Airfix Romans

Another "historically correct" set from Airfix.
13 poses, 4 nags and 1 chariot
The pegs for the  shields are badly place so the bods end up carrying them on thier elbows. And as for the sporty Chariot!! :-)

The "grunts"

All hold the shield incorrectly, a selection of clobber that probably never existed, all in all not very historically accurate

Command and Archer.
The best from the set although also not too accurate in historical terms.

The chariot. I´ve upgraded it by adding reins and painting designs on the "shield".

They get a poor rating over at PSR, but these guys (along with 100´s of thier comrades) invaded  and took control of large areas of  carpet back in the day. 

Balian V´s templar

A couple of bod conversions to try and protray a bit of the fight at the oasis from Kingdom of heaven. Balian is an ex Zvezda peasant and the knight from the Zvezda´s Livonian knights

Airfix Wagon Train

Firstly the main part of the set...the wagon. Half the horses I have for this set broke like hard cheese whan I tried to pin them in preperation for painting...luckily I have two sets..so it wasn´t completely Hard cheese all round.

Rolling, rolling,  rolling, keep those etc"

"Jonathan! What are you doing with the big brown snake!?"

The other bods from the set HERE and a dio using the set HERE

Airfix WWII German Mountain troops

Not a bad little set with some usefull poses which could be used in combination with other sets.

 I liked the idea of the blue frame...it is after all a mountain bike:-) How he manges to ride it without any spokes is beyond me!

"Come on Willi, throw the dam thing!! It´s bloody freezing!"

"On the Piste" 

Obviously the snow is so hard it needs breaking up with a pickaxe!!

Snow made using Shaving foam.

New Sculptor...Leon

Another great Sculptor from Russia...Leon. He has a varied range of subjects in 1/72nd scale , each of which he does justice to.They may be produced in limited runs...when I get any news I´ll bung it up here...I hope they come out soon:-)More Of Leons Bods can be seen at Bennos forum under the titel "Another Sculptor - Leon" in the Miniatures talk section, with an Intro from Alex.

Apparently this is one figure of a set of two

 

  

Aifix Guards Colour Party

So, after the slightly gloomy pic from yesterday, a nice colourfull bunch of bods...the Airfix guards colour party. Why they are so named I don´t know as there was no icecream or pop in the box., and they look pretty serious..certianly NOT in a party mood at all!!
This, along with the guards band  was my very first set of  bods...I remember lining them up along the hall...then later using the heads as ammo for a 1/32nd scale metal howitzer...luckily some survived to tell the tale...maybe that´s why the stern faces! :-)

Eyes........Right!!!

11.11.11

A little dio based in WWI. I tried to make it a transformation scene. The bod´s soul is supposed to be leaving his body and is transforming into the white cross... and the wrecked landscape of mud is becoming green fields. One of the barbedwire supports (Right of pic) looks like a broken muddied cross but doesn´t show up well on the photo.....I´m not a supporter of wars...and this one was to my mind possibly the most dreadfull waste of people and animals in such a confined space of time and place, but it needs to be remembered that they died, as do all those who die in any conflict. 

"Lest we forget"

Airfix WW II German Paras

I tried to copy the cammoflage as shown on the box art...the Helmets and the trousers..??? they look VERY blue in the photo...in real life´they are not so blue.  honest :-)

Revell 1/72nd De Havilland D.H.2

This one nearly sent me into the looney bin....the rigging!!!! It never seemed to end !. I had considered it everytime I saw it in a shop and everytime told myself.."NO WAY!!" Finally I convinced myself with the thought that if I can get even half the rigging done then I would be pleased...many hours and many many curses later......:-)

Couple of in progress pics

Polish winged Husssar

Well...what the heck the wings are for...I do not know...he certainly can´t fly...even when thrown!!! :-)

"oooer!...me lance is drooping...to much beer last night!!"

Tally ho !!!

Fallen comrade

A bit of snipping and glueing involved in the making of this one. Both bods from the Zvezda Punic wars Roman set.

 

He´s supposed to be protecting his wounded mate...who looks a bit past caring 

Airfix WWII Japanese

This mob didn´t take as long as I thought it would...two sittings over two evenings.