Australia Gold fever (3 Viewers)

[Horus]

Looks good Robin and if you get bored with that set up you could do something like this illustration by Ron Embleton !

 

[villagehorse]

Interesting Steve. For the time being I am concentrating on the Australian Gold fields, so no Indians, but bush rangers or troopers could be a threat to the miners. . Robin.

 

[WesternOutlaw]

You've got a nice collection with these figures, Robin. Always enjoy seeing how you set them up in various scenes.

 

[villagehorse]

More arrivals to the Gold Fields attempting to strike it lucky. Robin.

 

[Obee]

Looking good Robin, well done !!

John

 

[Horus]

Figure swinging the pickaxe certainly looks keen to strike Gold and God help anyone who crosses him !

 

[villagehorse]

More heavy equipment arrives, in an effort to extract every possible ounce of Gold from the field. Robin.

 

[Horus]

Yep, not much is going to be overlooked by those Eagle eyes !
Looks great Robin.

 

[mestell]

Your Australian Gold Rush is really coming together nicely Robin. When the field plays out they can then cry out "On to Alaska!"
Mike

 

[villagehorse]

Thanks guys for your support. Thinking the fields are almost played out. Robin.

 

[Obee]

Brilliant work Robin,

I think your setups would look good in a Goldfields Museum, like Eureka ???

John

 

[villagehorse]

As the Gold Fields begin to ‘Peter Out’, the miners become desperate to secure any remaining wealth, resulting in the necessity of Government troops to be deployed. Robin.

 

[mestell]

That's a terrific looking diorama depicting your gold field Robin. You really knocked this one out of the park
Mike

 

[OzDigger]

Excellent display Robin, although very tempting I haven't ventured into that era yet. If there were more conflict based sets such as depicted in your photos I would be more inclined to buy as I tend to prefer battle action displays.

I would ask the Toy Soldier manufactures 'What about more conflict sets' e.g. based on the Eureka Rebellion/Stockade, I'm sure there were similar conflicts in other countries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_Rebellion

Or at least I hope to see some sets based on robbers/outlaws etc attempting to steal the gold.

 

[Woodyskysolo]

As the Gold Fields begin to ‘Peter Out’, the miners become desperate to secure any remaining wealth, resulting in the necessity of Government troops to be deployed. Robin.

Wow Robin just came across this fantastic diorama. Love how it started with just a few figures and what it's like now . You certainly have a wide range of interests and figures from different manufacturers. Keep up the great work . Paul

 

[OzDigger]

Interesting Steve. For the time being I am concentrating on the Australian Gold fields, so no Indians, but bush rangers or troopers could be a threat to the miners. . Robin.

What about some 'Indigenous Natives', there are very few TS examples available, but maybe could convert Indians etc to the 'cause', they also rode horses, and had a similar camp life to Indians

Perhaps Australian Aboriginals are a possible theme for new range for a major TS manufacturer to produce, they didn't change their appearance much over the years so any figure could represent a wide time period, say from pre 'discovery' by Captain Cook to around 1950's.