Saturday 9 May 2020

Who are they?

I didn’t get round to playing the Tradgardistan game yesterday with one thing and another. I did take the opportunity to assemble fellows from Replica metal soldiers -
Who do you think they are and who will be their allies? Clues are in my labels at the bottom of the post.

14 comments:

  1. British / Canadians? Alaskans? Stirring poses. The bayonet duelling one looks straight out of the Russo Japanese War pages of Preben Kannik's Military Uniform of The World.

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    1. Dynamic poses indeed, I like these figures as a change from most of my other 54mm figures. They are from the North West of Maple Leaf Country where the Rusland Empire has forts, trading stations and a strong presence.

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  2. Nice figures - did you just put the arms on or are there head variants as well?

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    1. The heads came separately, some figures had one cast on arm to which I added a sword arm or rifle at trail arm. Other came with the two arms and rifle as one piece to be fixed to two locating pins at the shoulder.

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  3. Interesting looking figures.

    Cheers, Ross

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    1. Old fashioned toy soldiers and all the better for it.

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  5. Boots, blanket roll, peaked cap. Looks like Russians to me.

    Allies, hmm hard to see the 1st nations allying with such folk but I suppose "the enemy of my enemy"allies though there are also the boys in blue.

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    1. Ruslanders indeed. As for allies we shall see...

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  6. ♫ God save our Queen and always bless the Maple Leaf forever! ♫

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  7. Is it this curious Russian incursion into near Albion Maple Leaf territory? https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/russians-establish-fort-ross

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  8. Intriguing - especially your conversion Enquiry about Tlingit Warriors - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sitka

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_America

    Are the Russians going to invade Hawaii again and build Star Forts ?

    Are they going to invade New Zealand in the 1870s? https://manoftinblog.wordpress.com/2018/12/09/man-of-tin-advent-calendar-day-9-the-russians-are-coming-1873-new-zealand-hoax/



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    1. The History of Rusland and Maple Leaf Country is almost as fascinating at the real presence of Russia in what we know as Canada & America. The Rusland presence gives lots of gaming possibilities and potentialities.
      I am interested in the First Nations of the area and intereactions of Orthodoxy with them too. Thanks for the links ,most useful.

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