tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50183111948001904912024-03-14T03:49:57.177-07:00Doug's SoldiersMy 20mm plastic wargaming and soldier blog.Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011159912925185469noreply@blogger.comBlogger123125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018311194800190491.post-33598329639502571702023-08-08T08:21:00.005-07:002023-08-08T08:21:53.829-07:00Auction Of The Late Peter Cushing’s Toys<p> I came across this notice:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVnf50PBzItvpec7CQ7L-ypt2_1LkyXA9X-AWtpscmk3UPOnnwQg1H4RPeEjm4NEssikCzXmbVK3mJNLtEr-25UJTZrHFlIke97WMNo__sl6DFDx77fbNFci9xQxpjys4rj82iByoDeB0jZtioP1TECKlNfvIjQcHDQzmXi_5vi8lNlXOR1wMKgYlZ3AkR/s2160/4C69384A-EE88-4378-A2F9-54A47C92F940.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1620" data-original-width="2160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVnf50PBzItvpec7CQ7L-ypt2_1LkyXA9X-AWtpscmk3UPOnnwQg1H4RPeEjm4NEssikCzXmbVK3mJNLtEr-25UJTZrHFlIke97WMNo__sl6DFDx77fbNFci9xQxpjys4rj82iByoDeB0jZtioP1TECKlNfvIjQcHDQzmXi_5vi8lNlXOR1wMKgYlZ3AkR/s320/4C69384A-EE88-4378-A2F9-54A47C92F940.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.thecanterburyauctiongalleries.com/home">https://www.thecanterburyauctiongalleries.com/home</a></p><p><br /></p><p>At the bottom right it mentions “toys”.</p><p>Mr. Cushing was an avid toy soldier collector as this early 1956 British Pathe film reveals:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGag8Qllgnw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGag8Qllgnw</a></p><p>I remember Don Featherstone mentioning in “Battles With Model Soldiers” that Peter Cushing had a collection of 3d soldiers made of paper.</p><p>Sadly for most, I’m sure they will be far beyond the reach of the average toy soldier enthusiast.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011159912925185469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018311194800190491.post-11261985275765654752022-12-24T08:46:00.003-08:002022-12-24T09:29:41.299-08:00Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year!<p> Another year is just about done, and I hope you all have a safe and happy one.</p><p>Just don’t over do the punch…</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJeP1lX-97esNlIu5GNVjq5llT06mwm4G6m3MuKT10SWhUZP1i--IGuhea7w5cEYQIc3s4D-n0gXJfvSszho1bGTVzIMvq4tmbj3wSfupBRSFgzNNnuChueAGkHhH_GYDMxRq-wKD4wfKnIEWsk6mDA0mSqEUIsbRCTSyH5nQdIWrhLVvnZQPDFiuahg/s1000/FA06AB73-6E1C-4997-AA2F-F803815B25EC.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="1000" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJeP1lX-97esNlIu5GNVjq5llT06mwm4G6m3MuKT10SWhUZP1i--IGuhea7w5cEYQIc3s4D-n0gXJfvSszho1bGTVzIMvq4tmbj3wSfupBRSFgzNNnuChueAGkHhH_GYDMxRq-wKD4wfKnIEWsk6mDA0mSqEUIsbRCTSyH5nQdIWrhLVvnZQPDFiuahg/s320/FA06AB73-6E1C-4997-AA2F-F803815B25EC.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Here’s a few toys I’ve done, all ancients this time.</p><p>First up some Romans, mostly Airfix with new bingo chip shields. The originals went astray and I bought these guys sans scutum. I love those old Giant officer figures.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwMyO9lMPb5t0J5zS-jOLwstvXQ_Zos3Lds1CtyuyIBgKdAO2Xaw3yDFhaln0rvauPR9MXY5o5SEnw8ObAPpmcQplrUxz78ymYbWoDnoMIifwQyLRwtWC2VOWR7i7lNPaDuUcF5Xut5R7iLlj60mTvognAQ-fptUYaqAVRTx9cDDW2vyEWtW3fTO1a9g/s2032/976CA67C-7BEC-4465-86F2-316F42017168.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwMyO9lMPb5t0J5zS-jOLwstvXQ_Zos3Lds1CtyuyIBgKdAO2Xaw3yDFhaln0rvauPR9MXY5o5SEnw8ObAPpmcQplrUxz78ymYbWoDnoMIifwQyLRwtWC2VOWR7i7lNPaDuUcF5Xut5R7iLlj60mTvognAQ-fptUYaqAVRTx9cDDW2vyEWtW3fTO1a9g/s320/976CA67C-7BEC-4465-86F2-316F42017168.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmrTY7_D0q7_ZKfUhsw7_6RoLDJMYRD-rGNvKRol2m3WwNIihlI1j_mBygDRe_txs7jWTSdDSj7A9rIgh4-tFoLxPujkXAhKfKAosYSSJai2zAyn-eOqTp_9ZjTOXE5SUA9NEGAhsiOfSraXgVj0KZ9DMkBcy5nAJK1NW6WkJRVypzzf5kz8lYyBELw/s2032/8366CB14-21DC-4709-986D-E2AE770FB7E0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmrTY7_D0q7_ZKfUhsw7_6RoLDJMYRD-rGNvKRol2m3WwNIihlI1j_mBygDRe_txs7jWTSdDSj7A9rIgh4-tFoLxPujkXAhKfKAosYSSJai2zAyn-eOqTp_9ZjTOXE5SUA9NEGAhsiOfSraXgVj0KZ9DMkBcy5nAJK1NW6WkJRVypzzf5kz8lYyBELw/s320/8366CB14-21DC-4709-986D-E2AE770FB7E0.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Next up is more Marx Madness. Captain Gallant figures manning Airfix Roman chariots as Persians, and some Persian cavalry from Giant knights.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6vTjzQU9MxlsjDiWoPAQhtr475lV1tGi3lEwfHRML04zR41LNJ0lyO5UxxosOIi1C-L3S4aeJQ0GXLvlf4pcrastYbGilglaY4UukNsxXDc1FNaXfkEfXc-cCdG0qykIiTlitDkELLNyRHRGKkvXDBZp66hGOeC_cLELIwQDkzBwYSMa03SoONd601A/s2032/663A3F15-613B-4107-BC46-BA6603DA33D7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6vTjzQU9MxlsjDiWoPAQhtr475lV1tGi3lEwfHRML04zR41LNJ0lyO5UxxosOIi1C-L3S4aeJQ0GXLvlf4pcrastYbGilglaY4UukNsxXDc1FNaXfkEfXc-cCdG0qykIiTlitDkELLNyRHRGKkvXDBZp66hGOeC_cLELIwQDkzBwYSMa03SoONd601A/s320/663A3F15-613B-4107-BC46-BA6603DA33D7.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglIf3epmzDlGodD3o88ZvSL-csb0hg0mnCsB2ht7yJhMVofXi0oaKuJchpQCWu0xPYgPtwkbsVDJVFYupcQfI1Gh5WMw7ogq4wcw0IhSlo3LJVWe35XnWtJ9LS8WvcPXksmfdvny0XiXo7HutkAge8XyfFehdnN28-UqaZl8tvfEbNcsDYzFc5BQaTwg/s2032/1350D3E6-2E98-4506-B88E-C4CCBC5FCA63.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglIf3epmzDlGodD3o88ZvSL-csb0hg0mnCsB2ht7yJhMVofXi0oaKuJchpQCWu0xPYgPtwkbsVDJVFYupcQfI1Gh5WMw7ogq4wcw0IhSlo3LJVWe35XnWtJ9LS8WvcPXksmfdvny0XiXo7HutkAge8XyfFehdnN28-UqaZl8tvfEbNcsDYzFc5BQaTwg/s320/1350D3E6-2E98-4506-B88E-C4CCBC5FCA63.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtx7SLFS5OL78KvzvroPyJ4Qji2MK9BMfcidsKJcUUjTgVLFgiIXfShPfA1cr11Q9HJLmepoVM-o-7lEL7-8p8RT3v-7OU9yOo5viOd4nQ2QpWrPI3kveffrhp5tFjtL7InJnkwjx5a5V2ihd7A6dPlYJMrSeZHU4S2UJRvDfJ-ZffXpJRXcZnkiZkWg/s2032/FFD4813A-584D-4183-9637-B2CAFEDE9F38.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtx7SLFS5OL78KvzvroPyJ4Qji2MK9BMfcidsKJcUUjTgVLFgiIXfShPfA1cr11Q9HJLmepoVM-o-7lEL7-8p8RT3v-7OU9yOo5viOd4nQ2QpWrPI3kveffrhp5tFjtL7InJnkwjx5a5V2ihd7A6dPlYJMrSeZHU4S2UJRvDfJ-ZffXpJRXcZnkiZkWg/s320/FFD4813A-584D-4183-9637-B2CAFEDE9F38.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>And finally, a work in progress from a quarter century ago. Spartan hoplites from Marx Captain Gallant figures with plasticene shields, helmets and cloaks. The spears are florist wire and pop off if handled too much, so I made a special box just for them to be stored in. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Vlg2BLrBViyAw7bFVcZtYvYC6K2UHrmmfuXX5CeU-WWQBx0Q3yzETUxo8mTBbt8Xz7j8gvakicRrZL8CrrCCqd6BEyUBWPO9I3x0vlg2szva03GuI_IwbzDiSI-5db32_jjSSeBAYi1DO8ejGRFFx1McpMmjTduomYDCY5e2kH3uPHcjvsYgALFq9Q/s2032/94B77E5D-08C0-4144-AF79-EFFB121877A9.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Vlg2BLrBViyAw7bFVcZtYvYC6K2UHrmmfuXX5CeU-WWQBx0Q3yzETUxo8mTBbt8Xz7j8gvakicRrZL8CrrCCqd6BEyUBWPO9I3x0vlg2szva03GuI_IwbzDiSI-5db32_jjSSeBAYi1DO8ejGRFFx1McpMmjTduomYDCY5e2kH3uPHcjvsYgALFq9Q/s320/94B77E5D-08C0-4144-AF79-EFFB121877A9.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuKKKZXqS-wmMpQSO4xLkBIfmmUiVj4gn8yK-Bh0IgaWxRQ-r1rLSA4xuHQCuNQNvk5lc7ykcDlkBbKGnFqSvN1fN-deIdX6leTKqxOzGn9VJkBBHvet5s4jBz0pPsh984Xxk4zeyL51MQrLV642G0At_r1jDI3ctbxh_Zq-QZcaTOTBFwi9YBToqRxg/s1524/417C1B87-E91B-47D9-9E4F-FF9F61E368D5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="1143" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuKKKZXqS-wmMpQSO4xLkBIfmmUiVj4gn8yK-Bh0IgaWxRQ-r1rLSA4xuHQCuNQNvk5lc7ykcDlkBbKGnFqSvN1fN-deIdX6leTKqxOzGn9VJkBBHvet5s4jBz0pPsh984Xxk4zeyL51MQrLV642G0At_r1jDI3ctbxh_Zq-QZcaTOTBFwi9YBToqRxg/s320/417C1B87-E91B-47D9-9E4F-FF9F61E368D5.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Well that’s it this time. Best wishes for the New Year!</p>Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011159912925185469noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018311194800190491.post-73431503534232516162022-12-03T12:21:00.001-08:002022-12-24T09:30:35.384-08:00Paper Tigers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqSK-tD6zWvKm82hGtOJvMKwIMlrs4HoHpIaKRz1C4qzRsmMac3NJInhnKkdFhfrVHlPNKQAL7We_w_YfET1j_LBXB8D-ytCZtUFNkW_plg66iXUj-1UNPFL2tFowgidsVwAK2qfB1yT1jNj4Hrz_FJmfNqwn6Oj97Dq3n0jZCnF2yiq9AOgLGPPaIuA/s1941/43B0ADCF-B751-445C-836D-4FA00ECBF72C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1456" data-original-width="1941" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqSK-tD6zWvKm82hGtOJvMKwIMlrs4HoHpIaKRz1C4qzRsmMac3NJInhnKkdFhfrVHlPNKQAL7We_w_YfET1j_LBXB8D-ytCZtUFNkW_plg66iXUj-1UNPFL2tFowgidsVwAK2qfB1yT1jNj4Hrz_FJmfNqwn6Oj97Dq3n0jZCnF2yiq9AOgLGPPaIuA/s320/43B0ADCF-B751-445C-836D-4FA00ECBF72C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p> Well, not so much paper as cardboard. During Covid I did a lot of ordering from Amazon and I duly cut up the boxes for recycling. Then I thought it might be an opportunity to make some things out of this free bounty of cardboard. I made terrain, rivers, bridges and such, buildings and the like. But I got bored. So I was flipping through the “Marshall Cavendish History of World War 2” (in 25 volumes) and I had a hard look at the paintings of some of the equipment. They were accompanied by the dimensions, so I made a ship. Then some planes. Eventually I had a go at tanks. I had a look at my own 1/76 and 1/72 stock and soon realized that to flesh out the armies would be pretty costly . Models are $10 to $20 each now, or I’d have to go the 3d printer route. So I made blocky tanks in a smaller scale, roughly 1/100 or so. They went together quickly and I made several forces.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWWKWTeS9ai_QR3CZPFVWO3r4xsKtgCqlat_sHjsOqX4JVN9uvWX0g-LkN0PX8zkzTxcT4aVIFAdgYLAALeUvyGgdwIw77Hgyyve9WHd6XSSNafbRBnHdKYAf2wG0o_yFQ4uE43e-0zL2-CnCp6zpKh0lvKq5WDQVctCiZsdfCEEDWgQ1kRLJec0vojA/s3264/366A588B-DDEF-4282-ADAF-D3E852736261.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWWKWTeS9ai_QR3CZPFVWO3r4xsKtgCqlat_sHjsOqX4JVN9uvWX0g-LkN0PX8zkzTxcT4aVIFAdgYLAALeUvyGgdwIw77Hgyyve9WHd6XSSNafbRBnHdKYAf2wG0o_yFQ4uE43e-0zL2-CnCp6zpKh0lvKq5WDQVctCiZsdfCEEDWgQ1kRLJec0vojA/s320/366A588B-DDEF-4282-ADAF-D3E852736261.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>This is the start of my Italian forces. The M11 turrets are a failure, I have to find another solution.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKAePqy4hBhyLIsVNbTnjZOhLKhRQhLkydIrgQZAl73AA6dJOoVWGNS3Cu36J_Ru794OiIQNn1OoX3K9QbmlxZmNBLjwC7kPdcigpj-web2vhlZPR7a3J-R_6j5ZvicSvdvPSdg8abklb2WGe5vM-F_KPbnUlC9TSVlLKvflhEvCU50uhMd0VT-Driw/s1941/C9E23851-3FE0-431C-8C9C-9E98FC9E2B23.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1456" data-original-width="1941" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKAePqy4hBhyLIsVNbTnjZOhLKhRQhLkydIrgQZAl73AA6dJOoVWGNS3Cu36J_Ru794OiIQNn1OoX3K9QbmlxZmNBLjwC7kPdcigpj-web2vhlZPR7a3J-R_6j5ZvicSvdvPSdg8abklb2WGe5vM-F_KPbnUlC9TSVlLKvflhEvCU50uhMd0VT-Driw/s320/C9E23851-3FE0-431C-8C9C-9E98FC9E2B23.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>And here are the tiny Tigers, and a lurking Panther:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuM7cKTdnykNJGzIDS9l8YmJ0nKlUFJ2wtmV7GchBwYeAEqVK3w0vwyBDSlvgTci9CSFT_AQpZSmMAfMlCNYrUwNaGgYmerichwU_Tl8ESv6AM007VCGgqUTGAXu_zeWl54v-rVjO14L48dbbyHH8ti8y-W0zYh_zbQKN3iE9tujqR9NgOob5hmA2PZg/s1941/C8026D2F-00B8-4C4D-AF97-0C989140265E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1456" data-original-width="1941" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuM7cKTdnykNJGzIDS9l8YmJ0nKlUFJ2wtmV7GchBwYeAEqVK3w0vwyBDSlvgTci9CSFT_AQpZSmMAfMlCNYrUwNaGgYmerichwU_Tl8ESv6AM007VCGgqUTGAXu_zeWl54v-rVjO14L48dbbyHH8ti8y-W0zYh_zbQKN3iE9tujqR9NgOob5hmA2PZg/s320/C8026D2F-00B8-4C4D-AF97-0C989140265E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>I also made a roughly 1/72 Panther, just to see how it went together:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNvfkPHiGSMgeGY0M1-UtZlRfJF6-InRaC8TkvqLwqyktgGTr7xbAYqLqsIPdkqhSFZcaAltm_C9h_vLSQdJC1cOZuhIlb_tunQdK1ArQJvu__5iJmRdtOoCJb-Ivy2fYCYhbgPjJXSyYNMABfRC-omfTK-WUF6OqkGNhvhZB4ba0U4pubyOpZQLBpyA/s3264/77FA5FDC-2B3F-4B8C-B4DD-63BFDC9BA360.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNvfkPHiGSMgeGY0M1-UtZlRfJF6-InRaC8TkvqLwqyktgGTr7xbAYqLqsIPdkqhSFZcaAltm_C9h_vLSQdJC1cOZuhIlb_tunQdK1ArQJvu__5iJmRdtOoCJb-Ivy2fYCYhbgPjJXSyYNMABfRC-omfTK-WUF6OqkGNhvhZB4ba0U4pubyOpZQLBpyA/s320/77FA5FDC-2B3F-4B8C-B4DD-63BFDC9BA360.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBtNmVZIA3anQQwpYJK9N8S4dukanKwbf3vqE4qqx0l5UkgQ9rDNxatrtsyfGzf_7V5naQyRiGxPNmgME0AXV8gjyYJI8ViJ0CTjnlJI0bkLm1kBRvxEXWZ0vl9CTaFrDRGS95HSG_KLGygh0oKgpupkVqUaGJECDQaHXmBcNdvqFjMX0Wk041bW8M7A/s3264/348B1E43-969B-4B34-85F0-A2EA07B95853.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBtNmVZIA3anQQwpYJK9N8S4dukanKwbf3vqE4qqx0l5UkgQ9rDNxatrtsyfGzf_7V5naQyRiGxPNmgME0AXV8gjyYJI8ViJ0CTjnlJI0bkLm1kBRvxEXWZ0vl9CTaFrDRGS95HSG_KLGygh0oKgpupkVqUaGJECDQaHXmBcNdvqFjMX0Wk041bW8M7A/s320/348B1E43-969B-4B34-85F0-A2EA07B95853.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><p>Not the prettiest, but doable just for gaming. I started in on some Panzer 3’s and 2’s:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggr4MRUHRYpZz3Oe598CiLJH6BpgpPa31mD_dzlTqZamsL1qyic0crEC_APuz0mB2FGTDzBuh1lQYLP5SR3rwfhA1oTSg2n_3jrwiLpVU0vtvsoUzlsX0zach4ubma10CUrBeCENCQR_8xGvfrd4swtvLWL5OikdlfRfPnvF22cgnh-ojNC39xWIUsOw/s1941/4EBFC155-D5EE-4CAF-817A-E5FE8B4A11A5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1456" data-original-width="1941" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggr4MRUHRYpZz3Oe598CiLJH6BpgpPa31mD_dzlTqZamsL1qyic0crEC_APuz0mB2FGTDzBuh1lQYLP5SR3rwfhA1oTSg2n_3jrwiLpVU0vtvsoUzlsX0zach4ubma10CUrBeCENCQR_8xGvfrd4swtvLWL5OikdlfRfPnvF22cgnh-ojNC39xWIUsOw/s320/4EBFC155-D5EE-4CAF-817A-E5FE8B4A11A5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBv_1DNo9enpLTSUvIKWAAwApJoQ7ZQ70VdofxmCenkirAR_hv-Q07dAMFUS4aIT68adxtiUFFi7ayaz3vG5sMXbxoW12V_KJNgBqwePdEKtsd1KqOzgxMaToye7chh6g3Z_9bxU9R8D9ZBCtph0CynFMFKcBd8DvXjNG7TjUaRv-mg8zel5qHbc2BKQ/s2032/6A549936-CFE5-4EAC-B1FC-49684331C1AF.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4RaksQ3twyWjJZ9wI7oRlTom072ckPNs6B9pHPyxkmV6EPf76CZeuBhyefFg21pArsAwqyWHB60Eo-pivW2iUAgKFe2PbImgN4ZfvWeLGVnikuSzhHdh-s8IP3WsBd0iDd_7qcfmUQLvsYVNBVnnYf0o6FfC1CRd441In2NRPdS6pjZaOCfm196ncog/s1941/78266263-1BF2-47DE-B2DC-74D803DCA45A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1456" data-original-width="1941" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4RaksQ3twyWjJZ9wI7oRlTom072ckPNs6B9pHPyxkmV6EPf76CZeuBhyefFg21pArsAwqyWHB60Eo-pivW2iUAgKFe2PbImgN4ZfvWeLGVnikuSzhHdh-s8IP3WsBd0iDd_7qcfmUQLvsYVNBVnnYf0o6FfC1CRd441In2NRPdS6pjZaOCfm196ncog/s320/78266263-1BF2-47DE-B2DC-74D803DCA45A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Here’s an early Panzer 4 and a Nashorn:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguI4QvJ2-Z7ccOOIqLIVV-R5lu3QtUiWPJiWBpQ4fzRvK8w7GDd0k2zpRz_F0TVE80uGudESogbP2Bd3k9CySv9ScJ5cq0z77YL2sco9iqAWg_dcAL25hfJDj5G5cbA1AxWkk-JP_n_1z8tFKwzQAc4scXURWOTrDBs-3EJdhSYE5wYNpFy60wa6y9vw/s3264/E00EEACB-F4DF-41FE-B251-A7EE1244CF00.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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No scale really, as I tried small aircraft but they don’t do well in cardboard. So these are roughly 1 inch to 10 feet. And round fusilages are tough in cardboard at this size, so I simply put a round wooden disk in front of the square motor.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0JIl1dI-o6Fu5oY8ZuBAwwweJ8Rj4paRRNYm5BsB2czHFrhRH_z3rxnIZ0QZoxR38R4KaAHmdIDk8D9x3lXMAUx4ic6HJCV3UiVWGirTkQn7yjkcmfSzgfC_5U_cTaLmdZl6hppaDGFUaI0jmnonHAC70aPb7dYDW5yaYnpFa9RvyEcdYlbkQ3rcGA/s3264/3A4108DA-BC6A-4B24-B8A6-8BA1E73AABA4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0JIl1dI-o6Fu5oY8ZuBAwwweJ8Rj4paRRNYm5BsB2czHFrhRH_z3rxnIZ0QZoxR38R4KaAHmdIDk8D9x3lXMAUx4ic6HJCV3UiVWGirTkQn7yjkcmfSzgfC_5U_cTaLmdZl6hppaDGFUaI0jmnonHAC70aPb7dYDW5yaYnpFa9RvyEcdYlbkQ3rcGA/s320/3A4108DA-BC6A-4B24-B8A6-8BA1E73AABA4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></p><br style="text-align: center;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizAkLgKbA0qt6NOrnXIxEt4TZZ7zMJ_QrSal4Nje_myvpnI927kALvdrJShPci0TVRsmBUHUVRKwwQbMtqkYvmMlOC3k-czcjEjEHm-ZSP5TEQDzFYoJEQHjXzePuQMaeyTpMLATdVncjFWKC01CLorh1e2SUkntD2DPq0HlWJfyA8K-aGoowg15yHiQ/s1941/C141C1E8-7ACC-4D63-912E-59AFA15DDCE5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1456" data-original-width="1941" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizAkLgKbA0qt6NOrnXIxEt4TZZ7zMJ_QrSal4Nje_myvpnI927kALvdrJShPci0TVRsmBUHUVRKwwQbMtqkYvmMlOC3k-czcjEjEHm-ZSP5TEQDzFYoJEQHjXzePuQMaeyTpMLATdVncjFWKC01CLorh1e2SUkntD2DPq0HlWJfyA8K-aGoowg15yHiQ/s320/C141C1E8-7ACC-4D63-912E-59AFA15DDCE5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>These are converted French Horse Grenadiers - Grenadiers A Cheval de La Garde Imperial, some musicians, painted up Lucky Toys, and a couple of Line Horse Artillery guns.