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| French marshall Maurice de Saxe at the Battle of Fontenoy with his Uhlans de Saxe escort Minden figures all sculpted by Richard Ansell. |
I was browsing through my photo library today and I came across this wonderful photo Maurice de Saxe at the Battle of Fontenoy in 1745. The marshall was suffering from gout on the morning of the battle and so he traveled around the battlefield in a wicker carriage. His Uhlans de Saxe bodyguard escorted him during the battle.
The uhlans and the Maurice de Saxe personality figure are available in the Minden Miniatures figure range. The wicker carriage was made by Westphalia Forge in a joint venture with Minden Miniatures back in 2016 or 2017, thereabouts. I only have about 8 to 10 sets of the carriage/Maurice/a pair of horses with uhlan riders. The uhlans with the lances are sold as a different pack of figures.
Fife and Drum webstore link to Maurice personality figure
I have a modest SYW or WAS army that I have been building over the years, but it has yet to fight a table top battle for me. Perhaps I should take care of that after the Historicon convention is over.
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| Minden Miniature Cuirassiers du Roi |
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| Minden French Fusiliers painted as the Royal DuPont regiment. These figures are in another collector's army and were painted by "Mischa" in Germany. |
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| Minden French Fusiliers painted by a customer in the UK |
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As I said the other day it's great to see the Minden Miniatures getting some time out again, not that the AWI projects are not amazing in their own right.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to seeing a SYW battle report as well. Great line of figures.
Love the Maurice de Saxe carriage set! Our son, when he was about three, dubbed him "General von Bauchschmerzen" (General Tummyache) as I painted the carriage and figure.
ReplyDeleteKind Regards,
Stokes