What are people buying?

[Vintage Wargaming]

You might get away with only doing the top sides...

[Shahbahraz]

Just light blue, and they will look fine....

[Buff Orpington]

Did we agree that trading among ourselves doesn't count as a purchase on the grounds that the sum total of figures in our collection doesn’t change?

On that basis I haven't bought about 200 Colonials from young Tim.

[grizzlymc]

Not very impressive, not purchased painted or not?

[Buff Orpington]

Some painted, some primed, some shiny metal.

[Tim Hall]

Spot on
American Soldiers of the Revolution by Alan Kemp
The British Army in the American Revolution by Alan Kemp
£13.20 inc postage.

They really are very good - treasure them. He wrote a book on Yorktown for Almark as well - bit dated now, but still a sound read as a starter.

Good score Buff, those two are real gems, I used them a lot when painting my AWI collection. I have given them a place of honour in my Almark collection now. Despite not having the figures any more those are still worth a look every now and again. Mind you most of the Almark military books were top notch, as treasured as my Blandfords.

[Tim Hall]

I just need to break down Hotel Tim's aversion to 20mm and then Jacklex, here I come.

I'd take the easy option of getting Andy to buy some, but a man needs a challenge.

Ain't gonna happen big boy. The way my eyes are behaving lately I'm giving serious consideration to knocking 28mm on the head.

[tim.w]

I just need to break down Hotel Tim's aversion to 20mm and then Jacklex, here I come.

I'd take the easy option of getting Andy to buy some, but a man needs a challenge.

Ain't gonna happen big boy. The way my eyes are behaving lately I'm giving serious consideration to knocking 28mm on the head.

Already tried Iain. The main pull for me is 50p a figure and a quid for mounted. Very tempted by either ACW or Russio-Japanese. I need more figure like another mouth to mop the sick from at the minute but having just got Charge or How to Play wargames my old skool mojo is whirring away.

[Vintage Wargaming]

Would also recommend Mexican Adventure range. Lovely figures, interesting variety - Belgian and Egyptian infantry, FFL FFS, and you don't need many to get started. Separate backpacks for the French give you even more variety

[Essex Boy]

Can someone please have a word with VW?

Whisky - HaT do some very nice artillery for the Russo-Japanese War.