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[johnnybach]

oops - didn't click hard enough on the pic - try again:

 

[johnnybach]

There they are - detail on drums not finished yet - will be 36 strong when completed. These fit in well with this thread - as they are by Dorset Soldiers too. These work oput at under £3.50 apiece - so are very reasonably priced - and quick and easy to do. A good figure for someone to have a go at painting for the first time, I would think - though fitting arms is tricky. johnnybach

 

[aujj65]

The Camels are okay for the money paid - lets put it that way. First time I had a go at them - though I like the ones you showed earlier better.

johnnybach

These are more Tradition castings that I did many years ago, the photo was taken with an old camera and hence quality is not as good as my more recent ones.

There is a saying on the forum.........you can't have enough Camels.

Jeff

 

[johnnybach]

This is view of same Mounties at a different aspect

 

[johnnybach]

I can understand why - I really like that group there Jeff - I like it when there seems to be "a lot going on" like that. Trouble is - Elephants and Camels take up a good bit of space - Cavalry too I suppose. I'm going to have to get some more shelves for my newest cabinet soon. Old problem I guess. jb

 

[aujj65]

I can understand why - I really like that group there Jeff - I like it when there seems to be "a lot going on" like that. Trouble is - Elephants and Camels take up a good bit of space - Cavalry too I suppose. I'm going to have to get some more shelves for my newest cabinet soon. Old problem I guess. jb

Johnny, funny enough I was going to ask you actually, we have seen some nice looking sets of figures that you have painted but just how many figures do you have now?

Jeff

 

[johnnybach]

Honestly - I don't know. I have tried counting some by shelves - but usually give up ' cos I cant be ars**d to carry on. A quick count of shelves says 16. I must have over 1'000 I s'pose - but that's in ten years. I'm a slow painter - and the Commandante and I like gardening too - so painting is for when we are in France - and when there's nothing much else to do. This forum is great - but is also slowing my painting rate down a bit. Will have to post less - paint more. I s'pose I'm a bit taken with it for now - but will ration it a bit later on.

I also have a few tanks/vehicles etc, but soldiers and bands are my favourites.

I was thinking of winding up with a summary of suppliers tomorrow - whaddya think? jb.

 

[aujj65]

Honestly - I don't know. I have tried counting some by shelves - but usually give up ' cos I cant be ars**d to carry on. A quick count of shelves says 16. I must have over 1'000 I s'pose - but that's in ten years. I'm a slow painter - and the Commandante and I like gardening too - so painting is for when we are in France - and when there's nothing much else to do. This forum is great - but is also slowing my painting rate down a bit. Will have to post less - paint more. I s'pose I'm a bit taken with it for now - but will ration it a bit later on.

I also have a few tanks/vehicles etc, but soldiers and bands are my favourites.

I was thinking of winding up with a summary of suppliers tomorrow - whaddya think? jb.

No such thing as winding up on this forum! just keep going and let nature take its course.

The forum can be a bit addictive but I was multi - tasking today. working, painting and logged on but there again I'm self employed and work from home.

That's a decent sized collection you have there, I have painted hundreds of gloss figures over the years but don't have a single one, all been sold or commission only.

Jeff

 

[johnnybach]

I really don't know what a decent sized collection should be - because before I stumbled accross the forum - I just went my own way. Apart from a few visitors and friends - nobody has really seen any of them before.

It all restarted for me, a few years ago when El Commandante and I were on hols in Mallorca. Down some back street in Palma - we came across a toy/model shop. There in the window were some Jerries - guns at the ready - and a little voice said in ny ear " They're nice - better than the ones you had as a child"

I remember saying to El Commandante at the time, whilst pointing at the Jerries, "Were you in that outfit then?" but only got a blank look. However, the seed was sown. It germinated further when I visited my daughter who introduced me to.(roll of tenor drums)...................."The Internet"

There I found my first supplier of CASTINGS!!! OOOOOOOH! Luverly.

4 Mil Models - remember them? Anyway, I was off and painting. Problem was, nearly every firm I started with - went bust shortly afterwards!! BUT - I was off and running. The review of producers I (should be we - Jeff and others I think), have made so far, is a route map which shows where I am now.

I always have been "Army, Barmy" - and this hobby, use of the the Internet, military history, even the history of musical instruments - have all taken off since that day in Mallorca - when that little voice (which I now recognise was actually my own) whispered seductively in my ear. "Come on Big Boy - come and play with us!"

Oo-er! Where will it all end.

Answer - with me in a box - Hopefully, a red one with "Britains" stamped on the lid.

