Douglas Spanish Infantry Grenadiers NP2

If you have been waiting years wondering how to paint those Douglas Spanish Grenadiers - your wish is my command

Unit Pictures - Douglas Napoleonic Spanish battalion

using NP1 and NP3 figures

Brunswick infantry: Douglas Miniatures

A half battalion or so of Douglas Miniatures NP6, Brunswick infantryman, led in the first picture by a Hinton Hunt officer. As they wear the Polrock (long coat) these figures are really for use before the Waterloo campaign.

Douglas Miniatures Crimeans, Napoleonics and Wodensfeld ACW ranges - availability

The arrival of the Brunswick figures featured in the previous post reminded me that I had a couple of samples of Douglas Napoleonics from John Cunningham, who holds the rights to these ranges. John is about to release the Crimean War range, and has limited stocks of part of the Napoleonic range (some of the moulds have been lost). John also has the ex-Wodensfeld ACW slowly starting production - Louisiana Tigers and Rebs marching as well as few mounted generals & officers are currently available in limited numbers.

The first two pictures are of NP 7, British Line Infantry Advancing




The next two are NP 23 French Line Voltigeur/Grenadier in shako firing




John tells me limited stock of the following figures are available:

NP10 British Line Infantry standard bearer
NP 9 British Line Infantry officer
NP 7 British Line Infantry at ready
NP 7a British Line Infantry at ready, variant with musket sling
NP 22 French Grenadier of Guard firing
NP 23 French Line Voltigeur/grenadier in shako firing

and further figures to come:

NP 6 Brunswick Infantry
NP 8 British Line Infantry firing
NP 19 French Guard officer
NP 21 & 21a British Hussar and horse

Douglas Miniatures Napoleonic Range NP 6 Brunswick Infantry

A recent arrival are these rather nice early Brunswickers from Douglas Miniatures, with a Hinton Hunt officer. In Polrock or Litewka, these pre date Waterloo and are therefore useful for Peninsular War service.

Wargamer's Newsletter 79 October 1968 Review of Douglas Crimean figures

Figures avaialble for Marlborough's Wars, by Brian Lyndon, Military Modelling May 1972

NOTICE: Les Higgins and Douglas Miniatures Figure Availability

Important news for collectors or wargamers using figures from these two manufacturers.

The Les Higgins English Civil War and Marlburian Ranges, and the Douglas Miniatures Marlburian Range, are now available again by contacting Cunn.Joh@aol.com

Wodensfield 20mm Seven Years War French figures will be available as a 36 piece set from the same source at the end of February.

There will be a small number of additional figures released for the Les Higgins English Civil War and Marlburian ranges shortly, and the Douglas Miniatures Crimean Range are currently being mastered.

Along with the efforts of Rob at Garrison and Angel at NapoleoN, this promises to be something of a Golden Age for the availability of new casts of old ranges.

Douglas Miniatures original packaging

Douglas Miniatures Napoleonic range

Douglas Miniatures 1971 Catalogue - battle scenes

Douglas Miniatures 1971 Catalogue - evolution and development of British Army uniform

Douglas Miniatures 1971 Catalogue - Skybird range

Douglas Miniatures 1971 Catalogue - figure ranges

Douglas Miniatures 1971 Catalogue - ordering information

Through the good offices of Paul in Australia I have been able to photgraph an original Douglas Miniatures catalogue from 1971. Some of the contents have been used to illustrate other posts on Douglas figures, but the pages of the catalogue (except those for 54mm figures) are reproduced together here.

Douglas Miniatures Painting Instructions

Douglas Miniatures provided painting instructions for some of their figures. These appeared in their catalogue, and as typed slips in boxes of unpainted figures.

These are the painting instructions for the Marlborough Period British Line Infantry and Grenadiers. Those for the Horse Grenadier, Crimean British Guards and Line Infantry and 17th Lancers, and Napoleonic Spanish Grenadiers 1812, have been added to the relevant posts.

Douglas Miniatures Crimean War Range

These figures are among my all time favourites. I had acquired a small number from e-bay without having a clue what they were, until kindly identified by Harry Pearson. Characterised by their round bases, similar in proportion to Hinton Hunt, there is just something about these figures which caught my eye. The moulds, which had been feared lost, have been found and these figures will be put back into production. My intention was to wait for this and then build Crimean amies with the reissued figures, but in the meantime I seem to have acquired large numbers of Minifigs S range Crimea figures. But that is another story...

This photo shows the listing of the range in an original 1971 Douglas Miniatures catalogue.

Douglas Miniatures Crimean War British

The British formed the largest contingent in the Crimean range. As far as I can tell there were fourteen infantry figures (Line, Highland and Guards); four artillery crew, with gun, limber, four horse team and drivers also available; and five cavalry figuures.

The catalogue/code numbers for some of these figures are currently unclear.

Douglas Miniatures B 1 British Light Dragoon

Douglas Miniatures B 2 British Scots Grey