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King's Man

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I need to preface this posting with a statement, that this was me just playing around with my new camera and figures. The display is not permanent, nor meant to be up to the standard of so many other Forum members.

I had the idea of showing my Old Guard figures marching in the palace garden. These soldiers are shown on their way one winter morning to posting a sentry at one of the openings in the garden wall. The walls, trees, and fountain are all Department 56 pieces. The grass is a dollar’s worth of green felt. The path is made of model train ballast. I had to make it a winter scene because all the Department 56 pieces are from a Christmas grouping.

I am very reluctant to permanently place my figures in any one diorama, as I am continually buying more and enjoy setting them up in different arrangements.

Having said all that here are some pictures I took. These are the best of the some odd hundred pictures I took.

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:)Just two more pictures:
 

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I like it mate and I appreciate that you took the time and effort to put these together and share them.:cool: As some wise folks here once told me, please do not appologize for your display efforts. No doubt there are a few superstars here but then the majority of us just enjoy trying to do what we can to come up with something interesting and part of the fun is to share the journey.:cool: Please continue to share whatever looks good to you.
 
I like it mate and I appreciate that you took the time and effort to put these together and share them.:cool: As some wise folks here once told me, please do not appologize for your display efforts. No doubt there are a few superstars here but then the majority of us just enjoy trying to do what we can to come up with something interesting and part of the fun is to share the journey.:cool: Please continue to share whatever looks good to you.

I have to agree with Bill on this one, very nice and most of all have fun with it :)
 
This is great, King's Man! A very different diorama look from what we usually see. Who knew Department 56 made pieces suitable for 54mm?!! Those look great. I'd love to see their full inventory as I can only find a few pieces. Can you tell me where you located them? Oh, and of course the FL pigures look fantastic, but then they look fantastic anywhere, don't they. You did an awesome job with it! Gratz!
 
Very nice display of the old guard in a non military diorama.

Alex
 
Thank you for all your kind comments. I do derive a lot of joy from messing around with my soldiers. I think posting pictures of our collections every now and then helps keep the First Legion thread fresh and interesting. I hope other collectors will take the time and effort to continue sharing pictures of their collections.

The Department 56 items that I have included are older items that are no longer part of their available collection. However, older Department 56 items do come up for sale on E-Bay or other Internet sites.

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