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1456" data-original-width="1941" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvQiXYB4jDcVNmpDTSKJ67mUo6MO-Lcra6_zG4JwSaDiBSwkNDuEVFfEL6RctYKo7_sQVjv1pA1dTQlaNfMHHSeB2uVT35fVIvQJOT2YRNkjpeaOtHdPpvKoyZ6Apsc925hI3GWgpxR5dCnqcTJKGEzbU0y3gYLlPRx7s5Hc-KomLRhf0U6k5sF3wKxQ/s320/B6B2B2C5-89EB-463F-A10D-383608217622.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I also did the Empress Dragoons.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi80l4c41uvOFoDK3E4Md_LufJ5YvplqDVNenoj7HtZbox9Sx7SuGhRNBj2ez2-YVnYM0RdOQvXPytOGfxRHSE0qLGYBbnz-edManQbFLtaVrrnYTZYP8hhgHBEOcIORebaqxjm0OqZ-4QxEp-jEKFMrrrVug2iUYx7yrssvfOFupUjdP4uIjlCEbb2vQ/s1941/4F7D4149-B945-417D-B7C1-AF8047111B01.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1456" data-original-width="1941" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi80l4c41uvOFoDK3E4Md_LufJ5YvplqDVNenoj7HtZbox9Sx7SuGhRNBj2ez2-YVnYM0RdOQvXPytOGfxRHSE0qLGYBbnz-edManQbFLtaVrrnYTZYP8hhgHBEOcIORebaqxjm0OqZ-4QxEp-jEKFMrrrVug2iUYx7yrssvfOFupUjdP4uIjlCEbb2vQ/s320/4F7D4149-B945-417D-B7C1-AF8047111B01.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYlshujXH-sDgnKcsGG1IVjxMU2cjJ9c_wPbDpxL3OF5r1GqNYD_M2ICfabW0KoC6CUQSMpnwFiC5ZkdhnVYeJAoP3Wn2TujI9wKVM7wqOVom_kGbgM5O13G-RGtGwO9mOejlfOkecGtFr-fiB9n3xBT5umIYGBcNVI-RHhns65UIMaOBnUlAzOE27qg/s1456/A99D243A-AF26-413A-B745-78E50C4C79C5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1456" data-original-width="1092" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYlshujXH-sDgnKcsGG1IVjxMU2cjJ9c_wPbDpxL3OF5r1GqNYD_M2ICfabW0KoC6CUQSMpnwFiC5ZkdhnVYeJAoP3Wn2TujI9wKVM7wqOVom_kGbgM5O13G-RGtGwO9mOejlfOkecGtFr-fiB9n3xBT5umIYGBcNVI-RHhns65UIMaOBnUlAzOE27qg/s320/A99D243A-AF26-413A-B745-78E50C4C79C5.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Finally a lone Cuirassier. I guess I’ll get ‘round to doing the unit, but I ran out of steam.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5pL1hIEDE8BmANVUV_8U0WpFbkl7CObptODRvTA1Ioa2MZOTgFn-nn_KekzWhbZl4V6cSmE24O8YBCZgcpfzjJhbVmSN6KZ1hwLRA6p9qqNKR2pvyusS-d3bpkAyq4SEXlKbmvjeqk5yyzEaWt9nkQI36SV0hLYe6s9_LN3MWR1z4ox-vksByXLvSwQ/s1941/B1A2CED0-D88D-4464-A916-AB040A8E2307.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1456" data-original-width="1941" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5pL1hIEDE8BmANVUV_8U0WpFbkl7CObptODRvTA1Ioa2MZOTgFn-nn_KekzWhbZl4V6cSmE24O8YBCZgcpfzjJhbVmSN6KZ1hwLRA6p9qqNKR2pvyusS-d3bpkAyq4SEXlKbmvjeqk5yyzEaWt9nkQI36SV0hLYe6s9_LN3MWR1z4ox-vksByXLvSwQ/s320/B1A2CED0-D88D-4464-A916-AB040A8E2307.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I also did some English units, these being Waterloo Hanoverian. There’s a company that put out these guys in 28mm plastics, and I just seized upon the look of them to paint some 1/72 Prussians up.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZrBqFTXshbyI_9Yqnpw447NPy5nndYBPrD0YLxE2qgVcywM1it777ixNraP5i8qlANKXRzhiktOh_Wyv_Hzmqiy0ohqCL1HxDd_rE5UUdrav3xZlOk18ThZCfHzK7ig0UXK3WuzVl4TQHgosTaHXeOC37l5w9z5cxrcAxMHb1g3sA2jRRXDAPBgF47Q/s1941/03A59C85-7CDB-4432-9909-F1E3EA484F9D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1456" data-original-width="1941" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZrBqFTXshbyI_9Yqnpw447NPy5nndYBPrD0YLxE2qgVcywM1it777ixNraP5i8qlANKXRzhiktOh_Wyv_Hzmqiy0ohqCL1HxDd_rE5UUdrav3xZlOk18ThZCfHzK7ig0UXK3WuzVl4TQHgosTaHXeOC37l5w9z5cxrcAxMHb1g3sA2jRRXDAPBgF47Q/s320/03A59C85-7CDB-4432-9909-F1E3EA484F9D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi77daseInMO65vNsenY8nhACHLym_IQ7WDO1nMUCuv-lEjHwC1Yt2tupL9tFUOZ9QJhbWUPTzfKoO78-6C3IArrYXVWsOKEjMCCHESXF-0jufSnUX3Z8wPwV_APAQN3Li9GbLdOx4fpYiypsbCaYUFwzZw-pjUct1nLpgmdLWF0-glGHPy9zvFeONGcw/s1941/BCA47830-3F1E-46C3-8CCD-05D1DF6E9C9C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1456" data-original-width="1941" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi77daseInMO65vNsenY8nhACHLym_IQ7WDO1nMUCuv-lEjHwC1Yt2tupL9tFUOZ9QJhbWUPTzfKoO78-6C3IArrYXVWsOKEjMCCHESXF-0jufSnUX3Z8wPwV_APAQN3Li9GbLdOx4fpYiypsbCaYUFwzZw-pjUct1nLpgmdLWF0-glGHPy9zvFeONGcw/s320/BCA47830-3F1E-46C3-8CCD-05D1DF6E9C9C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I also did some artillery. Basically they look just like the English artillery, but I painted the artillery drivers in red like the earlier Waggoner corps. Just a whim on my part.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt-5lQynrrc93fTalT6X5xCv7fepxLMCyhPM9Oc2kxAph2XE41BZQMB4iEdqnjqJeobz4t3x2dwF2fMxg4jUUSxf1rjr9wCYWKc3taaidOapQ3fDHXwWBYpotOgxxarrLaCUdO6trdCLcegeKtELc8_0DBeMTaontzFbtuZUMZrxm2B3831wSXDDYxaQ/s1456/1E1F3334-4ADB-405F-B580-BEC6818FE720.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1456" data-original-width="1092" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt-5lQynrrc93fTalT6X5xCv7fepxLMCyhPM9Oc2kxAph2XE41BZQMB4iEdqnjqJeobz4t3x2dwF2fMxg4jUUSxf1rjr9wCYWKc3taaidOapQ3fDHXwWBYpotOgxxarrLaCUdO6trdCLcegeKtELc8_0DBeMTaontzFbtuZUMZrxm2B3831wSXDDYxaQ/s320/1E1F3334-4ADB-405F-B580-BEC6818FE720.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6is4UrFhZkcmAKuqRiPUcjR43MBc64KJMxbO2jqoP_xbIYfj0VJTf6FP7uNk8ZgWGTLGHYelqELZZXXgS3ipj8SweYUFsx4Z-UwpRDhGSmIWUiuYCo8QyedRTEspe2zate26qusULHsm_YS3J3CKOc2meC_HsM-h_oyMZim27a__X9Weo263FnJhvhQ/s1456/092A0CBC-553B-46DE-A554-301C34C01E7E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Hong Kong soldiers made into Revolutionary war period French.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbKRVPZGQPUWrttX6OM8VRux3_1vW6NDWLEKmj24LS9zz-VMtt4_mtw9XtSDZr7VOfc11z7mS8iCOckcZ4amZskf2OV-gxPIWlBAUo6cF_HvmRCVw5gJ2gvXfOXWHIFEXGma9hpdIgViKLaq-BrHFmBiJePtz9mqlqPRGtctCPsrdWnKw8T0JGAtDZ9g=s3264" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbKRVPZGQPUWrttX6OM8VRux3_1vW6NDWLEKmj24LS9zz-VMtt4_mtw9XtSDZr7VOfc11z7mS8iCOckcZ4amZskf2OV-gxPIWlBAUo6cF_HvmRCVw5gJ2gvXfOXWHIFEXGma9hpdIgViKLaq-BrHFmBiJePtz9mqlqPRGtctCPsrdWnKw8T0JGAtDZ9g=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgN4J27wWcdj5giZtU6_T1dphaxmDbMT8-dljpspOcn2Fp0F0JCJns2jR_rLRHTX3CGyOg05gBpq39hp-2W6JbObHq_NbmnXZN0PIX7JMGw9yLm8bZ15HX-nZZQAlcoqMs-ZBfVGrCos0btNPCRd6EcoK93zwPml-TLuoK2opM2phbGC1tm9AcL7KkjEA=s3264" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgN4J27wWcdj5giZtU6_T1dphaxmDbMT8-dljpspOcn2Fp0F0JCJns2jR_rLRHTX3CGyOg05gBpq39hp-2W6JbObHq_NbmnXZN0PIX7JMGw9yLm8bZ15HX-nZZQAlcoqMs-ZBfVGrCos0btNPCRd6EcoK93zwPml-TLuoK2opM2phbGC1tm9AcL7KkjEA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsjkuMKhcORcuVs5aKGiw7RQdMorwXRngH_9rkQ889RFyI1SIaOk0yES9TOMAlziqD3G7A6_c8hdK-I2xqbORlngWjfPh1UgnJUMWVxd16pxbD2ze4Y7DfXwhUZWq4cmp9bF7Y8DEDmZWaW06PZe4P1QxThNtEzQGspBqrYBu9jV_dIPFQsXCxynEyhA=s3264" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsjkuMKhcORcuVs5aKGiw7RQdMorwXRngH_9rkQ889RFyI1SIaOk0yES9TOMAlziqD3G7A6_c8hdK-I2xqbORlngWjfPh1UgnJUMWVxd16pxbD2ze4Y7DfXwhUZWq4cmp9bF7Y8DEDmZWaW06PZe4P1QxThNtEzQGspBqrYBu9jV_dIPFQsXCxynEyhA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5pBxKj-0YFoqh7eYFBQdKy7JZX31bOeMwMiNe5vUq0CH4QIIHPKY7Z0oMPGtvbUrkHtF_T4_FiY8YlXXpk24ZC_GDEG3oPAGjPxCxiPiegc__uE_s5KiPxpCENOh2FRJ-GVlfuQa0hh_4Gl1gXaAqwfykR7innFhDwenQcOLlHKOth9V4u0w7Na03AA=s3264" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5pBxKj-0YFoqh7eYFBQdKy7JZX31bOeMwMiNe5vUq0CH4QIIHPKY7Z0oMPGtvbUrkHtF_T4_FiY8YlXXpk24ZC_GDEG3oPAGjPxCxiPiegc__uE_s5KiPxpCENOh2FRJ-GVlfuQa0hh_4Gl1gXaAqwfykR7innFhDwenQcOLlHKOth9V4u0w7Na03AA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBqStEJ88hb--WPEip2EJpODmvGVQu8HGs5n1vEmwf7cI-XwA31W7P7xfzYL9QaFmlGcKtt9-0kYt_jN7xmJOhPKtJR920jWrP-7gYmr_-QmnYEqVHRHTAoMV9y_OPsuHSxwK302ZkpXfCwLXMrS7w2VdrqePpeVloWejusX4YByJs6ej0XHoXhW7ZPQ=s3264" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBqStEJ88hb--WPEip2EJpODmvGVQu8HGs5n1vEmwf7cI-XwA31W7P7xfzYL9QaFmlGcKtt9-0kYt_jN7xmJOhPKtJR920jWrP-7gYmr_-QmnYEqVHRHTAoMV9y_OPsuHSxwK302ZkpXfCwLXMrS7w2VdrqePpeVloWejusX4YByJs6ej0XHoXhW7ZPQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Next are a few Thirty Years War types. The large base is a terico, made of figures from one box of Mars figures. The pikes are those provided in the set and a bit of an experiment on my part. I used to just use florist wire, but after I dropped a biscuit tin full of pikemen, I kinda walked away from them. These soft plastic pikes may not be painted (yet) but they stay in place. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgRXDFRuxrhth_m9hBFXD-jRb9OVg3CJH1gM_P1OhpMRHmaKXUOeqgaofW9wwYbBoJwbp-QuaoCU9OEPg3fznNTIq8m40YSmLl7a8HMx1zVD7mV6o9R9ld_nsC9grJgC9c5klirsqSqoRzcs0LAUjbZgdDvUfttcd8vgfr96bVY_48OZIbDq81NHmGoQ=s3264" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgRXDFRuxrhth_m9hBFXD-jRb9OVg3CJH1gM_P1OhpMRHmaKXUOeqgaofW9wwYbBoJwbp-QuaoCU9OEPg3fznNTIq8m40YSmLl7a8HMx1zVD7mV6o9R9ld_nsC9grJgC9c5klirsqSqoRzcs0LAUjbZgdDvUfttcd8vgfr96bVY_48OZIbDq81NHmGoQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7mM2r7ke4o7cXAsqdPOoQxpmFqNhTr_t5loBsda7osdsx7TqlZh1_2hWTLr1xzyChEHalzFU_uPeJGZkhRhgd5dcQ9IdmP9vwQY29hHKYnImWQgtYw8cw1M9VyQM1x6X_TcZVL50xzmkGqoklMU6_afnn4p_-yG1oiTACKP9IOeOVyAZKX-Wi1x9BGA=s3264" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7mM2r7ke4o7cXAsqdPOoQxpmFqNhTr_t5loBsda7osdsx7TqlZh1_2hWTLr1xzyChEHalzFU_uPeJGZkhRhgd5dcQ9IdmP9vwQY29hHKYnImWQgtYw8cw1M9VyQM1x6X_TcZVL50xzmkGqoklMU6_afnn4p_-yG1oiTACKP9IOeOVyAZKX-Wi1x9BGA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>These next guys are actually lead 25mm Minifigs S range if I’m not mistaken. I bought a bunch of broken figures and these guys were in them. No swords, but they look ok on those Giant copy horses. Also there is a squadron of Warrior Miniatures 25mm French Cuirassier. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQ6mUXFShn4Z7tXwd2f8xD2boatsJMP0M43j1BHpO8oBR4cLeF_FTSHZXJgJtFpOTOphlFVnpMGHXsR_WQv5w0d4V6fX-mnxtC8Y65DcYwrjnStcXEzImTesdG0W305IWVOQJT3nKADvxntqynp7F6IUL9rJEsC1VXnccCb7bKJUBjET3rUY_PQ70cLg=s3264" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQ6mUXFShn4Z7tXwd2f8xD2boatsJMP0M43j1BHpO8oBR4cLeF_FTSHZXJgJtFpOTOphlFVnpMGHXsR_WQv5w0d4V6fX-mnxtC8Y65DcYwrjnStcXEzImTesdG0W305IWVOQJT3nKADvxntqynp7F6IUL9rJEsC1VXnccCb7bKJUBjET3rUY_PQ70cLg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjU1FYGRRi2gDCj8DhKcvMpsqdE1QYalT5U0SRswFkPK0MsVnu1NiJA-3aHYWqmA-Gb4HgXTVgUgf07vxbBEYlYrlABxsKjKqy__C48e8eWCWlxOA3nXwvgJZ1Ctd6FqxD3K6t_IJ2cyC7cd9MmXqx8wlPUDTsRdkxXOMk_hv7S3_DsPQB64IHMlRgWQA=s3264" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjU1FYGRRi2gDCj8DhKcvMpsqdE1QYalT5U0SRswFkPK0MsVnu1NiJA-3aHYWqmA-Gb4HgXTVgUgf07vxbBEYlYrlABxsKjKqy__C48e8eWCWlxOA3nXwvgJZ1Ctd6FqxD3K6t_IJ2cyC7cd9MmXqx8wlPUDTsRdkxXOMk_hv7S3_DsPQB64IHMlRgWQA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>And finally here’s some of those medieval figures I bought and featured in the last blog post. They paint up nicely.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiA92KJTySgIMlOtTPdZjmhSSQJhKpuyg04GwEH8jDUp__TJ14ek3JKHzqp6uM4zb7Bzm4q3od8ZE9N1Jyw4o_-MW9rilL3FqzLU-4tlqTesasyY_9y90Qwdnpq_X2SBqYC-SuuVGKYYIr8K9UKlgr4Y1t1c7HC0T1OxchCclSJk8tY05kQssZgx5QlgA=s3264" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiA92KJTySgIMlOtTPdZjmhSSQJhKpuyg04GwEH8jDUp__TJ14ek3JKHzqp6uM4zb7Bzm4q3od8ZE9N1Jyw4o_-MW9rilL3FqzLU-4tlqTesasyY_9y90Qwdnpq_X2SBqYC-SuuVGKYYIr8K9UKlgr4Y1t1c7HC0T1OxchCclSJk8tY05kQssZgx5QlgA=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVnk1nCopvTHSIUeyhdKW2l6Fy2ZNZRfac0c51z7j3_ZqQ0cDhM5p8vhBJSJdnX8X5hENeaqmPvieTtvHXZyyvnO9CmWE2a0CB_rKURxKrGMz_0pbI3JTSSDVFOucZpRRw0khmnlx0vL9-uyFb21Wf83BwukpVQ_7SmmHjLIe0wbz9nAJKJxjcSqC_dg=s3264" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVnk1nCopvTHSIUeyhdKW2l6Fy2ZNZRfac0c51z7j3_ZqQ0cDhM5p8vhBJSJdnX8X5hENeaqmPvieTtvHXZyyvnO9CmWE2a0CB_rKURxKrGMz_0pbI3JTSSDVFOucZpRRw0khmnlx0vL9-uyFb21Wf83BwukpVQ_7SmmHjLIe0wbz9nAJKJxjcSqC_dg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011159912925185469noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018311194800190491.post-49907451281009031122021-12-10T08:29:00.003-08:002022-12-24T09:34:40.466-08:00Cheap Medieval Figures ****Updated****<p> I’ve looked at Ali Baba and other places and noticed Caesar minis for sale in loose bunches.</p><p>Largely these have been World War 2 types, but I saw these medieval types on eBay:</p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.ca/itm/165147756445?hash=item267392c79d:g:DUsAAOSwBVlhdpIN">https://www.ebay.ca/itm/165147756445?hash=item267392c79d:g:DUsAAOSwBVlhdpIN</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEis4ARvjyid7st7dsvwlr-E5YfCf5ang4ilqCeSSgUQFAM5xaIa9JWoMmYo0ogmoMM_nsQACF6uwZoE6ghHiL8w7JRhrQFlgsYRSfQnHLcNxo8LZyyXChNP6Sva8mSkMe2zhibv6ygCNVuKu4h1KD8WmHnNpZh5DpYIinzsMJ8M5UJ41zP5tZAPM-drLA=s1600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEis4ARvjyid7st7dsvwlr-E5YfCf5ang4ilqCeSSgUQFAM5xaIa9JWoMmYo0ogmoMM_nsQACF6uwZoE6ghHiL8w7JRhrQFlgsYRSfQnHLcNxo8LZyyXChNP6Sva8mSkMe2zhibv6ygCNVuKu4h1KD8WmHnNpZh5DpYIinzsMJ8M5UJ41zP5tZAPM-drLA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaMbBpymCCsWoubDLW2mqx5aiuorEqt17U9602qnmaXF-ZXjx_LmgZXXuEifQdtNbjhtOXedeRHsh--pKszTn42kOof263rRwxGyPtJTN0-L_FTeoUefkD0rvApMOofSqVO4zh1Vjga1yfYWgE5qL3jARFZSvcEMQ8yHuHZw5z3Ki5WywaBo2YJHRvkg=s1600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaMbBpymCCsWoubDLW2mqx5aiuorEqt17U9602qnmaXF-ZXjx_LmgZXXuEifQdtNbjhtOXedeRHsh--pKszTn42kOof263rRwxGyPtJTN0-L_FTeoUefkD0rvApMOofSqVO4zh1Vjga1yfYWgE5qL3jARFZSvcEMQ8yHuHZw5z3Ki5WywaBo2YJHRvkg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I checked on plastic soldier review and these are indeed Caesar minis, from these sets:</p><p><br /></p><p>European Knights:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=1974">http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=1974</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=2299">http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=2299</a></p><p><br /></p><p>So for $12-16 US, one can get 200 figures in 12 poses which is the equivalent of 4 boxes of Caesar.</p><p>I picked up some.</p><p>I’ll add some pix once (if) they arrive.</p><p>My hope is that these are releases by Ceasar under licence and not just pirates, and that they release cavalry and ancients.</p><p>If they do chariots from the Hittites I’ll faint and hit the floor.</p><p><br /></p><p>****Addendum****</p><p><br /></p><p>Well it’s December 22, and the soldiers arrived yesterday.</p><p>11 days from order to my house, very good considering it’s Christmas season!</p><p>So what did I get?</p><p>I ordered a double dose of figures, that is 400 of them.</p><p>I received four bags of figures:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEic6WoDw60Z-ol84z0L4DGqIpS-RJGgOtXdDdxnEyAZ26z5s1aQBTamX46uoknDDcKeLPz1nD3D-QLDftJUAwn9iCWwDO37gZz9INmEDl-I6HX3oOr0kcxc2_Ck7wesXGjPG9y05Q6wIt9in7OF64_CZY9m-XTZiC9e5yPGTPQ3NPvKFkhy3ljaNS5zhA=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEic6WoDw60Z-ol84z0L4DGqIpS-RJGgOtXdDdxnEyAZ26z5s1aQBTamX46uoknDDcKeLPz1nD3D-QLDftJUAwn9iCWwDO37gZz9INmEDl-I6HX3oOr0kcxc2_Ck7wesXGjPG9y05Q6wIt9in7OF64_CZY9m-XTZiC9e5yPGTPQ3NPvKFkhy3ljaNS5zhA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The package label is a ubiquitous one showing larger 54mm type figures with horses:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzACGlGONedDEm3ee6WDM4VByIYEP9chnKOdbjdLS_pOI4y3PsEE1uQ3K7h9Wy0LhVA_jKdkKZvGh_Nt129WQPbZOt5vp5MYze8x7h-qwpGazIVFS4GECxXblslQPfzAhvlQ68WOQX1zC_Ck1yOp2lF7zG7i5t4zh9MIldx4qDRyDe6m6VsBFESFL9YQ=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzACGlGONedDEm3ee6WDM4VByIYEP9chnKOdbjdLS_pOI4y3PsEE1uQ3K7h9Wy0LhVA_jKdkKZvGh_Nt129WQPbZOt5vp5MYze8x7h-qwpGazIVFS4GECxXblslQPfzAhvlQ68WOQX1zC_Ck1yOp2lF7zG7i5t4zh9MIldx4qDRyDe6m6VsBFESFL9YQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>The figures themselves are of a hard plastic, which is a relief as the original Caesar figures were notoriously soft with rubber twisty weapons that were often difficult to straighten, and bent figures that had a tendency to lean and fall over.</p><p>Their use is pretty broad, as medieval types go, but I can see the heavily armoured pole axe figure being a “stand in” for Swiss infantry or even bill men in Wars of The Roses scenarios.</p><p>The heavily armoured types could also pad out an army of Lord of The Rings armies along with those Dark Dream Alliance sets.</p><p>They are 1/72 scale:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirUtpQJ5JJPyKPa5jn1cxM1DS9x8_9YEE38mNfBXHCRuzAOzoL9wHdX2ttYjEjoEpyEi_sIF9aApfIU5euP_ZmwB9jnYVGd65Gt2yGeXzakcTYwfvgGcGrKy06188sb3-vtxe4zPDe25uVRzmGE93zbHAbBnBtI1HLNRGvYFibwqypzPrdi3MNdzgmBA=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirUtpQJ5JJPyKPa5jn1cxM1DS9x8_9YEE38mNfBXHCRuzAOzoL9wHdX2ttYjEjoEpyEi_sIF9aApfIU5euP_ZmwB9jnYVGd65Gt2yGeXzakcTYwfvgGcGrKy06188sb3-vtxe4zPDe25uVRzmGE93zbHAbBnBtI1HLNRGvYFibwqypzPrdi3MNdzgmBA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So for around $20 bucks I ended up with 400 little guys that look pretty good.</p><p>(After I posted this I sat down to count the figures and they do vary, from 180 plus to 190, so you don’t quite get 200 figures.)</p><p>I can only hope they continue to release other periods in a like manner, along with mounted figures.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011159912925185469noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018311194800190491.post-48763371495911912252021-11-26T09:21:00.005-08:002022-12-24T09:36:41.314-08:00Dollar Store Tanks<p> Several years ago I posted some pix of the World War 2 Style tanks and trucks I have found at local dollar stores.