Thursday 7 January 2021

Potemkin uniforms etc

 
Snow overnight here in the Duchy and problems with the internet currently.  Yesterday I got out the Funcken volume bought in 1983 and had a go at painting some 60mm plastic figures as a wee change. Same period different nationality, in this case Russian. Not feeling the vibe re painting but trying to paint through it.



 

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  1. WSTKS-FM Worldwide7 January 2021 at 11:39

    Funcken titles are always such a feast for the . I must dig out a few of mine from the high bookshelf and look through them again. It has been more than a few years.

    Best Regards,

    Stokes

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  2. WSTKS-FM Worldwide7 January 2021 at 11:40

    That should read, "A feast for the eyes. . ."

    Best Regards,

    Stokes

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    1. tradgardmastare8 January 2021 at 07:53

      I got my first Funcken ( the ww1 volumes) in my early teens for my birthday from my parents. I had flu on the day and wasn’t well enough to open them or read them. I recall the disappointment mixed with anticipation.

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  3. nundanket7 January 2021 at 14:35

    Those Potemkin uniforms are certainly distinctive. Along with the Swedes of the same period, you could knock other 18th century armies into a cocked-hat, sartorially speaking. 😉

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    1. tradgardmastare8 January 2021 at 07:54

      Quite agree, dashing in a comic opera way.

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    2. nundanket8 January 2021 at 20:40

      Hah! Yes.
      If I remember correctly, Duffy thought the Potemkin uniform was more pragmatic than what went before and came after. I’ll have to dig out Russia’s Military Way to the West.

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  4. MGB7 January 2021 at 19:14

    Those uniform books were published in the early 1970s, they always encouraged me to convert Airfix 20mm figures into something different, can't say I completed any armies, lol. Great books.
    Michael

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    1. tradgardmastare8 January 2021 at 07:55

      Did you ever use the fabled Banana Oil so beloved of Airfix conversion articles?

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    2. MGB8 January 2021 at 09:56

      No, I had heard about it, I just gave the plasticine a coat of superglue which, combined with paint and varnish, was strong enough. It was fun at the time, but not really productive. I then discovered metal Hinchcliffe and Garrison figures in 25mm, and I gave up on soft plastic.
      Michael

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  5. Eric Turner7 January 2021 at 23:24

    Fascinating stuff.

    Eric

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  6. Mark, Man of TIN8 January 2021 at 07:30

    Are these Chintoys? That cross of a sprue looks familiar ...

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  7. Funny Little Wars27 April 2021 at 21:14

    Lovely job Alan - I am working on some Gustavian Swedes - we must arrange a game

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