Alejo Dorca – Page 14 – My Toy Soldiers & Me

John Clarke’s Own

Expressly built for A GENTLEMAN’S WAR ruleset I guess…

The battle of Dorking (completely fictional) is surely embeded in the mind of a lot of Toy Soldiers Wargamers in 54mm… do not ask me why… a sad depressing book (highly readable though)… shrinks/quack doctors do make a hard cash from it!

Enjoy the model! Ah! incidentally topped 120.000 visitors a couple of days ago, as usual this is popular specially in the USA (It puzzles me because stopping at 1900 it leaves out the US Century… but you’ll never know why at all)

I must confess I have acquired some Prussian Playmobils to play it too but maybe à la Wells.

John Clarke Radio Station

54mm Toy Soldiers have their artists too!

Magnificent set.

Enjoy!

And a final one. (Could have bettered the pic but not the spots!)

John Clarke Toy Soldier Conversion

There is something fascinating in that process… to mend, repare, adjust and polish and “create” a piece unique… it gives you satisfaction.

Not that big projects have not charm… but sometimes a single figure gives you the whole catarsis condensed… guess you know what I mean.

I liked it… hope you enjoy too!

Gavin Holiday’s Toy Soldiers (but the last pic! Timothy Hyndman’s Own)

Couldn’t resist posting some redcoated Toy Soldiers as seen in Facebook on the William Britain’s Group.

Always thought they were the best Toy Soldiers around when I was a kid…

So…

Enjoy!

Playing with Toy Soldiers (Gavin Holliday’s Own) part IV

The Play goes on…

In fact is like watching a movie…

The Hussars we saw depart on Reconnaissance are passing by the forward outpost…

See next chapters… LOL

Enjoy!

Playing with Toy Soldiers (Gavin Holliday’s Own) part III

Already another Post is in Facebook… do not know if I will publish here… do not know why the more the number of Posts on a subject the less Hits it gets… I guess the majority likes “something new all the time”.

LOL

I do what I can really!

Enjoy!

Playing with Toy Soldiers (Gavin Holliday’s Own) part II

For once I will repeat a text entirely!

“In a way, a suite of pics that shows that it is easy to roleplay (in fact it was not even called roleplaying at all back then) with 54mm vintage Toy Soldiers… and “damn the torpedoes”…

Eclectic? Yes

Old Fashioned? Yes

Childish? Yes

Fun? Yes

So…

Enjoy!”

Playing with Toy Soldiers (Gavin Holliday’s Own) I

In a way, a suite of pics that shows that it is easy to roleplay (in fact it was not even called roleplaying at all back then) with 54mm vintage Toy Soldiers… and “damn the torpedoes”…

Eclectic? Yes

Old Fashioned? Yes

Childish? Yes

Fun? Yes

So…

Enjoy!

Timothy Hyndman’s Own

Rather extra good painting job (see the Regimental Colour and the Drum… and the careful grey hair on the mounted officer’s moustache… really a breat of fresh air for us in the hobby…), welcome to this webpage Timmothy!… hope we see soon enough more examples of his units. Enjoy

Massimo Vittucci’s Own

Found this pics as a colateral thing in Facebook… posted by another Italian collector (Stefano Allorini)… it took me pains to find again… so I quickly post them today!… because once I found them I could not wait to post them here!

A lifelong collection I guess, fantastic job.