Okay - I'll post some more tomorrow - you smooth talker Jeff - and maybe we can work out a summary between us. This is more fun than digging the garden. johnnybach

 

[trooper]

Don't quite know where to post this for you, Johnny, but as you seem to be here much of the time I'll put it in here. As you seem keen on the Argyll and Sutherland here are four pics of the band and pipes and drums c.1926. The interesting points are as follows, tiger skin for band bass drummer, leopardskin for the pipes and drums. And then notice the different patterns of lace for the drummers, pipers and pipe major. Trooper

 

[johnnybach]

Lovely photos trooper. I s'pose I would have found them - as I'm beginning to find my way around the forum now - but you are right, I seem to have encamped here for a day or three lately! Thanks for these latest ones, which are nicely detailed. I will now save them in a file - instead of printing - as I have learned that trick now!

I'm still on track to order the Gordons Bands etcetera for around March - I think. Thanks so much for your input and interest for that - it should be fun to do - and the biggest single project I will have tackled so far.

On a different tack - I tried out a cougar skin on the Mountie Bass drummer - from the picture you sent me, Not brilliant - but will look okay with the rest of the band, I think. An interesting exercise anyway, so thanks for that one too. johnnybach

 

[Martin Tabony]

Trooper, you don't happen to have a picture of a Lincolnshire drum c1898 by any chance, A bloke on the VWF was looking for one and I have just about everything but. Always the way!

Martin

 

[kogu]

This thread is a treat and growing rapidly.
Great stuff, guys!
Keep it up

 

[trooper]

Trooper, you don't happen to have a picture of a Lincolnshire drum c1898 by any chance, A bloke on the VWF was looking for one and I have just about everything but. Always the way!

Martin

Know exactly what you mean, Martin, some regiments are very poorly served photographically, and the Lincolnshires is one of them. I have attached the only images I have. The coloured one seems to show a blue front to the drum which is incorrect, the regiment didn't adopt blue facings until 1946, at this time the front of the drums would have been white, the colour authorised after the Cardwell reforms. If the regiment conformed to the usual pattern used by line regiments we may infer that the central device would have been a red garter edged with gold and bearing the regimental title also in gold and surmounted by a crown painted in natural colours. The field of the garter would be red with the regimental badge, a sphinx, in silver. Above the crown a gold scroll bearing the battalion number and the regimental title. Below the central device a small silver sphinx within a green laurel wreath and on either side gold scrolls bearing battle honours, at this time most likely five on each side. I do stress that this is hypothetical but it is based on the layout of other drums. Obviously, being the British army the Lincolnshires could have had some weird custom regarding their drums but, so far, I haven't found one. The rims of the drums would have been red and white as shown in the coloured picture and the back half could have been brass as shown, although some regiments had the back painted crimson. Hope this helps, will keep having a ferret and if I turn up anything further will let you know. Trooper

 

[Martin Tabony]

Thank's for that Trooper, I've already given him some details of other county regiment's drums for a bit of an educated guess. Of course he could always have the painted face of the drum conveniantly covered by something! (we've all done it ). I'll pass that info on.

Martin

 

[Martin Tabony]

By the way just to bring this thread back down a level.
Mounted officer parks his horse in front of a line of Wooden tops, just then the horse "breaks wind". On hearing this the "Rupert" turns round in the saddle and says "Sorry about that chaps". To which the guards sergeant makes the reply "It's alright sir, we thought it was the horse".

Martin

 

[aujj65]

This thread is a treat and growing rapidly.
Great stuff, guys!
Keep it up

Hi Konrad.

Your wish is our command. Remember these? Tradition FIW French Artillery.

Jeff

 

[kogu]

I remember them, Jeff , and looked at some photos of them the other day.
Konrad

 

[johnnybach]

Only goes to show, yet again, what you can do with a nice bunch of "silver men". Sorry for the delay in entering the fray chaps, I am charging my battery. If the Commandant finds out that I left her camera battery on last night - there will be no more three day passes being handed out! In fact, I could be polishing her Iron Cross with zircons and crossed broomsticks for a long time!

I have also "nicked" a copy of troopers Lincs. Rgt. (for possible future use), so thanks for that one trooper.

It's a funny thing - but one of the jobs I did in the Army - was to charge batteries (for the dismounted radio sets.). I soon changed from that job - as the lads used to call me "Torchy" ( Remember the TV programme " Torchy, Torchy - the Battery Boy"?). I preferred the more anonymous "Taff".

I Shall Return - with more pics - johnnybach

 

[johnnybach]

Below is my version of The 1st Royal Regiment of Foote c.1760. from Dorset Soldiers castings again. At the time I painted these, I didn't have any illustrations and was struggling a bit for details.

I made "educated guesses" on many details - which I now know are not quite correct. BUT my desire to have a band over-rode my caution - and I did it anyway. Incidentally, this was a major reason for me joining the forum - I realised that I couldn't go on in this fashion - I needed help and advice.

Hope you like them - more to follow once my "Studio" has been cleared for "Action". johnnybach