tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18903535556847812112024-03-13T10:56:53.577-07:00Fife & Drum MiniaturesDer Alte Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441523163094805863noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890353555684781211.post-77217680469214203442016-07-08T10:42:00.000-07:002016-07-08T11:23:21.612-07:00AWI Hessians Are Available For Sale<br />
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The AWI Hessians are now in stock and they are ready for on-line sales today (Friday July 8, 2016) at the Fife & Drum web site and on-line store:<br />
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Here are the new product codes for the Hessian range. Command packs will include 4 figures for musketeer units comprised of an officer, standard bearer, NCO and Drummer. Grenadier command packs will consist of only three figures because Hessian grenadier battalions did not carry standards. The marching packs will include 8 figures. The firing line packs will have 8 figures including 4 of the second rank pose and 4 of the standing firing pose.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">HP-004 Musketeer Firing Line (8 figures: 4 each of firing and 2nd rank) - $16.00</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">HP-005 Grenadier Command, Marching (3 figures: officer in tricorn, NCO & Drum in mitres) - $6.00</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">HP-008 Grenadier Firing Line (8 figures, 4 each firing and 2nd rank) - $16.00</span></div>
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<br />Der Alte Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441523163094805863noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890353555684781211.post-26642887492706578282015-07-03T13:07:00.000-07:002015-07-03T13:07:03.585-07:00Fife & Drum July Fourth Sale Announcement<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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To kick off the Fourth of July 2015 weekend, Fife & Drum Miniatures is offering a new 1776 Deal for our North American customers. Any orders for American Revolution (AWI) figures received before July 15th, 2015 will receive FREE SHIPPING and a 10% DISCOUNT for the entire order.<br />
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There are two ways to order:<br />
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1) place an order via e-mail to: fife_drum_minis@yahoo.com and type the words "1776 Deal" on your email to receive the discount and free shipping.<br />
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2) place an order on the Fife & Drum website <a href="http://fifeanddrum-minis.com/index.html" target="_blank">Fife & Drum Miniatures Web Site</a> which creates an automatic Paypal order (however, I will have to refund your 10% discount via Paypal since our web shopping cart doesn't provide for discounts).<br />
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This offer is only good for customers in North America and applies only to the AWI figure and equipment range.<br />
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European customers can now order Fife & Drum figures directly from our UK-based distributor, Crann Tara Miniatures. This will save our Eurozone customers on customs duties and reduce the overall shipping charges. (NOTE: the 1776 Deal does not apply to orders placed with Crann Tara Miniatures).<br />
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Der Alte Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441523163094805863noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890353555684781211.post-8088479543114436162014-12-14T12:07:00.001-08:002014-12-14T12:07:08.801-08:00Battle of Kolin Game at SYWA Convention in 2005<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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While I continue to convalesce from surgery on my right wrist, I thought that I would post a few favorite pictures from the past with minimal commentary. This first sentence alone took me 5 minutes to<br />
type. These pix were taken at the SYW Association convention in March 2005. This was my first try at terrain boards. 6ft by 24ft table as I recall with one back table for the Kaiserstrasse and all RSM figures.<br />
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<br />Der Alte Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441523163094805863noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890353555684781211.post-12432376599254715562014-07-04T09:45:00.002-07:002014-07-04T09:45:32.032-07:00New Figures: 3rd Continental Dragoons<br />
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Fife & Drum Miniatures recently added the 3rd Continental Dragoons to its range, along with the previously released 1st Continental Dragoon, the British Legion (Tarleton's) dragoons, and the British 16th and 17th Light Dragoons. </div>
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The group of four figures are done in "charging" poses and are shown on some of the new horses that Richard Ansell made exclusively for our AWI range of figures. They can match up against our British Legion and British 17th Light Dragoons in either the Pennsylvania - New Jersey theatre of operations or with General Greene's command in the South.</div>
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<b><i>Regimental History <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">(paraphrased from Troiani)</span></i></b></div>
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The 3rd Continental Dragoons were raised on January 9, 1777 (so they will fit right in with the 1777 Philadelphia Campaign) by Colonel George Baylor. While recruits and horses were readily available in his native state of Virginia, the shortage of horse equipment and weapons limited his recruiting to only one troop. The troop was attached to General Washington's headquarters guard and became known as Washington's Bodyguard or Lady Washington's Horse. The troop served in this capacity until 1778.</div>
