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And a nice job you make of those dioramas Tom. I've often been frustrated (diorama makers are just frustrated movie directors :) ) by the difficulty in making a credible scene with all soldiers six foot; and when it comes to photographs where you try to represent something large in perspective...

Indeed easily identified :).

That syndrome has been around a while :)

Thanks John - so the skeleton in the closet turns out to be just head and hands :). Shattered. Good point though; the photos indicate that uniform material is more resilient than flesh when it comes to decomposition. Our sculptor can probably spare some time for a lesson on skulls.

I like Sgt Crumm :salute::. While the quality of human vision varies from person to person, inaccuracy in where the tradesman has moved the brush is discernible at this magnification - and this is a 60mm figure here. Aeroplanes and airman make a particularly good series for John and attention to...

Hi Andy, Congratulations on this Napoleonic release. The view of these famous troops as humans is very welcome. Not a lot of Napoleonic movies around but a smattering in which most of the movie is away from the fighting. I liked the one put out by France for the Bicentenary of Austerlitz showing...

John, go paint.......the town red ^&grin. Happy birthday!:salute::

GW do have a few bones but the scale is wrong by miles :) . I will keep hunting. If you locate some, let me know. :) Bob

The market is fairly clearly behind the movies though I am more Malkovich than Caine. Majority rules in any market. The list of caveats in the opening post clearly indicates that clarity of definition has gone missing. Given those caveats, the assumption of inaccuracies needs addressing before...

Those adversaries would be good and also those belle allies from some months back...

Yes indeed; great story board Robin and rare story in diorama genre. Gotta love the homestead. Hope the price of mutton goes up while he's away. What did they call the baby? :)

Interesting questions. As one who jumps straight to new posts, I had not realised I was being misled or excluded. In fact, I hadn't realised it was moved. But I would be disappointed if Guy was discouraged from his brilliant initiative. These Sunday postings have been a source of great...

Can't wait to see it Robin. And well done Bob and crew at RUSI; good to see the Oz contributions keep coming :).

Hi again, Your use of plastic figures and Das is not what I would call cheating but rather creative economy :). The eye of the audience only ever sees the surface; if that surface supports credibly the story being told, who would care what lies beneath? I think you have provided a very useful...

Hi, Humour is the lifeblood of people who spend a lot of time looking at what exists and trying to work out how it got that way. One usually comes across human irrationality, and humour will sustain you through the tragedy. Toy soldiers represent some of history's darkest days and yet we call...

Hi , I agree with your assessment re. casualty figures. I admit that I begrudge paying a premium for what is essentially half a painted figure that is usually lying on the ground and partially out of sight. Britains have developed some nice Nap casualties recently, and as stated, you can't have...

Hi, Yes, probably were a few ad-hoc uniforms at waterloo but the requirement for Old Guard entry prohibited 'recruits' - a large proportion had been with Napoleon at Elba. But poetic licence is cool - it adds texture to the mostly legendary tale of Waterloo; AND creates possibilities for other...

Casualty figures are always a problem. Cannot have a believable battle scene without them but don't want to pay the premium you paid for the hero pieces in the dio. Technology is slowly opening possibilities for such problems. Water has long been a problem like this but there is growing...

Napoleon was as much shaped by the France he ruled as its direction was decided by him, but the context of that development was the greater global contest between Republicanism and Monarchy. That France needed to escape from the days of The Terror is undeniable; arguably, Napoleon enabled the...

"His cleverest moves were the forming of the Imperial Guard, then getting them to love him through special privileges, then his surveillance via secret police ,this helped to keep him in power for a decade " No shortage of clever moves; even some wise moves, but perhaps just bit off more that...