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Dilley’s Band!

Like his father before him… how to update toy Soldiers to Military Modeling quality by the clever use of Milliput, matt paint and brushes.

They do not come any better.

Enjoy!

Walking the thin line… between Toy Soldier and Military Modeling.

It was a necessity… specially for the small cabinet… the “TOKIO Tube look” is gone… so are The French Foreign Legion and the late British Empire (Kakhi)… gone to my old office to play A GENTLEMAN’S WAR with them…

So there you have it, the part of the collcetion in action stances is gone back to wargaming in Andorra la Vella… and the “ceremonial part” stays in Pal.

About time if you understand me. Yesterday afternoon it was a lot of work putting the Toy Soldiers in boxes to be moved and reorganizing the display on the small cabinet… the whole of six shelves was “gone”… but the result is satisfactory… I was already told once in Facebook that my figures needed space to “breathe”… alea jacta est.

Enjoy!

The French Foreign Legion and supports… are gone to another cabinet in my office.

So did the Kakhi British in Afghanistan… 6 shelves emptied in total…

This is the new look…You could do with some close ups but you got the idea alright!

There it is… door closed and all tip top.

The “big” cabinet slightly thinned down in numbers…

There you have it… closed down and “up to the nines”…

John Firth’s Delhi Durbar…

See complete series of pics (including Kipling) in Facebook group mytoysoldiersandme … awesome dispaly and collecting!

Fantastic collection well displayed in a minimum of space…

Probably one of the longest series of pics on any of my posts… well deserved…

Old one’s

I guess they must be MIGNOT… but not a 100% sure about it!

Starting to work on a list for REPLICA and. IMPERIAL/DORSET (yes at the same time)… finally decided to adapt my 54mm “action” Toy Soldiers to AGW units… not much fuss at all… but 12 is the magic number for Infantry units! Thankfully Cavalry and Artillery are already OK. I will slightly tweak a bit the rules because I am like that… and the set encourages to do so.

Alan Green’s Own

This is a magnificent example of what a collection of Toy Soldiers is, pics by the owner on Facebook (look for the group mytoysoldiersandme). A clarification is needed, when I titled this web page MY TOY SOLDIERS AND ME the idea was to include under this umbrella all fans of collecting toy soldiers whatever the size, style or purpose, so the “MY” refers to “YOUR” figures not at all exclusively mine at all if you follow me. What is more, I usually abstain of repeating myself ad nauseam posting well known pics of my toy soldiers (even if I do from time to time to illustrate a point). So this is why you see wargaming minis in all scales, pure toy soldiers (vintage and “new”) and military modeling figures in many scales. Hope that makes it clear! Enjoy

By The Way… I am more of the school of black dot effect for the eyes of mine!… but the work in the eyes of the figures by Mr. Green is superbly detailed (a steady hand you need for that)

I love more this kind of painting “eyes”.

Also that one! but it is quite difficult!

And last but not least… more “exotic” units… excellent!

Some M.M. for a change…

I have never been “into” the middle ages… but to say them provide inspiration for great modeling is an understatement. Have already explained elsewhere in this webpage why… so I will not repeat myself.

Progress on Paul Watson’s Gordon Highlanders continue… have not lost my hand thanks God, but to get the same colours as REPLICA uses is more complicated that I thought… well, I guess from a distance (No not a mile!) they would be alright.

Facebook seen… sorry I did not keep the author’s name… just fantastic painting job.

Rifles from Hilditch

Less than 54mm (series “B”) and still impressing.

I was personal yesterday, maybe even too personal… well, I can always edit the thing if I want… I do not know if being too personal is a bonus or a malus…

So, today let’s go back to the main line of this webpage… toy soldiers and those who enjoy them.

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.

Excellence

A picture is worth a thousand words… so…

I have many times explained that this is not my particular field of interest as a collector or simply aficionado… but one has to take his hat off when see something like that (in facebook of course!).

More from Graham Hilditch

Dear Graham does the most with a very few things… meaning soldiers, sailors and castle (or barracks) The essence is to take a tasteful pic… I could have eliminated the backgrond (see below) but it is charming as it is. Enjoy.

See?

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