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The regiment was virtually wiped out when it was surprised in an attack on its billets in Tappan, New Jersey on September 19, 1778 by British light troops. Half of the 104 men on hand escaped and attempts to re-raise the regiment were unsuccessful as it never exceeded a squadron in strength after Tappan.</div>
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A squadron of the regiment served in the Southern Theatre of Operations, under the command of Lt. Colonel William Washington. They were amalgamated with elements of the 1st Continental Dragoons (also available from Fife & Drum Miniatures). The combined regiment fought at the battles of Cowpens, Guilford Courthouse and Eutaw Springs.</div>
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The new product codes for the 3rd Continental Dragoons are as follows (sold as single figures including the horse):</div>
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AC-018 3rd Continental Dragoon Officer</div>
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AC-019 3rd Continental Dragoon Trumpeter</div>
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AC-020 3rd Continental Dragoon Standard Bearer</div>
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AC-021 3rd Continental Dragoon Trooper, Charging</div>
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<br />Der Alte Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441523163094805863noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890353555684781211.post-56712421471411826602014-06-15T17:52:00.000-07:002014-06-15T17:52:59.891-07:00Tarleton's Legion & 17th Light Dragoons - painted pictues<br />
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Here are some pictures of all of the British Legion and the 17th Light Dragoons that are now painted. When you put all seven of the British Legion poses together you really begin to appreciate how animated the figures are, en masse.</div>
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And the I was able to paint all four of the British 17th Light Dragoons that were just added to the range. I had them done in charging poses so that they would fit in with the British Legion in the Carolinas Campaign.</div>
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<br />Der Alte Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441523163094805863noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890353555684781211.post-63635701545384312582014-05-29T22:21:00.002-07:002014-05-29T22:29:12.296-07:00Tarleton's Legion Dragoons Have Arrived!<br />
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I just received two large boxes full of castings from Griffin Moulds today, and the shipment included the new Fife & Drum AWI Dragoons: British Legion Cavalry (7 poses), the British 17th Light Dragoons (4 charging poses) and the 3rd Continental Dragoons (4 charging poses). I only had time to glue, blackwash and photograph the British Legion figures this evening, so I will do the rest of the figures in a day or two and post the pictures here.</div>
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I will be sending figures out to the Kickstarter backers first, starting next week, but after that the figures are available to everyone. If you did not participate in the Kickstarter campaign you are probably kicking yourself wondering why you did not back the campaign. Not to worry, feel free to pre-order any of our Continental or British AWI dragoons and I can start shipping in two weeks. There is no payment necessary until I am ready to ship you your figures, but the pre-order ensures that I am able to set aside the figures that you want.</div>
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For the time being, we are selling the cavalry as single figures, but eventually the plan is to package them in packs of two or three figures.</div>
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<b><i><u>British Legion Product Codes ($6.00 each including horse)</u></i></b></div>
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BC-003 Banastre Tarleton Personality Figure</div>
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BC-025 British Legion Officer, Charging</div>
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BC-026 British Legion Trumpeter, Charging</div>
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BC-027 British Legion Trooper, Hacking Downwards</div>
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BC-028 British Legion Trooper, Charging Variant #1</div>
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BC-029 British Legion Trooper, Charging Variant #2</div>
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BC-031 British Legion Trooper, Firing Pistol</div>
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<b><i><u>British 16th Light Dragoons ($6.00 each including horse)</u></i></b></div>
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BC-010 16th Light Dragoons Officer, Pointing</div>
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BC-011 16th Light Dragoons Trumpeter</div>
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BC-012 16th Light Dragoons Trooper, Shouldered Sword, Uniform Coat</div>
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BC-013 16th Light Dragoons Trooper, Shouldered Sword, Hunting Shirt</div>
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BC-015 16th Light Dragoons Trooper, Firing Pistol</div>
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BC-016 16th Light Dragoons Trooper, Firing Carbine</div>
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BC-017 16th Light Dragoons Trooper, Loading Carbine</div>
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BC-019 17th Light Dragoons Trumpeter, Charging</div>
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I was able to paint all 8 of the new Fife & Drum 1st Continental Dragoons as samples yesterday - that's a pretty good painting pace, finishing 8 cavalry, from start to finish, in one day. I always paint at least one of the figures complete - start to finish - because this gives me a better feel for how to paint the rest of the figures: i.e what order should I paint the various bits and pieces of equipment and cloth. Once that first figure is painted, then the others follow more quickly.</div>
