Sometimes you find something fun ...

Here are some new recruits I picked up earlier today in the local "kringwinkel" (roughly translated: recycling store or 2nd hand store), a store where people can leave their old stuff, and it can be bought by others. I usually pop in once every month or so (it is conveniently located right across the post office and bakery in the village where I live). Usually, I buy some old books (I quite often donate books myself), sometimes some old tools or stuff for the kitchen.

But today, I saw these old Britains Deetail figures ... so I couldn't resist bringing them home. Perhaps they might even be fielded in a 54mm  skirmish game ... 

Grenadier Music Band (4)

And this is how they look with a good coat of varnish applied. The last row has some Britains from the Ceremonial Collection, the 2 front rows are the ones (re)painted by me. Of course, the (lack of) detail in the Charbens is noticeable, but that was to be expected.

Grenadier Music Band (3)

I finished the paintjob on 6 toy soldiers. 2 are Britains from the New Metal range (70s), the other 4 are plastic Charbens. I tried to paoint them in a colour scheme as close as possible to the current Ceremonial Collection Britains.

Only thing left to do is to varnish them (first a matt spray, then a gloss coat).

Grenadier Music Band (2)

In a previous post I showed some of my toy soldiers which have been sitting on my painting table. I didn't have much time for the past month (exams and all that), but finally started working on some of the figures again.

The plastic music band turned out to be Charbens figures, and I mounted them on plastic 20x40mm bases to give them more uniform look (and a more stable pose). I will repaint them, such that they can join my other figures in the wargaming room.

Below you see (left and middle) two Guards figures from Britains. They are not from the Deetail range, since they are completely made of metal, except for their bearskin hat and their rifle, which is plastic. Probably figures from the 60s? On the right you see a modern Britains figure from the Ceremonial Collection ange. The idea is to (re)paint the two old figures such that they match the one on the right ...