Let’s broke a lance in favour of the less known or represented periods!
Today is an example of French troops… always pestering Europe and elsewhere Napoleon or not… a great tradition of campaigning the french have… not always successful but constant again and again and again…
I am at pains nowadays to get the correct 6mm minis for a Crimean British Army… they simply do not exist so you have to do with proxies and an alternative paintjob… why I do this when I am spoilt for choice?
Because I am a wargamer and collector. That’s why… stubbornness to the fore!…LOL
What is the real purpose of wargames?… war? (not at all)… a friendly atmosphere is a cherished thing… games? (we do not really want to lose at all I guess…)… in a game there is always that possibility (we all agree)… so… it is really puzzling in a way…
I thought when I first wrote a book about my toy soldiers that History was the main propeller… not really so sure nowadays… I still do collect Toy Soldiers mind… even my wargames minis are more a “collection” than the real thing…
Why I did spent so many hours painting Napoleonic 25mm MINIFIGS in my middle years?… probably (read surely) it was more escapism from daily work than anything else… why Waterloo? (Tons of easy available info about it!)… nice uniforms?… maybe… with years and years I realized how much of it was British Propaganda!… I would have been mad (if a Prussian) the way the tale was told… no offense intended for the steadfast British Infantry mind!
As for the French… what do you want me to say?… a Military Machine that only “conquered” (as all conquerors) the land their soldiers walked through… their were a real nuisance for nearly a quarter of a Century across Europe (and even Egypt!)… Revolutionary ideas shocked the conservative monarchies… they will later adopt them matter of fact (the ideas not the revolution)… but using Force (brute) to spread “light and sweetness” (thank you P.G.Wodehouse) does not work at all… look at the silly intents to convert to democracy: theocratic or autocratic states or regions of the modern world… such nonsense!… It is very difficult to export ideas and make people (very different cultural people) to abide to your “superior knowledge” (LOL)…
It is a strange world we live in… thankfully we have the music!
I do not know if it is really apropiate to say Enjoy!
Maybe better REFLECT! (a bit at least)…
A really nice pic! and nice wargame…Another example of “secure flanks”… I hate the border of the tabletop!Puzzling image of a wargamer reading his mobile…
Sometimes perusing FaceBook in search of original material to Post one finds gems of a sort… every Toy Soldier here is a small piece of imagination… the author confess he was influenced by the well known films ZULU and ZULU DAWN… of course I here you say! (aren’t we all?)… but actually he developped the subject out of the weel trodden way of Military Modeling or Wargaming.
There is a lot of work and customization on those Toy Soldiers… and I love the search of the “piece unique”.
So here you are… take your Martini-Henry and travel to the end of the world!
Enjoy!
Main Characters.Natal Mounted PoliceSikhali’s HorseMounted17th LancersMoreCasualtyHeliograph PartyHighlandersFiring LineHighlanders marchingMore casualties…
It is quite difficult to publish everyday of the year something worthwhile… but lately this silly fixation of mine is getting easier by the sheer qualty of the pics that are published in Facebook.
I have already said a lot of times that I only have in my modest collection less than ten models like that.
But I do appreciate them enormously… after all they are the painting guide we all use in smaller scales and efforts.
Paul’s a friend, and I am quite happy to Post here his late production or project!
By mere chance I have them sailors too (Steadfast from R.Prati)… but not that beast of a GUN! (I used to have them in 25mm when I collected only MINIFIGS!
I am glad he is publishing pics again… always a source of inspiration!
Enjoy!
GunAnother view!And another…Really a mini-diorama in 54mm (toy Soldiers)
Not my thing at all (personally) but I know quality when I see it. That bloody part of the late XIXth Century whem the European Powers (all of them) expanded “civilization” and “commerce”… all round the world… globalization at the point of the bayonet!
What about something different today? I was feeling adventurous somehow… I guess they are semiflat figures that have an appeal of their own (and always look better from the side pics)… excellent flag BTW. French troops if you ask me. And I forgot to say… Prince August (they sell moulds too!)… with some additions from Front Rank!… and, of course, 40mm scale!
Enjoy!
It smacks of Barry Lyndon’s times (or even earlier)Great painting job!… semiflats?
The long awaited return of REPLICA is here!… and this set from the owner is very similar (enhanced by a lot more of figures for the pic) to a commission from the National Army Museum (UK).
What else can I say?
Enjoy!
A very similar composition is now at the National Army Museum… courtesy of REPLICA!Another view of the decorations to Royal Fusiliers!They look very similar but the details are important!My own work would never be in a Museum… but I love that some figures in my collection are from Andrew Stevens from REPLICA!
Directly from my Vault (as captured in Facebook)… There are Collectors that keep their figures in the original boxes without even once sort them from the rubber ties… to each its own way of collecting and enjoying the hobby!
It certainly it is not mine.
Enjoy!
Hiriart do lovely Toy Soldiers (or did I do not know if the company still produces those marvels).