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AC-010 1st Continental Dragoon Officer, pointing</div>
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AC-013 1st Continental Dragoon Trooper with Shouldered Sword</div>
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AC-014 1st Continental Dragoon Trooper, rested Carbine</div>
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AC-015 1st Continental Dragoon Trooper, Firing Pistol</div>
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AC-016 1st Continental Dragoon Trooper, Firing Carbine</div>
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AC-017 1st Continenal Dragoon Trooper, Reloading Carbine</div>
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The figures are sculpted such that one could create a regiment with a more formal appearance, an open order skirmish appearance, or a mix of the two. For a more formal looking regiment, use the four figures shown in the two pictures above. For example, you might select one each of the officer, standard bearer and the trumpeter plus nine of the trooper with shouldered sword to create a squadron or regiment of 12 dragoons.</div>
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The you could add one each of the four skirmishing poses (firing pistol, firing carbine, reloading carbine or rested carbine) to bring your wargame unit up to 16 figures, which is probably a good number to have in most AWI games. The skirmishers could either augment the strength of the unit, or if you base your cavalry on the standard 2-inch square base, you could remove one stand of "formal" dragoons and replace it on the table with two individually-mounted skirmishers.</div>
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If you want a more open, skirmish order look to your regiment, then I would recommend selecting the officer (pointing to where a target is) and perhaps the firing pistol and firing carbine and reloading figures. Then, you could have a reserve in your skirmish line consisting of the trooper with the carbine resting on his right thigh and perhaps even the standard bearer and trumpeter posted in the rear with the reserve line. I would use the standing horses for the skirmish poses.</div>
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I elected to paint the 1st Continental Dragoons in their earlier brown coat with green facings uniform, which is kind of drab when compared to the more spectacular red coats of the British 16th Light Dragoons that I painted last week. The regiment later converted to a blue coat with red facings. I used the brown coat since that is likely what the regiment wore during the Philadelphia Campaign of 1777-78, which my AWI Continental army is modelled after.</div>
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British 16th Light Dragoons skirmishing (L to R): BC-017 Trooper Loading Carbine; BC-016 Trooper Firing Carbine; BC-015 Trooper Firing Pistol; and BC-014 Trooper resting carbine on right thigh. (click to enlarge).</div>
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BC-013 16th LD Trooper, shouldered sword, hunting shirt</div>
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If you want to create a regiment in a formal pose with shouldered swords, then use the BC-010 officer, BC-011 trumpeter, and BC-013 trooper in coat to form the core of your regiment. You can also add a figure or two of the BC-014 trooper wearing a hunting shirt. On campaign, there should be some variation in the uniform. The BC-014 trooper with rested musket would also work with the fellows with the shouldered swords.</div>
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British 16th Light Dragoons (L to R): BC-012 trooper in coat; BC-013 trooper in hunting shirt; BC-011 Trumpeter; and BC-010 Officer. (click pix to enlarge).</div>
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1st Continental Dragoons (L to R): AC-010 Officer; AC-011 Trumpeter; AC-012 Ensign; and AC-013 Trooper with shouldered sword. This group would make up a nice regiment in a "formal" at the ready pose.</div>
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1st Continental Dragoon skirmishing (L to R): AC-015 Trooper firing pistol; AC-016 Trooper firing carbine; AC-017 Trooper reloading carbine; and AC-014 Trooper with rested carbine. The first three poses would make a nice skirmish line. Then you could add a couple of the trooper with rested carbine behind the main skirmish line in reserve, and then add the AC-010 officer pointing to direct the skirmish line. </div>
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We are currently working on Phase II of the Kickstarter Dragoons, which will include the British Legion cavalry, the 3rd Continental Dragoons, and the British 17th Light Dragoons. I am estimating that we will be able to show some of the greens in March, get them into production in April or early May, and have them shipped by our June 2014 scheduled delivery.</div>
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Der Alte Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441523163094805863noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890353555684781211.post-9734792615357631382013-10-28T17:56:00.002-07:002013-10-28T17:56:38.086-07:00AWI Personalities - Greens Preview<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Here are some previews of the new greens for the AWI personalities that are among the rewards that are available for our Kickstarter backers. The figures will go into production in December and we are on target to ship all of the rewards to backers by January 2014. Once all backers have received their rewards figures, the personalities will be made available for sale to the general public.<br />
