This morning my 'Toy Soldier Collector' magazine arrived in the post - It's the only mag I subscribe too nowadays - I rarely bother with the wargaming magazines . I then took the dog for a walk and this magazine had started me thinking about my 54mm project which has languished recently , by the time I'd returned home I was all fired up to cast a few figures and start expanding my collection .
I'm expanding each of my units by 3 figures increasing them to 15 per unit . Here are the 3 figures for my 'Red' army .Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers . The 'Toy Soldier' moulds from Prince August are I think some of their older ones and are I find difficult to fit together - needing lashings of 'Green Stuff' modelling putty .
These additional figures will be another infantryman , a Sergeant and being a Light Infantry unit a Bugler rather than the more usual Standard Bearer . Here they are glued together, the gaps filled with 'Green Stuff' and based up. I've given the Bugler a instrument from the Irregular range of bits and pieces , They will need a bit of tidying up tomorrow - a bit of filing of the filler etc and then a spray undercoat . I'll report back when I start painting them .
Lovely work. I've started taking an interest in the 1/32 scale "Traditional Toy Soldier" range. Precious little time to do anything with them sadly, but they are very nice. I have four Irish Guards and plan to add a few more.
ReplyDeleteDo you have any further plans for your Prussians?
I was thinking with a head swap, that pose would do very well for 1880s Egyptians.
Yes army 'Black' will be getting reinforcements as well, Irregular do a multitude of different heads and equipment, Tony
DeleteJust peeking at the magazine cover, Maiwand? Surely they mean Laing's Nek?! There are days when I miss a new Toy Soldier magazine but it was just too much temptation and frustration at lack of funds when there would be a Dorest article or one on vintage toys. ( I'm more of an old Britain's style than the newer toy soldier look)
ReplyDeleteAnyway I'm sure these lads will be a credit to their regiment once properly uniformed and trained up.
I must admit I'm not keen on the matt finish favoured by modern firms preferring the old gloss finish . 'Toy Soldiers' are VERY expensive nowadays hence the home casting , Tony
DeleteExcellent start Tony to increasing the numbers in your Red and Black Armies- nothing like a bit of casting to spur you on...do like the figures and look forward to them painted up in Toy-like fashion...and outdoor photos. KEV.
ReplyDeleteHmm ! the weather will have to improve greatly before any outdoor photographs - our back garden looks like the Somme after about 2 weeks of rain , Tony
DeleteToy soldiers are the way forward I increasingly think. Nostalgia and lashings of it i say. Great casts by the way.
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Thank you , the older I get the more nostalgic I get about my wargaming , Tony
DeleteNice to see this project resurfacing. I must check out the magazine.... the current wargames offering just leave me cold. It would be nice if there was an old school wargames mag on the market.
ReplyDeleteI haven't purchased a wargaming magazine in over 6 months and not really missed them , Tony
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