More strange plastic tat penny figures lovingly painted and based in gloss toy soldier style.
Crossposted from my Pound Store Plastic Soldiers blog:
Blog posted by Mark Man of TIN 23 August 2020
Steampunked Pound Store Plastic Warriors or WW2 tankers?
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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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Nice work Mark – they look like they’ve just emerged from a Steam Powered Armoured Personnel Carrier!
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Thanks MJT. Hmm. Steam powered APC. We might just make one of these …
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They are very cool. I might do the same with 54mm figures. I need crews for my land leviathans.
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These are upper 40s /50mm typical pound Store Plastic copies.
The older ones of similar poses from 15 years ago (vintage tat) were more 54mm. They seem to be shrinking as they get copied more and more. Sometimes oddly it improves and smooths a pose or figure over time.
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