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<br />Der Alte Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441523163094805863noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890353555684781211.post-49912813273108461142013-09-22T17:13:00.000-07:002013-09-22T17:13:25.136-07:00Free Fife & Drum Rules for the AWIA number of people on The Miniatures Page have been inquiring about my free one page rules called, Fife & Drum, and are wondering how they can get a copy.<br />
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Easy: just send me an e-mail at <b><i style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">fife_drum_minis(at)yahoo(dot)com</i></b><br />
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Der Alte Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441523163094805863noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890353555684781211.post-34551991673140959662013-08-02T14:31:00.001-07:002013-08-02T14:31:32.165-07:00I Get To Play In A Game!Tomorrow (Saturday ) I get to play in a game for the first time in I don't know how long going back to the beginning of this year. I will travel to Chez Protz to resume our Peninsula War Campaign circa 1809.<br />
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Check out the Campaigns in Iberia blog to catch up on the latest developments in the campaign. <br />
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There are about 24 hours left in the Fife &amp; Drum Kickstarter Project, and as of this posting the pledges totaled $22,887 from 96 backers. Since my target goal was $5,000 for the initial funding, it goes beyond saying that this has been a very successful Kickstarter Project and it will provide all of the funding that we will need for the next two years. Thank you everyone!</div>
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Now there is the little matter of reaching the final stretch goal of $24,000 which will unlock the French circa Savannah in 1779. If we are able to raise $1,113 in additional pledges over the next 24 hours, then the French will become "unlocked". The term "unlocked" means that enough pledge dollars will have been raised to fund the development and production of that specific item, in this case, the French Army of 1779.</div>
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Just a few more pledges will get us there. So if you enjoy the Fife &amp; Drum range of miniatures and you want to see the French added to the range, now is the time to pledge some money to make it happen. Click on the link below and travel to the Kickstarter Project page for Fife &amp; Drum Miniatures.</div>
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In the right hand column of the page, you will see a number of Pledge Levels that you can choose from. Each pledge sends your investment dollars to our Kickstarter Project, and in turn, you will receive the miniatures listed for the various pledge levels. Select the level that interests you by clicking the green icon and you will be walked through the process.<br />
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<b><i>Our Progress So Far...</i></b><br />
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Our initial funding goal of $5,000 was achieved on the first day of the crowdfunding project and we quickly reached the $8,000 "Stretch Goal" that made it possible to produce Tarleton's British Legion cavalry.<br />
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Next, we hit Stretch Goals of $12,000 and $16,000 which "unlocked" all of the Hessian infantry that we would like to add to the range.<br />
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Then, we hit the $20,000 pledge level, which unlocked the AWI Highlanders.<br />
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This is very impressive support from our followers, but with one day left, we have a chance to do something truly amazing: reach the $24,000 Stretch Goal that will make it possible to put the French (circa 1779 Savannah) into development and production.<br />
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All it takes is one final push of $1,113. Actually, the amount needed is only $813 because one of our existing, and very generous, backers has told me that he will provide the final $300 that the project needs to unlock the French.<br />
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I am happy with the funding that we have had pledged so far, so I don't want to come across as being greedy. Far from it. But it would be so cool to see the French, done right and in their natural looking proportions, added to the Fife & Drum Miniatures range.</div>
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Der Alte Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441523163094805863noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890353555684781211.post-17725725311342372692013-07-10T13:34:00.001-07:002013-07-10T13:34:39.949-07:00Hessians Are Coming! Highlanders Too?<div style="text-align: justify;">
The Fife & Drum Kickstarter campaign is progressing very nicely, having garnered $16,855 in pledge backing as of today. As a result, two groups of Hessian infantry are now unlocked, including musketeers, grenadiers, jagers and some mounted officers. The infantry will be kitted out in one-piece overalls with gaitor buttons at their ankles, as they wore on campaign after arriving in New York in 1776. We will offer both marching and firing line poses. The jagers will come in a variety of skirmishing poses, as one might expect.</div>
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Our next stretch goal is pegged at $20,000 and this will unlock the AWI Highlanders for eventual production.</div>
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We (just me actually) will be at Historicon next week with the entire range of figures. I will also be hosting two AWI games on Thursday and Friday evening.</div>
