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Hello, The Battle Of Walkerloo rages on.... as do I! I've just released the first of a new type of Print-fantry paper soldier. The result of a collaboration between battle re-enactors and myTHself. The two new Brunswick units are the 'Leib-Battalion' and Jaegers of the Avant Garde Battalion...

The War in Russia is now raging. The toy soldiers of the second edition ‘Waterloo’ toy soldier army are locked in combat against the plastic movie toys in high streets and the web throughout Russia. It’s a difficult fight. Reinforcement in the form of a new Borodino based toy soldier army...

Saxon Garde du Corps,, These have been favourites of mine for ever - they look so good and as Borodino proved their last outing this was perhaps the only chance I'd have to paint them! Now I'm on Russian cavalry. I've decided to do some fancy Hussars, otherwise the Russians would have been in...

and in stamp the wagnerian heavies that are the French Carabiners! They must be one of the most splendid Napoleonic regiments. Although their striking appearance in sky blue and white was apparently an accident due to the unavailability of red die - for French uniforms that is! This week it's...

L'artillerie à cheval de la ligne , Carabiniers and a Movie! As I complete the pictures for my new army I'll post them here... The 'L'Artillerie à Cheval De La Ligne' shown as pencils last week are now ready as gouache paintings for pro scanning in London. These are my studio scan previews...

hmmm... retirement.... hmmm. Walkerloo isn't a business and I'm not a business man... it's too abstract for me... I make sense from pictures and patterns and the resonance of making them in the world (even if the picture stays in my studio it still counts cos it is the world). For the last...

I know, long time no post. But I have been making new stuff - as well making sure the bills get payed (yawn). I've just about got the artwork sorted for 'Walkerloo Rebel Yell!' - they won't be available as pre cut toy soldiers for a while, unless some one wants to play partners or go sugar...

The appropriation and construction of Lego fortifications shall definately appear in the walkerloo training manual!

The guards arrive... not as pre-cut ready mades but they are FREE! Walkerloo Print-Fantry Elites are ready for strategic deployment directly frommy website, 23 different figures which down load as 4 A4 paper soldier sheets. I'm actually about to make all my artwork available for DIY make...

Thanks SGT Rock, I really appreciate the encouragement. I live near Cherbourg and WW2 museums, sites are all about... I'd like to do WW2 but I'm not sure I could compete with the lowcost full colour plastics in this genre. After Christmas if things go well I'm planning on doing the Artwork for...

Hi RAMC, I've also been looking at ECW period... Especially since seeing the Van Dyck exhibition at Tate Britian I mentioned in the blog. The pikes may give me issues in card board but I'm sure its not unsummountable. I live near Vauban fortifications which have also been tempting me, ECW...

I'm heavily engaged in the battle of Walkerloo! Beginning with the Waterloo re-enactment In Belgium in June I've been on campaign... Miélan, village sous l'Empire... then Boulogne multi Epoque encampment... then the Napoleonic weekend at The Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey... regrouping...

I like your attitude Njja,,, toys are for the playing! ... besides... if a childs interested in a thing they're generally fairly respectful... especially if the things is cool! they can see its so... and if they do have the occaisonal accident surley they're valid casualties....? When ever...

Hi Mike, you Good? I was wondering how your basement set up went... what were the responses from the neighbourhood kids? I'd love to see picks... I've begun a BattleOfWalkerloo page gallery thing at flickr... Don't think I'll be at Chicago this year... I've events planned in Europe right...

Hi Davout71, The first soldiers I made were for my nephew... I'm not sure toy soldiers are 'toy' soldiers if 'kids' can't play with them... ooooooch! hmmmmmmm. Of course we re-define words in the way we use them regardless of dictionary definitions. Have your nephew check out my...

Hi Uthred, I drew some vikings for a flash animation a few years ago... it was fun, they were more cartoon than toy soldier, all beard, axe and Grrrrrrrrr. They were for a folk tale of a beautiful castle I live near... the local popualtion were under siege from viking raiders, after much...

Excellent Michel, Glad they arrived safley .... are they as you imagined from press etc, bigger - smaller, thicker- thinner? best news is of course you like them... hmmmm the problem (?) with collecting soldiers, especially napoleonics, is they're best in armies... and at least two opposing...

I've been on my knees all afternoon with a friend and his two sons.... at 5 and 3 they were a little young for any rules more complex than marbles,,, but that worked and we all loved it! their 10th Hussars and French line were holding up admirably... te tufff, te tuffff, te tufff tuffff...

I remember seeing the lauzun's lancer hussars and the gorgeous elephants at Chicago but I somehow missed the marvelous bicycle band... they remind me of the Italian 'futurists' who were drawing, painting, paper-architecturing in the early 19 century and when war broke out joined the brand new...

hmmm. the other two are both internal Treefrog links... I'll see about them.