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Friday, 19 January 2018

FPW Staff

One of the issues with the S Range Franco Prussians is the fact that there is only one General figure per side and this doesn't help with the variety of command elements.

Before Christmas I bought a large bunch of Germans from the FPW range. Among them were some of the command figures from B&B Miniatures 20mm range. These are quite small on their scrubby horses but have their horse furniture cast on the figure, so if you put them on the larger S Range horses they match up well.

I then went and ordered some French staff to match. The Prussian picture above (top) includes S Range figures as well so you can see how well they go together.

The building is another pre-Christmas acquisition, a German HO railway building to serve as a divisional, corps or army headquarters.

2 comments:

Conrad Kinch said...: That building is a delight. I love the whole set up - just looks like a still from "The Prisoner of Zenda" or "Royal Flash".; 23 January 2018 at 00:14
Der Alte Fritz said...: Nice looking building.; 25 February 2018 at 14:56

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