Every once in a while I get enormous pleasure from painting the old Airfix plastic figures. With all of their inaccuracies and silly poses, they do look rather delightful after a splash of paint.
Just for fun I renovated these old 'Waterloo' French line infantry. They officer is a conversion, using the head and torso of the mounted figure:
One day, it might be fun to play a small game with these figures.
What is not to love? Great looking unit.
ReplyDeleteThanks Matt. Looking forward to trying them out on the table.
DeleteThey look great Bob! Strangely I never have painted any Airfix French so perhaps I should do something about that.
ReplyDeleteDespite being smaller, they are easy to paint with good detail.
DeleteThey look splendid Bob and should definitely see some action!
ReplyDeleteThanks MJT, I will need to dig out some 1970s rules and give them a go on the table.
DeleteThey look the business Bob
ReplyDeleteI remember trying to work out how many boxes I would have to get so I could make an army of full units of marching figures…
I gave up when I realised that I would need to have many many more paper rounds to cover the cost 😁.
All the best. Aly
Thanks Aly. Fortunately there are now thousands of these figures on eBay going for a song!
DeleteLove 'em and can never get enough of them. Brilliant idea to convert the officer to foot and really well executed too!
ReplyDeleteRegards, James
Thanks James. I have had a go at converting a British Officer too. I will see how he looks when I have painted him.
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