DMZ post No. 2 Snowballer figures from plastic green army men W.I.P.

DMZ Post No. 2 – Crossposted from my Man Of TIN Blog Two post / site

https://manoftinblogtwo.wordpress.com/2022/02/27/dmz-post-2-snowballers-from-plastic-green-army-men-w-i-p/

DMZ Post No. 1 – https://manoftinblogtwo.wordpress.com/2022/02/24/some-more-peaceful-or-non-lethal-tabletop-strategy-games/

Matchbox German Infantry copies 1:76

One of the cheaper and cheerful toy soldier arrivals I unwrapped at Christmas this year with some good old fashioned ‘vintage’ colourful packaging, bearing no relation to what is inside!

Lots of Matchbox 1:76 German Infantry copies in an American Infantry box? That’s the joy of cheap plastic figure sets!

Crossposted – refreshed link

https://poundstoreplasticwarriors.wordpress.com/2021/12/27/vintage-pound-store-matchbox-german-infantry-copies/

Crossposted from my Pound Store Plastic Warriors Blog by Mark Man of TIN, 27 December 2021

Charity Shop find of Airfix and Matchbox copies slowly morphing into others

The curious pleasure of watching familiar Airfix and Matchbox figures slowly change and shrink slightly over time into Generic Infantry.

Crossposted from my Pound Store Plastic Warriors Blog

https://poundstoreplasticwarriors.wordpress.com/2021/12/12/charity-shop-find-of-slowly-morphing-shrinking-copies-of-airfix-and-matchbox-figures/

Pound Store Plastic Soldiers Snowball Fight 2021

Avoid the heat of August with a quick snowball fight using Pound Store figures

https://poundstoreplasticwarriors.wordpress.com/2021/08/03/pound-store-snowball-fight-2021/

Cheaply continuing our work with the Duchy of Tradgardland (Tradgardmastre) on Scouting Wide Games for the Tabletop and snowball fights,

https://tabletopscoutingwidegames.wordpress.com/2019/11/10/snow-patrol-and-polar-dashes-wide-game-scenarios/

https://manoftinblog.wordpress.com/2019/10/29/packing-sugar-at-freddie-snowball-fight-wide-games-scenario/

https://tabletopscoutingwidegames.wordpress.com/2019/10/11/gladys-and-the-daisy-patrol-see-it-through-snow-forts-gaming-scenario/

Cross posted from my Pound Store Plastic Warriors blog by Mark Man of TIN 3 August 2021.

Popsicle Landing Craft?

What other things popsicle moulds could be used for – amphibious invasions!

More pictures at / crossposted from my Pound Store Plastic Warriors sister blog, https://poundstoreplasticwarriors.wordpress.com/2021/07/11/popsicle-landing-craft/

What proper pound store playsets and playmates were made for …

Mark Man of TIN 11 July 2021

Specia Forces: the perfect pound store toy soldiers for Christmas?

Four bags of online pound store joy amongst the presents under the Christmas tree.

Q. Why are these the perfect toy soldiers for Christmas?

Look carefully for the answer or find out at:

https://poundstoreplasticwarriors.wordpress.com/2020/12/29/specia-force-more-christmas-toy-soldiers-from-the-online-pound-store/

All this for a pound coin … joy!

Blog cross posted from Pound Store Plastic Warriors by Mark Man of TIN, 29 December 2020

Scrap modelling a Steampunk Tank

From Milk Carton and Scrap to a Steam Punk / Sci-Fi tank,

“His and Her Majesty’s esteemed shipwrights and steam boiler makers have used all the available materials including scrap to make His and Her Majesty’s first Land Ship”

His or Her Majesty’s Land Ship, as yet unnamed … name suggestions welcome.

Further pictures and ‘how to’ guide cross posted from my Pound Store Plastic Warriors (Man of TIN budget sister) blog – designed for Victorian Redcoats through to Steampunk Sci-fi 50 – 54mm figures

https://poundstoreplasticwarriors.wordpress.com/2020/08/29/scrap-modelling-a-steampunk-tank/

Tools of the scrap modelling trade …

Blog crossposted by Mark Man of TIN 28/29 August 2020

Steampunked Pound Store Plastic Warriors or WW2 tankers?

More strange plastic tat penny figures lovingly painted and based in gloss toy soldier style.

Crossposted from my Pound Store Plastic Soldiers blog:

https://poundstoreplasticwarriors.wordpress.com/2020/08/23/steampunk-pound-store-plastic-warriors-or-ww2-tankers/

Blog posted by Mark Man of TIN 23 August 2020