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I used this “avatar” or pic of a RCMP Inspector General with dark blue tunic (patrol jacket in Britain) because of childhood memories.
Suddenly one day a member of Facebook commented I have painted wrong the lanyard because it was under the webbing (difficult for the pistol to be used as such at all… lol… he (or she) was right… so:
I modified the mistake.
Here are the pics, enjoy!
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That’s it!
I have finished painting my Brigade of Guards! (A childhood project).
To be sincere I will work a bit more on the mounted Officer Horse… they are never really “finished” (horses I mean).
And they still lack the gloss varnish.
My last Project (to be painted by me) will be King Charles III … there on the tray at the back of the pic.
All casts by REPLICA.
Cheers.
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My Brigade of Guards for AGW set of rules will be completed wit those Coldstreamers (Nulli Secundus).
Curiously having a unit of Grenadiers and another of Coldstreamers I have decided to make the mounted Brigadier a serious Scot Guards!
Probably my last effort at painting myself the 54MM casts!… pots of paint will be used to do maintenance exclusively.
I will buy painted soldiers from Andrew Stevenson (REPLICA) and Antony Spencer (DORSET and IMPERIAL and AQM)… because they do it better than me… and I am a bit tired (only very elusive things as the SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON SET can make me move…)
Enjoy!
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Have finished the 4 Grenadiers to complete the first unit.
Easy enough I guess.
More bright red next time.
Enjoy!
PS: Churchill coming out nicely as a young officer of the 4th Hussars…
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Still thinking about the use of gold paint… or not…
No much satisfied with the red colour of the tunics… maybe gloss varnish will help a bit…
Next unit will be done with a brighter shade of red… Vallejo.
Enjoy!
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Almost finished the charging figures of the Guardsmen (Grenadiers)
Had to add white webbing to the REPLICA set…
And working on the mounted officers a bit…
Enjoy!
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Just want to finish this four charging figures to complete a set of 12 and see how they look when properly painted and varnished!
Funny how they “change look”
Enjoy!
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Well,
Redcoats will be redcoats I guess…
Slowly brightening the things…
Enjoy!
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After a bit of relax (that included searching for the right paint from Vallejo for the rifles!) I am now painting two units for AGW (12 man units); the first one is only 4 charging figures to complete an existing REPLICA set. Will concentrate on those 4 for starts… but also working on the mounted officers and young Churchill (4th Hussars).
It is easier to paint Infantry soldiers if you are not in a hurry. But you need to have a hold on them somehow… so just a job of adding colours patiently. In the case of the guards the bearskin helps a lot!
Since I was a child and had only marching and at the present figures I have wanted to have them in fighting positions… so in the end… DIY is the best way (not the only one of course!).
I have ordered from Dorset Soldiers and Replica some boxes for 2024… if all goes well I will retire from the painting job myself and keep the pots of paint to do maintenance exclusively.
Now, if Andrew Stevenson send to me the 5 casts of the 2nd US Cavalry to do the mounted colour party for the SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON set… that will be all!
Enjoy.
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The “square” formation is only to show the Toy Soldiers in a single pic. Cavalry had not use at all “inside”. But even more important the “square” as such was not used at all intensively at that time… so you will forgive the artistic license!
In fact the purpose of this “parade” was to count them all, stop adding more troops without sense of perspective… and find where to put the two machine guns newly commisioned!
Vast majority of them are REPLICA METAL MODEL SOLDIERS (Andrew Stevenson), complemented by DORSET SOLDIERS (Antony Spencer) and even 4 Gordon Highlanders done by my friend Paul Watson in a moment of yours truly deep anguish!…
Enjoy!
You must read Major C.E. Callwell (Royal Artillery) opus SMALL WARS (Their Principles & Practice).