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://dougssoldiers.blogspot.com/search/label/WW2?updated-max=2016-04-07T09:42:00-07:00&max-results=20&start=4&by-date=false">http://dougssoldiers.blogspot.com/search/label/WW2?updated-max=2016-04-07T09:42:00-07:00&max-results=20&start=4&by-date=false</a></p><p>I was looking at Hugh Walter’s excellent blog “Small Scale World” and he had some of the newer made in China tanks. So I thought I’d post some of mine.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x0676LXmPJY/YaEOxPmj4wI/AAAAAAAADXo/fI20d-Lvj5ADF1ybMSlexRd-TTsJvVYVQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/47380AA6-868D-4773-AD7F-B19556C27DE5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x0676LXmPJY/YaEOxPmj4wI/AAAAAAAADXo/fI20d-Lvj5ADF1ybMSlexRd-TTsJvVYVQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/47380AA6-868D-4773-AD7F-B19556C27DE5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>First up are some ersatz early World War 2 German vehicles.the Jeep’s are my “sorta Horch” conversions, with extra spare wheels, roll top and pellet headlights, a great idea I saw another guy doing. The figs are cut up Hong Kong figures.The tank transporter was actually a rocket transporter sans Scud missile.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SqwSlEto_5M/YaEPtqqdCOI/AAAAAAAADXw/kQynau24ObU3uPvuScdxODNn_oh5nTfRQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/34DAA28F-3E4C-41C9-88A3-7F7B4073BDDB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SqwSlEto_5M/YaEPtqqdCOI/AAAAAAAADXw/kQynau24ObU3uPvuScdxODNn_oh5nTfRQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/34DAA28F-3E4C-41C9-88A3-7F7B4073BDDB.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aED8GoHR-gg/YaEPyfyaXuI/AAAAAAAADX0/nypgpheftao7jjRwObpRLgrmUpHwSy-8gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/AD6C97FD-9E48-46BF-8C8B-C4E39E54EE2A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aED8GoHR-gg/YaEPyfyaXuI/AAAAAAAADX0/nypgpheftao7jjRwObpRLgrmUpHwSy-8gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/AD6C97FD-9E48-46BF-8C8B-C4E39E54EE2A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The tanks are a mix of hulls and turrets and they are next to some Atlantic German Panzer Grenadiers.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oNURggWeBH0/YaEQmKjsEuI/AAAAAAAADYA/lRgsD0p2PCwjFsYNEEuk-qKMkjIE2FAOwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/6A46D2C0-7F40-418E-B8A6-D54EBC0F3858.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oNURggWeBH0/YaEQmKjsEuI/AAAAAAAADYA/lRgsD0p2PCwjFsYNEEuk-qKMkjIE2FAOwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/6A46D2C0-7F40-418E-B8A6-D54EBC0F3858.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zaJ98_D-jAk/YaEQtA1-OrI/AAAAAAAADYE/dbjdZRmMjeYWfQn5Wh6U6w_Vjli1se5zwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/E7405BD8-EEFC-47BF-8049-83E56347EDA9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zaJ98_D-jAk/YaEQtA1-OrI/AAAAAAAADYE/dbjdZRmMjeYWfQn5Wh6U6w_Vjli1se5zwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/E7405BD8-EEFC-47BF-8049-83E56347EDA9.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>Here’s some of the bags of toys as they come from the store. There are a lot of modern vehicles, based on the US MLRS type of vehicles, but with odd oversized Sidewinder missiles or archaic fantasy howitzers. The Montoy bag has an interesting heavy flatbed truck with a tiny tank on the back that is sporting a huge gun. So I got out the razor saw and did some surgery.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mLcLLXRoGj4/YaERwSkx7-I/AAAAAAAADYQ/JjAsP8TOa8QXz9LqZbrFmtX5SuCbUsHPgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/E5156FF8-F1F9-4217-8C36-34C028457D53.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mLcLLXRoGj4/YaERwSkx7-I/AAAAAAAADYQ/JjAsP8TOa8QXz9LqZbrFmtX5SuCbUsHPgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/E5156FF8-F1F9-4217-8C36-34C028457D53.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The truck is a nice size and looks pretty good. A box could be easily constructed, but the cast on wheels look odd. They look like WW1 solid metal wheels. The tiny tank would make an OK tankette, perhaps Japanese or Italian. I put half a Hong Kong soldier in the cupola of the colourful one.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y9Ui64nVcmk/YaESqOMCnnI/AAAAAAAADYY/podGFrlzY_EqPWmrNMQBIM4mNG74zNECwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/9B5506AB-D251-4141-9888-1E4080A1CDE4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y9Ui64nVcmk/YaESqOMCnnI/AAAAAAAADYY/podGFrlzY_EqPWmrNMQBIM4mNG74zNECwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/9B5506AB-D251-4141-9888-1E4080A1CDE4.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xZxlJ1gG78g/YaESuaEQPUI/AAAAAAAADYc/s30fOfylSeQi_Rn90JR0AOJBazia4bVJgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/EB104531-6285-41A4-B9F5-27F989BBABD5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xZxlJ1gG78g/YaESuaEQPUI/AAAAAAAADYc/s30fOfylSeQi_Rn90JR0AOJBazia4bVJgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/EB104531-6285-41A4-B9F5-27F989BBABD5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Some more items. Firstly Jeep’s and an odd “dune buggy” with chained tires . I took off the silly howitzer mounted on the buggy and the small shielded Hmg on the fender. I am using these as recon armoured cars, as can be seen in my first pic. I also have mounted a turret on some, an ersatz Sdkfz 222.</p><p>The airplanes are kind of neat. The Osprey is a nice model as toys go. But the biplane has those friction motors on the bottom ruining the aircraft’s profile. Also the pilot is a cartoonish helmet and goggles that I cut out with an Xacto. I painted the plane as an early war aircraft. Not very satisfying but beggars can’t be choosers.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uFRfM8SOUgo/YaEUVcszW7I/AAAAAAAADYo/07cdhtOptJMiZe3APojo_5VXgH2EKoI7wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/D338BC51-F10B-4A6C-88A3-9D238D18E10B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uFRfM8SOUgo/YaEUVcszW7I/AAAAAAAADYo/07cdhtOptJMiZe3APojo_5VXgH2EKoI7wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/D338BC51-F10B-4A6C-88A3-9D238D18E10B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hw-L31OiKjY/YaEUfNdNykI/AAAAAAAADYs/DVItpZTL-wUJGgWa19bdqceUmf0aprqJQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/F87DF749-B99B-4940-989B-1A063CFD4451.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hw-L31OiKjY/YaEUfNdNykI/AAAAAAAADYs/DVItpZTL-wUJGgWa19bdqceUmf0aprqJQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/F87DF749-B99B-4940-989B-1A063CFD4451.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>More tanks with swapped turrets. The top has several versions based on the Centurion tank.</p><p>The next lot are a new product, small panther hulls, with that annoying friction motor (easily removed) and a selection of inappropriate turrets. So I tried to turn one into a Lvt Buffalo, using the shielded Hmg from the the dune buggy. I also cut out the rear deck and added a lower one with half beads as the helmets of the sheltering marines. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C4i_-CNJbcg/YaEVkCCp4OI/AAAAAAAADY8/ATk6IzMJrV87FKggqVqL4y3ZIkA-AzdRgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/CECCE8DD-A256-4B1C-960C-3D5B38570FAA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C4i_-CNJbcg/YaEVkCCp4OI/AAAAAAAADY8/ATk6IzMJrV87FKggqVqL4y3ZIkA-AzdRgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/CECCE8DD-A256-4B1C-960C-3D5B38570FAA.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V9OBK95vlv8/YaEVdrPc8yI/AAAAAAAADY4/fv4zAjphg6g7RgUNbBSVdKTgFfgp5clvwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/7610E019-4B84-44A0-9A5B-F57A1986A305.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V9OBK95vlv8/YaEVdrPc8yI/AAAAAAAADY4/fv4zAjphg6g7RgUNbBSVdKTgFfgp5clvwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/7610E019-4B84-44A0-9A5B-F57A1986A305.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>The last batch of photos have some of my plasticene blobby guys I tried to use as loads in those naked Jeep’s. Not too successful. They look like seals.</p><p>And finally some of the newer tanks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Colourful, and of two types. They also have an annoying fuel barrel on the rear end, easily cut off, but an odd inclusion.</p><p>There are more items coming out all the time, but these are some that I’ve been working on for now.</p></div>Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011159912925185469noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018311194800190491.post-42893568987625279822021-10-02T07:50:00.002-07:002022-12-24T09:37:58.355-08:00Blemmyes: An Early Dollar Store Army<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mHgaknwrdZo/YVhvGQvL3UI/AAAAAAAADVo/vTMLEZiIwlUf-OlfVlmpiUSMSOhiGBkeQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/E9897E29-D819-400A-BEAB-A30BFD0C8A0F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mHgaknwrdZo/YVhvGQvL3UI/AAAAAAAADVo/vTMLEZiIwlUf-OlfVlmpiUSMSOhiGBkeQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/E9897E29-D819-400A-BEAB-A30BFD0C8A0F.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p> I started these guys in the early 90’s.</p><p>I saw the listing in the WRG book “Armies and Enemies of Rome” and it listed Blemyes as having elephants and cataphtact cavalry. Most of their forces were skirmishing archers.</p><p>I saw other lists for them, Irregular Miniatures offered an army in their 25mm lists (now rebranded as 28mm to stay relevant with the trend to larger figures) with elephants, archers, cavalry and camels.</p><p>So I was hooked.</p><p>Modern spellings have changed to “Blemmyes” or “Blemmae”</p><p>As for their battles, the Wikipedia entry is enticing:</p><p>“<span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> The cultural and military power of the Blemmyes started to grow to such a level that in 193,</span><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pescennius_Niger" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-image: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;" title="Pescennius Niger">Pescennius Niger</a><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">asked a Blemmye king of</span><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thebes,_Egypt" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-image: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;" title="Thebes, Egypt">Thebes</a><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">to help him in the battle against the Roman Emperor</span><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septimius_Severus" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-image: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;" title="Septimius Severus">Septimius Severus</a><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">.</span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 1; white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="I changed Thebes, Greece to Thebes, Egypt, because that seems a whole lot more likely, but I do not know the veracity of the underlying claim (February 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">In 250, the Roman Emperor</span><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decius" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-image: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;" title="Decius">Decius</a><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">put in much effort to defeat an invading army of Blemmyes.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-:0_13-0" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blemmyes#cite_note-:0-13" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;">[13]</a></sup><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">A few years later, in 253, they attacked Upper Egypt (</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thebaid" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-image: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;" title="Thebaid">Thebaid</a><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">) again but were quickly defeated. In 265, they were defeated again by the Roman Prefect</span><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firmus" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-image: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;" title="Firmus">Firmus</a><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">, who later in 273 would rebel against the Empire and the Queen of the</span><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmyrene_Empire" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-image: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;" title="Palmyrene Empire">Palmyrene Empire</a><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">,</span><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenobia" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-image: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;" title="Zenobia">Zenobia</a><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">, with the help of the Blemmyes themselves. The Blemmyes were said to have joined forces with the Palmyrans against the Romans in the</span><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="new" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Palmyra_273&action=edit&redlink=1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-image: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #a55858; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;" title="Battle of Palmyra 273 (page does not exist)">battle of Palmyra</a><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">in 273</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-:0_13-1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blemmyes#cite_note-:0-13" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;">[13]</a></sup></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;">The Roman general <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius_Probus" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Marcus Aurelius Probus">Marcus Aurelius Probus</a> took some time to defeat the usurpers with his allies but could not prevent the occupation of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thebaid" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Thebaid">Thebais</a> by the Blemmyes. That meant another war and almost an entire destruction of the Blemmyes army (279-280).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-:0_13-2" style="font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blemmyes#cite_note-:0-13" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;">[13]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14" style="font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blemmyes#cite_note-14" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;">[14]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15" style="font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blemmyes#cite_note-15" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;">[15]</a></sup></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;">During the reign of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocletian" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Diocletian">Diocletian</a>, the province of Upper Aegyptus, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thebaid" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Thebaid">Thebaid</a>, was again occupied by the Blemmyes. In 298, Diocletian made peace with the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobatae" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Nobatae">Nobatae</a> and Blemmyes tribes, agreeing that Rome would move its borders north to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philae" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Philae">Philae</a> (South Egypt, south of Aswan) and pay the two tribes an annual gold stipend.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16" style="font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blemmyes#cite_note-16" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;">[16]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-:0_13-3" style="font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blemmyes#cite_note-:0-13" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;">[13]</a>”</sup></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><sup class="reference" style="font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blemmyes">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blemmyes</a></sup></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><br /></p><p>I decided to use the dollar store generic WW2 toys that were in abundance and add in toy elephants, camels and use Giant Indians for cavalry.