BOMBARDIERS with Rammer, Linstock and trail spike. RAMMER: Carrying Gunner. Source - WWI American Infantry clubbing with butt. Cut away hat brim, rifle, cartridge belt and jacket skirt front. Smooth away (with a hot knife) all unwanted details, buttons, pockets, etc., leave bayonet this makes a passable sabre. Push a pin through both hands, this serves as pole to rammer. Make hat, pack and blanket roll from plasticene covered in clear nail varnish; cartouche box from thin card. Rammer head from a blob of plasticene covered in artificial grass then painted. Gaiters can be painted to represent under knee gaiters. GUNNER: Carrying trail spike. Source - W.W.I American Infantry bending with rifle at trail. Trim hat brim, coat skirts, details and rifle as former figure. Add hat etc., as before. Trail spike from thickish wire. GUNNER WITH LINSTOCK. Source - W.W.I British Inf. Grenade thrower. Trim and smooth away all unwanted details, hat brim, coat shirts, buttons, pockets, etc. Leave pack on. Puttees serve as gaiters when painted. Right arm held to body and heat welded . into position - left arm straightened by same method list, blanket roll, cartouche, etc., added as for other figures, sabre from pin. Linstock from piece of thin wire. HANDLAGER Artillery Pioneers every gun had some as part of crew. Source - W.W.I British Inf. Medic. Trim away unwanted details - hat, coat skirts, haversack on chest. Leave back pack. Make roll, hat, etc., from plasticene as before. Bend right arm on to chest and weld. Make cannon ball from plasticene. Sources of information Rene North's cards Reynolds Manuscripts (Victoria and Albert Museum, London) Funcken Back to Table of Contents -- Wargamer's Newsletter # 104 To Wargamer's Newsletter List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1970 by Donald Featherstone. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com