Peipp Remounts

This is for Brian, Uncle Toby of Vauban & Shandy and others who are embarked upon or contemplating an 18th Century toy soldier project in 54mm. Just a few quick shots here related to the previous post about using Peipp 45mm with 54mm horses. Here's Piepp's 45mm cavalry trooper mounted on the original horse.

And remounted on a 1/32 HaT Roman Cavalry horse. He fits very nicely although no doubt a Napoleonic horse would be more suitable so far as the saddle and accoutrements go.

Would the Peipps sell rider castings without their horses ?  Based on my experience and how the timing of the order processing worked out,  I suspect that Helmut casts on demand, making it seem likely that they would. In any case, wouldn't hurt to ask.

Yes, I'm still painting. Just resumed that is, after another week in New York City tending to cleaning up the estate of my poor deceased sister.  Thankfully New York State has a simplified small estate probate process, there's more to do but I can at least wrap things up without incurring an even worse hit by adding lawyer's fees to the mix. Well, enough of that.  Next up, antique 30 Years War flats.  I think you're going to like these.

Peipp WSS General - 45mm

Here's a Peipp figure which I finally got around to painting last week. He is from Peipp Miniaturen Dresden, part of the 45mm range, Prinz Eugen und seine Zeit - 1703.  This is figure # PE4: General Charles Churchill, although I didn't paint him as such.  Painted in acrylics as usual.

 

 

As I've commented on the Vauban & Shandy blog and elsewhere, I think these figures can be used with 54mm 18th Century projects, strange as that may sound when you consider the "45mm" tag.  Let's see how it looks posed with some HaT 7YW Prussians:

 

 

Not too badly mismatched. I hastily shimmed the base with a piece of 3/16" balsa, but 1/8" or a few millimeters should do it. The general himself is quite large, as are all the Peipp riders. It's the horses which are the problem for upscaling purposes, being noticeably small for their riders. But they're stocky, hence a little thickness added to the base gives the overall illusion of a larger figure.  To my eyes, the biggest mismatch in this photo is our hero's antiquated fashion sense.  But what's a few decades in the world of toy soldiers ?

Peipp Miniaturen Dresden - 45mm Toy Soldiers

Sorry for the lack of recent activity.  A couple things have happened. For one thing, I ran out of gas on the 30mm flat ancients project.  Got halfway done with the Lampert archers and could not muster the enthusiasm to finish the formation.  I will get back to them sooner or later, but once I hit the wall, that's it for a while.  Secondly, we had a death in the family, about which I'd rather not inflict the distressing details on the blog readership.  But suffice it to say I wasn't in a painting mood for a while, and it entailed spending a week in New York, away from the painting table.

However, I used the brief hiatus from the flats to finish up a couple of Peipp 18th Century figures which had been sitting in the painting queue for quite some time. For those unfamiliar with Peipp, they are a family business in Dresden Germany, offering rather stylized and charming toy soldiers in two scales, 45mm and 54mm. 

 http://www.peipp-miniaturen.de/

They do run large, the 45mm are about 50mm and the 54mm are 60mm.  To illustrate, I have posed a Peipp musketeer with 45mm flats and 54mm scale figures to give a better idea of their dimensions.

L to R: 45mm flats: Schmidttdiel, Rossner / Peipp / 54mm: Barzso, ATKM

L to R: 45mm flat - Schmidttdiel / Peipp / 54mm: Tradition

Peipp's prices are quite reasonable given the pleasing designs and bulk quantity of metal you get with your 5 euros for a foot figure.  And the selection of WSS figures in 45mm would allow for building some nice formations of troops.  Still, painting full armies would be quite a costly proposition. So I'll continue to accumulate a few more now and again, with these figures remaining an occasional and pleasant diversion.

Next up, back to the flats: 40mm Romans vs. Germans.  I got a great deal on a 45 piece set of Heinrichsen castings, beautiful figures which were originally offered in 1882. Needless to say the designs are somewhat fanciful when it comes to historical accuracy but very appealing in their own way. I look forward to sharing them with you.