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2epWiNwD8X8/YVhvuxYQEHI/AAAAAAAADVw/_qW11iPRjL4f2xyGJ6BPCrAicZLIiNteQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/1D0F9B52-B8C2-4ED1-810D-CFF3A2E043D3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OVxmZsE1me0/YVhwWwGU19I/AAAAAAAADWI/TaVcj4n5znscW23gbJMYL0NV609abez3gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/FFE76151-7A2B-4FD2-B1D6-62334159BB87.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My first lot of soldiers were the “follow me” GI.</p><p>The problem was the bow.</p><p>Shields were easy, hole punch rounds, and the quivers were clipped round toothpicks.</p><p>But the bows were tough.</p><p>Metal didn’t bond well with plastic and fell off if bumped or picked up.</p><p>So I tried using dried pine needles of an appropriate size.</p><p>They were also slightly curved. But they eventually snapped off leaving me in the same fix.</p><p>So I ditched them and went with a running figure, rifle painted as a spear.</p><p>The cavalry turned out really nice, I think anyway.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FVdY1H3xYlQ/YVhw-fq6VfI/AAAAAAAADWc/z-WptI7M8egpjz1vfQ3wytX8cC2XgAKDQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/3AAC8D10-5DFB-46CF-802C-52C7DEEDAD63.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FVdY1H3xYlQ/YVhw-fq6VfI/AAAAAAAADWc/z-WptI7M8egpjz1vfQ3wytX8cC2XgAKDQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/3AAC8D10-5DFB-46CF-802C-52C7DEEDAD63.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DtvoeUkQGhA/YVhw9lnQAoI/AAAAAAAADWY/xxh2PpxFqX0q2shaHqN-zSwZ3gaT-f04QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/27B66E57-BE1D-4826-A617-AF3E74C83F01.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DtvoeUkQGhA/YVhw9lnQAoI/AAAAAAAADWY/xxh2PpxFqX0q2shaHqN-zSwZ3gaT-f04QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/27B66E57-BE1D-4826-A617-AF3E74C83F01.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k3fwhwcQbhc/YVhwz7FtS0I/AAAAAAAADWU/ubBUXSeiPEQDqSsvYgo0I15rgFESJWR-QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/19478B18-F8B1-475B-A90D-B562CDAA4BF1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k3fwhwcQbhc/YVhwz7FtS0I/AAAAAAAADWU/ubBUXSeiPEQDqSsvYgo0I15rgFESJWR-QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/19478B18-F8B1-475B-A90D-B562CDAA4BF1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>The cataphracts have plasticine armour and a slung spear, no kontos were used.</p><p>I recently added a few armoured officers, from the Zvezda Alexander Nevsky box.</p><p><br /></p>Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011159912925185469noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018311194800190491.post-22359901732333721542021-09-22T06:35:00.001-07:002022-12-24T09:40:05.716-08:00Some Late Roman/Byzantine Soldiers Plus Some New Dollar Store Items<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xvWq3fZnuJw/YUsnwonRFQI/AAAAAAAADUQ/JBBj8jiw8a4NAgIt_4A4tWN7QAeBiCzbQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/0F287E4A-F14C-47C3-868F-B626E81B4A84.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xvWq3fZnuJw/YUsnwonRFQI/AAAAAAAADUQ/JBBj8jiw8a4NAgIt_4A4tWN7QAeBiCzbQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/0F287E4A-F14C-47C3-868F-B626E81B4A84.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>These are some infantry, just toys from the Risk game “Godstorm!”<p></p><p>I have some other infantry, loosely based on the Hinchliffe figures and WRG book “Armies and Enemies of Rome”, that I posted here: <a href="http://dougssoldiers.blogspot.com/2015/10/some-photos-i-found.html">http://dougssoldiers.blogspot.com/2015/10/some-photos-i-found.html</a></p><p>Here’s a wider shot:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6KyHhjxMQN0/YUspexI-r0I/AAAAAAAADUY/MJ_zs0IvlOICY-PAevP8A21wbXHj-3twQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/A518A1A4-8AB6-4C84-AA32-89D448038230.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6KyHhjxMQN0/YUspexI-r0I/AAAAAAAADUY/MJ_zs0IvlOICY-PAevP8A21wbXHj-3twQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/A518A1A4-8AB6-4C84-AA32-89D448038230.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>The cavalry in front are Emhar rowing Vikings with plastic shield on Giant recast horses.<br /><p>And another</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9a1SwR_AQ9o/YUsqXkBO2OI/AAAAAAAADUg/bLEqxHr8NeU3Tv-9CIOegp94TCRCyv1ogCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/AB4938E0-90BA-4CB7-B35C-20513EAE1590.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9a1SwR_AQ9o/YUsqXkBO2OI/AAAAAAAADUg/bLEqxHr8NeU3Tv-9CIOegp94TCRCyv1ogCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/AB4938E0-90BA-4CB7-B35C-20513EAE1590.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I have a metal command figure I picked up on eBay. He might be a stand in for Justinian or Stilicho. As an aside, author Kieth Roberts book “ The Boat of Fate” has a vivid description of Stilicho. An excellent book on late Rome set in France, Spain and Britain. One of my favourite re reads.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wtbrvidCfgI/YUsrmReIduI/AAAAAAAADUo/gaoX7ZYDmHggrOOGho_R38fqI_8YqwdxwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/0F5D3618-E65E-4FD4-BD9A-40C53CD7409F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wtbrvidCfgI/YUsrmReIduI/AAAAAAAADUo/gaoX7ZYDmHggrOOGho_R38fqI_8YqwdxwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/0F5D3618-E65E-4FD4-BD9A-40C53CD7409F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Next up is a regiment of British Waterloo Hussars. These are some of those guys I picked up a while back from eBay. I did some touch ups to the chipping of old Humbrol paint and coated with a seal of wax. Nice figures but the original owner never painted up the trumpeters or kettle drummers.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9YL_oYf4Ayc/YUssxMxpflI/AAAAAAAADUw/f4XZejQq-tkrr8tmauPW9MS0kIf_PoKYgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/84BD94C8-5AF3-4B43-AC5E-5CD177089B5B.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9YL_oYf4Ayc/YUssxMxpflI/AAAAAAAADUw/f4XZejQq-tkrr8tmauPW9MS0kIf_PoKYgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/84BD94C8-5AF3-4B43-AC5E-5CD177089B5B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Finally some new made in China dollar store toys.</p><p>New poses!</p><p>And they are close to 1/72 scale!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-muYEo9i11M8/YUstSgqtKmI/AAAAAAAADU4/VT-sUON0bssNm67fz1IloClOVuKU2x62gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/D631F711-E672-4AC2-91D2-CF549B0B1077.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-muYEo9i11M8/YUstSgqtKmI/AAAAAAAADU4/VT-sUON0bssNm67fz1IloClOVuKU2x62gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/D631F711-E672-4AC2-91D2-CF549B0B1077.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Unfortunately I had to get these on eBay and not my local store. I guess with shipping backlogs it will be some time before I see them here.</p><p>Anyway, here’s the eBay photos which show the poses in two colours and an idea of their size:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-grcaR32C8q0/YUstvpImIBI/AAAAAAAADVA/bG1llGeUh-g67NyUaKozrE-6NJociqdLgCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/B50361C6-875F-4C6D-9D7E-596FC59AB662.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-grcaR32C8q0/YUstvpImIBI/AAAAAAAADVA/bG1llGeUh-g67NyUaKozrE-6NJociqdLgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/B50361C6-875F-4C6D-9D7E-596FC59AB662.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yQh8LzKrs6k/YUstv5l89QI/AAAAAAAADVE/qno7v0fGePQmkkA6ZoQSOCxftj9aTp0swCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/C7CD35AD-4855-4E56-A4E1-481CDD4F4829.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yQh8LzKrs6k/YUstv5l89QI/AAAAAAAADVE/qno7v0fGePQmkkA6ZoQSOCxftj9aTp0swCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/C7CD35AD-4855-4E56-A4E1-481CDD4F4829.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QNdSWnMnqeU/YUstwLA6dPI/AAAAAAAADVI/G1B2RVyH9wEyPAg3kCe8AxRnMmUL9sKPACLcBGAsYHQ/s400/C942E072-F1C1-4A4E-BB01-F03F3029FE4A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QNdSWnMnqeU/YUstwLA6dPI/AAAAAAAADVI/G1B2RVyH9wEyPAg3kCe8AxRnMmUL9sKPACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/C942E072-F1C1-4A4E-BB01-F03F3029FE4A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Here’s my own size comparisons:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TPMjFOlOobY/YUsuLy0NrGI/AAAAAAAADVU/EPm40_qz63sflOnaSL9AoTPcD71fST0uwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/4A8D37AB-DAF0-4ACA-BDD0-A85BEC61AC97.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TPMjFOlOobY/YUsuLy0NrGI/AAAAAAAADVU/EPm40_qz63sflOnaSL9AoTPcD71fST0uwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/4A8D37AB-DAF0-4ACA-BDD0-A85BEC61AC97.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Top row left, Airfix Paratrooper pretty close in scale, next pair is the 1/76 scale “Follow me” GI officer who is towered over by the new guy. The last two pairs are Airfix Waterloo French and they aren’t too badly matched size wise.</p><p>Bottom row: a made in Hong Kong GI next to the new pose, quite a difference, and finally a couple of pairs of 1/76 scale Matchbox figures being dwarfed by the new guys.</p><p><br /></p><p>Over all the new figures are crude, but the poses are unique and for me, someone who cuts them up, drills them and slathers them with plasticine, I have to say I’m pleased. Some poses have wide spaced legs which might make mounting them on horseback that much easier.</p><p>Anyway, a curiosity perhaps, but one with some use.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011159912925185469noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018311194800190491.post-17063607500100448442021-09-08T10:25:00.005-07:002021-09-09T15:48:04.721-07:00More Plasticine Soldiers<p> Here are some more plasticene conversions and some complete plasticene figures I’ve made.</p><p>First up is my attempt to have some of Marlborough’s Danish corps.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R_YWOPnpOu8/YTjpPgZ59OI/AAAAAAAADR4/8TOGAypCg5c-sohvKbJTVld98TogSx9OACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/51C7D95B-34E0-4E8E-BE33-E50C6697F7FC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R_YWOPnpOu8/YTjpPgZ59OI/AAAAAAAADR4/8TOGAypCg5c-sohvKbJTVld98TogSx9OACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/51C7D95B-34E0-4E8E-BE33-E50C6697F7FC.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v-V9EyjpyoE/YTjpRU9xZwI/AAAAAAAADR8/YKSx3Krgf0QGiGA-zYybddHSGnZ1eMLAACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/E98E9B57-DEFA-469A-B8F4-C7B7161C4A9F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v-V9EyjpyoE/YTjpRU9xZwI/AAAAAAAADR8/YKSx3Krgf0QGiGA-zYybddHSGnZ1eMLAACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/E98E9B57-DEFA-469A-B8F4-C7B7161C4A9F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The infantry are made in China US GI’s in the “follow me” pose with toothpick guns. In support are two squadrons of dragoons.</p><p>As for the uniforms, I used an article in Military Modelling from the 90’s, but a perusal of Charles Grant’s book on the armies of the wars says the coats were all grey and only the pants and stockings were colourful. Oh well, Knotel says they were yellow. I’m completely lost on the flags, I know there should be two, but I’ve seen multiple designs, so I just made one up. Oh yes, I started on the green regiment as well.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-scAkj0mMz0c/YTjqtuj-CqI/AAAAAAAADSM/uQsMOyQe7-YfmYfYIeVcGzGQ_OX74u6SwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/4C87ECEB-161E-40F0-961D-FE006074A726.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-scAkj0mMz0c/YTjqtuj-CqI/AAAAAAAADSM/uQsMOyQe7-YfmYfYIeVcGzGQ_OX74u6SwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/4C87ECEB-161E-40F0-961D-FE006074A726.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IwBHFXNBrBU/YTjqnCHIj3I/AAAAAAAADSI/oiFMmMJAwHgLQeTM2YypFnXvrhxwd7hyQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/57132E73-7F4E-41C7-AB1E-7BD48E4F7851.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IwBHFXNBrBU/YTjqnCHIj3I/AAAAAAAADSI/oiFMmMJAwHgLQeTM2YypFnXvrhxwd7hyQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/57132E73-7F4E-41C7-AB1E-7BD48E4F7851.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EaPdor_coAA/YTjqzDMYpHI/AAAAAAAADSU/kZKqA3uizxArsyv3axbJDxvx8GkxqdVxwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/B715083B-5F0F-425C-89BD-97CF2B377EBA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EaPdor_coAA/YTjqzDMYpHI/AAAAAAAADSU/kZKqA3uizxArsyv3axbJDxvx8GkxqdVxwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/B715083B-5F0F-425C-89BD-97CF2B377EBA.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The horse. A couple trumpeters, the yellow commander and the dragoons. Except for the commander, they are those Thai cowboys I found. Commander Yellow is an Esci Scots Grey.</p><p>Up next are a couple of Greeks. The mounted guy is Pausanias, formerly a Marx 7th cavalry trooper. Hopefully fighting Persians is more successful than the Indian confederation, but he did end up in a bad way too.</p><p>The wounded guy sitting on his shield is made entirely of plasticene and mounted on a poker chip.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rYfi8t48SY4/YTjrss9y1JI/AAAAAAAADSo/hiKUnXxBTdUUxzUpAmll98S_mrJM6m-ggCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/0DC6B6E8-F155-490A-9DD3-3DB71847A5D7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rYfi8t48SY4/YTjrss9y1JI/AAAAAAAADSo/hiKUnXxBTdUUxzUpAmll98S_mrJM6m-ggCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/0DC6B6E8-F155-490A-9DD3-3DB71847A5D7.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XbBTCIzU9AY/YTjrsHp_UnI/AAAAAAAADSk/yyoa6w1sfkUa-oMmEFU97jyCfom80knsQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/CE587C0D-7107-45D4-9438-D8F1D76E94DD.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XbBTCIzU9AY/YTjrsHp_UnI/AAAAAAAADSk/yyoa6w1sfkUa-oMmEFU97jyCfom80knsQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/CE587C0D-7107-45D4-9438-D8F1D76E94DD.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-exA_gylFsxY/YTjrpt_pq4I/AAAAAAAADSg/fuqgsXUfcCYryJtNOHmXjGdrx8kMdpcRACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/D4A4B7A1-8495-4336-A419-BF064B2BEEA3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-exA_gylFsxY/YTjrpt_pq4I/AAAAAAAADSg/fuqgsXUfcCYryJtNOHmXjGdrx8kMdpcRACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/D4A4B7A1-8495-4336-A419-BF064B2BEEA3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These guys are made of plasticene and seated on plastic zoo camels. They are created from the Funcken drawings of Napoleon’s Egyptian adventure. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HWqBvoA0uPI/YTjsaigq8uI/AAAAAAAADS4/NQzdmMyiHxsT6vVR6wrv8YMogXPdPGNFwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/1DFBF565-0364-464B-A8B8-F071B1E61136.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HWqBvoA0uPI/YTjsaigq8uI/AAAAAAAADS4/NQzdmMyiHxsT6vVR6wrv8YMogXPdPGNFwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/1DFBF565-0364-464B-A8B8-F071B1E61136.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I thought I’d make some British soldiers in boats for a Quebec game, but this is as far as I got. Plasticene men in a made in China boat. They still need a base and toothpick oars. And a flag.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-njXdeVcTKhs/YTjs8ZRZ7cI/AAAAAAAADTI/bhzSPHPVYn8GmavjiUAqQRbluiJ_RJSwgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/82AC6AAD-6071-4079-81F4-CD52FE4A7BD0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-njXdeVcTKhs/YTjs8ZRZ7cI/AAAAAAAADTI/bhzSPHPVYn8GmavjiUAqQRbluiJ_RJSwgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/82AC6AAD-6071-4079-81F4-CD52FE4A7BD0.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D31xwAG9AEs/YTjs5CsbQ-I/AAAAAAAADTA/Np06JKlmouE4awlu4uT5Nf1gi6s9G_xgQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/78524AC6-62A0-46B6-B9C9-F60C36E30041.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D31xwAG9AEs/YTjs5CsbQ-I/AAAAAAAADTA/Np06JKlmouE4awlu4uT5Nf1gi6s9G_xgQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/78524AC6-62A0-46B6-B9C9-F60C36E30041.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s-ZitIrruoU/YTjs8UNq-aI/AAAAAAAADTE/g3MesRZNptUptVkzQEQSIsFJ3eHTZVU1gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/AFC3E629-08AE-4AA4-AB17-2F9C39412317.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s-ZitIrruoU/YTjs8UNq-aI/AAAAAAAADTE/g3MesRZNptUptVkzQEQSIsFJ3eHTZVU1gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/AFC3E629-08AE-4AA4-AB17-2F9C39412317.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And now a return to the desert, with my start of a Sassanid army. I put about a dozen infantry (WW2 Japanese officers with plasticene shields and headgear), on a base meant for 24 figures. I have pinched the idea from Pony Wars, the old rule set Peter Guilder adopted for his Sudan games. A handful of men can represent a horde.