Monday, 10 October 2022

The second wave crashes in

 The second wave of Mark’s Little Soldiers has arrived in the Duchy. Here are some Ostmerk troops awaiting painting-

Wave two will provide mortar teams, anti tank rifles, flamethrowers and smg armed troops amongst other things. I do like the designer’s nod to old Elastolin figures as in the case of the flamethrower.


Also a wee box arrived from Warbases with mdf bicycles and other transport options. They are currently on the painting table having been assembled and undercoated.

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  1. Alastair10 October 2022 at 07:44

    These do look nice... very tempting!

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    1. Anonymous11 October 2022 at 07:26

      I agree on both fronts. Go on get some…
      Alan Tradgardland

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  2. Maudlin Jack Tar10 October 2022 at 08:29

    Great stuff! The Elastolin pictures are wonderful too.

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    1. Anonymous11 October 2022 at 07:28

      Thanks. It’s from a book about Elastolin and is a page from an interwar catalogue. The bridge and pontoon boats, not to mention inflatables are tempting to replicate on the table.
      Alan Tradgardland

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  3. rross10 October 2022 at 09:21

    Agree with MJT - I do like the look of the Elastollin catalogue, and am looking forward to seeing the "Flammenwerfer" painted!

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    1. Anonymous11 October 2022 at 07:29

      Currently on the painting table whilst I work out how best to do the flame bit…
      Alan Tradgardland

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  4. Mardigan10 October 2022 at 23:39

    I’d love to see those Ostmerk mortars defending a small neo-retro toy town!

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    1. Anonymous11 October 2022 at 07:30

      It may come, watch this space…
      Alan Tradgardland

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    2. Rob Dean11 October 2022 at 12:42

      Do you need the neo-retro town to be absolutely to scale? My son is using a set of blocks we found at a wargames convention flea market some years ago with his 1/72 19th C imagi-nations. Link here:http://junkyardplanet.blogspot.com/2021/11/nordalen-and-seridia-join-fray.html for example.

      As for me, it is extremely tempting to buy a bunch of these. I've been working with Schneider molds recently, so I really like the look, but I am desperately attempting to focus on fewer projects. :P

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    3. Anonymous13 October 2022 at 07:08

      Tempting indeed l’ll venture.
      Thanks for the link.
      Alan Tradgardland

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