
Some new or old arrivals from the bottom of the toybox have come in from the wider family. Good old Herald Household Cavalry foot figures and a bashed 80s Britain’s Deetail Knight.
I think the white cowboy (sort of a solid swoppet Timpo clone?) originally came from me, from Pound Store bags back c. 2007. It has now returned to me after these many years.
Blog posted by Mark Man of TIN, 11 December 2021
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Author: 26soldiersoftin
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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I have a few of the cowboy clones. I look forward to seeing how you paint it.
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No idea yet – I do like the bright colours of 50s 60s Toy cowboys.
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You have inspired me, as per usual. I have a box of Herald and Deetail in my dads loft with a wooden castle from the 1960s. I think it’s Triang.
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Hello Vincent – Space and storage prevents me collecting forts, beside the odd old 60s wooden one that survived in the wider family from childhood.
Sounds like you might be making a trip to your family loft sometime?
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