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The clibinari are Lucky Toys Revolutionary War horsemen with plasticene cloaks and hole punch shields. I just painted the face metal for armour.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The light cavalry are plains Indians with some new hats.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The elephants were a real find. Hinchliffe miniatures. I got them on eBay. All I had to do was put them back together and touch up the paints.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hopefully these guys and their friends will square off against Bellisaurius in front of Daras one day soon. I didn’t post the Byzantines as I can’t find them. I use all kinds of boxes and only recently have I begun to sort them out in eras. The Thirty Years War/ECW/Rocroi armies are in my bedroom, the ACW is in the hall and WW2 are stacked precariously at the top of the stairs. And the Napoleonics are under foot. I wouldn’t have it any other way. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6z8dM2dHwtE/YTjttwT9_II/AAAAAAAADTY/y-nF2kQtRRsiCF1qmJb9_rNRkeerOEaJgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/5A75A834-979C-449D-8C37-0E16F908B7CB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6z8dM2dHwtE/YTjttwT9_II/AAAAAAAADTY/y-nF2kQtRRsiCF1qmJb9_rNRkeerOEaJgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/5A75A834-979C-449D-8C37-0E16F908B7CB.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5QvQZSOZUes/YTjtqVSJi-I/AAAAAAAADTU/Pnzqrv-ra2EpSb6Iplu207V5cv-pU7Z2wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/5C5AB46D-191F-458A-8D46-1B93FA30F4A1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5QvQZSOZUes/YTjtqVSJi-I/AAAAAAAADTU/Pnzqrv-ra2EpSb6Iplu207V5cv-pU7Z2wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/5C5AB46D-191F-458A-8D46-1B93FA30F4A1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kuUWX5wVwZE/YTjt5Ef0eYI/AAAAAAAADTk/Fs-rOlNh8u4g5N8iu7cVvYACkF2IMlHGQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/9FD5900D-A1B3-44EE-9A34-687CA311AB36.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kuUWX5wVwZE/YTjt5Ef0eYI/AAAAAAAADTk/Fs-rOlNh8u4g5N8iu7cVvYACkF2IMlHGQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/9FD5900D-A1B3-44EE-9A34-687CA311AB36.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oPYBqFA7iYg/YTjtuMsFMkI/AAAAAAAADTc/U_OKKi7NIBQ4XNIwjZB8rCGQMl7kg-OYwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/459C9FFC-F70B-4E83-9FC9-BF0EEF1D7451.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oPYBqFA7iYg/YTjtuMsFMkI/AAAAAAAADTc/U_OKKi7NIBQ4XNIwjZB8rCGQMl7kg-OYwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/459C9FFC-F70B-4E83-9FC9-BF0EEF1D7451.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EX-rcGOi0QI/YTjt2YYIcbI/AAAAAAAADTg/dP6bFhhfrccorc-AhFlHSGOVRiju-aZfwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/724AFEFE-5A08-43E1-B68B-313110A43142.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EX-rcGOi0QI/YTjt2YYIcbI/AAAAAAAADTg/dP6bFhhfrccorc-AhFlHSGOVRiju-aZfwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/724AFEFE-5A08-43E1-B68B-313110A43142.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I was asked in the questions below which plasticene brand I was using.<div>Currently I use Plastalina by Craft Smart. It’s $5, very reasonable.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fnf8D5wC81M/YTqPF73rOpI/AAAAAAAADT4/4jjwBWJbqxE4u9cgCbJa53jWRW7PTzkxQCLcBGAsYHQ/s450/8187B82C-1706-43B0-A1A9-CD0D982ADC8C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="223" data-original-width="450" height="159" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fnf8D5wC81M/YTqPF73rOpI/AAAAAAAADT4/4jjwBWJbqxE4u9cgCbJa53jWRW7PTzkxQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/8187B82C-1706-43B0-A1A9-CD0D982ADC8C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div> <a href="https://canada.michaels.com/en/craftsmart-plastalina-modeling-clay-4-earth-colors/10062645.html">https://canada.michaels.com/en/craftsmart-plastalina-modeling-clay-4-earth-colors/10062645.html</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011159912925185469noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018311194800190491.post-48462973840464059882021-09-01T07:26:00.003-07:002021-09-09T08:35:33.900-07:00Some Oddments I’ve Been Working On<p> I’ve taken a bit of a break now that the lock down is over (for now…) by getting out and walking and listening to podcasts.</p><p>So here’s some items I’ve had on the go for a while now…</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6xV_PqtLyuU/YS-G82kcfXI/AAAAAAAADQ0/w_MAM7GQ7u0-od1VVSSk9ZHcXPDclsu0QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/AAF2A915-62BF-44DF-81AB-A50C60B4DDFD.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6xV_PqtLyuU/YS-G82kcfXI/AAAAAAAADQ0/w_MAM7GQ7u0-od1VVSSk9ZHcXPDclsu0QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/AAF2A915-62BF-44DF-81AB-A50C60B4DDFD.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Polish Napoleonic lancers from the Grand Duchy of Warsaw, and a couple of fanciful horse guns. Giant toys with Esci riders. The lancers are Esci lancers on Thai Giant copies with plasticine shebraques.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u5HnTNtSnBw/YS-ID-ccT_I/AAAAAAAADRA/VVpJz68OEmATu4C-0bE4n8lPT-6vlSVKQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/9EB7C3C9-2038-47BB-A945-CD2FDB06E026.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u5HnTNtSnBw/YS-ID-ccT_I/AAAAAAAADRA/VVpJz68OEmATu4C-0bE4n8lPT-6vlSVKQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/9EB7C3C9-2038-47BB-A945-CD2FDB06E026.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6RaJtfZHDNo/YS-IDCgkTTI/AAAAAAAADQ8/VKCFYInpYnodLyyG8j_k5Z4lTYKM6KJfgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/137DE4AA-57DF-4CF5-899C-4C225D48CD05.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6RaJtfZHDNo/YS-IDCgkTTI/AAAAAAAADQ8/VKCFYInpYnodLyyG8j_k5Z4lTYKM6KJfgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/137DE4AA-57DF-4CF5-899C-4C225D48CD05.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Austrian foot artillery and an ammunition wagon. Odd looking perhaps but I based it on a Minifigs model I saw in a French wargame magazine, “Uniformes”.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T8yH4ZSJdAI/YS-KLiwl-AI/AAAAAAAADRk/fD6pIO1-jxs5j3v597DTau-vrYq0qsXMgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/FD2E828B-8304-4A53-A1DF-967FF9E937EE.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T8yH4ZSJdAI/YS-KLiwl-AI/AAAAAAAADRk/fD6pIO1-jxs5j3v597DTau-vrYq0qsXMgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/FD2E828B-8304-4A53-A1DF-967FF9E937EE.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BKnQityErOs/YS-J_wBs8BI/AAAAAAAADRc/V3sUtDA_rmMMhp5TVuWqRo2IqMisSEOOwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/F0A93FF9-1DF4-4A29-A6F5-2982750F5AC0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BKnQityErOs/YS-J_wBs8BI/AAAAAAAADRc/V3sUtDA_rmMMhp5TVuWqRo2IqMisSEOOwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/F0A93FF9-1DF4-4A29-A6F5-2982750F5AC0.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hzmM5_eCxXs/YS-JxFVVlBI/AAAAAAAADRU/CNNeI4b-OOUlqokPpfwclVsObW-BxxZNQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/D9EC7FAB-FC70-49CE-BB5F-6F45B8D7FA3A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hzmM5_eCxXs/YS-JxFVVlBI/AAAAAAAADRU/CNNeI4b-OOUlqokPpfwclVsObW-BxxZNQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/D9EC7FAB-FC70-49CE-BB5F-6F45B8D7FA3A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K_zrOoW600U/YS-JQq_9YXI/AAAAAAAADRM/IQhqE3qyiXEpVZ7e_vugvSERW9pDcMp0QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/1835B3A4-894F-4BEC-82A0-920355C19912.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K_zrOoW600U/YS-JQq_9YXI/AAAAAAAADRM/IQhqE3qyiXEpVZ7e_vugvSERW9pDcMp0QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/1835B3A4-894F-4BEC-82A0-920355C19912.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aEnFBeAH3s8/YS-J1uXp_wI/AAAAAAAADRY/FZjMTigapl0kVOyuU__gcRAdiUf9RfUGgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/6BEFEF72-7B25-489B-8C6A-B49D20EACD74.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aEnFBeAH3s8/YS-J1uXp_wI/AAAAAAAADRY/FZjMTigapl0kVOyuU__gcRAdiUf9RfUGgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/6BEFEF72-7B25-489B-8C6A-B49D20EACD74.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>A selection of stuff. Heading is a group of Mexican militia. Suitable for Cinco De Mayo or even the Mexican Civil War. Converted Indians from the Lucky toys Revolutionary War Set.</p><p>Next is a toy coach I dolled up to be a European coach, suitable for a highway man or woman (Mary Ferrers) or for Marlborough to offer to Clerembault.</p><p>In the centre is a Hinchliffe 25mm Marshal Murat from their Personalities range. I always had a weak spot for Hinchliffe. The other weak spot was in my wallet which couldn’t afford them way back when.</p><p>The coach again making a hasty exit stage right.</p><p>Finally a mix of 25 mm figures. I often buy mixed lots of figures and this is a result. Several Spanish generals painted up rather fancifully, one was horseless so he got a plasticine saddle and a Thai Giant horse. The Royal Foot Artillery guys are manning a gun from Eagle Games.</p><p>In the back are a couple of Minifig ADC’s painted up as fanciful dudes, maybe Spanish?</p><p>And the rest are Prince August Waterloo figures. I love finding these in eBay purchases as their lack of detail and over all smoothness make them true toy soldiers that look great in bright colours and gloss.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, that’s it for now.</p><p>I’m still working on Edgehill. Hope to have it up soon.</p>Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011159912925185469noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018311194800190491.post-85065492620131541912021-07-19T05:40:00.001-07:002021-07-19T06:34:14.472-07:00Some Useful Ancients Cavalry<p> Dark Alliance figures have been making Lord of the Rings inspired figures in 1/72 scale.</p><p>These, and there are two sets of 12 figures each, are based on the Rohan cavalry, but could easily be used as late Roman era goths, Huns, and other types, as well as Eastern European cavalry in the early medieval period.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g_M14enE34A/YPVxEKkhbbI/AAAAAAAADOE/_taLAFszKeQzxujAm1dh9SRdl3nJoYo3wCLcBGAsYHQ/s600/1BA81AA0-635E-4133-AB11-AA297598F841.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="409" data-original-width="600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g_M14enE34A/YPVxEKkhbbI/AAAAAAAADOE/_taLAFszKeQzxujAm1dh9SRdl3nJoYo3wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/1BA81AA0-635E-4133-AB11-AA297598F841.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I painted up 3 boxes of each.</p><p>Nice detail, solid figures.</p><p>The only quibble is that the riders can eventually pop off the saddle as the legs are kind of a tight fit.</p><p>I think the best recourse would be to shave off some plastic from inside the leg or secure the rider with a metal pin and glue.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ojeB4G1HnEU/YPTUyfzLLVI/AAAAAAAADNc/7h_PPtNZosw5Bo8Wvvug5HPAVmMxWpikwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/F93A2E54-0F49-4555-9E02-7FC2381F8B75.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>Revell figures, very nice indeed. Lively poses. You might have noticed some missing plumes. I bought a bag of these on eBay, and the plumes were already removed. I think the original idea was to make them Austrian.<div>I also finished off another unit of Dragoons, these only needing some wax.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oxr2JhFDp04/YPVuyl3pmnI/AAAAAAAADN0/5t-ZVHWiaNc4JakSJZ3ox9F5R5-iAsEdACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/8D45CCE8-D609-4D44-AB90-17100C1A8037.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oxr2JhFDp04/YPVuyl3pmnI/AAAAAAAADN0/5t-ZVHWiaNc4JakSJZ3ox9F5R5-iAsEdACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/8D45CCE8-D609-4D44-AB90-17100C1A8037.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eCy2GWJoct4/YPVuiVBSbqI/AAAAAAAADNo/x1N3Iy8A_Eom-3OjVACxqp4IExuWMknzACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/479BC294-E4FA-436D-8DA1-3F3614F59055.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eCy2GWJoct4/YPVuiVBSbqI/AAAAAAAADNo/x1N3Iy8A_Eom-3OjVACxqp4IExuWMknzACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/479BC294-E4FA-436D-8DA1-3F3614F59055.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pkMUAKc5nu4/YPVusCh0NVI/AAAAAAAADNs/12Nbdzyn_XMilGeSF7wCbvflSD0SM8oBQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/D18EE2F5-7A28-40BE-B524-F825BA82B00C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pkMUAKc5nu4/YPVusCh0NVI/AAAAAAAADNs/12Nbdzyn_XMilGeSF7wCbvflSD0SM8oBQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/D18EE2F5-7A28-40BE-B524-F825BA82B00C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Again, these figures aren’t painted historically, but they are so nice as is. I especially like the dapple grey horses, done in enamels.</p><p><br /></p><p>******</p><p>I found a few more pix.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg86zXmWQSwwKvM8TJpigxUy4Pz2vNbj-D3DOedpJBzilEEIkej-PclIbKWfa1tQbwVbpXdUwmFxdh9VYEb8U2TU5oKgTJpmBrDcu222YUxf2gDKHLNU9_iXwW4NU2H-9g2q3qwC3Mg-1F7e4c8IU-M5fFzAv1VLf3eqQizXfgabRg_MjRgfY9XDK6JZA/s3296/100_1786.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3296" data-original-width="2472" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg86zXmWQSwwKvM8TJpigxUy4Pz2vNbj-D3DOedpJBzilEEIkej-PclIbKWfa1tQbwVbpXdUwmFxdh9VYEb8U2TU5oKgTJpmBrDcu222YUxf2gDKHLNU9_iXwW4NU2H-9g2q3qwC3Mg-1F7e4c8IU-M5fFzAv1VLf3eqQizXfgabRg_MjRgfY9XDK6JZA/s320/100_1786.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBqjsDW26lKOSls7bC6fuhlHbvPov635EEoeOp9LtAH-m6__xjOM3Sgb4wu2ueU3vXlBRO5Plsx5nwqGu0XPQ3OH2g4JLJrm3aeLzWbHc1ZxtJexz10wciTJs4DY0lv9ZKqczARDkuaftyJvZUoTC8RByPYhPFJ42OFrY8vB5svv6dmVZm73vh61gSQ/s3264/IMG_0918.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBqjsDW26lKOSls7bC6fuhlHbvPov635EEoeOp9LtAH-m6__xjOM3Sgb4wu2ueU3vXlBRO5Plsx5nwqGu0XPQ3OH2g4JLJrm3aeLzWbHc1ZxtJexz10wciTJs4DY0lv9ZKqczARDkuaftyJvZUoTC8RByPYhPFJ42OFrY8vB5svv6dmVZm73vh61gSQ/s320/IMG_0918.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011159912925185469noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018311194800190491.post-22034132171355201712021-07-13T17:43:00.006-07:002021-07-16T05:04:20.663-07:00 Bucquoy Series Of Uniform Books<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> Eugene Buquoy was a French officer who studied and published uniform illustrations of the Consular and Napoleonic armies.<p></p><p>His wiki is in French, but can be translated online:</p><p>https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugène_Louis_Bucquoy</p><p><br /></p><p>Born in 1879, he studied at St. Cyr. The son of an army doctor, he began collecting illustrations and information on uniforms by age 11.</p><p>He saw service in World War 1, and ended the war as a Captain, having received the Croix de Guerre and the Legion d’Honneur. He published his first books in 1935 and passed away in 1958.</p><p><br /></p><p>His books are still available, and often command higher prices. However used books in decent shape can be found and I have a few of them. They are in French, but anyone with a passing acquaintance with high school French can glean the information. Of course the internet is a big help.</p><p>What makes the books so outstanding are the illustrations. Unusual uniforms and variations abound, all in full colour.</p><p>Here’s a quick survey of those I’ve managed to find:</p><p>Imperial Guard Cavalry</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XPxEGfDu8ho/YO4to-pOVjI/AAAAAAAADK4/nC1hJ20MMUgarTYeE_Y9EwSIj4AE1bfDQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/236F61DB-244F-4B65-91C0-BEC99598F7DD.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XPxEGfDu8ho/YO4to-pOVjI/AAAAAAAADK4/nC1hJ20MMUgarTYeE_Y9EwSIj4AE1bfDQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/236F61DB-244F-4B65-91C0-BEC99598F7DD.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kNuZamu-MU0/YO4t3mAe_GI/AAAAAAAADK8/B7PrHWybG3oMFLL0_CXNffT73EFRK-r6QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/B1666744-36C6-41F0-A267-D9D181144D99.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kNuZamu-MU0/YO4t3mAe_GI/AAAAAAAADK8/B7PrHWybG3oMFLL0_CXNffT73EFRK-r6QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/B1666744-36C6-41F0-A267-D9D181144D99.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2ws6DeXw7tc/YO44uOmqKcI/AAAAAAAADMo/hDb66hOsBighKF1_mFdFzPYqNW46EXgegCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/8D6E68C6-59D8-44F0-AC50-A9E1FB52397C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2ws6DeXw7tc/YO44uOmqKcI/AAAAAAAADMo/hDb66hOsBighKF1_mFdFzPYqNW46EXgegCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/8D6E68C6-59D8-44F0-AC50-A9E1FB52397C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A selection of other titles available, from the back flap of one of the books. I don’t know if this is a complete list.