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Jeremy wrote: ↑Tue Sep 04, 2018 7:30 pm

BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: ↑Tue Sep 04, 2018 11:29 am

Jeremy wrote: ↑Tue Sep 04, 2018 6:15 am My father in law was in 32nd Battalion (Three-two as its called) Recce during the Angolan War. Took part in the battle of Savate and innumerable other skirmishes. Spent two years in the bush. Those were a bunch of mad fekkers.

For anyone interested. Have you seen this, Jeremy?

https://www.32battalion.net/index.htm

This is a good book on the subject, written by someone actually there. My FIL managed to get it autographed by the author for me

Fantastic! I recently picked up Marius Scheeper's 32 Bn memoir, but haven't had a chance to read it yet. Does your FiL rate it at all?

And did you see this? http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2018/08/12/ ... gola-1986/

I’ll ask him RMD. He’s got quite a 32 book collection

Yes, I did. Another corker of a game on your blog

Jeremy wrote: ↑Tue Sep 04, 2018 10:01 pm I’ll ask him RMD. He’s got quite a 32 book collection

Yes, I did. Another corker of a game on your blog

Cheers! It certainly looks like a rich vein of scenario material.

This lunchtime I finished another unit for my classic Napoleonics. These are the 9th Prussian Reserve Infantry.



This unit consists of Garrison rank and file and officer, Hinton Hunt drummer, Douglas standard bearer and Rose NCO.



This unit wore this uniform with Stovepipe shako during 1813-15 including Waterloo.

Lovely. Classic stuff!

Possibly the daftest pose ever (in a metal figure), but lovely just the same. Nice one.

Iain

Essex Boy wrote: ↑Tue Sep 11, 2018 5:13 pm Possibly the daftest pose ever (in a metal figure), but lovely just the same. Nice one.

Iain

It was the daftness of the pose that made me want to paint these figures.

Mark

Most excellent

Ilkley Old School wrote: ↑Tue Sep 11, 2018 5:30 pm

Essex Boy wrote: ↑Tue Sep 11, 2018 5:13 pm Possibly the daftest pose ever (in a metal figure), but lovely just the same. Nice one.

Iain

It was the daftness of the pose that made me want to paint these figures.

Mark

I can understand that.

I have just discovered something that I can detest as much as Purps hates multi part plastic figures, multi part metal ones.
I've been putting together some Wyldfolk from the Godslayer game to use as generic fantasy savages. One figure was given a very dynamic pose, sprinting with one foot off the ground. For reasons only they know he was cast with the raised foot as a separate piece. It's a plain butt joint with no locating key and it's more or less in line with the tab for the base which would make drilling & pinning a trial. After much cursing it is on but I've had enough for now, the spear has the forearms moulded on but it can wait till tomorrow.