RED SHADOW
The Cast
Imperial Germany |
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The
Germans:
German involvement in Morocco nearly brought the world
to war in the early part of the century. Although there were no battles
involving German troops in North Africa, in the Red Shadow's world, their
might have been. Consequently we have to provide the necessary troops.
German colonial troops were used elsewhere in Africa in
this period as well as in China during the siege of the legation quarter
at Peking. |
Consequently,
quite a number of troops are available from various manufacturers.
These figures are from the Old Glory Boxer Rebellion Line,
German See Battalion. We also use some troops from Foundry's WW I range
with pickelhaubes. |
The
flags are of course from the Warflag pages on this site.
The artillery piece is the ubiquitous German 7.7cm Field
Pieces. This one is from Reviresco. Although it is 1/72 (25 mm) model,
it fits well with 1/60 (28 mm) figures. |
The
artillery figures have been converted from the same See Battalion figures.
Examples of how to convert figures is given on the figure conversion link
to the right. |
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These are the aforementioned
Foundry WW1 figures. They are very slightly smaller than the Old Glory
figures, but fit well together with them. |
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The
cavalry are Dragoons from Foundry's Franco-Prussian War line. By the time
of the Red Shadow scenarios, German cavalry were armed with carbine, saber
and lance. It was therefore necessary to provide lances. These were mounted
into the drilled-out left hand of some of the figures. In other figures,
the carbine was cut out of the right had and attached to the back, as if
slung. The lance was then mounted on the right hand. This modification
added some necessary variety to a figure that otherwise comes in two identical
poses, one with a mustache, and one without. |
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The
majority of the images displayed in the "cast" section were taken on a
Nikon
Coolpix 900 Digital Camera.
Some
of the then were scanned on a flatbed scanner by laying the figure directly
on the glass.
In
order to make the page load times reasonable, some images have been reduced
for this page, the full size image can be accessed by selecting the image.
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