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Flats on Hexes! Photo borrowed from :Petits Soldats, Grandes Victoires by Jon Peterson (author of Playing at the World) |
You can reach the article on Medium here:
Link to Petits Soldats, Grandes Victoires by Jon Peterson
Well worth reading.
Saturday, December 15, 2018
Flats on Hexes!! (Before I was born.)
Today I followed a FB link to a great article about a group of miniature wargaming enthusiasts in Paris in the 1930s and 40's. These were not just gentlemen of leisure but included soldiers, artists, historians and others, many of whom played their part in the Resistance even while the games continued.
The article is well worth reading for anyone with an interest in the history of wargaming, the influence of French miniature wargaming on early US wargaming, or real life stories of brave men.
You can reach the article on Medium here:
Link to Petits Soldats, Grandes Victoires by Jon Peterson
Well worth reading.
You can reach the article on Medium here:
Link to Petits Soldats, Grandes Victoires by Jon Peterson
Well worth reading.
Born and raised in the suburbs of Montreal 7 decades ago. Began playing with toy soldiers at 5 years. Started painting & converting at about 12 yrs and wargaming about 15 yrs. Never really stopped.
5 years in the Black Watch of Canada Cadets, 5 years at the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean followed by 4 in the navy. 25 years with CPC in IT simultaneous with 23 years running a boarding kennel. Inherited my love of toy soldiers from my mother's father. Married with a pack of litle Italian Greyhounds and a cat. Prematurely retired and enjoying leisure to game, maintaining our 170 yr old farmhouse and just living.
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Thanks Ross, fascinating and very well presented.
ReplyDeleteAgreed on both counts, too interesting to not share.
DeleteIt is a corker of an article isn't it?
ReplyDeleteTis.
DeleteExcellent find. As well as the petite soldats grandes victiores newsreel clip of 1944, There are more French language newsreel video clips about solders des plomb https://www.ina.fr/recherche/search?search=soldat%20de%20plomb&vue=Video
ReplyDeleteInteresting, some of the same pictures.
DeleteIn this series an Interesting 1970 French language newsreel of a lady making soldering and painting military Miniatures https://www.ina.fr/video/CPF10004924/coules-dans-le-bronze-video.html
ReplyDeleteAgain interesting.
DeleteWhat an interesting article,thanks for sharing with us.
ReplyDeleteAlan
My pleasure.
DeleteAlways think of flats as German, never really considered France. Learnt something.
ReplyDeleteAh, I've seen them before in books on 'model' soldiers.
DeleteFascinating stuff, and what a tragic end for so many of the French collectors society.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, toy soldiers are for real heroes as well as wanna he's.
DeleteA great article! Thank you for sharing the link.
ReplyDeleteA pleasure shared is a pleasure increased.
DeleteThis was an exceptional article in so many ways; among the best I've read about the history of our hobby in a long time. The flats on hexes just sort of look "right", don't they! Mty earliest armies were pre-painted Ochel flats, purchased when I was in middle school and knew i couldn't paint worth a damn!
ReplyDeleteThey do look right, as does the scenery. My semi flat Prince August guys will have to calm that itch. I have an awfully feeling that painting some 30mm flats would be like eating 1 salted peanut.
DeleteVery cool! Great to see the history of the hobby!
ReplyDeleteVery interesting , thanks for bringing it to my attention .
ReplyDeleteFascinating stuff Ross.
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting.
All the best. Aly
Always a pleasure to pass on an article like this.
DeleteGreat find. Never saw this article before.
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