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Model Soldiers....Fountains Abbey....beautiful people....what's not to love in this one? Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Maid Of Orleans - YouTube

This is the best! I love the pipes and drums! Black Watch in full dress must have made for a hot parade and one well worth it, they look great.

Some more photos to go with the previous post......

This is what happens when I start getting things out of the cabinet to dust and make repairs. All of a sudden a sheet goes up, the moss comes out, and another few hours are "gone for a soldier." No remarkable figures here. Pre and Post war Gordons and Greys; repainted A&S (done by someone better...

There's always a few parades going on here, but this morning I can't keep my eyes off of the TV! Talk about a once in a lifetime opportunity for toy soldier people to finally get 4 hours of quality programming!

"Verdun! On ne passe pas" - French WW1 Military Song - YouTube This will make you dig out your Mignots and make a parade.

Great pose - reminds me of the Airfix plastic Australian grenade throwing figure holding a Thompson. Super photo too!

Totally cool 2-color uniform that goes back to the late 1920s. One troop of the 106th Cavalry was allowed to self-fund the purchase of these uniforms and ride black horses for civic events in Chicago. Somehow the practice survived the Great Depression, but not WWII. This link has neat old...

Great diorama! Where are the figures and gun from?

Wait for it - the start may be a bit slow but it's worth the full 6 minutes. Extra points if you can identify the uniform of the hornist (I couldn't). Marche (dite) de Robert Bruce à l'Orgue historique de Cintegabelle (1742) - YouTube

Viva SABATON!!!! As a former 82nd trooper, I prefer this one. If you've got your kids hooked on Sabaton, then the only other influence they need to pick up the hobby (in due course) is to read the Carey family novels by Ronald Welch! Rock on.... SABATON - 82nd All The Way (Official Lyric...

A couple of conversions, both from badly damaged Britains West Point Cadet figures. The color bearer is from the New England State Guards, the Coldstream-looking officer is from the New York Light Guard, both c. 1840. The uniform source is a plate by Fritz Kredel called “State Volunteer Corps...

The link below will take you to a catalog of images of the many sets that used to be on permanent display at Heritage Plantation in Sandwich, MA. When we lived on Cape Cod in the 1990s we used to go there and I loved looking at these. Most are of American units, including unusual militia...

What a terrific piece of work. I did a figure of a Cameronian officer a while ago (could desperately use a repaint) and this is the guide I used for the plaid. Almost no matter what I did, the blue lines jumped out too much. I like the way you handled it.

For anyone within a 6-pounder's range of Morristown, NJ, there is a talk on Monday Feb 20th at 11:30am put on by The Washington Association of New Jersey. The speaker will be Friederike Baer, author of Hessians: German Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War. The link below has details...

I was lucky to buy a big old book called "Horses and Soldiers" published in Aldershot in 1938. It features the art of Gilbert Holiday, who had died just before publication. Lots of great pictures, here are some you may enjoy. 1. 17th/21st Lancers Trick Riders at Olympia exhibition, 1930 2. King...

All good points. Reality is best faced head on. At 53, I am also probably one of the younger collectors out there, yet I have an adult son who (with is wife) is an active RPGer who paints and collects those miniatures, and he still reads everything from Kenneth Roberts to CS Forrester so the...

I just came across this link on identifying regiments in family photos. There is a great deal of interesting information here, maybe nothing you haven't seen before but all in one place, and all using old photos as opposed to uniform prints...

"Hey Jonnie Cope!" Beautiful bands here. I like to turn bandsmen 45 degrees towards the front of the case , though keeping them in fore&aft ranks just like you have them. The slight rotation lets me see them better without detracting from the formation.