Der Alte Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441523163094805863noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890353555684781211.post-29795933111920053322013-06-26T18:31:00.001-07:002013-06-26T18:31:09.262-07:00Tarleton's British Legion Is Coming!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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We are getting very close to our first stretch goal of $8,000 which will unlock Banastre Tarleton and his British Legion. As of this posting, we are within $615 of this stretch goal on Kickstarter. I think that the BL had one of the coolest looking uniforms in the American War of Independence and I can't wait to put these guys into the Fife & Drum Miniatures range.<br />
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If you are interested in helping us add Tarleton and his British Legion to the Fife & Drum range, then check out our Kickstarter Project page and back our project, for as little as $1.00 all the way up to $2,000. Small donations are strongly encouraged, because many small donations often add up to one big result.<br />
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So what is next?<br />
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If we can hit our Stretch Goal of $8,000, then this will unlock Tarleton's British Legion cavalry and some mounted South Carolina partisans for Pickens and Marion's forces of raiders. The British Legion will have some very dynamic poses as befits their nature to charge any enemy in sight. As of today we are approximately $1,115 away from hitting our second stretch goal. If you have an interest in any of these figures, then I would encourage you to visit our Kickstarter page and make your pledge<br />
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I talked with Richard Ansell today and he is very keen to get started on the dragoon project, which will initially feature a selection of 8 British dragoons and 8 Continental dragoons. Eventually, we want to create the British 16th and 17th Light Dragoons, Tarleton's British Legion cavalry, the 1st and 3rd Continental Light Dragoons, some South Carolina mounted partisans (Pinkney and Marion) and a whole other host of cavalry goodies. </div>
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As you can see, we will do nothing in small measures as I want to produce one of the most comprehensive ranges of AWI cavalry to the Fife & Drum range of figures. I am particularly excited by the cavalry project, because once the figures go into production (around January 2014), we will have achieved our Phase I goal of getting all three combat arms into production so that our customers can field complete AWI armies for both sides of the conflict.</div>
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We have some interesting stretch goals too, as you can see from our link. There will be Hessians, Highlanders and even French infantry for Savannah finding their way into our product line over the next several years.</div>
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So go ahead and look at our project. You can contribute as little as $1.00 or qualify for the Spirit of '76 Vignette with a minimum contribution of $50.00. Any contribution will be gratefully accepted.</div>
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I want to thank everyone for the encouragement and support that you have given the Fife & Drum range so far. I also want to thank our talented design team including Richard Ansell, Alan Marsh and the exsquisite casting work done by Griffin Moulds.</div>
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Der Alte Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441523163094805863noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890353555684781211.post-47547877943762249082013-06-21T23:30:00.002-07:002013-06-21T23:30:25.149-07:00The Spirit of '76 Vignette Has Arrived<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I have been keeping this wonderful vignette information under my hat, so to speak, so that I could spring it as a surprise for Fife & Drum Miniatures' trip to Historicon this year (July 18-21, 2013). Since our logo is comprised of the three gentlemen, it seems only natural that we should also offer the miniatures to our customers. I want to thank Richard for knocking out these three figures so quickly so that we could have them ready in time for Historicon. Likewise, Griffin Moulds Ltd., our caster, also put the project on the fast track so that the production moulds could be created and product cast in time to ship and make available to us at Historicon.</div>
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Did I mention that Fife & Drum Miniatures will be attending Historicon this year? We will be sharing booth space with Age of Glory (US distributor of the Empress Miniatures and Crusader Miniatures, among other ranges). I will also be hosting two participation games, one on Thursday evening and the other on Friday evening, both after the dealer area closes down for the day.</div>
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At any rate, the Spirit of '76 vignette will be given away at our Historicon booth. To get a set, all you have to do is stop by and make a minimum purchase of one bag of infantry ($8.00) . With that purchase, I will give you the Spirit of '76 vignette for free. For those of you who can not make it to Historicon, just send in a purchase for anything in our range (minimum purchase of $8.00) and with a little arm twisting, I will include a Spirit of '76 vignette in your order at no extra cost. Since I don't have the "bag price codes" listed yet, you may order any four infantry figures that you want off of our individual figure price list.</div>
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We will be launching our first Kickstarter Project probably next week to fund the next addition to our AWI range: American and British light dragoons! There will be some attractive rewards to entice your backing of the project, including the Spirit of '76 vignette as well as some other special Kickstarter figures that we will offer. So stay tuned to this blog for more information on the launch of this project. For stretch goals, we hope to put the British Legion cavalry into production as well as start on our range of Hessian musketeers and grenadiers. If things really hit the roof in terms of backing, Highlanders and French infantry and artillery crew will be underwritten and go into production.</div>
