “Roman Catapult” set metal. Its spoon can move forward andTS&MF issue 169’s Prize Exercise featuring (ref. CS00632) is a recent addition to its cinching arm works. However, thean ancient Roman catapult set produced by the TCS “Rome A.D. 43” range of lively model doesn’t actually fire. Of course,The Collectors Showcase (TCS). figures of Roman legionnaires and Celtic that’s probably a good thing for collectors’ warriors. The war engine is manned by precious military miniatures. Valued at $139 U.S., the prize was matt-finished figures of a commander, awon by American reader Mike Kutnick of soldier posed adjusting the tension and a The prize was being generouslyMcHenry, Ill. He correctly answered that Roman loading a stone projectile. provided by TCS President Brian Levy,the Greeks were the ancient civilization who is drawing inspiration for his ancientcredited with inventing catapults. The catapult is made of polystone and series from Roman Emperor Claudius’ invasion of Britain in A.D. 43. Kudos to the issue 169 Prize Exercise winner, and many thanks to all of the other readers who entered. Please keep on trying because you’ve got to be in it to win it!NEXT TIME WIN LEFT: The TCS Roman catapult setNext month in TS&MF issue 174 readers will have comes with a crew ofa chance to win World War II German armored three. Scenery is notfighting vehicles from Thomas Gunn Miniatures, included.including this halftrack set. PRPERVIIZEEWHOW TO WIN!All entries must be submitted in writing with your complete contact details, including an e-mail address if available.Entries can be sent via fax to 01903 885514 or mail to Issue 173 Prize Exercise, TS&MF, Ashdown Ltd., Unit 5E,Park Farm, Chichester Road, Arundel, West Sussex, England, U.K. BN18 9EY. Entries can also be sent via fax to(507) 634-7691 or mail to Issue 173 Prize Exercise, TS&MF, Ashdown Inc., 68132 250th Ave., Kasson, MN, USA 55944.All entries must be received by Oct. 31, 2012. TOY SOLDIER & MODEL FIGURE 71
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shows and clubs Event organizers are invited to submit information for inclusion in the Toy Soldier Calendar.Toy Soldier CalendarSeptember to November 2012SEPTEMBER Williamsburg, Va., USA. Sponsored by W. Britain, British Model Soldier Society (National), Napier Hall, Casemate Publishing, Osprey Publishing, The Toymaker of Hide Place, Vincent Square, London, SW1. Usually meetsSat., Sept. 1 (please note this is a date change -- Williamsburg and the Virginia War Museum. Show 10 a.m. from 5 to 7 p.m. on the third Friday of every month.was originally Sept 8), British Model Soldier to 5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. Admission Upcoming meeting themes and dates: Indian ArmySociety Inter-Branch Competitions, Masonic Lodge, good for entry both days costs $5 for adults; free for Competition Sept. 21, Auction Oct. 19, and ConversionsKnowle, Solihull, Warwickshire, England, U.K. children 16 and under and active-duty military personnel and Militaria Nov. 16. Information: Arthur Smith, tel:Contact: Michael Creese, tel: 01728 602746; with ID. Contact: Larry Weindorf, tel: (703) 639-7316, 02088 560064; or Michael Creese, tel: 01728 602746;Website: www.model.soldiers.btinternet.co.uk. Website: www.militaryhistoryweekend.com or e-mail: Website: www.model.soldiers.btinternet.co.uk. [email protected]. To make reservations for a specialSat., Sept. 8, Ontario Model Soldier Society’s 50th W. Britain dinner event Saturday, contact the manufacturer British Model Soldier Society (Bristol Area Branch),Anniversary On Parade, Old Fort York, 100 Garrison directly at (888) 771-5576. British Aerospace Welfare Association Club, 589Road, Toronto, Ont., Canada. 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Southmead Road, Filton, Bristol, England. Meets atannual event will have a War of 1812 theme to mark the Sun., Oct. 14, North East Toy Soldier Society’s 48th 7:30 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month.200th anniversary of the conflict and its importance in Biannual Toy Soldier Show, Holiday Inn Select, 15 Information: Peter Sturgeon, tel: 0117 9732067.Canada’s history. The show will also feature vendors, Middlesex Canal Park, Woburn, Mass., USA. 9 a.m. todisplays and an open competition. Admission to the hobby 3 p.m. Admission $6; children under 12 free. Contact: British Model Soldier Society (Ealing Branch),event is free with paid entry to the fort: $8 adult; $4 senior show Chairman Matthew R. Murphy of Hobby Bunker, Northfields Community Centre, 71a Northcroft Road,or youth. Contact: Chairman Norman White, tel: tel: (781) 321-8855, Website: www.hobbybunker.com/ Ealing, England. Meets on the second Friday every month.