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T4QCM15PFn4/YO4yIk5OkRI/AAAAAAAADMg/uPm-PNgiveA8LFdCMqCMP_LEq8RxBDZqACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/8B4545EB-4779-41B6-B080-780ABBA86624.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T4QCM15PFn4/YO4yIk5OkRI/AAAAAAAADMg/uPm-PNgiveA8LFdCMqCMP_LEq8RxBDZqACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/8B4545EB-4779-41B6-B080-780ABBA86624.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I hope this convinces some to look for these titles, they are beautiful books, all hard cover. As for price? I found cheaper copies in the $20 to $30 dollar range at online book sellers. I’ve also seen very expensive ones as well.Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011159912925185469noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018311194800190491.post-58551013613804842022021-07-09T05:47:00.002-07:002023-02-19T11:28:40.076-08:00More Stuff<p> I finished off an old Airfix Hussar unit that I picked up on eBay a long time ago. They needed only a couple of touch ups and a trumpeter and kettle drummer. Whoever painted these did a real nice job. I *think* they are the12th Hussars by the colours. Oddly enough I had the exact colour for the pelisse. It looks like the old enamel Humbrol “hellblau” but I found it in acrylics as “sea foam”. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_895s1ceM3s/YOg_J8BflNI/AAAAAAAADJU/-weJGqM_bgokvSHvGZ854xD0gc4HhwoUwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/86BE1D6C-6EB9-4DCD-8753-DBC24396F51C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_895s1ceM3s/YOg_J8BflNI/AAAAAAAADJU/-weJGqM_bgokvSHvGZ854xD0gc4HhwoUwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/86BE1D6C-6EB9-4DCD-8753-DBC24396F51C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LYKBB3ugSiM/YOg_OtQ255I/AAAAAAAADJY/Wo3d7vWJFYU2SK6SpaJlemx6ynb1pBaIgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/BE062BEB-7D70-4E4F-BB8A-23DC144752B9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LYKBB3ugSiM/YOg_OtQ255I/AAAAAAAADJY/Wo3d7vWJFYU2SK6SpaJlemx6ynb1pBaIgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/BE062BEB-7D70-4E4F-BB8A-23DC144752B9.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Here’s a unit of French “imagination” soldiers using some old Lucky Toys Revolutionary War toys. Sorry about the flag, but I ain’t painting all those tiny fleurs des lis. Maybe I’ll use a Sharpie and draw them over the gold splotches….</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qU81DT9PEXU/YOhAwazismI/AAAAAAAADJg/s5MU98IHzEc4ErDQrnVd8M_rXstSSQjFQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/39691303-B84B-4808-BAD0-8292549B4BF6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qU81DT9PEXU/YOhAwazismI/AAAAAAAADJg/s5MU98IHzEc4ErDQrnVd8M_rXstSSQjFQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/39691303-B84B-4808-BAD0-8292549B4BF6.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Looks like they are arrayed in order to greet some old acquaintances….</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OVA7nOpErKM/YOhBmjnGclI/AAAAAAAADJs/Vg1aWr8JS0k57CtuqJdvkcAMEn1rurppgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/8F0FA5D7-4915-4A44-8101-990E9158B652.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OVA7nOpErKM/YOhBmjnGclI/AAAAAAAADJs/Vg1aWr8JS0k57CtuqJdvkcAMEn1rurppgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/8F0FA5D7-4915-4A44-8101-990E9158B652.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dLLND2B_bJ0/YOhBwy2-n8I/AAAAAAAADJ0/-7lSUQPCwQs7XGN4bADWDpuv-vBizBMVwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/A34B0184-5FD3-48AE-9DDD-FB692CFFB2B2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dLLND2B_bJ0/YOhBwy2-n8I/AAAAAAAADJ0/-7lSUQPCwQs7XGN4bADWDpuv-vBizBMVwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/A34B0184-5FD3-48AE-9DDD-FB692CFFB2B2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xC57a3JSfrw/YOhBd0AbDwI/AAAAAAAADJo/RgKhJR1ZpHcOE1MPxuhq7A9FOZmRZs9cwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/D6DF0336-0735-48C5-A22C-0065F1668905.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xC57a3JSfrw/YOhBd0AbDwI/AAAAAAAADJo/RgKhJR1ZpHcOE1MPxuhq7A9FOZmRZs9cwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/D6DF0336-0735-48C5-A22C-0065F1668905.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Next are some Strelets Highlanders. I had to add a half dozen figures in order to make a unit of 48 (I’ve yet to finish the command base), but the problem was that Strelets figures tower over other 1/72 figures. The only ones who stood eye to eye with them were the Lucky Toys figures. So I converted a few into Waterloo highlanders with plasticine and toothpick muskets.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ex6EZHIPjjE/YOhC1i8umuI/AAAAAAAADJ8/1gcHtjiNgkwk-Qz2BNZa1Y-MW9BaE-d8ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/59C12F00-3E68-474B-88EF-D0199416F55B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ex6EZHIPjjE/YOhC1i8umuI/AAAAAAAADJ8/1gcHtjiNgkwk-Qz2BNZa1Y-MW9BaE-d8ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/59C12F00-3E68-474B-88EF-D0199416F55B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I played around with a few Airfix British Grenadiers and made some fanciful figures. Loosely based on an illustration of Paris National Guard, I made a couple of small units…</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ukt1jZm8nvI/YOhDjc_V4rI/AAAAAAAADKI/0jtIMsg88PYPMxNn-Ihne_Xr8izZQy6yQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/519C6276-11F1-4C44-8D0E-C79E11F41911.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ukt1jZm8nvI/YOhDjc_V4rI/AAAAAAAADKI/0jtIMsg88PYPMxNn-Ihne_Xr8izZQy6yQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/519C6276-11F1-4C44-8D0E-C79E11F41911.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ozUxXuHZ2iw/YOhDhedioJI/AAAAAAAADKE/v57SQWtjivIL47yjdag02GwBa_q2L7zjACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/B0623764-6B90-43D7-AFB2-59E5E018CA61.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ozUxXuHZ2iw/YOhDhedioJI/AAAAAAAADKE/v57SQWtjivIL47yjdag02GwBa_q2L7zjACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/B0623764-6B90-43D7-AFB2-59E5E018CA61.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Here’s a couple more pix of those red grenadiers. I tried to slide them in at the appropriate spot but blogger put them at the bottom of the page.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-58NojoVPl-E/YOhEC6aX2MI/AAAAAAAADKc/ixAWxMC0Vp4QgmncDyfi24pP_jGbDTdHQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/36C837E5-EDA1-4544-9CF8-9C203E527D2E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-58NojoVPl-E/YOhEC6aX2MI/AAAAAAAADKc/ixAWxMC0Vp4QgmncDyfi24pP_jGbDTdHQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/36C837E5-EDA1-4544-9CF8-9C203E527D2E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gBV3-sn_ECg/YOhD49mRbpI/AAAAAAAADKU/qJ7ChHeRNvcbVsO3zRoe8FJu88HMimgpgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/1241CA5F-0ADE-4258-B172-E0F611CC62A5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gBV3-sn_ECg/YOhD49mRbpI/AAAAAAAADKU/qJ7ChHeRNvcbVsO3zRoe8FJu88HMimgpgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/1241CA5F-0ADE-4258-B172-E0F611CC62A5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r_BRW2eEbLY/YOhEBoYP7mI/AAAAAAAADKY/TmgRp74kPXYLlAFDj78USK7zSlLQxVpyACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/BDFFBF14-78DD-49D1-8E14-341A650E3711.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r_BRW2eEbLY/YOhEBoYP7mI/AAAAAAAADKY/TmgRp74kPXYLlAFDj78USK7zSlLQxVpyACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/BDFFBF14-78DD-49D1-8E14-341A650E3711.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguASWBPAiTmL1mTlJsdQ0IkhQ0oj1bmGV1XGSwQb0gamDXse7SlhCO539NGa8t5Nu5ca5cTAl_GIZ5Fr9Q2smmVkFWJjEjkEXGsqG4JT-MD-o8Zm-TAWZfNDSMDNMmRFeMAhT52t1IwYuabpJ_KjrR_t1rZYc1ShGzy0r3oNRWA2DHEoIjZh090d3AzA/s3296/100_1773.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2472" data-original-width="3296" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguASWBPAiTmL1mTlJsdQ0IkhQ0oj1bmGV1XGSwQb0gamDXse7SlhCO539NGa8t5Nu5ca5cTAl_GIZ5Fr9Q2smmVkFWJjEjkEXGsqG4JT-MD-o8Zm-TAWZfNDSMDNMmRFeMAhT52t1IwYuabpJ_KjrR_t1rZYc1ShGzy0r3oNRWA2DHEoIjZh090d3AzA/s320/100_1773.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011159912925185469noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018311194800190491.post-7668912774256129412021-07-06T17:24:00.003-07:002023-02-19T11:21:50.862-08:00French Napoleonic Hussars<p> Here’s some more of my figs. This time it’s mostly Italeri’s first release of French hussars.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vl90NW7s0j4/YOTvLRbrtoI/AAAAAAAADHo/MB3txdufk1Y68GaPUWUFJeMfX1dr7wQfACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/81741147-3FC7-48AF-86CD-6BDA48EE8CB8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vl90NW7s0j4/YOTvLRbrtoI/AAAAAAAADHo/MB3txdufk1Y68GaPUWUFJeMfX1dr7wQfACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/81741147-3FC7-48AF-86CD-6BDA48EE8CB8.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Two regiments, the 3rd leading the 7th. I used Funcken’s books on the Napoleonic wars as a guide. I also used Airfix British Waterloo Hussars as is for elite troopers. I mixed in a few Hat horses as well.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ctEwUOQSmHk/YOTv8SvlbfI/AAAAAAAADHw/9izQCgIuHZwZAGkPGUq5COL4a3f_E2WogCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/5E30EBB3-EC27-4809-B32F-4B704D65490A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ctEwUOQSmHk/YOTv8SvlbfI/AAAAAAAADHw/9izQCgIuHZwZAGkPGUq5COL4a3f_E2WogCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/5E30EBB3-EC27-4809-B32F-4B704D65490A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CLi5I3Wsfa4/YOTwS30L6oI/AAAAAAAADH8/EPiKubTKSbcQvBJFBlZAtEd0nhgc01O5gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/933D1116-9029-4BA6-A73B-189D63E4672A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CLi5I3Wsfa4/YOTwS30L6oI/AAAAAAAADH8/EPiKubTKSbcQvBJFBlZAtEd0nhgc01O5gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/933D1116-9029-4BA6-A73B-189D63E4672A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zmKWu67FcvM/YOTwSqgeMgI/AAAAAAAADH4/Ww1oCnAdjXUVxivb3f_jwedxAlRD5ShowCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/DF92A519-B312-4858-A9F4-53CC94A887B9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zmKWu67FcvM/YOTwSqgeMgI/AAAAAAAADH4/Ww1oCnAdjXUVxivb3f_jwedxAlRD5ShowCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/DF92A519-B312-4858-A9F4-53CC94A887B9.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SNJXuDliOGg/YOTwa5M_F7I/AAAAAAAADIA/f342YijvDBQcZ6_Ue3Rb5jL-QdJPtNZhgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/EA7EE676-B089-44B9-B3AF-5F4B96E16712.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SNJXuDliOGg/YOTwa5M_F7I/AAAAAAAADIA/f342YijvDBQcZ6_Ue3Rb5jL-QdJPtNZhgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/EA7EE676-B089-44B9-B3AF-5F4B96E16712.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><p>A few observations on the Italeri figures. Disappointingly, they mostly lack a pelisse. Now I don’t know why, but my idea of a hussar is a fancy uniform, and a coat on the shoulder flying out behind them as they charge forward. Why Italeri opted for such lack lustre figures, I’ll never know.</p><p>Also those Airfix figures are going on 50 years old. But Italeri are lucky to have been existent for half that time, yet they are brittle as wax. Horse tails, arms, legs, all snap off with the least provocation.</p><p>Anyways...</p><p>I also am putting up some shots of a fun diversion I did during the last Covid shut down. I took some of my banged up Giant artillery caissons and added some gunners, and a base of generic horse artillery riders made from cowboys.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IdTEP8B-6RM/YOTyq0FKgUI/AAAAAAAADIQ/Qzmk9gok5wYhXU5-8SYw9B9VHMA6phnBgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/6AD12C8C-82E0-49A5-BFD9-73B76F248D06.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IdTEP8B-6RM/YOTyq0FKgUI/AAAAAAAADIQ/Qzmk9gok5wYhXU5-8SYw9B9VHMA6phnBgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/6AD12C8C-82E0-49A5-BFD9-73B76F248D06.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j2EcicMd9xc/YOTysufknyI/AAAAAAAADIY/UH62YTUCpLMEjUpWqf7Bovx5QQGfRYJ7ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/51B96131-8C84-4776-A11F-7FE8DAF6384E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j2EcicMd9xc/YOTysufknyI/AAAAAAAADIY/UH62YTUCpLMEjUpWqf7Bovx5QQGfRYJ7ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/51B96131-8C84-4776-A11F-7FE8DAF6384E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bunj379Rw4Y/YOTzAW3YGxI/AAAAAAAADIo/Yr1fTmDLoQg7Pbdrc9zb_lEVU1PR_JPQACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/E844160E-BB5F-4635-92E3-7FF3179E72BD.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bunj379Rw4Y/YOTzAW3YGxI/AAAAAAAADIo/Yr1fTmDLoQg7Pbdrc9zb_lEVU1PR_JPQACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/E844160E-BB5F-4635-92E3-7FF3179E72BD.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>An interesting aside, I should have rewatched Ridley Scott’s “The Duelists”, as Kieth Carradine’s character was a Third Regiment Hussar:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FGgtu_bCTW4/YOTzvC6Tv6I/AAAAAAAADI4/1hXgq_iR5tIyxuMORNXA2i7Fehzy0fNxACLcBGAsYHQ/s564/0F8C6C06-1C09-4D8A-B764-5461B2CA6C51.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="564" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FGgtu_bCTW4/YOTzvC6Tv6I/AAAAAAAADI4/1hXgq_iR5tIyxuMORNXA2i7Fehzy0fNxACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/0F8C6C06-1C09-4D8A-B764-5461B2CA6C51.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QuXehdwLNL4/YOTz4Fmyl3I/AAAAAAAADI8/gb2zPEIOjhEk0qIgCx400dHQY3hBB7tXACLcBGAsYHQ/s750/FA84378B-AB62-40FA-B0E0-176D84EE18B1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="481" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QuXehdwLNL4/YOTz4Fmyl3I/AAAAAAAADI8/gb2zPEIOjhEk0qIgCx400dHQY3hBB7tXACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/FA84378B-AB62-40FA-B0E0-176D84EE18B1.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><p>I shoulda used a dull grey...</p><p>C’est la Guerre.....</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>*******</p><p>some more pix</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcwan9xKIlZEohLi7XJCVJmVJqdFEvvXFBXJEaMRHBdUeSG7jjX_gzERrVP9TTPp39WkGCEOZ4Qm2u9WyOQDXIezHtN4O52yLFb7HDevZoT44UwdqjxFhRpr1KGSPeLkXGwyzzwEqnDB9mYVmEW2vWvr1dK4d_gRDBvg4YEJV2vF-YVKQpWQgrRWpDaA/s3296/100_1777.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2472" data-original-width="3296" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcwan9xKIlZEohLi7XJCVJmVJqdFEvvXFBXJEaMRHBdUeSG7jjX_gzERrVP9TTPp39WkGCEOZ4Qm2u9WyOQDXIezHtN4O52yLFb7HDevZoT44UwdqjxFhRpr1KGSPeLkXGwyzzwEqnDB9mYVmEW2vWvr1dK4d_gRDBvg4YEJV2vF-YVKQpWQgrRWpDaA/s320/100_1777.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011159912925185469noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018311194800190491.post-56407461490803674412021-06-29T16:42:00.001-07:002021-07-12T06:02:38.169-07:00Some of Those Touch Ups I Mentioned Earlier<p> These are Airfix Waterloo Cuirassier I bought painted from eBay over a decade ago.</p><p>Enamel paints, some chipping as expected but otherwise excellent. </p><p>Not painted entirely to history, but impressive enough by paint job and sheer numbers.</p><p>I ended up adding a few horsemen to make units of 24 horse plus 4 extras.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The fine Airfix Hussars are an eBay purchase from 15 years ago. Great figures, all they need are a couple of paint touch ups and a seal of wax to hold that enamel paint in place.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2J-PZcDopi0/YNHs1rYDfzI/AAAAAAAADEE/xZqD_6ZqnNYz9XOIKRVD0losvMG8cTJSACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/9E40AAD5-D1BB-486E-A972-E88B38653B70.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2J-PZcDopi0/YNHs1rYDfzI/AAAAAAAADEE/xZqD_6ZqnNYz9XOIKRVD0losvMG8cTJSACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/9E40AAD5-D1BB-486E-A972-E88B38653B70.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f75adssRFYk/YNHs1sMr69I/AAAAAAAADEI/3gZrdSoFmskMslWZqaASJ5eafComrXRUgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/DDBF3EE1-AA06-4ADF-BD8C-A981F8672816.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f75adssRFYk/YNHs1sMr69I/AAAAAAAADEI/3gZrdSoFmskMslWZqaASJ5eafComrXRUgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/DDBF3EE1-AA06-4ADF-BD8C-A981F8672816.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>More Prussians, artillery this time. I did the ammo wagon based on a lead mini I saw, but I have yet to paint in the spokes and shadows.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4zBAi6-NSTE/YNHtK9joz1I/AAAAAAAADEQ/2DJbYqAVaeE9TYbEfi47GFRd7TsZrw6gACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/ACF81E94-1961-4FAD-8761-D8D7E56FABBF.