Not much from me recently, painting has been rather disrupted as my sister and brother in law have moved in , so I have to be sociable in the evenings and weekends, which means not painting! They retired to Loire in France twenty years ago and in Jacks case even got French citizenship but they've decided to be closer to family and buy a retirement flat in Hertford, so they've sold up in France and are over here finding a flat which is nice. So not much of a post , more an amuse buche ,as I think I could do with maybe four more Landwehr units, money is tight after the rather excessive spending earlier in the year so I have been looking through my bits box and having a bit of a think and I've come up with these two chaps.
They're home cast Prince August late Roman bodies with Perry plastic heads and Victrix backpacks and arms, they don't sell this mould anymore for some reason. In the last photo they're next to a stand of Perry metal and plastic wargames Atlantic Grenzers, I think they'll do, what do you think?
They're ( loosely) based on these chaps, with thigh length jacket and black equipment, I've got various caps ( and heads) from the American War of Independence , the war of three Kingdoms and the American Civil war that will give me a bit of variety and stop them being too uniform as they're a militia unit.
The price is definitely right so I'm aiming to cast up about 100 to give me my four units, the metal is either recycled from cleaning up figures or some lead weights for fishing ( which are of course now illegal to use) and my mains water supply pipe which I have replaced with plastic but have retained the lead to cast toy soldiers from, for some reason that seems old school?
Anyway two more Napoleonics for the total, so 406 this year, as I've said before, we aim for adequate and sometimes achieve it!
All the best
Iain
Bugger me you’ve got a lot going on matey. Loving that you’ll be casting your own figures, what a great idea. Holding on to a bit of lead pipe is exactly what I’d do - just in case it came in useful. lol. The figures you’ve worked on here look ace by the way.
ReplyDeleteInteresting stuff Iain and a lot going on. It’s your hobby so if you are happy that’s what matters. As you’ve asked, personally I would hold out till Christmas and get some nice Perrys figures. I find too much compromise on figure quality and you will regret it , I’ve done it myself I bought some ‘cheaper’ dark age figures a while ago and now find myself reluctantly deploying them at the back as even if nobody else notices they aren’t quite right.
ReplyDeleteLove the idea of home casting and using re-cycled metal, a great way to add 100 to the army. Can you use the lead ‘as is’ or does it need some tin for strength?
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