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| This is the £1 32mm figure I couldn't resist at Salute. On my screen, it's 6 x bigger than real life - the real life version looks alot better! |
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| Almost makes me want to start collecting 32mm figures - it's a really good figure! |
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| One thing I tried when painting her. I bought some Acrylic paint pens to see how they would work - used them for her shoes, coat trim, hair and gun highlights. Look like they could prove useful. |
Literally. Technology available since about 250BC to be precise.
Background. Sent a parcel to Canada containing figures. Put the correct code on the customs declaration and described it as 'metal castings, Tin/lead alloy' Simple.
It got stuck for a few weeks in the Langley centre where stuff is processed before going abroad. Eventually they sent the parcel back to me as possibly containing prohibited material. Found the following letter in the returned parcel:
In other words, the reason they returned it was because they DON'T HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY to measure the density and determine the composition when the label clearly say tin/lead alloy!!! A problem solved by Archimedes in 250BC!!!
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| This lot are all RAFM. The crazed cultist looking types are Tcho Tcho people; the others from various sets including Lovecraft Country - farmer with staff and pink shirt, policeman and zombie lady with the baby. The man in black type is an investigator from set 2910, the one wearing a hat and has his coat over his arm is a journalist from set 2906, and the Egyptian carrying the box is from the M.U. Expedition to Egypt, set 2970. |
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| With the exception of the cigar smoking Copplestone Bolshevik heroine from set BC17 I haven't identified any of this lot... |
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| Thought it was about time I started to record some of the latest figures from Mike. Some of this lot are all 90s RAFM figures from the Call of Cthulhu range, others are EM4 from the Dunwich Detectives range.. |
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| A couple of these are from set 2970, Expedition to Egypt. The central figure isn't quite a Pharaoh, but would still serve very well as Nyarlathotep in human form. Mr Muscle is from the Lovecraft Country set. |
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| The guy in the white shirt is from set 2902 'Professor (male). The man with the scroll is another one from the Expedition to Egypt set. One in the middle is EM4. |
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| Not sure where these ladies are from... one may be from 2905 Parapsychologist (female). Must check out the online RAFM catalogue instead of the 1994 paper version. (Doing it!) They have more figures listed but no codes and not always in the 'original' sets. For example 'Nyarlathotep' is in the 'Adventurers (assorted) set, and also in the Expedition to Egypt set! (Recheck: All are EM4 Dunwich Detectives) |
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| Not sure what sets these two are from... Update, EM4! |
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| Again few different sets. Back right is from the Police set online. Not sure of the scientist, other 4 are EM4. |
What I really need to do is gather all my RAFM figures and the ones from Mike and sort them into their sets. On the other, perhaps not - Mike's are painted to a far higher standard than mine!
Every now and then I like to take stock of where I am - usually after one of my tidying up sessions. In this case, just started looking at ongoing projects and others that I really need to look at...
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| Ongoing project 1 - 25mm Assyrian/Shem army. The Shem side is finished - all the infantry and cavalry plus the general's chariot. I'm now painting up some 4 horse chariots - slow work... For the Assyrian side, long way from final army - at the very least, once the chariots are finished I need to do a lot of infantry... got half a dozen units in mind at the moment... |
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| Ongoing project 2 - 25mm Sassanids. Started this lot 3 years ago when I was in an elephant building phase. There is a third clibanarii unit undercoated - has been for a while - and I really must get on with it. A unit of cataphracts, some light infantry and cavalry and the obligatory 50 (elements - so 48) strong levy unit should be enough. Including the undercoated unit that's about 40 cavalry and 74 infantry. |
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| Some armies need some painting but it's mostly a matter of organising what I've got. In this case my Atlantean army - elephants and cavalry painted and based, just not in this photo - Garrison Carthaginian elephabts, Minifigs 'S' Range one piece Greek cavalry. The infantry component is mainly one of the 'S' Range Greek pike and spear varieties - identfied by me as Greek because the 'S' Range pikes were listed as Greek! |
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| And then there's the ones where I have to hang my head in shame. I still haven't rebased all the figures I bought off Harry... and I got them 10 years ago... |
So much to do :)
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| Contiuing with putting figures together, as well as making it possible to produce the spearman from the chariot set as a figure in it's own right. |
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| Same sort of thing with the missile troops, as well as enabling me to produce the chariot archer in numbers a lot easier. I also took the opportunity to include the scythes from the Seleucid scythed chariot, SES1. |
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| For the Egyptians, basiclly a need for decent production moulds in the first place - probably still need to do another one eventually. |
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| Painting these seems to be very slow work! Anyway, 15 strong unit with 2 command groups... |
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| The Shem HoTT army needs 5 cavalry elements so I painted an extra one. By making the extra one a command base I have the option to use them as 2 separate 2 element units in the Assyrian army. |
That means I now have a complete Shem HoTT army so everything else I do is pure Assyrian. I'm currently starting some 4 horse 3 man chariots simply by sicking an extra 2 horses on the figure base. Much as I would like to make them 4 man chariots, the cab is just too small!
