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Painting Belgians part two – Carabinier cyclists
Part two of our Belgian painting guide was meant to be cavalry and it was meant to have been done a long long time ago (part one was after all back in August 2013) but apathy can be a wonderful … Continue reading
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Bicycle, bicycle…..
We’ve had dismounted Carabinier cyclists available for quite some time but until now the poor chaps haven’t actually been able to ride into battle as intended. Well now they can! One company in each Carabinier battalion were equipped with bicycles … Continue reading
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Somewhere in Belgium
As Tony mentioned a while ago I wasn’t able to go with him on his jolly to Stoke Rochford Hall since I was attending the Cavalier show in Tonbridge. So whilst he was tucking into venison and port I was making … Continue reading
Lest we forget
Although there are many war memorials in and around Maidstone commemorating men who died in the Great War, one in particular stands out to me. Simply because it is in the main Maidstone Post Office and I see it every … Continue reading
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And about *@$%ing time too……
About a hundred years ago (well earlier this year actually but it seems like a long time) we released the first of our “advanced buildings” in 15mm. Since then people have been nagging for the third one to made available. … Continue reading
Its not a glass…..
Its a (Brigade Models) chalice, made of glass. Over the summer a well known brand of lager ran a promotion to win personalised glasses chalices and I was fortunate enough to win a couple (well six actually). If you won you got … Continue reading
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Spinning tonight!
Tony quite often gets excited when a new mould arrives at the workshop, bless him. I think though that he will be particularly happy with the new one that we’ll be trying tonight. All going well then you can expect … Continue reading
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Garage preview
Surprisingly one of the more popular models in our 6mm Sci-fi building range is the humble garage, but up to now its not been available in 15mm. I’ve just finished the mould and made a couple of test castings so … Continue reading
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Painting Belgians part one – the infantry
I’ve been meaning to produce a painting guide for our Great War Belgian figures for a rather long time. Since I’m currently working on a project that involves painting a large number of them now seemed a good time to … Continue reading
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Moments in time…..part one
The inspiration for our Belgian refugees came from original images from 1914. This made it rather easy when it came to giving Aaron details of what we were after, I simply mailed him a selection of photos and asked him … Continue reading
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