A nice little find

 Every once in a while batches of Ros figures do pop up for sale.  Today I received a small lot from the well known online auction site.  The lot consisted of some original Ros 25mm Napoleonics.  there were 10 line infantry in stovepipe shakos:

A Lamming officer and a broken lamming standard bearer were included.

And also some Highlanders:

Parcel from Old John

Some time ago I asked Old John if he could recast some of the more rare Ros figures. Well, after a great deal of hard work by John I have received a parcel full of French, British and Prussian command figures as well as some Prussian artillery - now where is my paint brush!

A Nice Little Find

After months of very little, this nice group of Ros 25mm British centre company line infantry in stovepipe shakos turn up. They were hidden amongst some Hinchliffe giants. 

Their base is marked BI 2. It would be nice to find some flank company types as well.

Ros Figures 25mm Austrians Painted

I have been renovating my Ros Austrians. As they have no command figures in the series, I have used officers, drummers and standard bearers from Warrior Miniatures:

Prussian Artillery

In a recent acquisition there were a number of new finds including this nice group of Prussian gunners.  Wearing campaign dress, with covered shakos and blanket rolls, these examples follow the standard Ros artillery package, of five figures and a gun. The figures include an officer, a gunner with rammer, another with spike and two standing figures.  The gun appears to be the same as that used in the French sets; namely a French 8 pdr.

Here are some pictures of the crew:

The bases are marked P6/1, P6/2, P6/3, P6/4 and have Ros copyright 1976.

 Here is the complete set:

A surprising disppointment - Ros 25mm ACW Figures

For a long time I have been seeking out the Ros 25mm American Civil War figures. I was sure that at least a Union and a Confederate advancing figure had been produced, but none could be found.  Well, as luck would have it, at last a pile of these figures have turned up as an ebay lot, mixed up with some Minifigs S Range Confederates. Although happy to find these figures at long last I was disappointed in the figure itself.  To my mind the top half is far too big for the legs. How this happened I cannot imagine as in the Napoleonic range, despite some ugly heads, the anatomy of the figures is usually quite good:

I wasn't sure the were Ros Figures at first, but close inspection of the base revealed the faint wording 'Ros' and it is just about possible to make out 'ACW 2'. I assume that' ACW 1' would be the Union figure.

I will continue to hunt for ACW 1, but if he is as bad as this fellow it will be purely for the records.