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4zBAi6-NSTE/YNHtK9joz1I/AAAAAAAADEQ/2DJbYqAVaeE9TYbEfi47GFRd7TsZrw6gACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/ACF81E94-1961-4FAD-8761-D8D7E56FABBF.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zJ0rSo83w7s/YNHtLKkulkI/AAAAAAAADEU/AR7h5C4g4BYELYACDSCZ71Wp3Gzbv5XcwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/E5778C92-42F0-4C3F-87C5-BF031E296669.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zJ0rSo83w7s/YNHtLKkulkI/AAAAAAAADEU/AR7h5C4g4BYELYACDSCZ71Wp3Gzbv5XcwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/E5778C92-42F0-4C3F-87C5-BF031E296669.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>These are lead 25mm Warrior Miniatures. They actually fit in nicely next to Airfix. The horses are a bit beefier and in spite of a thicker stand, they look comparable. The riders are thin and could fit a plastic horse.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NHeHvjDmxI4/YNHtor1_C_I/AAAAAAAADEc/XSXorBKBC9grmjZj3jiENl7BhzVHv3esACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/8BA1F799-06A2-4CA6-ADD7-73264AC3DB02.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NHeHvjDmxI4/YNHtor1_C_I/AAAAAAAADEc/XSXorBKBC9grmjZj3jiENl7BhzVHv3esACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/8BA1F799-06A2-4CA6-ADD7-73264AC3DB02.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9EzcMLASvaw/YNHto2f5JvI/AAAAAAAADEg/CtLEUcNjxOofyHQcE_Yhe8zVbAUNc__9gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/B8109070-0D96-4661-8ECE-6F4C6280F47F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9EzcMLASvaw/YNHto2f5JvI/AAAAAAAADEg/CtLEUcNjxOofyHQcE_Yhe8zVbAUNc__9gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/B8109070-0D96-4661-8ECE-6F4C6280F47F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>My Brunswickers. Originally just Airfix, but Hat has made some nice figures. The Command base is the Duke and company, Hinchliffe and Minifigs. The cannon are Tradition 25mm.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uNRwcjJCM-0/YNHuHTMEkBI/AAAAAAAADEs/0uZHvlsPOoYEJ--FZ9UPABjT1rz45KA9wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/099DB9F7-2505-4C32-A2D3-1D4E12DA2CF7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uNRwcjJCM-0/YNHuHTMEkBI/AAAAAAAADEs/0uZHvlsPOoYEJ--FZ9UPABjT1rz45KA9wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/099DB9F7-2505-4C32-A2D3-1D4E12DA2CF7.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CT3sQLi48PM/YNHuHWsuUGI/AAAAAAAADEw/irDRzl4GZBkotx_xtK152DuUk92poiikQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/EF6A0F50-2BC1-4841-890F-CA7ABFA1073B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CT3sQLi48PM/YNHuHWsuUGI/AAAAAAAADEw/irDRzl4GZBkotx_xtK152DuUk92poiikQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/EF6A0F50-2BC1-4841-890F-CA7ABFA1073B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The lancers are some of my first home cast figures. A modified Confederate Civil War Artillery rider with a plastic spruce czapka. Mounted on Atlantic horses.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fOUSYaJ-2Rg/YNHuevQt1zI/AAAAAAAADE8/PuWDgO_8bO8uvSFkd2vPR5qpjKqguiGxACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/21E1C379-3C20-48E9-8359-AE3D405B1A38.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fOUSYaJ-2Rg/YNHuevQt1zI/AAAAAAAADE8/PuWDgO_8bO8uvSFkd2vPR5qpjKqguiGxACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/21E1C379-3C20-48E9-8359-AE3D405B1A38.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>********</p><p>Prussian artillery</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbEcNr-mBTuCHrrh-vJXWB0pXjzt1fffkiC15a8z4w2unj-LzZn7W_wFh0ef12rvKnb2qoEGwMFYE4h6YO9h-NhGT6-oCA-wXiOtTvED7KaOVuNCCSg9675lVG9djoRsm7q4Khj3Wr6t4Md1ZvmFjshOGmkgYq0ol6Fx9rj0YE_6PjqIPSM3isJHD5A/s3296/100_1776.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2472" data-original-width="3296" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbEcNr-mBTuCHrrh-vJXWB0pXjzt1fffkiC15a8z4w2unj-LzZn7W_wFh0ef12rvKnb2qoEGwMFYE4h6YO9h-NhGT6-oCA-wXiOtTvED7KaOVuNCCSg9675lVG9djoRsm7q4Khj3Wr6t4Md1ZvmFjshOGmkgYq0ol6Fx9rj0YE_6PjqIPSM3isJHD5A/s320/100_1776.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>And finally here's an item I picked up a while back:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbjU6kyPSu0pT9-3qK40NevkzrFvrucx01-G-FamGSefL_wKdNsaJuGaIQmX-_tr3_oHE2vY_rM3KWAvTZlWiaTLalXIzw5yTZBC3Es8RglsWejHD3juv10WjdWTLPRxz_oSOBxK_h9k_V3uRZk0JIGWYzDnaYgIj4x7QVOPk7SYPrDLJLge1IkL2Ew/s3264/IMG_0969.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbjU6kyPSu0pT9-3qK40NevkzrFvrucx01-G-FamGSefL_wKdNsaJuGaIQmX-_tr3_oHE2vY_rM3KWAvTZlWiaTLalXIzw5yTZBC3Es8RglsWejHD3juv10WjdWTLPRxz_oSOBxK_h9k_V3uRZk0JIGWYzDnaYgIj4x7QVOPk7SYPrDLJLge1IkL2Ew/s320/IMG_0969.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtEUna2GwNXNAsl4-PZ7wfxrwK9sqOWFGl4s4drs-Mhy1IkA7sY9AsArGfQCDeBiSfpPaA98AnmEd7unQ3U5e9O2_O8rgPfr6kA2ST-1JTBDfLPJnh-vtgmUTmn8KNE5PI6BB7xTB46vRi-MFVYPhWg3RCcIN8nfTbG3Cnu5Lu4xqdN8MiIqO7fBCEPA/s3264/IMG_0970.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtEUna2GwNXNAsl4-PZ7wfxrwK9sqOWFGl4s4drs-Mhy1IkA7sY9AsArGfQCDeBiSfpPaA98AnmEd7unQ3U5e9O2_O8rgPfr6kA2ST-1JTBDfLPJnh-vtgmUTmn8KNE5PI6BB7xTB46vRi-MFVYPhWg3RCcIN8nfTbG3Cnu5Lu4xqdN8MiIqO7fBCEPA/s320/IMG_0970.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>A musket ball found on the battlefield of Ligny.</p><p><br /></p>Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011159912925185469noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018311194800190491.post-65084980392365663992021-06-21T19:12:00.002-07:002023-02-19T11:23:39.858-08:00Dutch And Belgian And Nassau Soldiers For Waterloo<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hMnZK1cBZq4/YNFEuFFV42I/AAAAAAAADC0/_kvzcqht6KkV7opCaOFXeesNtWa2SKXgACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/DBF9AC6E-F4E4-4F99-87FF-B43AB5C96554.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hMnZK1cBZq4/YNFEuFFV42I/AAAAAAAADC0/_kvzcqht6KkV7opCaOFXeesNtWa2SKXgACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/DBF9AC6E-F4E4-4F99-87FF-B43AB5C96554.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>Here’s some of the troops. I still have more, some of which I posted before. In the rear are a couple squadrons of Dutch Carabineers.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IzkewW5cTTQ/YNFFPWteeNI/AAAAAAAADDE/SlPtXO3qt4cGcfoCI9oDGC7WDFtULE84gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/44D43B56-E659-4305-B2C5-095591541500.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IzkewW5cTTQ/YNFFPWteeNI/AAAAAAAADDE/SlPtXO3qt4cGcfoCI9oDGC7WDFtULE84gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/44D43B56-E659-4305-B2C5-095591541500.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GfM_00ACs04/YNFFPU8FelI/AAAAAAAADDA/m9eYshJL7rQvC-3wNKXfCQLkT2Jx4EkUwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/A3D43BF7-C219-4056-9D2F-98B2552C6412.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GfM_00ACs04/YNFFPU8FelI/AAAAAAAADDA/m9eYshJL7rQvC-3wNKXfCQLkT2Jx4EkUwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/A3D43BF7-C219-4056-9D2F-98B2552C6412.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eSMgjr_Jisw/YNFFOjr2yKI/AAAAAAAADC8/Rsfura07epA0_RFsgxP9wqsYofViBArHwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/E2780B3E-B81B-4B06-8390-861D2D9C20CC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eSMgjr_Jisw/YNFFOjr2yKI/AAAAAAAADC8/Rsfura07epA0_RFsgxP9wqsYofViBArHwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/E2780B3E-B81B-4B06-8390-861D2D9C20CC.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The Belgians seem to have been relegated to the rear of the big photo, so here they are themselves.</p><p>I made a battery of Dutch Horse Artillery. The mounted Officer is a Giant figure.</p><p>More artillery, this time wholly Airfix.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LLhBQzusNig/YNFFyJC8dzI/AAAAAAAADDQ/obFpLzfHuCEgyTKFpGimarg0aeHWw29aACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/2DE05035-CB43-4331-ADCF-163EA4C807F4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LLhBQzusNig/YNFFyJC8dzI/AAAAAAAADDQ/obFpLzfHuCEgyTKFpGimarg0aeHWw29aACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/2DE05035-CB43-4331-ADCF-163EA4C807F4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fwNjb78sgnc/YNFFye7tE6I/AAAAAAAADDU/LCamhNzg_4oQZ_9tOrxePF5WtHoqeTOFACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/71E56DFF-1A38-42C4-B80A-C9D1B14C6E99.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fwNjb78sgnc/YNFFye7tE6I/AAAAAAAADDU/LCamhNzg_4oQZ_9tOrxePF5WtHoqeTOFACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/71E56DFF-1A38-42C4-B80A-C9D1B14C6E99.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The big guns are also Dutch. Again I am using stand in cannons for now.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vFZONEDtB4g/YNFGHvDxcoI/AAAAAAAADDg/gJC1QOPlCRguBovdO_5c8DSk3bvRjwyNQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/1F2FF6E0-F508-4B6A-848D-F85DC165C09C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vFZONEDtB4g/YNFGHvDxcoI/AAAAAAAADDg/gJC1QOPlCRguBovdO_5c8DSk3bvRjwyNQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/1F2FF6E0-F508-4B6A-848D-F85DC165C09C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qTzITAi_ffA/YNFGHoKOBWI/AAAAAAAADDk/63oQPLKarHgzOhxPA64BZ_rG1JpO3owKACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/96E94EC6-69EC-450D-9174-407F397AC3FB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qTzITAi_ffA/YNFGHoKOBWI/AAAAAAAADDk/63oQPLKarHgzOhxPA64BZ_rG1JpO3owKACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/96E94EC6-69EC-450D-9174-407F397AC3FB.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>And now the Nassau contingent. I am missing a couple of bases of troops I posted in the past. Also I was short a couple of companies of troops. C’est la guerre...</p><p>And finally, a return to Britain as I post or repost those Giant conversions I bought on eBay oh so long ago..</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-44ovTwdWV7U/YNFGtbUppJI/AAAAAAAADD0/ZUoDObJoBEgywIudeuqOYwMYWBdLPa4FACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/3C4AEA90-A87B-4089-9E97-0D589B42A290.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-44ovTwdWV7U/YNFGtbUppJI/AAAAAAAADD0/ZUoDObJoBEgywIudeuqOYwMYWBdLPa4FACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/3C4AEA90-A87B-4089-9E97-0D589B42A290.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wS-I8m35XtI/YNFGsbiKKrI/AAAAAAAADDw/Z3LgwHs0_QwMNXVncrqm970fAot9NfG8wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/2310D10A-9AA2-4868-8189-01473470ED09.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wS-I8m35XtI/YNFGsbiKKrI/AAAAAAAADDw/Z3LgwHs0_QwMNXVncrqm970fAot9NfG8wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/2310D10A-9AA2-4868-8189-01473470ED09.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vYW70sowR24/YNFGtjuRIvI/AAAAAAAADD4/f18kubFM4QsixZxzR5vAzBLtALZAk5RqACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/E423048F-545C-4554-A535-17BC02CC388C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vYW70sowR24/YNFGtjuRIvI/AAAAAAAADD4/f18kubFM4QsixZxzR5vAzBLtALZAk5RqACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/E423048F-545C-4554-A535-17BC02CC388C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Even led by Michael Wilding!</p><p>I hope they have a brighter future on the wargame table than they did in the movie.</p><p><br /></p><p>*****xtra pic</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2BpfRb0t-kN81IfhDQzzYCcFtdRoPLIHjQU3dMGfjIRx8RwXLEb1e9VZ_hNEH0KoH9DxzNXPWLZVSidXTPjCpUasCR_9-QbcNo-uKzl8nRtHtNws2W0KDjwnq-j1el8zXIiHW4hpc1kmfiEGGfSgD-8LirH4Mjg1jhWaKG2nMx7rtLVPp7N1CAzVbLw/s3264/IMG_0958.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2BpfRb0t-kN81IfhDQzzYCcFtdRoPLIHjQU3dMGfjIRx8RwXLEb1e9VZ_hNEH0KoH9DxzNXPWLZVSidXTPjCpUasCR_9-QbcNo-uKzl8nRtHtNws2W0KDjwnq-j1el8zXIiHW4hpc1kmfiEGGfSgD-8LirH4Mjg1jhWaKG2nMx7rtLVPp7N1CAzVbLw/s320/IMG_0958.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011159912925185469noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018311194800190491.post-67177933722453560682021-06-21T08:57:00.002-07:002023-02-19T11:27:25.892-08:00They’re Coming On In The Same Old Style<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0GsPlIeIY7Y/YNC1mKs1s2I/AAAAAAAADB8/3eOHp5ob6rwTGHZlFkf-dtTxt7_VnpgWACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/464E635D-D586-4BAD-84A2-F36012B2D80B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0GsPlIeIY7Y/YNC1mKs1s2I/AAAAAAAADB8/3eOHp5ob6rwTGHZlFkf-dtTxt7_VnpgWACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/464E635D-D586-4BAD-84A2-F36012B2D80B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>I’ve been working on D’Erlon’s attack for a while now. Just another 100 to go...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HoAaEysJUiM/YNC11nqitmI/AAAAAAAADCA/owj7JIiKHkAz5kas1DVE5i3GfxnwxHBrQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/8CF3596D-6C8E-4004-9703-2DBBFD413BB0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HoAaEysJUiM/YNC11nqitmI/AAAAAAAADCA/owj7JIiKHkAz5kas1DVE5i3GfxnwxHBrQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/8CF3596D-6C8E-4004-9703-2DBBFD413BB0.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sTlui52LL9I/YNC11h97LNI/AAAAAAAADCE/57T9PFVILdgH3Wm5uOYDmPVd6gaL0m0agCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/374453C6-F722-40D3-B7F6-1E7739FDE12E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sTlui52LL9I/YNC11h97LNI/AAAAAAAADCE/57T9PFVILdgH3Wm5uOYDmPVd6gaL0m0agCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/374453C6-F722-40D3-B7F6-1E7739FDE12E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The musicians and colours are old Giant Napoleonics. The mounted figure is another Strelets figure on an unknown maker’s horse.</p><p>Some of my British soldiers:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kefhE75XH-Y/YNC2PrMQTcI/AAAAAAAADCU/wsFlEvqJ77Mve90AqRVK-4mtFW0CWuuzACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/25322564-15C0-44C6-B0F9-1CC726BBCB39.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kefhE75XH-Y/YNC2PrMQTcI/AAAAAAAADCU/wsFlEvqJ77Mve90AqRVK-4mtFW0CWuuzACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/25322564-15C0-44C6-B0F9-1CC726BBCB39.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Mostly Airfix Waterloo troops. It’s taken a while to amass enough figures with the same pose.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TfUwdztXrRY/YNC2kiYaSQI/AAAAAAAADCg/0eCWreyrX7ASGWOFNWAMhHmBqYSglf8ZgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/99D7FF29-1189-4E2F-AA4D-322E51DAEFE2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TfUwdztXrRY/YNC2kiYaSQI/AAAAAAAADCg/0eCWreyrX7ASGWOFNWAMhHmBqYSglf8ZgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/99D7FF29-1189-4E2F-AA4D-322E51DAEFE2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sFEw7eouyLc/YNC2kJ3HobI/AAAAAAAADCc/p9tz0i45QS4fwhwFdYzNlDgrGn761aYHQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/688BF78B-2624-453F-9D5B-3B3B96852365.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sFEw7eouyLc/YNC2kJ3HobI/AAAAAAAADCc/p9tz0i45QS4fwhwFdYzNlDgrGn761aYHQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/688BF78B-2624-453F-9D5B-3B3B96852365.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uQA693P8fI4/YMuNTLDgotI/AAAAAAAADA4/kppSJPGSUEE3tpAZPc0WkWObcJXn4n-lQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/EB1B50D9-6D1F-4BF1-8409-55D7E06C1330.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uQA693P8fI4/YMuNTLDgotI/AAAAAAAADA4/kppSJPGSUEE3tpAZPc0WkWObcJXn4n-lQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/EB1B50D9-6D1F-4BF1-8409-55D7E06C1330.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>My Chasseurs A Cheval de la Garde Imperiale.</p><p>Airfix Waterloo British Hussars with new busbies and plumes.</p><p>Napoleon and Davout are Strelets command figures.</p><p>I also added a squadron of Young Guard Chasseurs:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pR6_ueO1WBg/YMuN4jq-dyI/AAAAAAAADBM/mTyfeMKMUgcgFgUK-6BR8tvP4VdJ2BWjgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/3C33498E-7F00-42C8-AACD-DFB4E5817AD3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pR6_ueO1WBg/YMuN4jq-dyI/AAAAAAAADBM/mTyfeMKMUgcgFgUK-6BR8tvP4VdJ2BWjgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/3C33498E-7F00-42C8-AACD-DFB4E5817AD3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I’ve been doing artillery as well.</p><p>I bought a bunch of Hat stuff, but I don’t like how they go together (or don’t), so I’m going it alone with balsa wood, toothpicks and spare wheels. The riders are lead Hinchliffe artillery riders that are kinda small for 25mm, but they fit in here.</p><p>The guns are just stand ins for now.</p><p>It’s hard to find enough Gribeauval carriages.