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Thursday, 24 July 2025

Jacklex Japanese Army

 As mentioned in my previous post, I have acquired a couple of 20mm Russo Japanese War armies.  I have been organising them to suit my rules and table layout.  The figures are by Jacklex and were used by the ABC Wargamers, having been produced by Jack Alexander.  The figures were recently available online for sale, but sadly the shop has now closed.


Here are the Japanese:

A close up of some Infantry:

And a cavalry regiment:

The Russians are nearly finished too and I will share some pictures soon.



Wednesday, 23 July 2025

Funny Little Wars - British

 I have been really busy recently, which has distracted me from my current projects.  A friend gave me his collection of 20mm Russo Japanese war figures.  They are mostly Jacklex and a large portion were owned and painted by Jack Alexander.  There are three armies; the Japanese, the Russians and a Red army for the Russian Revolution.  My time has been taken up sorting them out and basing them to suit my playing rules.

I did however manage to sort out a British battalion for my 'funny little wars' project.  These are Britains Highlanders in tropical dress.  I haven't done much to them, other than paint the bases a sandy colour:

I also painted a test figure.  This is a Irregular miniatures 54mm colonial Sepoy.  He looks rather good and I am thinking of getting some more to create anoth battalion:




Friday, 4 July 2025

The Great Plastics Revival - Airfix Infantry

 Another couple of Airfix units, as I continue to work my way through the enormous plastic mountain.

This time it is a unit of Airfix 'Waterloo French Infantry', painted straight out of the box in basic French colours:

The second unit is of British infantry, again, straight out of the box, but with a Newline metal officer:

I continue to work through these figures in between other projects.