Alejo Dorca – My Toy Soldiers & Me

New Home

It was not easy to transport this part of my 54mm collection but it was worth the effort believe me!

After all I am going to play one against the other, and game them alone too (one at a time) depending on scenarios.

Enjoy!

The French Foreign Legion in a big cabinet at the ex-office… 99% DORSET

Same for the British around 1880 99% REPLICA

Castings from DORSET/IMPERIAL (again)

I must say all this posts are against my own interests… my orders get delayed and delayed because new orders arrive daily at DORSET/IMPERIAL HQ’s… LOL but I must admit they deserve “the plug”… those lovely figures once painted would be proud pieces of a collector… no doubt about that… in the meantime I guess I would have to email Antony asking what about mine? LOL (again)… now seriously one must be patient dealing with the world of conversions and Toy Soldiers “a la carte”… it is not the same to ask for ready made sets than to ask for special pieces… this take time… but the results are worth the wait!

Enjoy!

A Dorset/Imperial Conversion for a german customer…

Other conversions using the same basic body…

Good Old Wargaming

No it is not The Crimean War… by the presence of some Portuguese it must be Peninsular War… as seen in Facebook… and kept in the Vault… for the size of the red dice surely 28mm (in those days of yore just “big” 25mm) and I’ll risk Peter Gilder’s Connoisseur range… but I can be mistaken you know…

Austrians

And… what’s wrong with that?… I’d like to know…

Enjoy!

Another Wargame unit that looks like a mini diorama…

Nearly everything is collectable…

Meaning subject!

Funny enough beige basing on a green cloth!… usually is the inverse!… magnificent figures…

Enjoy!

British Guards

I don’t know why Bearskins have such appeal… but they do have it believe me!… lots of collectors have them in a place of honor.

Quite good example.

Enjoy!

Spaniards

How the glory fades with time… for nearly two centuries Spanish Infantry was the undisputed ruler of the European battlefields… not that many remember that at all mind…

Economical ruin, lack of manpower, corruption… you name it… the conclusion of all Empires…

Excellent pic nonetheless.

Enjoy!

Spanish Tercio (maybe by F. Thau but not sure) it lacks the arquebusiers on front and flanks but that would be asking too much I guess…

Visiting an Exposition

A forgotten pic on the vault… I also forgot who was the gentleman who took the pic… but you get the idea… there are still places where the hobby is taken seriously and they dedicate space and cabinets to show beautiful collections… so… not all is lost!

Enjoy!

The chap who posted this in Facebook had a lovely day at a museum of Toy Soldiers

Paul’s Own Gordon’s

It is not always that you can show the result of direct influence (not that I consider myself an influencer at all!) but it is funny to know Paul Watson built a unit of Highlanders as a result of lending a hand to a desperate chap (myself).

Enjoy!

As a bonus, because too much Gordon’s lately another couple of pics about vintage figures and where the Gordon’s fought too!… Just an alignment of planets I guess…

Belgian Infantry

One thing we have to have in mind is that nearly always the most unusual subjects in Toy Soldiers land become the more valuable and precious in the long run… and that from a silly old man who has passed his collecting life amassing British Guards!… LOL

Seriously delightful minis.

Enjoy!

PS: Incidentally passed the mark of 125.000 visitors yesterday… it keeps me going knowing someone looks at it!