"Have Mercy! They want me to make Mamukes from this lot?"
"You have done it before Master"
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Sunday, January 22, 2023
New Recruits Muster for Inspection.
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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To turn that lot into mamelukes, you need to plan ahead. In fact, I think you need to plan about a dozen heads. Good luck! Looking forward to seeing the results.
ReplyDeleteNew heads? Nah, just new hats....and baggy trousers, those with pelisses need to trade them for vests, etc. The 1st 6 were a snap, the next 18 will get better and easier!
Delete( He said optimistically )
I found the casting I did iyears ago very satisfying if at times also frustrating. Could I suggest adding some milliput or whatever to make the pelisses into flowing (if voluminous) cloaks?
ReplyDeleteI turned a pelisses into a short cloak last summer but a long one streaming out would look good, some arab perhaps.
DeleteBRAVO!
ReplyDeleteThe 'work' must go on!
DeleteSomebody has been busy casting !
ReplyDeleteOne good session. (Bloody cold in the back porch this time of year)
DeleteObviously, more is always better when it comes to toy soldiers.
ReplyDeleteEd M, you wouldn't say that if you'd seen my garage 7 years ago--or handled enough wargamer's estates. Even the most harmless of life's pleasures can be overdone. But Ross Mac does a nice job of keeping things under control.
ReplyDeletePoint take, Robert, but I have culled both my library and my own collection, and (sadly) have seen what friends have left behind, It was just a fun-spirited comment in the moment.
DeleteAnd taken in that spirit. Can't stop adding so periodically, some have to go.
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