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

Saturday, 12 April 2025

The Hundred Days… Getting Stuck In.

Greetings…

With my Blepharitis still make it difficult/uncomfortable to paint toy soldiers…They did say it could take a while to clear and I should be patient… Sigh!

I have decided to spend my time sticking plastic figures together… Which is actually something I wouldn’t normally enjoy…But needs must.

I have actually managed to stick together a lot of Victrix Rus and Islamic cavalry (Being used as Khazars) but I have yet to take any pictures of them.

So here we have some Hundred Days “period” miniatures that I have also been doing.

First up… Some French 3rd Infantry Regiment 1815…

Against regulations it appears that the 3rd’s Flank Companies continued to wear Cords and tall Plumes with their 1812 Bardin uniforms up to 1815.

The figures started life as Perry Miniatures FN100 Plastic French Napoleonic Line Infantry with heads taken from FN250 French Napoleonic Infantry Battalion 1807-1814…

A little bit of sculpting was done to create the 1812 Shako Plates…


https://www.perry-miniatures.com/product-category/plastic-ranges/box-sets/page/2/


A simple and quick conversion which should look really nice when they are eventually painted.


The finished unit with four additional skirmishers…

Once finished the toys are stored in a labelled freezer carton… Surprisingly organised for me.




This is them undercoated and waiting patiently for paint…

I have stuck quite a few units together ( Napoleonic, Rus, Khazars and even some ACW) now and once they are photographed I shall post them and attempt to explain how they were created.

Despite my misgivings about sticking plastic figures together I have really enjoyed this…

The choice of plastic Napoleonic figures out there is quite dizzying.. Sadly no Dutch/Belgians or Nassau as yet…

The eye is improving (slowly). I have started basing some figures and I have a Rus test figure waiting to be photographed…


All the best   Aly




29 comments:

  1. Lovely looking conversions, we are spoilt for choice these days in plastic! I converted my Nassau from Wargames Atlantic Prussian reserve infantry with Perry heads and a certain amount of cursing when I added epaulets! All great fun!
    Best Iain

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    1. Thank you Iain…
      I think the Prussian Reserve Infantry could be the way to go…

      All the best. Aly

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  2. Prep is always good in lieu of painting......
    If time is short or the muse is absent, better to do something.
    Neil

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    1. Your not wrong Neil…
      It’s actually been quite productive… I sometimes feel if I’m not actually putting paint on figures I’m not really doing anything… Which is of course nonsense 😁

      All the best. Aly

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  3. Very productive time Aly, you will pleased you did this, once the ability to paint is restored (very soon, hopefully!) Personally, I do find assembling plastic figures a bit of a chore but their many advantages offset this slight irritation!

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    1. Thank you Keith…
      I’ve always found building kits a bit of a chore but seeing the units coming has been quite satisfying.

      All the best. Aly

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  4. I like your conversions. As Neil says, progress is progress even if it is sticking figures together ad making conversions. Las week, I was in a similar spot. Not much time for painting but I did have time to stick Perry WotR foot knights together.

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    1. Thank you Jonathan…
      As you say progress is indeed progress… And I am now. Looking forward to getting them painted.

      All the best. Aly

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  5. I enjoyed gluing plastic figures together, very therapeutic and takes me back to my building plastic aircraft kits days.

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    1. I don’t find assembling one model plane…
      It’s the dozens of figures that wears me down a bit…
      Although I’m not finding this lot too onerous…

      All the best. Aly

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  6. Very nice looking conversions and looking forward to seeing them painted up when your problems improve. I always find plastics a real pain and tend to avoid where possible but there is so many great kits out there it is becoming impossible to do so!

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    1. Thank you Donnie…
      The eye is improving steadily so hopefully I will get painting sooner rather than later…
      There are a lot of lovely kits out there…Which is one of the reasons I thought I would give a ( mostly) all plastic project a try.

      All the best. Aly

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  7. Any hobby activity is a contribution to the whole, so we'll done despite the eye!

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    1. Thank you David…
      It’s going to be fun when I can get to paint them.

      All the best. Aly

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  8. Splendid! You are making great use of the painting downtime, look forward to seeing them coloured in when your eye sight improves. KBO old bean.

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    1. Thank you Phil…
      I too am looking forward to the colouring in bit.

      All the best. Aly

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  9. Excellent news on the health improving even if slowly . The french look great your attention to detail is as always impressive. I now have three boxes of the new Perry Spanish to stick together 😂

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    1. Thank you Matt…
      I think they will look very pretty when they are painted…
      I have a box of the Spanish… It’s a very impressive set.

      All the best. Aly

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  10. Progress is progress, no matter how slow, and figure prep and getting better are both progress. All the same wishing you well sooner rather than later.

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    1. Thank you Rob…
      I may try and get some painting done at the weekend…Even if it’s just blocking in colours.

      All the best. Aly

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  11. Some fab conversion work. I had to go back and read your post again. I was wondering why after gluing the figures together, you put them in the freezer?

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    1. Thank you Ray…
      Well… Obviously I put them in the freezer so that when I eventually get round to painting them… They still look cool🤣🤣🤣

      All the best. Aly

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  12. I hope the eye situation sorts itself - I know how you feel!

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    1. Thank you Matt…
      It’s getting there…

      All the best. Aly

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  13. IHi Aly, I have just had a cataract done so you have my sympathies. No painting for me for about 4 weeks and my kickstarter pack from Piano wargames has just lobbed in...

    Great job with the figures, plastic has many advantages over metal and not just the price but somehow, the heft of a well cast metal figure just seems nicer to me.

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    1. I am told that because everyone else in my family has had cataracts…I am destined to have them as well.
      Personally I prefer Cataphracts 😆
      I’m pleased with the plastics… But I too prefer the feel of metal toys…

      All the best. Aly

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    2. If one has to have a medical procedure, cataracts (in my experience having had both eyes done) cataracts are one of the least uncomfortable. Just a nuisance having to rest the eyes for a month afterwards.

      Keep well
      Chris

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  14. The conversion work is fun to watch, and the troops look so heroic in the primer. Once you are on the mend, the units will muster quickly.

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    1. Thank you Joe…
      I am pleased with the results… And looking forward to getting them painted.

      All the best. Aly

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