Glossy toy soldier style American Civil War troops can be painted using cheap pound store plastic figures.
Right: pirate or pound store Matchbox clone 54mm Japanese WW2 infantry repainted as American Civil War Confederate Infantry, alongside one of my handmade Polymer clay scruffy standard bearers with a Britain’s Deetail flag.
An overlooked blog post from summer 2017 that I forgot to post – Whoops!
Having spent time in the past converting OO / HO Airfix Japanese Infantry into Union or Confederate troops and zouaves,
I wondered how this sort of conversion would work at 1:32 or 54mm scale.
For paint scheme inspiration for the glossy toy soldier style, I looked to my books and my display cupboard.
I like the paint style on this Tradition of London solidcast Union infantry man, handpainted by a member of the Guild of Master Craftsmen, a past Christmas present.
Tradition of London ACW Union Infantry
Other simple paint inspiration can be found in these Britains, Tradition and Herald figures.
These two damaged Britain’s ACW Confederate “On Guard” figures surrounding the central figure look under their flaking paint like they were once Union figures!
The Tradition professionally painted Confederate photographed by my rougher enamel glossy painting of Tradition ACW photographer.Herald ACW figures, minus much of their paintwork.
Some of my childhood Herald ACW officers missing their swords.
One of my favourite Herald figures the ACW Confederate Bugler
Other ACW figures in my collection came long ago from a quirky collectors shop in Cornwall.
I love the Tintinesque Thomson and Thompson moustache on this figure!Another childhood branch library favourite …
A bit of plastic and lead American Civil War toy soldier inspiration, equally applicable to Imagi-Nations troops.
Blogposted by Mark, Man of TIN on his Pound Store Plastic Warriors blog, May 2018
Hello I'm Mark Mr MIN, Man of TIN. Based in S.W. Britain, I'm a lifelong collector of "tiny men" and old toy soldiers, whether tin, lead or childhood vintage 1960s and 1970s plastic figures.
I randomly collect all scales and periods and "imagi-nations" as well as lead civilians, farm and zoo animals. I enjoy the paint possibilities of cheap poundstore plastic figures as much as the patina of vintage metal figures.
Befuddled by the maths of complex boardgames and wargames, I prefer the small scale skirmish simplicity of very early Donald Featherstone rules.
To relax, I usually play solo games, often using hex boards. Gaming takes second place to making or convert my own gaming figures from polymer clay (Fimo), home-cast metal figures of many scales or plastic paint conversions. I also collect and game with vintage Peter Laing 15mm metal figures, wishing like many others that I had bought more in the 1980s ...
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