1950s Space Figure hollowcraft repair gives me an idea for Airfix Space Warriors uniform colours.
Crossposted from my fully illustrated blog post on my Man Of TIN Blog Two
Category: plastic soldiers
Faking Lead 3: Drilling Dark Trooper helmets with hollowcast mould holes
My latest ‘faking lead’ detailed old Toy Soldier touch on plastic SciFi figures – drilling the hollowcast mould holes in their heads or helmets:
Crossposted from my fully illustrated blog post on my Man Of TIN Blog Two, 7th August 2023
Wilko Over and Out?
Sad to hear that another High Street favourite Wilko is under threat, sometimes good for the odd plastic toy:
https://poundstoreplasticwarriors.wordpress.com/2023/08/03/wilko-be-heroes-but-just-for-one-day/
Blog cross-posted from my Pound Store Plastic Warriors Blog by Mark Man Of TIN, 3 August 2023
Well Flock My Ravelins!
Four Ravelin gun emplacements by Sarissa put together and flocked, a quiet weekend.
Crossposted with images from my Man Of TIN Blog Two site at:
https://manoftinblogtwo.wordpress.com/2023/07/30/well-flock-my-ravelins/
Huzzah!
Work in Progress – All part of building up 15mm Warlord Games Pike and Shotte Epic Battles forces for the Civil War and extending them up to the Dutch Wars and 1690s.
Blog posted by Mark Man Of TIN, 29/30 July 2023
Faking Lead 2: More Dark Troopers in 54mm and War Toys of The Galactic Toyshop …
More battered former Star Wars storm troopers, 54mm plastic figures repainted as playworn lead dark troopers for my not quite canon Sci Fi world of Close Little Space Wars.
Battle-scarred and play-worn Dark Trooper 54mm metal figures of The Imperious Empyre with some original packaging, seen amongst the many other Toy treasures of the Museum Of Galactic Childhood on the planet of Corusgurrl (Image from their holo-cast website)
Close Little Space Wars: “a game played throughout the Galaxy for boys from seven years of age to one hundred and fifty played and for that the more intelligent sort of girlwho likes boys’ games and books, and for the more intelligent forms of life, extraterrestrials and aliens etc …”
Blog post crossposted with further photos from my Man Of TIN Blog Two
Faking Lead – Painting that Playworn Patina on Plastics
Dark Troopers? Scar Wars? Battle Scar Galacticans? 54mm Star Wars plastic figures get painted the wrong colours with an ageing paint scheme of old lead …
Crossposted by Mark Man Of TIN from my Man Of TIN Blog Two:
H is for Heritage
Dutch Raids Of The 1660s, Redcoats and coastal artillery forts …
Crossposted from my Man Of TIN Blog Two site
https://manoftinblogtwo.wordpress.com/2023/07/13/h-is-for-heritage/
Watching out for those Dutchmen – Warlord Games Epic Battles 15mm ECW pike troops painted as dual use for 1650s to 1680s Games …
Dutch and British Marines 1667 at Landguard Fort Weekend for Darell’s Day 1 and 2 July 2023
I won’t be attending this Darell’s Day weekend at Landguard Fort in Felixstowe but I will look out for their social media featuring uniformed re-enactments from 1667 Dutch Wars.
See more details and photo gallery link on my Man Of TIN Blog Two blog post:
More 15mm ECW Warlord Games Pike and Shotte Epic Battles ten figure strips for 1667 and all that
First Redcoat pikemen figure strips painted
First Dutch Marines 1667 individual musketeer figures finished
https://manoftinblogtwo.wordpress.com/2023/06/11/dutch-blue-infantry-and-marines-1667-and-all-that/
First Dutch Marines musketeers and Redcoat musketeers ten figure strips finished
Slowly painting my way through this Push Of Pike Starter Set …
Links crossposted from my Man Of TIN Blog Two site, 17 June 2023
First ten figure strips painted Warlord Games Epic Battles ECW Pike and Shotte
First ten figure strips pike blocks and individual pikemen painted of these ECW 13mm to 15mm Epic Battles Pike and Shotte plastic figures from Warlord Games
More pictures here – Cross posted from my Man Of TIN Blog Two
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