A modest Christmas haul.

 

Not much wargame pressy wise for Christmas , this rather nice War of the Roses book from Helion which on a brief scrutiny could prove controversial with established thinking and 4 character figures from the 'Willie' range from Tradition , not badly priced but the postage from Sweden although efficient is a bit eye watering.

There are 2 mounted Cavalry Officers for the French and Prussians and these rather nice French Cavalry Vivandieres - I wasn't aware of the French Cavalry having these but they will paint up nicely in there bright uniform . All the 'Willie' figures are a bit bigger than the Irregular I use for the rank and file but once on the tabletop I don't think it will be too noticeable

In between all the 'Christmassy' things I have managed to glue up. base and undercoat my last two Franco Prussian Cavalry Regiments , both Dragoons - one per side , so lots of painting to do in the New Year .

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This years target 1000 finished !

 

So sometime on our Boxing Day walk we clocked up our 1000th mile , at the beginning of the month I was a bit apprehensive about getting this years 'Walk a Thousand miles in2025 ' completed - but the better weather and a few longer walks have got us past the target . Hmm ? will have to think on setting next years challenge. 

The Season's Greetings to all in Bloggerland.

 

Toy Soldiers in Art No. 31

 

Another seasonal postcard with Toy Soldiers . I admire the hats worn by the participants , perhaps I need to start wearing a hat whilst gaming ? . The serried ranks are about to be mown down by grapeshot , if I was the other chap I'd be getting out of the way to avoid getting shot !, again a sailor suit is in evidence .  

A little bit of enlightenment on the previous post .

 

In the previous post there were musings on the uniforms and accoutrements of the Bavarian soldiers with a table full of toy soldier castings . I have been and done a bit of 'googling' and found these couple of photos of Landwehr whose bayonets and caps match the original photo  .

Toy Soldiers in Art No.30

 

Another photo from my folder of possibilities , I not sure where I got this one from, but it shows a group of soldiers casting (?) toy soldiers . I was initially going to say they were French  but I did a 'picture search' and came up with the following,   -  Infanterist Reinhard Bosch and colleagues from Bayer. Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 8 pose around a table bedecked with tin soldiers. According to his service record, Bosch would receive the Iron Cross second-class in August 1917.. I'm not sure which is Reinhard and why they are casting toy soldiers, but they seem to be wearing some sort of fatigue uniform (?) , I think the original was a postcard as the picture search mentions divided back (of photo as in a postcard)

Toy Soldiers in Art No.29

 

Had this in my folder of possibilities for a while and finally it's that time of year .He isn't going to miss at that range is he ! . The number of children playing with Toy Soldiers whilst wearing Sailor suits is remarkable - not sure I could carry it off myself - especially nowadays .