Converted French Foreign Legion 1870-71

               Repaired and repainted Britains Ltd French Foreign Legion serving in France in the Franco Prussian War.

      These started out as damaged figures I bought from eBay.

                Bayonets were repaired with paper clip metal.

                Metal fastened to the original rifles with Zap-A Gap. 

                    Flatten and trim with a file or an emery board. 

             Prime and coat with Mod Podge . Mod Podge acts as a sealant and adhesive plus it's a filler between the rifle and metal piece. 

                    Assembled and painted. Here's the result. 

            Note that epaulettes were added with "Green Stuff". 

Grenadiers had red fringe while the Fusiliers had green at the time. 

The 1st and 2nd Battalions of the French Foreign Legion landed in mainland France on October 11, 1870. 

The Green Fusilier Epaulettes can be seen on this Legionnaire from a few years earlier in Mexico.  

 

Britains Ltd Waterloo Guard Figures

Repainted and repaired  Britains Ltd Waterloo Guards 

I bought the officer figure because someone started to convert it to an officer figure that wasn't part of the original set. I added a new head and officer's sash. 

                                     A possible recruit. 

        Guest appearance by a home cast Wellington Chess piece. 

Britains only made infantry at attention and a Highlander version plus their 1890s cannon and two Royal Artillery Men.    Below are two Highlanders I painted and sold back in the 80s.

Mexican National Guard figures.

Three figures salvaged from as ancient diorama that was TOO controversial for the local Military Miniatures Convention judges.  It had a lot of violent and sexual figures by Cliff Sanderson. The three figures I took for this smaller diorama are a Monarch Roman  Slave Market series and two figures from an un remembered maker. Two Mexican National Guardsmen in red shirts rest with one of the men's "Soldadera" friend. The time is 1862 and they have just won the Battle of Puebla. 

Wagon Train Figures restored.

     Over 40 years ago I built a Wagon Train diorama, It was a bit too large to sit on any of my shelves and sat, over hanging  a low shelf in my display room. Last Christmas I heard a crash in that room and found that my Daughter-in-Law's cat had tried to use the diorama as a step. I dismantled the wreckage and put the pieces away.

    Recently I repaired and  repainted the figures.

I found and painted a group of barrels, boxes and trunks for a barricade. I only have two wagons. Both are conversions of old Britains Ltd Prairie Schooners.

          Pioneer Man by Monarch. Possibly a Cliff Sanderson sculpt.

Pioneer woman by Monarch. Possibly a Cliff Sanderson sculpt.

Pioneer woman by Monarch. Possibly a Cliff Sanderson sculpt.

Pioneer woman by Monarch. Possibly a Cliff Sanderson sculpt.

                                Converted Phoenix figure. 

                             Lots of scared children by Monarch. 

Pioneer woman by Monarch. Possibly a Cliff Sanderson sculpt.

Scratch built woman with Mokarex and Airfix parts.

                        A fire arrow strikes but help is there. 

                Both are metal and plastic scratch figures. 

                                                Run!! 

                                        No time for pants!

                        Converted Roman Empire family.

                                        No time for her skirt!

                     Soon I'll rebuild the base for the diorama.