Reposting The Waterloo Battle Map.
`The first one went puff ! and was gone.'
BB,s BEEF! -
`Criticism.'
As I embarked upon this journey of collecting more 28mm Napoleonic figures, i aimed to get bargain prices and for the best part I have, but I realised that soon I`d reach the point where marching columns of toy soldiers would need firing support from other units that quite frankly are very lacking in availability at present at bargain prices in the world of 28mm figures.
Plastic Prussian Artillery does not exist. Sure the French guns would do, but the crews to man them is not available.
` Unless the crews turned traitors !'
This is a wide open doorway in the market place of plastics that needs filling.
I would sooner buy a pack of 3 plastic Guns and 15 crew for £20.00, rather than three metal ones with crew priced at around £30.00 or £36.00.
`bb.gets kinda soar at times.'
Yes there might come a time to dot a few metal Guns around and for me to bite the bullet as they say,but not yet on this quest.
In order to get firing lines to support the advancing Prussians I have relied on HAT to give good value for my money plus Perry Miniatures extra figures for skirmishing riflemen.
At £7.84 for a box from HAT ; of 32 figures it gives a good solid line of 8 firing , along with loaders and other action poses.
Now I`ve been looking at Perry Miniatures and Front Rank metal figures and both their firing line of 6 figures are £7.50 that equals £1.25 each. Brilliant figures true. At Front Rank I can buy individual firing poses at £1.25 so eight would cost £10 for 8 Prussian , 8 Nassua,or French and so on.
However turning to plastic again HAT has won my order, and so I have bought extra boxes of Prussian action poses,because I receive in exchange the volume of extra poses ,32 in a box at pocket money prices. I often think of the children that collect their own model soldiers and have to do so upon a fixed amount of dosh!
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` Looking at these accounts you could afford to up the kids pocket money!'
`Yah!'
` That sounds good Pards!' ____
" It most certainly does ."
A NEW ADVENTURE
OF
THE FLASHING BLADE
With a glint of cold steel in the sunlight the new blade was taken out of its oiled up container and carefully wiped with a fresh piece of soft kitchen paper and then loaded into the trusty craft knife.
The story continues after this.
Today I restocked two shelving units with the recent result of my collecting
addiction! I still have others mainly cavalry to jam into place somewhere too.
`Mrs B,sorted out that shelving system and BB,has gone and removed lots of stuff to plastic storage boxes.'____
`That certainly ain`t good!'
The FLASHING BLADE continues...
While my Mrs B,popped along to the Post Office,i settled down to scratch building with the aim of having a very constructive day, when yes yet again I cut my darn finger next to my pointing one,and on the same right hand that held the craft knife.
` A new flashing blade!' ___
` and bb`s old finger met and it was not a pretty sight.`
`BB, being a highly trained combat medic treated himself,with lots of stinging carbolic army soap.'__
`After winding around kitchen paper it was followed by using half a sellotape ring .'
` bb, was certainly having a wind up day,and his finger swelled out looking like it had gout!'
Eventually i sorted the daily mail, some of it now bloodstained, and then typed this.
I guess I wanted you to suffer too in the reading of it.
I guess each days adventures have to start somewhere? THE END
BB