54MM Toy Soldiers – Page 13 – My Toy Soldiers & Me

Boxes of Toy Soldiers. “The gift”

That was that at the beginning of the hobby a wee box of shiny soldiers… much later they would lose that shine (see the Artillery)… but not their charm at all.

So many of us started like this! Enjoy.

A GENTLEMAN’S WAR: Still more pics

Sometimes my 54mm fever is high… must be one of those periods. Enjoy while it lasts.

Surely you can admit they have a charm of their own.

A GENTLEMAN’S WAR: more pics

I have posted a lot of Scott Lesch work because it is awesome!… Does that mean that I am going to indulge in the Franco-Prussian War (1870)? NOT AT ALL!… but you must admit his production of Armies is very mice indeed!. And sometimes when awareness is down… I think of it seriously!.

The fact that every unit seems to field a “cantiniere” is non important for me… but adds a “je ne sais quoi”… LOL

I added those Prussians as an afterthought

So here they are… The Second Reich would be won at the end of the campaign.

Toy Soldiers

Sometimes I tend to forget that there are brand new toy soldiers to buy… silly of course… but when I see an example in Facebook I get it and copy paste here for your daily dose. Enjoy

Toy Soldiers BUY!: He could not resist adding them to the collection

You must understand us collectors!… he found those and could not resist buying them… that’s how it goes. For once John Lennon was right when he said the evident enough statement “life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans”… lol … it really works that way.

A Classic

Good Old Britains!… I only had a set in my life… but an awesome experience!… So you will forgive me if from time to time I do post some venerable items more seen in auctions nowadays…

Toy Soldiers this time

The ability of John Clarke to produce Toy Soldiers for AGW never ceases to surprise me… they are full of taste and “allure” as a Frenchman would say (I guess…) So enjoy!

Prussian “Marines”… by John Clarke yet again…

A GENTLEMAN’S WAR: Imaginary Nations

As seen in Facebook… group A Gentleman’s War of course!… delightful pics all round. Have had the rules for a long time (Howard Whitehouse) but never played a game with them… maybe in the not so distant future… but using Playmobil figures. You need etc…

Michael “the black” commander of the Streslau Army (John Clarke)

Repainted for the better

What a good paintjob can do for the castings (all of them) is wonderful.

Her Majesty’s Guards (or Household Division Troops) are a popular choice among collectors or simply aficionados whatever the level. It has much to do with that the daily exposure in such well know military procedures as the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace, The handing of the keys at the Tower of London, and similar at Windsor castle. The more “touristic attraction” the more popularity in children minds… So, let it be.

Hardly original subject… but a CLASSIC IMHO. As seen in Facebook.

Even with a bit of patience you can do it with Playmobils. (Those are my own).

By the end of your “collecting life” you would have gone megalomaniac (well, a bit). Those are mine.

The long grey line

A very traditional Sunday morning I fear… but some pics deserve a post in their own right. Not much to comment I guess.

Going to start a new thread in the Proxies Department chez Baccus (6mm) in search of British Guards with Bearskin proxies (a la ALMA and INKERMAN) but to decide if I use 6mm instead of 54mm in A GENTLEMAN’S WAR wargame rules… there are units one fancies but not the whole Armies… and there is no better place to use them than in Fantasyland (but not FANTASY if you follow me).

Enjoy the pic.