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'A gaping silken dragon,/Puffed by the wind, suffices us for God./We, not the City, are the Empire's soul:/A rotten tree lives only in its rind.'

Monday 23 June 2014

More...

... figures from Herr Doktor Front's cabinet...


Rocket patrol in 28mm
 

 

 
Rebels! Dam' Rebels. Also in 28mm.


 
Supposedly a Belgian Boy Scout, but just look at those psycho eyes!
 


Berdan's boys in 15mm.
 


 
A doomed White Guard in 20mm. But perhaps he made it to Paris, or Belgrade...
 

 
Chocolate box soldier from Slovakia.
 


 
54mm Askari - provenance unknown.

13 comments:

  1. The Belgian Boy Scout always was a bit free with his fists and pistol...

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    1. Yes, well, in all probability he was on his way to joing M. Degrelle and 'Christus Rex'...

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  2. There is certainly a nice variety to the collection, and some lovely and interesting figures.

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    1. Thanks, Ross. But I just don't get them on to the board enough.

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  3. Great figures...the Rocketman is wonderful, any ideas of the make?

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    1. From the stable of the marvellous Bob Murch ! Absolutely first rate stuff. In fact, you've probably got plenty of his figures yourself - http://pulpfigures.com/

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  4. Nice looking minis, love the 'white guard'...

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    1. Thanks, I painted him when I were a lad and had got into the RCW in 20mm. I had a force of Reds too that are somewhere at Al Front's Hobbit-bunker. Somewhere else is an unmade and unpainted Tchanka and a small group of cavalry. Most of the figures were from IT Miniatures, I think. There were some sailors, too, and I remember having a game with a childhood friend on the floor of the front room where he was the Kronstadt sailors and I was the dastardly Soviets.

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    2. Phil, if you are confused by the first reply, I have to explain - 'The Worker' is my sprog. That is, my 27 year old sprog.

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  5. The unknown 54mm Askari is a Kings African Rifles figure by Britains,
    Best wishes, Brian

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    1. Cheers, Brian. He's a very spruce looking chap - well turned out, martial spring in his step. Any idea when they were last produced ? 1950s?

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    2. Hi, the KAR were in production right up until Britains ceased hollow casting in 1966. By then there were two catalogues, plastic for the juvenile toy trade and hollow cast for the adult collectors market, which were mostly sold through Hamleys of London. I'd say that your figure was made in the 1950's gong by the paint style.

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    3. Many thanks for this ! It's an excellent paint job - some piece work housewife did a fine bit of work on it. I had my first Britain's bought for me in around 1964, but I don't remember hollow cast at all from then. I do, however, remember the brilliant Timpo Crusaders which currently feature on your blog - top banana!

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