Crossposted by Mark Man of TIN 29th #FEMbruary 2020 – more photos of my finished #FEMbruary Girl Scout Patrol figure conversion challenge here at:
Happy Leap Day 2020. How have you spent your extra Leap Day?
#FEMbruary 2020 Girl Scout Patrol Challenge completed on Leap Day
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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 ... View all posts by 26soldiersoftin
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” How have you spent your extra Leap Day? ” Waiting for tomorrow so I can start spending next months toy allowance :0) It also puts me within a week of my half birthday :0)
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Well said. That monthly toy allowance feeling? I really should be that disciplined and organised.
A half birthday is also good if you have like me a midwinter birthday, as you can celebrate it again in better weather. Works for the Queen, gawd bless ‘er!
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I thought when I hit 40 that I may have less birthdays to come than had gone. I tell my four middle age kids not to buy me anything for my half birthday because I take something out of their inheritance and spend it on myself :0) It also quarters the year nicely: Half birthday; Father’s Day; full birthday; Christmas Day.
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A well organised year!
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Mainly restoring broken vintage toy soldiers, making houses from breakfast biscuit boxes and listening to cricket on the radio. Not a bad use of the day I think.
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A very good use of an extra day, Alan. I enjoyed your post and look forward to seeing the finished buildings and troops.
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Nicely done. Like all good conversions they are ‘invisible’ and look like they always were better endowed young ladies! Fembruary, is a nice idea too. I missed that one. Have to wait until 2024, I ‘spose…
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James
Thanks for your politely phrased comment on these young ladies.
Thankfully the brilliant idea that is FEMbruary happens in Leap years and not Leap years, each February, so you don’t have to wait four years. Mark Man of TIN
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