Man of TIN Advent Calendar Day 23 – Victorian Paper Soldier Scraps

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A dashing cavalry figure! With disturbingly, two heads …
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More dashing Victorian cavalry – paper scraps
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18th Bengal Infantry – Victorian paper scrap.

Not sure how accurate these (German printed?) uniform scraps are. They are however  certainly excellent for the spirit of painting toy soldiers and imperial swagger and pride they represent.

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Royal Artillery and Grenadier Guards – Victorian paper scraps.

Blogposted by Mark Man of TIN, Advent Calendar Day 23, 23 December 2018

 

 

Published by 26soldiersoftin

Hello I'm Mark Mr MIN, Man of TIN. Based in S.W. Britain, I'm a lifelong collector of "tiny men" and old toy soldiers, whether tin, lead or childhood vintage 1960s and 1970s plastic figures. I randomly collect all scales and periods and "imagi-nations" as well as lead civilians, farm and zoo animals. I enjoy the paint possibilities of cheap poundstore plastic figures as much as the patina of vintage metal figures. Befuddled by the maths of complex boardgames and wargames, I prefer the small scale skirmish simplicity of very early Donald Featherstone rules. To relax, I usually play solo games, often using hex boards. Gaming takes second place to making or convert my own gaming figures from polymer clay (Fimo), home-cast metal figures of many scales or plastic paint conversions. I also collect and game with vintage Peter Laing 15mm metal figures, wishing like many others that I had bought more in the 1980s ...

4 thoughts on “Man of TIN Advent Calendar Day 23 – Victorian Paper Soldier Scraps”

  1. Like you, I love these vintage illustrations. There’s a real sense of artistry about them and one can sense the time and skill that has gone into each one. As for the accuracy, there’s definitely a little artistic licence – the Grenadier Guards for example have a white plume on the left of the bearskin, not a red one.

    That head – Looks like he may have accidentally lopped it off given his alarmed expression!

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    1. The uniform inaccuracies are probably the German artist / printers. German made toy soldiers of British or Imperial regiments were equally spirited but inaccurate. The colour tones and printing process are impressive for late Victorian period though.

      The stray head (!) looks like “we rescued Carruthers ( or part of him), we brought (part of ) him back.” A VSF version would rebuild a bionick / Steampunk body.

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  2. I have seen room dividing screens in National Trust properties awash with scraps but none as splendid as these. I think I saw ne military scraps in a danish museum for sale a few years ago.

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