Miniature Minions

A Brief Word About Me

Some of my earliest childhood memories center around my fascination with toy soldiers. From my first Airfix plastics and Roco Mini Tanks to the discovery of Napoleonic wargaming whilst living in Oxford. Hinchliffe Napoleonics were my first metal miniatures, purchased at Howe's Model Shop. On my return to Tennessee, I discovered Minifigs and very shortly thereafter Ral Partha Miniatures. Now, later in life, I am finally able to indulge in collecting and painting miniatures I could never afford in my youth - much to the chagrin of my dear spouse of thirty years! Having two wonderful kids in college keeps me from going too far off the deep end, but still the metal mountain has grown far larger than I can ever hope to paint!

Ongoing Projects - in order of priority

Der Kriegspielers French Fusilier-Chasseur Battalion
DBN French Hussar elements and camp with flying ambulance
15mm Testudo ancient Briton/Gallic DBA army - primed
28mm Britsh DBN allies - Brunswick, KGL, Nassau and Dutch: figures only
Numenorean/ Gondor 25mm HotT army - figures only
Sarmation early and later DBA 15mm army - primed
Roman EIR 15mm DBA army - primed
25mm Ral Parth Viking Leidang DBA army - primed and ready to paint
Russian 25mm DBN - figures only
Prussian 25mm DBN - figures only

Sunday, February 17, 2019

Clearance Continues - Let's Make a Deal!

All inquiries to David.L.Crenshaw@gmail.com

54mm All the Kings Men collection for the American War of Independence. A great start to a collections with a core painted army and unpainted units that will allow you to put your own stamp on it. Lot includes painted and unpainted miniatures fencing, log cabin and trees.

$500 +shipping SOLD!

Samurai Collection

It just keeps getting better - Unfinished but a project well on the way to completion, just needs a little love. Dixon miniatures are so full of character and read really well on a battlefield at this scale. All in all there are:

27 Samurai with Two Handed weapons (swords or naganita)

44 Samurai with bow painted and on bases (a few with hand weapons mixed in)

7 Leaders on foot including a war drum

16 Mounted (4 partially painted)

16 Ashigaru with Yari

13 Warrior Monks

20 Samurai with Yari

Most are in some stage of completion. I purchased the painted figures in two lots, one is gloss coated. I spray the gloss figures with Dullcoat, highlight and detail a bit, and they turn out beautiful! There are also extra Sashimono (back banners) arrow bundles and some porters.

Total of 131 foot and 16 mounted. I have sold similar lots for $3/ft and $6 mounted, which is really hardly more than the cost of the lead. that would be $489 + cost of pagoda and shipping.

I'll discount to $350 + shipping SOLD!

ACW Collection

This is a huge collection of ACW figures - many painted but many awaiting the brush as well. Primarily Dixon but some Old Glory cavalry and artillery gunners mixed in. I have made a good start on the project and am loathe to part with it, but hope some other collector/painter will take this one to completion. I have not calculated value, but if there are interested buyers make an offer and I will do a deeper dive into estimated value so they we both get a good deal. Please note there are lots of pictures of the painted miniatures on this blog which you can access using these links:

http://miniatureminions.blogspot.com/2011/04/dixon-acw-25mm-pennsylvania-bucktails.html http://miniatureminions.blogspot.com/2012/10/acw-scenic-pieces.html http://miniatureminions.blogspot.com/2014/09/american-civil-war-skirmish-figures.html http://miniatureminions.blogspot.com/2019/02/clearance-sale.html

Currently the painted miniatures are mounted on brown Litko bases, but could be easily removed for skirmish gaming if preferred. 80+ Highly detailed painted miniatures, artillery and scenery easily worth $600 alone, so am looking for an offer north of that for the whole collection