Back again having tiled the bathroom floor with those self-adhesive tiles - of the 24 tiles I laid only 4 (!) went down uncut, the rest having to be cut/trimmed in various ways !! . Nothing in the bathroom is parallel or square on - it must be about 20 years since it was last done and I'd forgotten the horror of it all ! . However I have been busy casting and painting - and varnishing ! , a Unit of Prussian Hussars - the 1st Regt. Life Hussars - the mould is actually meant to be a British Hussar - but a Hussars is a Hussar so I'm rather pleased with them.
Next a Battalion of Landwehr - these are the standard Prussian mould but I 'green stuffed' to make them into the longer coat worn by the Landwehr . The Prussian General is a rather nice Hinchliffe figure provided by 'S' the proprietor of all things Hinchliffe .
These are rather strange portly chaps from a mould I got off eBay - the are Prussian Jaegers , but Prince August don't do them now so I assume they are an old out of production model - odd chaps but I like them.
To counter these here are some French skirmishing .
French Light Infantry - the 1st Batt. 2nd Legere . Because I'm only using 12 figures per unit I'm cracking on getting them done and a simple 'toy soldier' paint job helps as does a gloss varnish to cover up all the mistakes.
The 2nd Batt. 45th Ligne overseen by another excellant Hinchliffe General, again cast up and provided by 'S' . Prince August don't do General moulds so Hinchliffe are the closest match . Time to set up a game and play with these figures on the 'Tabletop of Mars' .......
Busy times and very productive ones, your project is taking shape very nicely, lovely figures, the Hussars particularly look super.
ReplyDeleteYes I'm pleased with how they turned out, the figures uniform is vague enough to do as most nations Hussars.
ReplyDeleteThey all look great Tony! Good luck with your game, have a marvelous time!
ReplyDeleteWill be nice to get them into action .
DeleteThose Hinchcliffe command figures fit in perfectly.
ReplyDeleteYes they look the part .
DeleteSomehow ripping all the fixtures out and just laying down tiles over the whole floor and putting in a bucket doesn't sound like a good idea so your approach was doubtless the best way.
ReplyDeleteHurrah for the reappearance of toy soldiers, esp classics!
The floor is done now , the last one lasted 20 years so this one should see me out. I'm greatly enjoying my homecasting at the moment- the figures are VERY Old School.
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