I marked out a one inch grid on a couple of spare squares of felt in dots. I wanted to try some simple skirmishes using https://pampersandp.blogspot.com/p/heroic-encounters-portable-wargame.html
Heroic encounters Portable Wargame variant. A few figures were set up with stones from the garden and an enjoyable skirmish was had.
I began the forty or so 40mm semi flat sailors that I gleaned from various places in the shed. I like the classic marching pose and the running figure too. Good solid toy soldiers . I tried a very basic paint job conversion ( although the figures cap peak was removed too albeit clumsily by me) to produce a 1914 German Askari from East Africa. Not sure I like how he turned out but I will have a think. I have enough figures for a twelve man unit if I go ahead.
Hi Alan- Always like figures of Sailors in any scale- these look good and you've got enough to provide a 'Contingent'. Cheers. KEV.
ReplyDeleteI do like sailor figures too, I have a number in different scales.
DeleteGreat to see Titin and the team in action already and that is a fine looking Naval Brigade.
ReplyDeleteIt moved forward yesterday a bit and the game was fun to play.
DeleteThose Schneider homecast sailors look great en masse, I took a few pics of a 40mm GEA collection at the London Toy Soldier show a few years ago that you might like:
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Great photos and a splendid set up. There are lots of Schneider figures I have never seen before and who don’t come up for sale on eBay sadly. Lots of inspiration in the photos.
DeleteI do like the sailors. The Askari would work for me but what was the original figure? For a moment I was afraid that it was one of those lovely sailors but I assume it was something like a tommy in puttees and peaked cap?
ReplyDeleteThe Askari were blue painted figures which I believe were S.A castings from the thirties. I bought them painted up as1900 Germans. All I did was to cut off the peak from the cap prior to them becoming Askari.
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