</p><p>Esci are the best, but I don’t have more than a dozen so far, and the Italeri/Zvezda Guard Horse artillery guns are too small. However, their horses and teams are a perfect set, easy to assemble and they stay assembled. However, the caisson might be a fiddle, as I have yet to see a limber of this sort outside of the British style. Anyway, I did a couple of gun crews in the same style as the Chasseurs A Cheval. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-To4Gd3Neri4/YMuPLp0HqbI/AAAAAAAADBU/RW10zl658MApyQ0ysCaGwKCt79ChfccAgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/14EB6F73-45B5-448B-961F-0988BA692C6F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-To4Gd3Neri4/YMuPLp0HqbI/AAAAAAAADBU/RW10zl658MApyQ0ysCaGwKCt79ChfccAgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/14EB6F73-45B5-448B-961F-0988BA692C6F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WOxKhtRRk-o/YMuPMR_jyjI/AAAAAAAADBc/MYrfViadpD0XRaG1Pz3BNJj1Vppd7ikDgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/44CC91DB-644E-430B-B770-FF28746C8EC7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WOxKhtRRk-o/YMuPMR_jyjI/AAAAAAAADBc/MYrfViadpD0XRaG1Pz3BNJj1Vppd7ikDgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/44CC91DB-644E-430B-B770-FF28746C8EC7.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-67wMKRrjwwk/YMqwTpIDhfI/AAAAAAAAC9U/Sg1NGzKMjjEbMI4M5-voMcY6FeWlc4H8QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/54950D44-76E2-4F6D-A1E6-E5CBF2382B1F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p>I found a couple of interesting books based on the movie. The first is a pocket book novelization.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uAvQkaL4DzQ/YMqw4Ein-TI/AAAAAAAAC9c/SfPfkGF1yp8D0xBIeyit33NwCZDjgAwYwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/46CE5CD4-0103-4E7C-968E-065AFEC64FB9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uAvQkaL4DzQ/YMqw4Ein-TI/AAAAAAAAC9c/SfPfkGF1yp8D0xBIeyit33NwCZDjgAwYwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/46CE5CD4-0103-4E7C-968E-065AFEC64FB9.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lNUsVxSoVBQ/YMqw4I4D6bI/AAAAAAAAC9g/rVoMNpVBzYkQ_d27TruN2u_6eCcco-WWwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/D77F26CE-0C6D-4042-AC28-CE0176C4604D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lNUsVxSoVBQ/YMqw4I4D6bI/AAAAAAAAC9g/rVoMNpVBzYkQ_d27TruN2u_6eCcco-WWwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/D77F26CE-0C6D-4042-AC28-CE0176C4604D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The photo is interesting as it shows the ScotsGreys charging past the Gordon’s , a scene not shown in the movie. It looks like a crane or maybe a helicopter shot.</p><p>The book has a helpful list of the characters.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KNQjWjbE_nI/YMqxhkFYMnI/AAAAAAAAC9s/V5w_HXLe-I0Kto8HAvAJcmVWK4HgIzlfACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/6D033435-178F-4E3B-88E6-7B852BF44726.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KNQjWjbE_nI/YMqxhkFYMnI/AAAAAAAAC9s/V5w_HXLe-I0Kto8HAvAJcmVWK4HgIzlfACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/6D033435-178F-4E3B-88E6-7B852BF44726.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>What I found interesting was the expanded story of O’Connor (who plundered the little pig) and how he ran into a Grognard in the night and how they let each other go on his way. There are several incidents like this not in the movie, and as the book is very close to the film,I wonder if these might be the “lost scenes” that the original film was said to have. If you google the film, you will find photos of scenes not in the film. It was said that the original Russian version was 3 or 4 hours long. The owner of Belle and Blade even has a $10,000 bounty for a long version, but there have been no takers.</p><p>The next book is a colourful booklet based on the film.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8DNMEJCOPSU/YMqyx9QUyEI/AAAAAAAAC94/fEGTivSkVGAIkU9QMPgw9fs6Wx6mP-qBQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/E12E1BA8-1B45-4227-9CC3-ABEFCA21B1D7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8DNMEJCOPSU/YMqyx9QUyEI/AAAAAAAAC94/fEGTivSkVGAIkU9QMPgw9fs6Wx6mP-qBQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/E12E1BA8-1B45-4227-9CC3-ABEFCA21B1D7.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2TUeLMWWVRA/YMqyxcUzfbI/AAAAAAAAC90/7xxsa8g5OZMJqyL8ENvWeGOO1ApALteWQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/A7758054-17C0-4467-935F-35B200DD79F4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2TUeLMWWVRA/YMqyxcUzfbI/AAAAAAAAC90/7xxsa8g5OZMJqyL8ENvWeGOO1ApALteWQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/A7758054-17C0-4467-935F-35B200DD79F4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The booklet has maps and colourful uniforms.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WMl9aIQ5u2U/YMqzgJL0z_I/AAAAAAAAC-k/0agkw_HSmlQPVu3hzD4jJL_g52sZuL6iwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/8ACB20AC-9EDF-4238-BD26-6E5D36D30139.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WMl9aIQ5u2U/YMqzgJL0z_I/AAAAAAAAC-k/0agkw_HSmlQPVu3hzD4jJL_g52sZuL6iwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/8ACB20AC-9EDF-4238-BD26-6E5D36D30139.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UTv-hc-mSyA/YMqzgSVHUWI/AAAAAAAAC-0/Noui_RcFGns1pZcrnmgXV6hctWf0Wq5CACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/67FB9BA6-7F8B-4889-9BAD-9D9A29EC801D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UTv-hc-mSyA/YMqzgSVHUWI/AAAAAAAAC-0/Noui_RcFGns1pZcrnmgXV6hctWf0Wq5CACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/67FB9BA6-7F8B-4889-9BAD-9D9A29EC801D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-shxt7ZdibKg/YMqzgM909BI/AAAAAAAAC-o/DK-mYZX5R2gbVlakp0L3OLinwm7K3PlmgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/58076CC9-70C8-4A6E-B5F8-48F0276F6D3E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-shxt7ZdibKg/YMqzgM909BI/AAAAAAAAC-o/DK-mYZX5R2gbVlakp0L3OLinwm7K3PlmgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/58076CC9-70C8-4A6E-B5F8-48F0276F6D3E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IpyJnhAPQcs/YMqziNnXceI/AAAAAAAAC-4/80LBJb8wDPYnOa986lZYSZ0zrkvPwoUQwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/A90E6DA1-A0BF-4F2E-9724-29E78669692A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IpyJnhAPQcs/YMqziNnXceI/AAAAAAAAC-4/80LBJb8wDPYnOa986lZYSZ0zrkvPwoUQwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/A90E6DA1-A0BF-4F2E-9724-29E78669692A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Sx9M8-tS3U0/YMqzive88AI/AAAAAAAAC-8/xPqyoTBAeTg3E7z7pmx1lxJt2jeyti1wgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/BD41BDDF-A764-4CD9-A7A3-6AF3FEE22BDF.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Sx9M8-tS3U0/YMqzive88AI/AAAAAAAAC-8/xPqyoTBAeTg3E7z7pmx1lxJt2jeyti1wgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/BD41BDDF-A764-4CD9-A7A3-6AF3FEE22BDF.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NCjwqzrS7Xo/YMqzizbizvI/AAAAAAAAC_A/ZeqzdBKITXILyHMClgLxc-VUnkP5HvZCQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/D0892910-8AD8-41F8-811F-590718703B37.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NCjwqzrS7Xo/YMqzizbizvI/AAAAAAAAC_A/ZeqzdBKITXILyHMClgLxc-VUnkP5HvZCQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/D0892910-8AD8-41F8-811F-590718703B37.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The third book is excellent. 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It also has a history of the campaign, a fairly detailed order of battle,and uniform and organizational details. As for a lost version? I would imagine the de Laurentis family would have such a copy if it existed, having worked with Sergei Bondarchuck on the movie.</p><p>I thought I’d add an item of interest to this post.</p><p>Years ago I won an eBay auction for some Napoleonic figures.</p><p>Included was this:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BCbLz6eEikA/YNRk4JQsu6I/AAAAAAAADFQ/H4QlvcRDwYUqIOZHi2hTmQgRZ17AiYk5QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/C74BF9DF-8774-4158-813A-93457DB9C5F0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BCbLz6eEikA/YNRk4JQsu6I/AAAAAAAADFQ/H4QlvcRDwYUqIOZHi2hTmQgRZ17AiYk5QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/C74BF9DF-8774-4158-813A-93457DB9C5F0.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-egiAKyVR1Hg/YNRk4_J20BI/AAAAAAAADFU/bKY15gWZjas0Gkw6jXy4Sg8S2USofxn5QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/CB1E57C4-7A6E-4BAA-B960-1308D9456443.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-egiAKyVR1Hg/YNRk4_J20BI/AAAAAAAADFU/bKY15gWZjas0Gkw6jXy4Sg8S2USofxn5QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/CB1E57C4-7A6E-4BAA-B960-1308D9456443.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>A smooth bore musket round, found by metal detector hobbyists in the area of the Ligny battlefield.</p><p>I guess they were selling these through ads.</p><p><br /></p>Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011159912925185469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018311194800190491.post-37003003361955169922020-10-03T08:56:00.001-07:002020-10-07T12:58:42.054-07:00Airfix’s Battle of Waterloo WargameI finally tracked down a copy for myself.<br />
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It looks pretty much complete. Some damage as expected. The figures are hard styrene plastic, but the familiar Airfix Waterloo figures.<br />
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The French. The bases have the names of the divisional or brigade commanders. These are water slide decals provided on a separate sheet.</div>
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The Allied side. These guys have more damage and a couple of missing figures. Also both commanders flags have snapped off. The black base has raised areas for the tan bases to fit.</div>
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Some of the extras included in this set. Bases and a few figures. Some of the cavalry bases (only the Allied side) are quite small and narrow, but the figures do stand up.<br />
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The time/casualty tracker dial. An interesting piece, the indicators are independent. The game is divided into 15 minute moves, and Napoleon has to get a victory before the Prussians arrive.</div>
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The movement calipers. These are two piece items that click together. The backside is notched to keep the calipers at the selected distance. They also serve for artillery fire range.</div>
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The vinyl battle Matt. This one has been rolled up roughly for some time and has creases and wants to roll up again. But I think some mild heat from a hair dryer or some such might help the vinyl relax and smooth out.</div>
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Close up of Hougomont. Note the numbered black rectangles. This is for the placement of units at the start of the game.</div>
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A second sheet of water slide decals for the bases included in my purchase.</div>
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The Rule book.</div>
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I won’t post the rules as the blog “Vintage Wargaming” asked Airfix for permission and posted them.</div>
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HERE’s the rules:</div>
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I always liked the Movie “Cromwell” with Alec Guiness and Richard Harris. I first saw it on late night tv as a kid. Yeah, once the battles were done I usually fell asleep, but those battles were pretty cool.<br />
I especially liked the “cowboy hats” they wore as I used my Giant cowboys and Airfix Civil War Confederares in pell mell battles on the floor, pretending they were the soldiers on tv. Lacking the internet in those days, I had to rely on black and white reproductions of paintings like “Cromwell at Dunbar” in encyclopedias to get any sense of what these guys looked like for real.<br />
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As an ironic twist, now as an old man I find myself using these same figures in conversions of English Civil War armies.<br />
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Back to the movie for a moment.<br />
I especially liked the cannons.<br />
They were big, imposing pieces, belching fire on command.<br />
Today, most of the 1/72 cannon available are pretty small by comparison.<br />
It is only with the company Mars that there have been an appearance of big guns.<br />
Here’s a recent purchase from the Ukraine:<br />
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You get 4 guns and crew per bag, but the price is getting sharp. Just check eBay.</div>
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The crew look good and the gun is beefy:</div>
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Here’s some of my cannon:</div>
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These next guns are home made, popcycle stick gun carriage and dowel barrel. </div>
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The little ammunition cart is an idea I pinched from the movie.</div>
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What follows is a photo shoot of most of the ECW/Thirty Years War soldiers I’ve painted since I last posted. COVID was instrumental in my having sat down long enough to coat them all with Future floor wax.</div>
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<br />Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011159912925185469noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018311194800190491.post-52416488657350441582020-08-04T18:43:00.001-07:002021-07-12T16:47:02.104-07:00Risk EuropeI saw this game a while back.<br />
It said it had 22mm figures.<br />
So I finally bit and bought a copy:<br />
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4 colours, with more than 60 miniatures each.<br />
Here’s the meat and potato’s:<br />
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Top row has nick knacks, small crown tokens, tiny walled castles and a bag of dice.<br />
The bottom row has the four armies plus a bag of siege weapons.<br />
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Here’s the blue army:<br />
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Archers have crossbows, men at arms have axes and shields, the cavalry look somewhat Viking-ish with large battle axes.<br />
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The green army:<br />
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Archers, standard medieval foot soldiers with sword and shield, and barded cavalry.<br />
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The purple army:<br />
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Definitely a Muslim army look to them. Turbans and scimitars.<br />
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Finally the orange army:<br />
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These guys look eastern, pole axes and barded cavalry.<br />
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The siege weapons:<br />
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A catapult, a trebuchet, a giant ballista, and three men with a battering ram.<br />
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Now the box says the figures are 22mm tall.<br />
So here are some figure comparisons:<br />
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Next to Giant recasts of knights they fit in well.<br />
These Giant figures are available from several toy sellers by the bag. I got mine from ATS toys.<br />
A little pricey.<br />
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Archers next to a 1/72 Norman figure. Not a bad match. Btw, there are polish recasts of many Airfix and Revell figures showing up in bags of 100 or so figures.<br />
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Another Revell recast shows that he is taller and beefier than the game pieces.<br />
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The mounted troops are pretty small.<br />
Here I set them on dominos to be on a level with the other figures.<br />
On the left is a cavalry scout from the game Sid Meier’s Civilization.<br />
On the right is a Revell Saxon.<br />
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As for numbers of figures, each army has 35 “footmen” or men at arms.<br />
12 archers<br />
12 cavalry<br />
4 siege engines<br />
1 army banner (a flag on a stick).<br />
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So was it worth it?<br />
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I really liked the blue siege piece, the three men with a battering ram.<br />
Most of the archers would be useful.<br />
The men at arms would have to be in their own unit or mixed with smallish figures like the giant recasts.<br />
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Anyway, the cost was about $50 Canadian, or about $30-$35 US.<br />
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