'Lloyd George knew my father'* (no not really he didn't)

 

Been on holiday in North Wales and one of our walks took us past the grave of Llyod George The Prime Minister 1916-22 (see -we can produce interesting politicians - rather than the bland cretins we have now) Here we see Mr and Mrs Walker viewing the grave .

Very nice memorial I was impressed , he was an interesting chap - with similar views on personal relationships as H G Wells. 

The walk followed the river upstream vey peaceful although a bit muddy in places.

The view through a hollow tree.

Mrs K and dog in the Bluebells - shortly after this he found something dead to roll on and my wife did not want to get as close to him again !.

Lloyd George peeps over the hedge , there was a museum dedicated to him , but I didn't visit it as - a) I had Mrs K with me (she has a low tolerance to museums) and b) it was shut.

*sung to the tune of 'Onward Christian Soldiers'

Figures from my distant past.

 

I did some dusting in my Wargaming room - itself a rare occasion and had to take down and dust some larger scale figures I once painted and having dusted them I thought I should celebrate the moment by posting them . First up 'The Good Soldier Svjek' (one of my literary heroes) I made this from 'Flymo' (?) putty - the sort you bake in the oven . Think I made it about 40 years ago - my only attempt at sculpting - being a cartoon character helped but I think I captured the character of the man. The writing on the base has faded I'm afraid.

Next up a MASH nurse , must have been from the time MASH hit the TV screen. I was given the sculpt I think ? - I once belonged to a modeling club - the now defunct Westmorland Military Modeling Society* , I think its 70mm tall and I painted it using oil paints - Women/girls are very hard to paint I find - getting the face and complexion right is difficult. 

Probably from the same era (30 years ago ?) 'Waiting for the Noon Stage' - I know this cos I wrote it under the base . I think I got it as a Christmas present and again I used oil paint - which was a popular medium back then . A larger figure about 4" tall . I haven't I think painted a large scale figure since then - obviously a stage I was going through.

*PS I tried Googling WMMS and found nothing - pre internet of course .

Sir Jackabus Wooley (Mark II)

A couple of years ago I converted a figure to represent Sir Jack Wooley the leading light in the Parliamentary cause in Borsetshire ..: Sir Jakabus Wooley 'A Fyne Martialle Man' (tonystoysoldiers.blogspot.com) The conversion was not a success, after the figure had lost his arm and head twice due to accidents I decided to have another go . Altogether a more compact but slightly boring figure- but without detachable limbs.

 

Dismounted Horse for Borsetshire.

Powering through painting the 54mm Replicants , these are some rather dramatically posed dismounted cavalry figures which will make a good 'Forlorn Hope' for actions in Borsetshire.

 

'Warts and all'

Have finally got around to painting my 54mm Replicant figures. First up is 'Old Noll' - Oliver Cromwell himself who may end up visiting Borsetshire in the future .

 

Slaine , the 'Baddies'.

The 'Baddies' in the box comprise of a Druid priest and a 'Wyrd' stone and arch-enemy Slough Throt , strange but intriguing figures.

There are also three Skull Sword warriors here seen confronting Slaine.

If Slaine gets annoyed he loses it and goes berserk ! and you replace the normal model with an enraged Slaine who more or less doubles his fighting skills ! . I've had a couple of games and the rules are fairly simple , you have profile cards with the details of the models and activation is done by drawing chits from a bag to activate them , Heroes can be activated more than once and minions die easily , so games are short but dramatic . I've enjoyed painting these figures - so different from my usual 'Toy Soldiers' so may buy a few more to flesh the game out a bit .

 

Slaine , the 'Goodies'.

Several weeks ago whilst on holiday I came across a hobby shop and bought the above boxed game .(.: As rare as hens teeth. (tonystoysoldiers.blogspot.com) . It comes with eight figures and a few bits of terrain and I've been painting things up over the last few weeks .

The hero of the game - based on the 2000AD comics is 'Slaine' a mythical Conan type barbarian with an abundance of fighting skills - "kiss my axe"! . The figures are in the new Warlord resin and rather well detailed - I must admit I'm coming round to the use of figures in resin/ plastic.

Two of his allies - Ukko the Dwarf and Nest the trainee Druid, I must admit I've never read any of the 2000AD comics so all the background is new to me .

Who's this sinister chap interfering with the gaming dice !? , more to follow.........