Not much to talk about, I've been too busy chopping and painting and otherwise having fun. So here are the first two finished units.
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| Colonel Rutland and the 58th Foot. All based on Guardsmen with copies of the Highlanders' helmets. The standing firing figure is a vintage original who had a broken rifle, the kneeling officer was a Soldierpac casting, the rest are all homecast. (The mounted officer and figures at the ready are from the Miniature Moulds catalogue) |
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| Gordon Highlanders. Dressed for Egypt till the boat sailed right by without stopping. All repainted vintage originals but the officer is a conversion. |
Up next, Seventeenth Lancers in foreign service helmets followed by the Royal Artillery.
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| The whole force at this point. This is a 6" grid but I am very seriously considering going down to a 5" grid. This will give me 10x14 squares vs 8x12. (I just need to make the table 2" wider...."I have a cunning plan".) |
And what splendid fun it looks too.
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More to come!
DeleteTrue Toy Soldier material there ,very nice indeed,Tony
ReplyDeleteThanks Tony
DeleteVery nice indeed. I love the way you have given the units life by using different posed figures together. I have always avoided this, but yours look really good!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jon, several of the original Britain's sets contained a variety of poses so they get the credit really, esp the one I just repainted.
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ReplyDeleteOh so Toy Like- like your work very much - well done indeed. Cheers. KEV.
Thanks Kev.
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ReplyDeleteThey look like proper soldiers. Very fine.
ReplyDeleteNice unit, Ross. Love the toy soldier look, gets my Britains nostalgia going every time I look at your project here.
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