Thursday, 9 April 2020

The Lead Pile - A Brief Review

With more time at home - even allowing for the fact I am working almost as many hours as usual, I have two hours I don't spend travelling at the start and end of the day - I did a bit of a tidy up around the painting desk and pulled out most of the lead pile I found whilst doing so. NOT included here are various bits and pieces of WW2 15mm - Brits, Germans and Japanese - I don't need any more of these and will only resort to painting them if things get truly desperate!

I don't have a lot of any one thing, but if I pace myself, I think there is enough here to keep me going two or three weeks




Front Rank Portuguese Cacadores - 12


Old Glory Colonial Highlanders - 16 - may base individually in case I ever want to try The Men Who Would be King etc


Old Glory Sikh Wars British command - about 10


Old Glory British Colonial Artillery - 8


Old Glory Sikh Wars Native Command - about 8


Redoubt Wellington in India Brits - 16 - may paint them as Canadians for the War of 1812 in their round hats...


Old Glory Colonial Brits - 16 - more TMWWBK potentially...


A real blast from the past - have had these for 35 years or longer



I even made a start on painting them 20 years ago but will redo the whole lot - 16 privates plus ensign and officer
I even found these three 54mm figures, unopened since purchase in the late 70's or early 80's as a teenager!

The three ensign figures


Any post by me would not be complete without a lady - in this case a very large scale French Maid by Phoenix again I think - the base is inscribed as copyright 1982! I remember also having a Biker girl in denim shorts and a red crash helmet from this range, but she is long gone alas!




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15 comments:

  1. Stuart S9 April 2020 at 08:21

    That's quite a horde, that said I am quite enjoying painting some of the 'fillers' freeing up space and finally completing projects started at least 20 years ago....

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    1. rross9 April 2020 at 11:22

      Yes stu, it is an I'll wind and all that....looking at numerous blogs, I think most gamers are getting a bit of admin done around unpainted lead and plastic!

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  2. Ray Rousell9 April 2020 at 10:41

    That is quite a mix of figures!

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    1. rross9 April 2020 at 11:24

      Indeed it is Ray, I am thinking I may do a "Pass in Review" series like I did at the start of the year with my AWI &WSS collections, showing all the toys I have bought and painted in the last thirty five years......where did that time go to?!

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  3. Lawrence H9 April 2020 at 11:36

    I nice assortment there Keith. I actually did an inventory of my lead pile a couple of weeks ago and was slightly horrified at the extent of it. It's amazing what we are getting up to with all this forced isolation.

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    1. rross9 April 2020 at 12:15

      Would be interesting to see what others have accumulated over the years Lawrence ...I suspect mine is a mole hill compared to many who have mountains.....my painting/buying discipline is pretty good

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    2. Jonathan Freitag9 April 2020 at 15:15

      Mine is a REAL mountain!

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  4. Natholeon9 April 2020 at 11:59

    Now is a good time to get into those figures from 1982 Keith! I figure it will keep you going until the lockdown is over.

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    1. rross9 April 2020 at 12:17

      Thanks Nate...I believe it will..especially if I progress at the sedate rate of the last fortnight...but that's how I want it at the moment anyway.

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  5. Old Nick9 April 2020 at 12:41

    It's a funny old thing. I have also found a big bunch of figures I had bought years ago and forgotten about!

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    1. rross9 April 2020 at 12:53

      I'm sure most gamers have Mark! What era/ manufacturer are yours?

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  6. Jonathan Freitag9 April 2020 at 15:14

    Enough to hopefully keep you busy at the painting desk,

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    1. rross9 April 2020 at 15:22

      It should be Jonathon...as long as I don't do too much over the four day Easter weekend coming up. I would love to know what is in your mountain ...I have certainly gained the impression that you..and many others...have large mounds of unpainted lead stored up!

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  7. Dmitry Svidlo10 April 2020 at 03:51

    The lady looks really jocosely. I guess you should paint her first :)

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    1. rross10 April 2020 at 15:05

      No she is huge..which will expose the flaws in my painting...so going to have to work my way up to her Dimitry!

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