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

Sunday, 26 April 2020

Les Higgins Miniatures... French Cuirassiers.

Greetings.


Earlier this year when I met up with my new chum Tony (AKA MS Foy)
http://prometheusinaspic.blogspot.com/2020/04/a-touch-of-class.html
I offered to paint up some Les Higgins French Cuirassiers for him...
I had bought these quite a while ago but they didn't really fit in with the rest of my Shiny Napoleonics so it made perfect sense for them to join his splendid collection...






They are lovely little miniatures with some nice delicate details...


It was an interesting diversion to paint something up in someone else's style... Thought I did use Citadel Contrast Colours on the horses...
I painted them bit by bit as I had the right colours on my brush while working on my own toys.


I have left them un-based and have not attached the standard pole as these are things that Tony will do, to make sure the figures fit in with the rest of his collection...


It must be said that even in these strange and difficult times the GPO still works wonders... the parcel was posted mid morning on Tuesday... and arrived in Scotland on Wednesday afternoon.


I look forwards to reading about all their glorious victories...


All the best   Aly
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27 comments:

  1. Jonathan Freitag26 April 2020 at 18:22

    Excellent work and an equally grand gesture to offer these fine horsemen up to Tony. Good job!

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  2. Phil Robinson26 April 2020 at 18:53

    Very fine Aly, you have done them proud👊💥

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  3. Wellington Man26 April 2020 at 19:15

    There is a beautiful clarity and simplicity about Higgins figures which I think you have brought out perfectly, Aly. The conversions are first class.

    I can't imagine why you didn't think they'd shine up nicely next to your other troops. Nevertheless, there's no doubt that Tony will treasure them. He's a real connoisseur.

    Best regards
    WM

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    1. Aly Morrison27 April 2020 at 10:34

      Thank you Matt...
      I agree they are lovely toy soldiers...But their build and animation made them stand out to much beside the Minifigs... I wasn’t sure what to do with them...
      Then I met Tony...😁

      All the best. Aly

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  4. Rob Young26 April 2020 at 20:36

    Nice.

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  5. rross26 April 2020 at 21:02

    Lovely work on these Aly. I had a very few Les Higgins once upon a time....were they 20 or 25mm? I think I had a couple if guard lancers and a few others...maybe a dozen infantry

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    1. Aly Morrison27 April 2020 at 10:36

      Thank you Keith...
      I would say that they are small 25’s... if that makes any sense 😁

      All the best. Aly

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    2. rross27 April 2020 at 11:12

      Yes make perfect sense and that was my memory of them...I remember having a very few ECW or possibly even Thrre Musketeers figures from the Sam manufacturer...they were a bit simple and wooden by today's standards but quite nice detail...

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  6. Natholeon26 April 2020 at 22:26

    Great work there Aly.

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  7. Phil27 April 2020 at 06:14

    Superb!

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  8. Matt Crump27 April 2020 at 09:35

    Lovely unit Aly and i am sure they would add to anybodies collection

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  9. caveadsum147127 April 2020 at 11:03

    Lovely matt cuirassiers!
    Best Iain

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    1. Aly Morrison27 April 2020 at 11:05

      Thank you Iain...
      It made a nice change...

      All the best. Aly

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  10. David27 April 2020 at 12:35

    Those are very fine pieces Aly.

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    1. Aly Morrison27 April 2020 at 13:35

      Thank you David...
      It’s nice that they now have a chance of doing battle... instead of sitting in a box somewhere in the lead mountain.

      All the best. Aly

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  11. Graham C27 April 2020 at 15:45

    Aly,
    excellent work on these guys especially the conversions. So much wasted talent working on the big guys. :)

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    1. Aly Morrison27 April 2020 at 17:39

      Thank you Graham...
      The big guys take much much longer...😁
      All the best. Aly

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  12. David20 May 2020 at 23:35

    Well now those are truly wonderful! What do I have to do to get on your good side? I have only ever been able to find one of these. They just don't show up on my side of the pond very often. I was however just able to complete the collection of enough Les Higgins Old Guard Grenadiers for a unit thanks to Wellington Man. I can only hope they will turn out this well, but they will be shiny! :)

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    1. Aly Morrison21 May 2020 at 08:12

      Thank you David...
      I haven’t seen that many Les Higgins available on this side of the pond either... I think Tony has most of them...
      I look forward to seeing your grenadiers...
      If I had been painting these for myself they would have been very very shiny 😁

      All the best. Aly

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  13. Captain Nolan5 June 2020 at 03:14

    These look great. So what is the painting trick to getting the old toy soldier look?

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    1. Aly Morrison5 June 2020 at 12:04

      Thank you...
      I think these are more of a new old toy soldier look...
      To be quite honest on these figures the secret...if that it what it is... is to be as neat as possible... keep the colours clean and the edges straight.

      All the best. Aly

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