(416) 285-5600 or e-mail: [email protected]; events or e-mail: [email protected]. Information: Bruce Harron, tel: 07847 855 850.Website: www.omss.ca. Sat., Oct. 20, 23rd Annual International Figure Show and British Model Soldier Society (Essex Branch), TwoSat., Sept. 8, Norman Joplin’s Old Toy Soldier and Figure Fair, Medical Association Hesse Training Center, 5-7 Brewers, Springfield Road, Chelmsford, England. MeetsShow, Holiday Inn Bloomsbury, Coram Street, London. Carl-Oelemann-Way, Bad Nauheim, Germany. 10:30 a.m. at 8 p.m. on the second Wednesday of every month.Nearest Tube: Russell Square. 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Admission 7 euros. Contact: Helmut Lang or Information: Les Bickmore, tel: 01621 744234.Admission £3; early admission £15 starting at 6:30 a.m. Andreas Pietruschka at Figuren magazine, tel: +49 30 392Contact: Norman Joplin, tel: 001 (262) 692-3913 94 90, fax: 49 30 398 48 166, Website: www.figuren- British Model Soldier Society (Northants Branch),or e-mail: [email protected]; Adrian Little, tel: magazin.de or e-mail: [email protected]. Wellingborough Bowls Club, Hatton Park Road,011 1635 30535 or e-mail: [email protected]; Wellingborough, Northants, England. Meets at 7:30 p.m.Website: www.normanjoplin.com. Sat., Oct. 27, Bognor Regis Modelling & Wargaming on the first Tuesday of every month. Information: Society Annual Open Day, Community Hall, West Terry O’Neill, tel: 01933 681536.Sat., Sept. 8, 51st Annual Washington Show sponsored by Meads, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, England, U.K. 10 a.m.the National Capital Model Soldier Society, Richard J. Ernst to 4 p.m. Entry by donation in support of Help for British Model Soldier Society (Northern Branch) andCommunity Cultural Center Gymnasium, Northern Virginia Heroes. Features model figures, aircraft and tanks as well the Manchester Association of Military ModellingCommunity College, 8333 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, as dioramas, wargaming demonstrations, a competition, Societies meet jointly from 1 to 5 p.m. on the thirdVa. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission $7 adults, ages 13-17 $3 and and traders. Airfix is sponsoring a free model kit “Make & Saturday of every month at the Sale Moor Methodistchildren under 12 free. Contact: Chairman Steve Page, Take” event for all ages. Contact: Nick Sandford, e-mail: Church Hall, Northenden Road, Sale Moor, England.tel: (571) 203-0945; vendors contact: Jack Stresing, tel: [email protected]. Adults £1 (children free). Information: Tom Cunningham,(443) 223-6867 or e-mail: [email protected]; tel: 01614 992803.Website: www.ncmss.org. NOVEMBER Irish Model Soldier Society, Garda Club, HarringtonSun., Sept. 9, Dublin Toy and Train Fair, Clontarf Castle Sat., Nov. 3, The Toy Soldier Museum Open House and Street, Dublin 8, Ireland. Meets on the first ThursdayHotel, Castle Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3, Ireland. 10 a.m. Cellar Sale, 5459 Paradise Valley Road, Cresco, Pa., USA. of every month. Information: Tony Foley, tel:to 4 p.m. Contact: Terry McNally, tel: 00 353 1 2849199; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Contact: James H. Hillestad, tel: (570) 00 353 1 4932248.or Brian Kelly, tel: 00 353 1 2803008 or e-mail: 629-7227; Website: www.the-toy-soldier.com or e-mail:[email protected]; Website: [email protected]. Letchworth Scale Model Club, host of the British Modelwww.dublintoyandtrainfair.com. Soldier Society North Herts Branch. Meets on the third Sun., Nov. 4, 30th Annual East Coast Toy Soldier Show Wednesday of every month from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at theSat. and Sun., Sept. 22-23, 27th Annual Euro Militaire, & Sale, Rothman Center, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Four Emblems Club, 2 Station Road, Letchworth GardenLeas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent, England, U.K. Hours Hackensack, N.J., USA. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission $6; City, Hertfordshire, England, U.K. All welcome. Guests10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. children under 12 free. Sponsored by Vintage Castings. must pay a £1 club guest membership fee to comply withAdmission £10 one day or £14 two days for adults, £26.50 Contact: Bill Lango, tel: (973) 831-8900, fax: (973) the social club venue’s bylaws. Information: Rod Johnson,or £37 for a family, £6.50 or £9 for concessions and 831-8912, Website: www.vintagecastings.com or e-mail: club secretary and BMSS area representative, tel: 01438children. Contact: Dave Holden, tel: +44 (0) 1993 709545 [email protected]. 814225; Website: www.letchworthsmc.yolasite.com.or e-mail: [email protected]; Website:www.euromilitaire.co.uk. Sun., Nov. 4, 13th Annual Cantigny Classic Toy Soldier Manchester Toy Soldier Society. Meets on the last Show, Cantigny Park & Museum, Winfield Road, Saturday of every month between 1 and 4 p.m. at theSun., Sept. 23, 32nd Annual OTSN Inc. Chicago Toy Wheaton, Ill., USA. