Manufacturer: Skytrex
Scale: 28mm
Trent Miniatures is based in the UK and are now under the Skytrex banner. They produce a range of figures from the conflicts of the French Revolutionary Wars which includes the French Revolution, the Irish Revolt and the wars in the Caribbean. There is an extensive range of miniatures for this period, with plenty of variety. Some of these miniatures can easily be carried over into the early part of the Napoleonic period and would be ideal for anyone wanting to recreate the Egypt Campaign of 1801.
Skytrex sent us a selection of miniatures from the range, and we were really impressed with them. They also sent some of the battlefield accessories which we managed to paint and base.
We’ll start off with Napoleon on horseback (FG 03), this is a nice miniature which is really well sculpted. There was no flash or mould lines on the horse, but the actual figure of Napoleon himself did have some mould lines, which were easily removed with a sharp craft knife, and the gap between his arm and body had some flash which needed removing. Otherwise, this was quite a clean model. Both the horse and the rider have some nice detailing. Napoleon’s face is nicely sculpted with quite a lot of character. It’s a nice model with a reasonably good pose, it’s not very dynamic but then you wouldn’t really expect Napoleon to be on a charging horse with sword raised.
The next item is a French Artillery piece, a 4 pounder Gribeauval (FA 07). This is a stand-alone cannon with no crew, those are bought separately. This can be used as a battlefield accessory if you don’t want to purchase any crew. It could be used as an objective on a skirmish board. One the carriage I couldn’t find any mould lines, and there were just a few nodules of flash that need to be scrapped off. On the barrel there was a slight mould line but otherwise very clean. There was a mould line which runs all the way round both of the wheels on the rims, but this is easily removed. My plan is to make this an objective marker for the time being. I will probably add crew at a later date.
Next up are the United Irish Command (Ir98/03) which consists of a piper, flag bearer and two Officers, though one could be used as an NCO. The flag bearer dosen’t come with a pole so you’ll have to sort one out for yourself. You may need to drill the handout a little to slide a thing brass rod into his hand but that won’t take long to do. There were some mould lines on the figure, but these were very minimal and didn’t take much to clean. Next is the piper, both him and one of the officers have separate heads whilst the other two figures are one piece. The pose is quite static, but the figure has some nice detailing. There are some mould lines on the miniature but overall, it’s quite clean. Then we have the two officers, one is armed with just a sword whilst the other has a pistol as well. The officer with just the sword has some quite visible mould lines on the under side of his arms that will require some filing. Both of these would make great minis for the upcoming Silver Bayonet game by Osprey Publishing.
Then we have the Italian Banditti (IT 01) pack which comes with 6 figures all with separate heads. There is only one body repeat in the pack of six which is good, as I would have expected a couple more repeats. There were no repeats on the heads, which means even though there are two bodies which are the same, due to having different heads they are effectively two different figures. Most of these were really clean in regard to flash and mould lines, though as can be seen in the picture one of them will require more work than the others due to the amount of flash. These are a nice set and I think you easily use them as bandits or partisans from any region of Europe. My plan is to use them as Spanish Guerillas.
Finally, we have the terrain or battlefield accessories, these were a mixture of resin and metal pieces. This was a mixture of barrels and wooden boxes. These made great terrain scatter for soldiers to hide behind or to obstruct troop movements. Also, by having them on the table adds a little flavor to the game, whilst breaking up the landscape. My aim to order more scatter terrain pieces because they can be used for a number of periods and genres and also make great objectives.
Overall, I was quite pleased with the sample from the range, they’re quite nice miniatures and cover some interesting conflicts from that period in history. It’s a great range for anyone looking for miniatures to use with Silver Bayonet when it’s released in November.
Musket, Sword and Paint 