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It is my intention to make Fife & Drum the most comprehensive range of AWI figures and artillery equipment in the industry. We have a lot more artillery equipment and wagons on the planning boards including a big honkin' large French 24-pounder cannon. I can't wait to see that one.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">French Valliere System artillery equipment (L-R) 4-pdr; 8-pdr and 12-pdr shown with Minden Miniatures SYW French artillery crew figures.</td></tr>
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The shipment of the new SYW artillery equipment, pontoon wagon and munitions wagon sets arrived today from Griffin Moulds Ltd and I have to say that I am very pleased with final products, as shown in some of these pictures. I had to do a bit of assembly work this evening, so I did not have time to black wash the castings to enhance their appearance in pictures. I wanted to get these posted on the Fife & Drum blog ASAP so you can see them for yourselves.<br />
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Infantry figure prices have now been changed to $2.00 per figure, but mounted officers ($5.00) and artillery (mostly at $6.00 per cannon, but higher for sets that include horses and other extra figures) will remain at the same price.<br />
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I still haven't had time to enter and change the new product codes, so you can still order single figures up through Memorial Day here in the States (Monday May 27, 2013) as I should have some time to make the changes, given the long three day weekend.<br />
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I talked to Stewart Griffin the other day and he reports that the new artillery equipment production moulds are being worked on this week. Once I have the configuration of the number of pieces in the new moulds, I can then order my initial inventory stock with Griffin Designs. Stewart is very good at turning stocking orders around quickly, so it should not be too much longer before we add at least 12 new artillery equipment products to the range. So we should be ready to ship cannon in June.<br />
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HISTORICON<br />
I will be attending Historicon (July 18-21, 2013) at Fredericksburg, Virginia and bringing the full Fife & Drum range with me. I will also be running two AWI games featuring, what else, Fife & Drum Miniatures. The games will be held on Thursday and Friday evenings, after the dealer area closes down. I will be sharing booth space with Age of Glory (they were very kind to make this offer to me and I gladly accepted).<br />
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I'm sorry about the delay, but that gives you an extra week to slip your order in under the wire.Der Alte Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441523163094805863noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890353555684781211.post-33974453918008861662013-04-18T19:35:00.000-07:002013-04-18T22:19:13.467-07:00New Pricing Structure & Packaging<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">British officers (codes L-R: AC2, BC1 and BC2). Figures painted by Ioannis of Leuthen Studios. Photo also from Leuthen Studios.</td></tr>
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As the product line expands and more stock keeping units (SKUs) are added to the range, I find that I will have to make some changes that are needed to accomodate the growth of the Fife & Drum Miniatures range.</div>
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<b><i>New Price Structure</i></b></div>
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Effective April 26, 2013 I am implementing changes in the prices of figures and in the way that they are sold. Prices for infantry will increase from $1.80 to $2.00 per figure, but all artillery equipment and mounted officer figures will remain at the old prices. </div>
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At the same time, I will be adding Unit Pack codes to the inventory so that you can still purchase Fife & Drum figures at the old $1.80 per figure price point. Unit Packs will have 30 infantry figures and be priced at $54.00 per set (10% discount from the retail price). Artillery Unit Packs will include two cannons, two sets of artillery crew (8 figures ), and two limber teams and be priced at $40.00 per set (13% discount from retail price).</div>
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So if you purchase larger quantities of figures, you can effectively buy them at the existing prices. Smaller orders will cost 10% more than at the old price.</div>
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<i>NOTE: I will not be posting the new product codes until after the Little Wars convention next weekend. So you can still order using the existing product codes that are listed on the right hand side of this page.</i></div>
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<b><i>New Packaging Stucture</i></b></div>
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Figures will now be sold in packs of 4 figures, except for a couple of product codes that require a different number of figures in the pack. For example, the British Light Infantry Command pack only has 3 figures and the British Centre Company Command pack has 5 figures, due to the need for two standard bearers in the pack.</div>
