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

Tuesday, 3 December 2019

The War of Spanish Succession... A Parade.

Greetings...


So here it is a Parade...


First up...




The British/English...


And in no particular order... The Units...

















Next up...




The Allies...














And now...





The French...


























Well there you go... not a bad collection... or possibly start of a collection.


It was interesting as I put these images together how much my Blogging has changed...


The earlier pictures are not very well catalogued... They are just in a folder called WSS..
The later units are all in separate folders which include original photo's, cropped photo's, standards and uniform details... An interesting learning curve indeed.


The early units have Purchased standards... The latter ones are home made...
My photographs have changed subtly... A new camera has helped along with a light tent and an improved ability to crop pictures...


This has and will continue to be a very enjoyable project...


Right I am going to get on my butterfly and flutter around for a while...


All the best   Aly

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30 comments:

  1. The Good Soldier Svjek3 December 2019 at 21:15

    A impressive collection , I do like the WSS the uniforms are much easier to paint than later wars .

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    1. Aly Morrison3 December 2019 at 22:54

      Thank you Tony...
      Simpler Uniforms indeed...
      But splendid flags...

      All the best Aly

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  2. The Jolly Broom Man3 December 2019 at 22:07

    Aly, they are a joy to look at - and a tribute to your hard work and talent. I think I'd spend most of my time looking at them rather than playing with them. Not sure I'd let someone else handle them particularly either, however careful they were.

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    1. Aly Morrison3 December 2019 at 22:57

      Thank you old chap...
      I do spend an inordinate time looking at them...
      And to date the only person I feel I can trust handling them is my daughter... ;-)

      All the best Aly

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  3. Phil Robinson3 December 2019 at 22:38

    Splendid, splendid, splendid!

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    1. Aly Morrison3 December 2019 at 22:59

      Thank you old bean...
      And soon to war...

      All the best Aly

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  4. Jonathan Freitag4 December 2019 at 00:28

    Outstanding trooping of the colors, Aly! Your collection is magnificent. Well done!

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    1. Aly Morrison4 December 2019 at 20:23

      Thank you very much Jonathan.
      All the best. Aly

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  5. Paul Scrivens-Smith4 December 2019 at 03:05

    Great stuff. I have some of those units in my own, much more microscopic, 6mm collection

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    1. Aly Morrison4 December 2019 at 20:25

      Thank you Paul...
      Don’t think of them as being small... they are just further away ;-)

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  6. Mark Strachan4 December 2019 at 04:24

    I love a good parade...it always makes me want to break out the John Philip Sousa records and play some marching music...until I realise I don’t own any. Superb collection, Aly, enough for a battle?

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    1. Aly Morrison4 December 2019 at 20:27

      Thank you Mark...
      Yes more than enough for a battle...
      Booked in against my daughter on Boxing Day..
      All the best. Aly

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  7. (Kym) + Warburton + (Classic40K) 4 December 2019 at 04:55

    Very impressive indeed!

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  8. marinergrim4 December 2019 at 06:59

    Magnificent. Eclectic but magnificent.

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    1. Aly Morrison4 December 2019 at 20:29

      Thank you Paul...
      It will get more eclectic when I get around to painting some Portuguese;-)

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  9. David4 December 2019 at 09:39

    That is the beginning of a very fine collection. I look forward to seeing many additional units in 2020. In the meantime, flutter ye happily!

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    1. Aly Morrison4 December 2019 at 20:31

      You are of course correct David...
      It’s only beginning... :-)

      All the best. Aly

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  10. Phil4 December 2019 at 10:26

    Wonderful uniforms, a most impressive and beautiful coleection!

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  11. caveadsum14714 December 2019 at 18:35

    Lovely looking armies and so to war!
    Best Iain

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    1. Aly Morrison4 December 2019 at 20:34

      Thank you Iain...
      To war indeed;-)

      All the best. Aly

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  12. Pan Janek4 December 2019 at 22:45

    Looks great Aly! Like for many wargamers, the problem with such photos is that it makes you think about starting new projects! ;-)

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    1. Aly Morrison5 December 2019 at 11:17

      Thank you Jan....
      Ah!... the temptation... of course I am never tempted to go off and start lots of new projects...
      Oh!...
      No!... it’s the other thing .... I am always tempted to go off and start lots of new projects... because I am a wargames butterfly ;-)

      All the best. Aly

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  13. MSFoy5 December 2019 at 13:19

    Absolutely fantastic - I wouldn't expect anything else, of course, but they really are superb. Thanks for putting together this post - inspirational. [Would it be OK if I were just a little bit jealous?]

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    1. Aly Morrison6 December 2019 at 12:12

      Thank you very much Tony...

      If you are a bit jealous of my toys then that puts us on an even footing... I feel the same when I see your lovely Napoleonics... ;-)

      All the best. Aly

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  14. Moiterei_19846 December 2019 at 21:16

    Two stunningly beautiful forces you got there! Must be a pleasure to field these on the gaming table.

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    1. Aly Morrison10 December 2019 at 19:28

      Thank you...
      I am really looking forward to the first game...

      All the best. Aly

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  15. Jim Duncan Wargamer10 December 2019 at 15:42

    I love a parade.

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