tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136207120003342101.post8834274104168625898..comments2024-03-07T08:35:05.928+00:00Comments on Collecting Toy Soldiers: Abu Klea and others by John Jenkins Design at the London Toy Soldier ShowBrian Carrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221659266588227029noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136207120003342101.post-69798416656749259812012-10-05T08:44:18.763+00:002012-10-05T08:44:18.763+00:00So glad you enjoyed our dioramas Brian and thanks ...So glad you enjoyed our dioramas Brian and thanks for sharing these pictures.<br /><br />You might be interested to know that James and I are both long term wargamers and regularly put on games with our Jenkins collection, so we very much think of our dioramas in terms of 'what scenario are we depicting'.<br /><br />You are correct about the Gatling, well spotted, the diorama was a nod to the Newbold poem and we're still hopeful that a Gardner might be in the planning :)Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07319287897952934240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136207120003342101.post-66280828289150631532012-07-19T15:54:06.600+00:002012-07-19T15:54:06.600+00:00Thanks for the historical input Ross, a couple of ...Thanks for the historical input Ross, a couple of years back the Skirmish Wargames Group played a Battle of Snowshoes game using Jenkins F&IW figures and they are, as you say, beautiful figures.Brian Carrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221659266588227029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136207120003342101.post-28903193988310179722012-07-19T10:46:27.361+00:002012-07-19T10:46:27.361+00:00I didn't realize that Jenkins had gone to the ...I didn't realize that Jenkins had gone to the Sudan. His F&IW figures are certainly beautiful if big and expensive.<br /><br />The battle looks like Tamai to me given the gully full of Hadendowah and the presence of the Gordon Highlanders. The Naval Brigade at Tamai was armed with a mix of Gatling and Gardiner guns, some of which were briefly captured by the "Fuzzies". <br /><br />The other Black Watch looks to portray the assault of the Black Watch on the breastwork at Ticonderoga. The assault that earned them Royal status despite its lack of success.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing these pictures.Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.com