Hello.

 Hello...

At the tender age of Sixty I have decided it is about time that I started to record my "Butterfly" approach to wargaming and toy soldiers in a blog...

I was given my first toy soldiers when I was about seven years old-A Kleeware Crusader Castle I think..



 

Not long after, I discovered H.G.Wells's Little Wars at the local library...

As time and birthdays passed I was given Donald Featherstone's War Games and Tackle Model Soldiers This Way...

Signed by the man himself





Followed by Blandford's Military Uniforms of the World in Colour and a subscription to Miniature Warfare...

I also received my first Lead soldiers-Hinton Hunt 20mm Napoleonic's- 25 British and 25 Saxons(I liked the white uniforms).

Sadly I can not show a picture of these as they are long lost in the mists of time.

Of course by this time I was hooked.

My Mother always says that when I saw my first toy soldier I said "I am going to get a job making these when I grow up".

And I did...(the toy soldier making bit...not the growing up).

After nearly forty years in the business and most of my life in the hobby I have come to terms with my inner butterfly and now happily flutter from one shiny thing to the next.

All the best.. Aly

My desk at the moment