ALY MORRISON'S "BUTTERFLY" ADVENTURES IN THE WORLD OF WARGAMES AND TOY SOLDIERS

Thursday, 30 May 2019

A Little Unfocused... Maybe.

Life has been a bit on the busy side of late...


You know the story... The social whirl that popularity brings one... and the constant demands to make more and more toy soldiers... Oh! Boo! Hoo! poor me...


I have somehow managed to have three units of WSS troops on the go at the same time... All are coming along nicely... but none finished.


I have finished putting together the MDF buildings that I bought at Partizan...




They all went together quite well... now they need to be painted.
These are for use with my Shiny Toy Soldier Schleswig Holstein collection so they will be finished in a simplistic style.


I have also assembled,Matt varnished and based up some toy style trees for the same project...




I am rather pleased with these... I have ten more to do...


Okay... not a wargames miniature...
After about a year I have finished this 'Le Cimier' Trumpeter of the Marins of The Imperial Guard...




I intend to take some better pictures and start a new page on the Pages section showing a few more of my bigger and smaller 'Model Soldiers'...


Lastly... Another book...




Another interesting and neglected period...


I have finished reading The Army of James II and Charles XI's War...


Both excellent books full of useful information... History ,Uniforms and Orders of Battle...


The description of the Battle of Lund in Charles XI's War was particularly gripping.


Flutter Flutter...


All the best   Aly
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  1. The Jolly Broom Man30 May 2019 at 21:10

    Aly those buildings look great, but I really the trees! Where are they from and what sort of size are they?

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    1. Aly Morrison30 May 2019 at 21:39

      I got the trees from eBay ...
      I did a search for plastic toy/model trees and they came up... made in China .
      They stand at about 90mm tall...
      I liked them because the reminded me of the trees in the Magic Roundabout...

      All the best. Aly

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  2. Jonathan Freitag30 May 2019 at 22:37

    Fluttering around, perhaps, but informative and entertaining nonetheless.

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  3. Matt Crump31 May 2019 at 06:25

    The busy lives we all lead....but you are making progress and having fun 🙂

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    1. Aly Morrison31 May 2019 at 07:15

      Yes... the main reason for doing all this is to have fun... :-)

      All the best. Aly

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  4. The Good Soldier Svjek31 May 2019 at 06:39

    Like the buildings - very productive ! .

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    1. Aly Morrison31 May 2019 at 07:16

      I shall do a more complete post when they are all painted.

      All the best. Aly

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  5. Phil Robinson31 May 2019 at 07:32

    Looking good Aly, have you had any joy sourcing the hedges?

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    1. Aly Morrison1 June 2019 at 08:46

      Thank you Phil...
      I have put in a bid for some Britains plastic hedges...
      If I have no joy with that I may buy more of the trees and use the branches to build my own...

      All the best. Aly

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  6. David31 May 2019 at 07:33

    You, unfocused? Surely not! I like the trees too, very nice additions.

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    1. Aly Morrison1 June 2019 at 08:49

      I have a focused butterfly... ;-)
      The trees certainly couldn’t be described as realistic... but the fit perfectly with the shiny toys....

      All the best. Aly

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  7. caveadsum147131 May 2019 at 11:08

    Nice buildings and trees! I'm looking forward to your late 17th century project too!
    Best Iain

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    1. Aly Morrison1 June 2019 at 08:58

      A late 17th century project?
      I can’t imagine where you got that idea from... ;-) :-)...
      I am still reading around the subject at the moment... but I am leaning towards The Scanian War and Pikeman's Lament... later in the year.

      All the best. Aly

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  8. Over Open Sights31 May 2019 at 16:07

    I've stated painting up MDF stuff before assembly. I read that tip somewhere and it seems to work for me.

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    1. Aly Morrison1 June 2019 at 08:59

      That’s a rather good idea Mark...

      All the best. Aly

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  9. rross31 May 2019 at 19:09

    A nice eclectic mixture of "stuff" Aly - your 54mm (?) figure is rather nice!

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    1. Aly Morrison1 June 2019 at 09:00

      Thank you Keith...
      I will try and take some decent shots this weekend.

      All the best. Aly

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  10. Phil31 May 2019 at 19:35

    Looks great, beautiful buildings!

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  11. Mark Strachan1 June 2019 at 05:52

    A lovely fluttering post Aly. I thought at first that for those trees you had used parsley! Years ago I had a go at making trees from cauliflower florettes...made a silicone mould and cast them up in resin. The idea had merit because the canopy looked really great, but I never got around to reworking the trunks.

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    1. Aly Morrison1 June 2019 at 09:07

      I can see where you are coming from...
      I imagine it would work well for smaller scale miniatures... 6-10mil ... where only the canopy mattered...
      Broccoli would be another option... ;-)

      All the best. Aly

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  12. Graham C2 June 2019 at 18:20

    Unfocused but productive - if one has to be unfocused then being productive is a good parry and you do it so well.
    🤣

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    1. Aly Morrison2 June 2019 at 20:53

      Thank you Graham...
      Maybe the the title of the post should have been Randomly Focused... 😁

      All the best. Aly

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