Crossposted from my Man Of TIN Blog Two post –
https://manoftinblogtwo.wordpress.com/2022/04/02/sk8r-bois-toyboarders-finished-for-splafiti/
DF62 Crew Of 54mm Toyboarders finished for Splafiti
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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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Love the figures and using the skateboard as a display base was inspired!. Picked up a first edition of wide games from Abe Books which is great with lots of scenarios applicable to table top gaming. Would love to see a snowball fight battle report some time! I have ordered some Girl guides from Bad Squiddo and some Guides from Ist Corps for my Very British Civil War thanks to your inspiration. Not sure to thank you or curse you!
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Thanks! I look forward to seeing what you do with the Wide Games scenarios.
I like the Bad Squiddo figures but don’t usually game in 28mm so have not bought these yet. The other WW2 civilians from Bad Squiddo and other makers are good for NPC non player characters. Perfect for VBCW …
On the painting table I have a patrol or two of 1940s Guides and Scouts from Sergeants Mess in 20mm (and tents and Trek Cart bundle) so I can use Airfix Dapol railway buildings etc to give a wider country scale for these wide Game manoeuvres.
Debating whether I go for white snow basing or not …
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I think the answer to you last question is Cursing me, Having looked at the rest of the attractive Home Front collections and vehicles of FirstCorps and Bad Squiddo,
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Your skaters look great Mark!
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Thanks MJT – nice to be doing something completely different. Looking forwards to doing the next crew.
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