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

Monday, 4 July 2022

New books and something shiny…

Greetings…

Life, work and the world seem to be trying to stop me painting toys so I thought I would start posting about my recent book purchases….

These are a couple of lovely books by Andre Jouineau and Jean-Marie Mongin…

L’ Infanterie de Ligne 1776-1810 and 1814-1845…









I am really impressed with these books… the level of detail is splendid… Okay probably more than is necessary to paint toy soldiers… but fascinating nonetheless.
I would highly recommend them…
And now for something shiny…



This is a nice little Hinchliffe Napoleonic French Officer…
A classic look and a joy to paint…

The pictures were taken with my new Phone Camera … which I am still getting used to… the focal depth is different from my old one but the colour quality is loads better…
Hopefully I will get a bit more practice when I get the chance to paint more toys…

All the best.  Aly. 



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  1. Matt4 July 2022 at 21:23

    I have a few of the books in this series - absolutely brilliant detail. I am very impressed with the shiny Hinchliffe too!

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    1. Aly Morrison5 July 2022 at 19:03

      Thank you…The shiny was a real joy to paint…
      This is certainly a series I will buy more of…

      All the best. Aly

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  2. Matt Crump4 July 2022 at 21:43

    Good looking books and another lovely shiny. As to painting the underclothes I will leave that to you Aly 😀

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    1. Aly Morrison5 July 2022 at 19:02

      Thank you Matt…
      Don’t you know that the state of a soldiers underkrackers reflects the state of the Army… 😂

      All the best. Aly

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  3. Jonathan Freitag4 July 2022 at 22:42

    Two very good additions to your wargaming library, Aly. Your French officer is a classic look, for sure.

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    1. Aly Morrison5 July 2022 at 19:00

      Thank you … they classic look is what I want 😁.
      They are splendid books … I’m sure I will neeeed more from the series…😁

      All the best. Aly

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  4. Mark Strachan4 July 2022 at 22:54

    I have a few of the Andre Jouineau books too…fabulous. Great figure too.

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    1. Aly Morrison5 July 2022 at 18:58

      Very useful books…
      Thank you…

      All the best. Aly

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  5. rross5 July 2022 at 06:07

    The books look great Aly - but my first question is - what happened between 1811 - 1813??! Is there another book in the series? (Sorry, its just the way my brain works....)

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    1. Aly Morrison5 July 2022 at 18:55

      Yes I noticed that… but the content of the second book does cover 1814 and earlier…
      There are lots of other books but not a part three for the infantry.

      All the best. Aly

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  6. David5 July 2022 at 06:30

    Books? Can't have enough of them! Mind, where did 1810-1814 go? Nice shiny chappie too by the by.

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    1. Aly Morrison5 July 2022 at 18:57

      I have plenty more books to show… I think I may need an extra room in the house…😳
      You are not the only one to notice the discrepancy in dates…

      All the best. Aly

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  7. Phil Robinson5 July 2022 at 06:45

    A splendid looking officer and books.

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  8. Wellington Man5 July 2022 at 06:48

    He is a wee gem! I'm a bit disheartened by the books though - they seem to suggest that the red collars of the fusiliers continued to be piped with white after 1812, whereas I'd finally convinced myself that this changed to (a much less attractive) blue! I'm all a tither.

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    1. Aly Morrison5 July 2022 at 18:47

      Fear not Matthew…
      It would appear that some units continued with the white piping while others followed the official line…
      Even by Waterloo there was still a lot of ‘free interpretation’ amongst the regiments…

      All the best. Aly

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  9. StuartInsch5 July 2022 at 11:42

    Nice books. All you could wish for detail.

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    1. Aly Morrison5 July 2022 at 18:49

      They are indeed… all a geek needs..😁

      All the best. Aly

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  10. Carlo5 July 2022 at 12:17

    Wonderful acquisitions Aly. That Hinchcliffe figure is tremendous.

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    1. Aly Morrison5 July 2022 at 18:51

      Thank you Carlo…
      Yes they are very nice books… there are many more in the range to tempt the unwary… or me 😁

      All the best. Aly

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  11. Rodor6 July 2022 at 11:25

    Beautiful plates from Jouineau's books! We had seen some of them on the web and we had been inspired by them for some details of the uniforms of Napoleonic soldiers, but we did not know which books they belonged to.
    Your shiny officer is also very charming (and well taken up by the new phone camera): he only needs a troop to lead... ;)

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    1. Aly Morrison10 July 2022 at 23:23

      They are indeed lovely plates and books…
      Thank you… yes the officer does need someone to command.

      All the best. Aly

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  12. Ed M6 July 2022 at 13:58

    The Joineau-Mongin books certainly are inspirational! I used to have their series on chasseurs a cheval (which I recommend highly: but then again, you can't really go wrong with any of them). Wonderful treatment of the grand old Hinchcliffe officer figure. Whereas these types of figs normally work best in bunches, this fellow can stand alone in his shiny splendor!

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    1. Aly Morrison10 July 2022 at 23:26

      Thank you Ed… I am pleased the way the officer came out…
      The one problem with the books is there is a wallet emptying quantity of them out there…😁

      All the best. Aly

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  13. Meic6 July 2022 at 14:12

    I do like the shiny look on these time honoured veterans. I'm also tempted to try shiny look with a simple paint job on the modern plastics. Books, what can I say that hasn't already been said, splendid additions, can never have too many books.

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    1. Aly Morrison11 July 2022 at 20:14

      Hi Meic..
      I think ‘shiny’ works on a lot of toys…
      I haven’t actually changed my painting style.. the shiny stuff just has a gloss varnish…
      Give it a go…. You know you want to 😈…
      Yup!….Can you ever have enough books ?
      NO…

      All the best. Aly

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  14. Phil6 July 2022 at 16:10

    Splendid illustrations and figure Aly, I do like this French officer!

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    1. Aly Morrison11 July 2022 at 20:15

      Thank you Phil…
      The figure was a real joy to paint…

      All the best. Aly

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  15. Tiberian general7 July 2022 at 08:24

    Nice looking books and a wonderfully painted figure Ally. That officer figure was one of the first metal figures I ever painted.

    Willz.

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    1. Aly Morrison11 July 2022 at 20:16

      Hey Willz…
      I’m glad I took you down memory lane…

      The books are splendid…

      All the best. Aly

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  16. caveadsum147110 July 2022 at 08:13

    Lovely looking figure and the books are really tempting, I've been looking at the one on the Imperial guard, possibly too nice?!
    Best Iain

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  17. Aly Morrison11 July 2022 at 20:18

    Iain…
    There is no such thing as a book that is too nice 😂

    All the best. Aly

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