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Why the change in packaging? The reasons are two-fold: one, I plan to attend more wargame conventions going forward and it is a logistical nightmare to bring over 100 different bins of figures to the convention site. Plus, it makes it easier for you the buyer to sort through the display bins and pick out your own bags of figures, rather than waiting for me to hand sort each individual order at the convention dealer hall. Secondly, selling the figures in small packs will make it easier for me to establish distributors both in the Eastern US convention circuit and eventually in Europe. Distributors want and need ready-to-sell packs rather than deal with the hassle of hand sorting individual figures.</div>
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<b><i>Convention News</i></b></div>
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Fife & Drum Miniatures will be attending the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b><i>Little Wars</i> </b></span>convention in the Chicago area on April 26 - 28, 2013. That is only a week away from now and I'm looking forward to meeting many of our customers and making new friends at the show. We will be flying the new Fife & Drum banner and logo for the first time at Little Wars, so be on the look out for the three Spirit of '76 fellows that are in our logo.</div>
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I have also made plans to attend HMGS-East's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b><i>Historicon</i></b></span><i> </i>Convention in Fredericksburg, Virginia in July 2013. I believe the dates are July 18th through July 21st. I will also be running two participation games on Thursday and Friday evenings, after the dealer hall closes.</div>
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I would also like to attend the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b><i>Fall In</i></b></span> convention in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in late October or early November 2013, but this is not set in stone yet.</div>
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<b><i>New Artillery Equipment</i></b><br />
I posted pictures of the greens for 10 new pieces of artillery equipment on my sister blog, the Der Alte Fritz Journal, which you can access at the links below:<br />
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<a href="http://altefritz.blogspot.com/2013/03/syw-era-artillery-equipment-preview.html" target="_blank">Artillery Equipment Greens</a><br />
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<a href="http://altefritz.blogspot.com/2013/03/new-french-syw-artillery.html" target="_blank">French 8-pdr & 12-pdr greens</a><br />
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The figures are currently at Griffin Moulds where the master and production moulds are being made. Prices will be comparable to our existing artillery equipment range, at approximately $6.00 per cannon. I will have to wait on pricing the wagons and pontoon train pieces until I get cost information from my caster. I would expect that the new equipment should be in stock sometime in May 2013.</div>
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The new equipment includes French Valliere 8 and 12 pounders, a French limber, Prussian 3/6/12 pounders and a howitzer and two different limbers, a wicker-sided munitions wagon, a pontoon wagon, and separate pontoons, and finally, another artillery train rider wearing a tricorne hat.</div>
<br />Der Alte Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441523163094805863noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890353555684781211.post-55668158831341101602013-01-14T18:34:00.000-08:002013-01-14T21:45:39.111-08:00Battle of Cooch's Bridge Sept 3, 1777<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This is the first of many AWI scenarios that I intend to develop and post on the Fife & Drum Miniatures blog. While the blog is intended to be primarily a vehicle for promoting my miniatures, I want to augment it with wargame scenarios for AWI battles. I will endeavor to keep adding historical content to this blog, so please stop in for a visit periodically... and if you are not a "follower", then please click on the "follower" button on the top left hand corner of this page so that you can keep up to date on the new content that we will be posting.</div>
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Given that Fife & Drum Miniatures are intended to cover the Philadelphia Campaign of 1777, I am interested in all aspects of the campaign and all of the actions, encounters and battles, no matter what their size. Cooch's Bridge was the first encounter between Howe's British army and the advance guard of Washington's forces in Delaware. It is also a very small encounter, involving no more than about 700 Americans and perhaps an equal number of British light infantry and Hessian/Ansbach Jagers.</div>
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The Osprey book on the campaign: <i>Philadelphia 1777</i> by Justin Clement gives us the following order of battle for the opposing sides:</div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">This encounter appears to have the makings of a fun skirmish wargame. Using a 1:10 ratio of figures to men, the Americans would need 70 to 80 figures and the Allies would have 50-55 British Light Bobs and 40 Jager figures. </span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">The Osprey book on the Philadelphia campaign indicates that Maxwell's force was augmented by 1,000 Delaware and Pennsylvania militia, but none of the sources that I have read mention the presence of any of the militia. So I would assume that the militia were not involved in the action.</span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">The 1st British Light Infantry battalion attempted to outflank the American position on Iron Hill, but they got lost in the swamp and morass that lay to the north of Christiana Creek and thus were never engaged in the fight. A battalion of British Grenadiers were also part of von Wurmb's advance guard, but the rapid advance of the Allied light infantry forces left the Grenadiers far behind and so they too were not engaged in the fight.