Friday, May 28, 2021

And here is our Hero.

It was a rash thing to do, casting a figure that doesn't fit into any of my current collections and visions of rebuilding armies for the NorthWest Frontier or Egypt momentarily danced in my head this afternoon. 


Homecast Lil Army 54mm Sepoy from a Lil Army mould, available now from the Dunken Company which is where I got my first moulds from back in '98.



Luckily,  the thought of the time and energy required and the lack of anywhere to store them, let alone display them, not to mention all of the unfinished collections I a want to work on, soon quelled that idea. I  should be able to find room to display a few single figures or vignettes though, just for the heck of it.

16 comments:

  1. Rebuilding armies for NWF sounds like a good idea. I think about it often...

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    1. The only NWF I ever contemplated was a start on a 1st Afghan war skirmish in 54mm I started in the late 90's (when I bought this mould ). It was supposed to tie into the Mutiny but the difficulty on getting affordable figures crossed with falling for 40's led it to oblivion.

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  2. >not to mention all of the unfinished collections I a want to work on

    Welcome to my world.

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  3. Ah 1 the siren call of the new project - tell me about it .

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    1. No, just a desire to have at least one figure from each of my moulds. No room of an army for each set!

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  4. Great figure be he the first of many of on his own on display.

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  5. Ross Mac,

    He does look quite magnificent now that he has been painted and varnished.

    All the best,

    Bob

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  6. Ross, I like the casting, and very nice paint job. If you decide to raise a British Raj army it will be fun to see it forming up.
    Michael

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    1. Not even a glimmer of hope that that will ever happen I'm afraid.

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  7. Another vote for NWF. The project we need.

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    1. Luckily for me, this is not a democracy!

      If I ever turn back towards the Khyber, it'll be 1839-42 in 40mm,

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