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The $5 per vehicle Sir Ralph Abercrombey, Bootle Street (off DeansgateSoldier Show, Hyatt Regency Woodfield, 1800 East Golf fee includes admission to the show, museum buildings, behind the model shop), Manchester, England, U.K.Road, Schaumburg, Ill., USA. 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. grounds and parking. Contact: Nick Albanese of Camp Information: Phil Jones, tel: 01612 889021.Admission $8; children under 12 free; early admission Randall Miniatures, tel: (920) 261-1323 or e-mail:$30 starting at 7 a.m. Contact: Don Pielin, tel: (630) [email protected]. Ontario Model Soldier Society. Usually meets on the497-1239 or e-mail: [email protected]; Steve Sommers, second Sunday of each month (except July and August) at(708) 383-6525; Website: toysoldiershow.com. Sun., Nov. 11, Dublin Toy & Train Fair, Clontarf Castle Branch 210 of the Royal Canadian Legion, 110 Jutland Hotel, Castle Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3, Ireland. 10 a.m. Road, Toronto, Ont., Canada. Doors open at noon andSat., Sept. 29, The New Yorker Toy Soldier & Military to 4 p.m. Contact: Terry McNally, tel: 00 353 1 2849199; the formal meeting begins at 1:30 p.m. Next meetingsMiniature Show & Sale, Adria Hotel & Conference or Brian Kelly, tel: 00 353 1 2803008; Website: www. Oct. 14 and Nov. 18. Information: Gary Lenius, tel:Center, 221-17 Northern Blvd. (off Cross Island Parkway), dublintoyandtrainfair.com or e-mail [email protected]. (416) 261-6494 or e-mail: [email protected];Bayside, Queens, New York City, USA. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Website: www.omss.ca.Admission $6; children under 12 free. Contact: Sat., Nov. 17, 32nd Annual Long Island Miniature ModelJohn Stengel of The Marx-Man, tel: (718) 418-9439, Show, Freeport Recreation Center, 130 E. Merrick Road, South Carolina Military Miniature Society. Meetings areWebsite: www.toysoldiershowpromo.com or Freeport, N.Y., USA. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission $10 for held at members’ homes in two U.S. cities: the seconde-mail: [email protected]. the general public, $15 for exhibitors and children under Thursday night of every month in Columbia and on Sunday 12 free. Sponsored by the Long Island Historical afternoons every six weeks in Charleston. For meetingOCTOBER Miniature Collectors Society. Contact: John Jefferies, details, contact: Society President Dennis Fontana, tel: tel: (516) 379-4464; Val Kraut, tel: (516) 799-8396; or (803) 419-6747 (Columbia); or Lance Leader, tel:Sun., Oct. 7, 4th Annual Fredericksburg Toy Soldier e-mail: [email protected]. (843) 795-8720 (Charleston). For membership and clubShow & Sale, Fredericksburg Expo & Conference Center, information, contact: Geoff Walker, tel: (803) 356-26742371 Carl D. Silver Parkway, Fredericksburg, Va., USA. Sun., Nov. 25, Bugle Call 2012, The Pavilion, North or e-mail: [email protected]. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission $6; children under 12 free. Parade Road, Bath, England. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. TheWill Hutchinson is scheduled to present a seminar. 39th annual show sponsored by the Bristol Area Branch Southern California Toy Soldier Collectors Society.Contact: John Stengel of The Marx-Man, tel: (718) of the British Model Soldier Society and The Basement’s Meets on the last Saturday of every other month at418-9439, Website: www.toysoldiershowpromo.com or South West Chapter will feature open competitions, club members’ homes. New members are welcome. Contact:e-mail: [email protected]. displays, modeling demonstrations, re-enactors and Mike Tarantino, tel: (909) 861-4252 or e-mail: vendors. Admission £3 for adults; £2 for children and [email protected]. to Sun., Oct. 12-14, 38th Annual Chicago Show seniors; £7 for families. Contact: Robert Lane, e-mail:organized by the Military Miniature Society of Illinois, [email protected]. Sydney Model Soldier Society. New members needed andChicago Marriott Schaumburg, 50 North Martingale welcome! Meets every second Wednesday in every secondRoad, Schaumburg, Ill., USA. Features exhibits, vendors, Society Meetings month at Earlwood-Bardwell Park Bowling Club. Send allan auction and seminars. Contact: Chairman Dave inquiries concerning membership and meetings to thePeschke, tel: (815) 678-6678, Website: Bognor Regis Modelling & Wargaming secretary: Tom Thorpe, 29 Chaleyer St., Willoughby 2068,www.mmsichicago.com or e-mail: [email protected]. Society, Community Hall, West Meads, Bognor Regis, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Tel: (612) 94172162. West Sussex, England, U.K. Usually meets from 7:30 toSat. and Sun., Oct. 13-14, Military History Weekend 10 p.m. every Monday. Contact: Nick Sandford, e-mail:Show & Sale, Holiday Inn Patriot, 3032 Richmond Road, [email protected] TOY SOLDIER & MODEL FIGURE
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