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Tuesday, 19 May 2020

More Barry Minot Figures

I have managed to acquire a load more 30mm Colonial figures, which have been identified, by John Preece as by Barry Minot, for which I am most grateful.

I now have about 100 of these figures and I am trying to work out what they are. Here are some pictures of the various types. First off, I think these are Boer infantry, I only have about ten of these:





Next, we have some infantry that I am assuming are Sudanese, although the could be Egyptian. In all I must have about 50 in various poses:




Finally there are some British troops that look to me like Ghurkas:
Unfortunately there is only one command figure amongst the whole lot, so I will be on the lookout for some of those.  My plan is to paint these figures in slow tome and use them with the portable Colonial Wargames rules, when the book arrives.  So far I have painted 10 highlanders and three Dervish infantry.  I will put some pictures on my next entry.


Does anyone have the figure lists for this range as I would be interested to see the extent of it?

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  1. johnpreece19 May 2020 at 12:01

    These are rare. I have never seen the Boers and the Ghurkas I have never heard of. There were some NW frontier figs advertised I can remember a vignette of cutting the Telegraph wires, but this is just memory from almost 50 yrs ago so could well be wrong. But I had physically been through the stock of the only retailer and eagerly watched releases and I never saw these figures they could even be masters. BTW I think the Soudanese with his hand on his pouch is part of a vignette taking a water/drink from a child but Memory only???

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    1. Bob The Old Painter19 May 2020 at 13:47

      Hi john, once again thanks for your comments, which made me take a second look at the Boers and Ghurkas. The bases have been filed smooth, but on one of the Boers I could make out some writing, which I believe is Charles Stadden. I cannot find any markings on the Ghurkas, but the base design looks similar to the Boers. So, it doesn't look like these are rare after all!

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  2. johnpreece19 May 2020 at 17:21

    On the plus side it means you can buy some more easily

    https://traditionoflondonshop.com/25mm_War_game_Tradition/Colonial_War_British_1879-1902&osCsid=n5apivu1ktsjgk2svvs459va03

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    1. Bob The Old Painter20 May 2020 at 23:35

      I have ordered a few Tradition figures to make up the numbers.

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  3. Lord Mark29 May 2020 at 10:55

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