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Eichhörnchen 08-22-23 01:58 PM

Yes he would - I did tickle a little bit of colour into his 'tache since it's a generous one

Eichhörnchen 08-28-23 06:23 AM

Lone Star
 
https://i.imgur.com/9QXxCg5.jpg

Lone Star warrior king from the same 'Harvey' series. Normally this figure will have a chewed sword, so here's one that hasn't - also a link to two of the knights in armour from the series I posted already:

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...1&postcount=43

Eichhörnchen 09-10-23 05:26 AM

Cherilea Toys
 
https://i.imgur.com/40zic2e.jpg

My favourite figure from Cherilea's Elizabethan set. There's a similar group of cavaliers and roundheads from the English Civil War, all in dynamic and dramatic poses - mainly fencing

Eichhörnchen 09-10-23 07:12 AM

Cherilea Toys
 
https://i.imgur.com/ikCPy2w.jpg https://i.imgur.com/A2EVKDr.jpg Repainted!

Monty - one-eyed, battle-worn and in need of a repaint. I know some folks believe you should leave original paint alone - even if there's hardly any of it left - but I don't like looking at a scruffy figure, especially when he's a general

Rommel is in my toy box too, somewhere, so I'll re post when they've beem smartened up

Aktungbby 09-10-23 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen (Post 2884217)
https://i.imgur.com/ikCPy2w.jpg, especially when he's a general

Beg pardon sire, but wasn't he a "Field Marshal"? The Damn Yankees were ''over there, over paid! and over sexed" and had to create the 5-star 'General of the Army' rank to stay equal to the British rank in SHEAF dealings; particularly when Eisenhower picked Monty to hold the northern shoulder of the Ardennes over 4-star Omar Bradley against the German's Battle-of-the-Bulge futile thrust on Antwerp as 4-star Patton advanced from the south into the German left flank...:hmmm:

Eichhörnchen 09-10-23 10:57 AM

^ Well he was technically a field marshal but essentially also a general - just as his opponent Rommel was a "generalfeldmarschall"

https://i.imgur.com/cHCebtB.jpg

Eichhörnchen 09-12-23 08:05 AM

Cherilea Toys
 
https://i.imgur.com/ts4BdtT.jpg https://i.imgur.com/HGI4GZk.jpg


I found Rommel hiding behind a sand dune along with a couple of surrendering Afrika Korps. The one on the left ts pretty mediocre but The Desert Fox himself is worth a repaint I think

em2nought 09-12-23 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen (Post 2884426)
I found Rommel hiding behind a sand dune along with a couple of surrendering Afrika Korps.

Looks like James Mason to me. :D

Eichhörnchen 09-12-23 10:46 AM

Did you clock the monocle? And he does look like JM now you mention it :haha:

Aktungbby 10-21-23 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen (Post 2884426)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen (Post 2884438)
Did you clock the monocle? And he does look like JM now you mention it :haha:

...nonsense; that's what he looked like after inbibing the cyanide capsule!??:oops::dead:...his blue Max does need touching up though!:shucks:

em2nought 10-23-23 01:23 AM

Didn't know Rommel had a Blue Max, thought those were only for flyers for some reason.

ET2SN 11-24-23 03:52 PM

You'll probably get a kick out of this:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-XTdUXl9Jc


:D

em2nought 11-27-23 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by ET2SN (Post 2893292)
You'll probably get a kick out of this:

:D

Never thought of Russians as being people who would be particularly interested in toy soldiers, but then I didn't think they'd be interested in making something as great as the IL-2 Sturmovik flight sim either. :hmmm:

August 11-27-23 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by em2nought (Post 2889150)
Didn't know Rommel had a Blue Max, thought those were only for flyers for some reason.

They were easier for flyers to get because the standards (8ea, later raised to 16ea, downed enemy planes) were straight forward.

Most of the non pilot recipients of the Blue Max were Generals and staff officers. Only a handful of junior ranking ranking officers like Rommel ever received it and those were awarded for extreme badassedness. Rommels book "Infantry Attacks" (Rommel I read your book!) detail some amazing acts of bravery and initiative. The dude was one heck of a junior combat leader.

Aktungbby 11-27-23 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by August (Post 2893646)
They were easier for flyers to get because the standards (8ea, later raised to 16ea, downed enemy planes) were straight forward.

Straightforward is one word!!?:D:know: I 'boned-up' on The Blue Max watching George Peppard :down:and Ursula Andress :yeah:play wargames...the main plot of which was: Bruno Stachel wouldn't be on the A-team(still on TV!):up: unless he won the damn thing!:O:


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