</span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>"To harass the advance of Howe from Head of Elk, Maxwell's Light Infantry took up a position near Cooch's Bridge (or Iron Hill). This place was on Christiana Creek about five miles NE of Elkton, Maryland. On September 2, 1777 Washington warned Maxwell that the enemy would move in his direction the next day. About 9 o'clock the morning of the 3rd the advance guard of Cornwallis' "grand division" was fired on by Maxwell. Lt. Colonel von Wurmb, commanding the leading elements of jagers, brought his amusettes into action and then drove the Americans back by an envelopment and bayonet attack against their right. Maxwell was forced out of several delaying positions. The British light infantry came forward to support the Germans, and although the Americans delivered several close, well-directed fires, the running fight soon degenerated into a running flight back to Washington's main body on White Clay Creek, some four miles north of Cooch's Bridge.</i></span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Baurmeister says the Americans left 30 dead, including 5 officers, but evacuated their wounded. Ward accepts this figure, but mentions Montressor's figure of 20 American dead left on the field, and Marshall's estimate of 40 American killed and wounded. Enemy losses were 3 killed and 20 wounded, according to Montressor, or 30 killed and wounded according to Robinson.</i></span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>The recently adopted Stars and Stripes is said to have made one of its earliest appearances in this battle."</i></span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Howe had landed his army at Head of Elk, in Maryland, on August 26, 1777 concluding a months long voyage that began in New York harbor on July 23rd, with a brief detour up the Delaware Bay, followed by a back track to the Chesapeake Bay and a subsequent landing in Maryland. The first units to land were part of Cornwallis' elite division of all the Light, Grenadier, Guards and Jagers and over the next several days, the balance of Howe's army landed and a perimeter was secured. The few American militia in the vacinity took off as soon as the British first wave landed.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">On August 28th, the British advance guard took up position on Gray's Hill, which overlooked the Head of Elk. From there, they could observe some of the Americans atop of nearby Iron Hill. Howe and his staff spotted a group of American officers and it was thought that the party include General Washington himself.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">On September 3rd, the British at last moved forward with Cornwallis' vanguard departing from Aikin's Tavern a few miles south of Iron Hill. This force, as noted above, consisted largely of the British light troops and jagers. The road traversed through a wooded area, making the ground perfect for ambuscade and Indian-style fighting. The first fire commenced around 9 AM and a running firefight began as the American fell back toward Cooch's Bridge. Evidently, the Americans soon ran out of ammunition and the British lights went after them with the bayonet. Since most of the Americans either had rifles, which could not use bayonets, or they had so few of them for those armed with muskets, they were no match for the British and the Jagers once their ammo had run out.</span></span></b><br />
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<br />Der Alte Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441523163094805863noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890353555684781211.post-41792979861027065712013-01-13T22:28:00.002-08:002013-01-13T22:28:47.434-08:00Best Historical Range of 2011 - Fife & Drum!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b><i>Best Historical Miniatures Figure Range for 2011</i></b></div>
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I want to thank everyone for their support in the recent poll on The Miniatures Page ("TMP") to select the Best Historical Miniatures Range of 2011. Thanks to you, Fife & Drum Miniatures won the vote for the Best Historical Range, covering our American Militia, British Light Infantry and British Briagde of Guards figures. Presumably there will be another poll soon for the 2012 calendar year. We released a lot of figures in 2012 including Artillery Crews and Equipement, British Centre Company and Grenadier Company figures, Continentals in uniform coats and in hunting shirts. The range now has around 90 pieces so I would expect that we will surpass the century mark this year and push on towards 200 different figures.</div>
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<b><i>Free Stuff!</i></b></div>
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This evening, I just packed and got ready for shipping, an order that is bound for the United Kingdom. The gentleman had ordered some artillery pieces and limbers, but no artillery crew. So I threw in two free packs of artillery crew to man his cannon - one British crew and one American crew. I like to do that, i.e. give away free stuff from the range. Often you will find that I have included some extra samples so that you can see first hand what else in the Fife & Drum range. For example, if you ordered only Americans, then I am likely to throw in some free British samples and vice versa if you order the British. I've been known to drill open the hands of flag bearers too, if you ask nicely. :)</div>
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The bottom line is that customer service is really important to me. I want you to be happy with your figures and your buying experience when you choose Fife & Drum Miniatures. I know that there are lots of good competitive products out there, not only in the AWI genre, but across all historical miniatures genres, so anything that I can do to make F&D stand out a little more, then I will do it.</div>
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Thank you again for your kind support of Fife & Drum Miniatures.<br />
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