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I wargame in 20mm, primarily using Command Decision 3, but have been tempted into other systems. I have a tendency to adapt CD to suit other periods with varied results! I take awful pictures and am at best an average modeller and painter, but hopefully quantity will have a quality all of its own.

Saturday, 18 June 2022

Yet More Airfix Imagi-Nation Figures

 Recently I refurbished some more Airfix British Grenadiers figures into stands for use with Duke, Elector, King. (Previous posts relating to this can be found here and here) 

Blue coats with green facings

The majority of the figures are blue coated, so currently there is a distinct imbalance towards blue coated troops with fur hats. Once I finish the recycling of the previously painted figures, I will start painting white,yellow, and red coated figures.  


Blue coats with pink facings

Blue coats with purple facings

Green coats with yellow facings. The base still needs flocking.

Frontal view of the green grenadiers


Green and blue coated skirmish stands


A group shot of the work completed in this batch


The last of the blue painted grenadiers. They should yield another three V&B stands.



The last of the green grenadiers - only one stand left to go!

Once these are completed I will start looking at my unpainted figures and figuring out what figures I can use for cavalry, artillery, militia, and regular infantry.
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6 comments:

  1. Jonathan Freitag18 June 2022 at 17:24

    I remember this box of figures from my youth.

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    1. Uncle Brian8 July 2022 at 21:40

      There is certainly a wonderful sense of nostalgia with this project!

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  2. Neil Patterson18 June 2022 at 19:03

    Looking good Brian!
    Neil

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  3. Mark Man Of TIN7 August 2022 at 18:42

    Great to see such versatile heritage Airfix figures of our childhood still in play - a new lease of life.
    I wish they and the other historic Airfix figures were still available.
    I have enjoyed rebasing and repainting such AWI donations or childhood survivor figures recently
    https://manoftinblog.wordpress.com/tag/airfix-awi/

    https://poundstoreplasticwarriors.wordpress.com/2021/05/20/imaginations-obes-and-vintage-airfix-scrapings-from-someone-elses-toy-box/

    Think you might find this Airfix AWI article interesting:

    https://manoftinblog.wordpress.com/2021/06/09/airfix-ooho-washingtons-army-conversions-by-steve-haller-from-the-courier-magazine-early-1970s/

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  4. Uncle Brian30 August 2022 at 00:23

    Hi Mark,
    Thank you for your kind words and the links to your blogs. I do like some of the colourful uniforms of your figures and I may attempt to reproduce some soon.

    The article on conversions was quite interesting as I think that Airfix AWI sets hold a great deal of possibilities as base figures for conversions.

    Kind regards,

    Brian

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