Recently I received some very Interesting Temu 3D printed figures. Is the angel 'to scale' for 1/32? Well how big is an angel? My options are to have it as a marble statue or an 'actual' angel, in which case what colors do I paint it? The figure in long dress could be a sorceress, elf or vampire. At front is a Warhammer Chaos, Space Crusade figure I have begun painting. At right is my Beersteiner hero made from a Timmee space figure with GW Age of Sigmar shield. In the background is a Starlux FFL with new radio antenna from fuse-wire.
These spare arms from Gromlech are intended for converting Warhammer orks. They are big enough to use with 54mm figures. The weapons are basically chunkier Kalashnikovs and the sleeves look like they belong on greatcoats. Unfortunately there were no left arms to go with them. If I use them for humans Ill need to give the nails a trim.
I occasionally collect odd dice. I got these at an op shop and go with some kind of game. If I could find some more they might work by wargame players occasionally rolling them to see if they can make some useful word and make up a scenario for it which advantages him in the game. For example, 'HAG' could be interpreted as a witch who could cast a spell for one's troops!
I am gradually converting more traditional hollow-cast toy soldier British Life Guards from the 1830s period. I like the large plumes on the helmets. I might use them as a Beersteiner royal or general's guard.
Horse Guards
Waffen SS Airfix Multipose made from the Africa Corps set. I made this one a long time ago. My interest in WW2 is not as strong as some other periods but these Airfix are nice figures. I assembled only a handful but decided Waffen SS to be a good choice due to the cool camo schemes, in this case Autumn. Some people are squeamish about doing SS units. On the one hand the Waffen SS are not the same as SS concentration camp guards but on the other, there were incidents of barbarous acts against civilians, killing of prisoners and so on. Mind you, there were instances where Allied soldiers also killed prisoners.
Basically the arguments for NOT excluding them from toy/model depictions is they were elite units who played a key role in the war. And to give a little perspective, what did Anglo Saxon monks think of Vikings, what was the American settlers' view of Apaches' and Comanches' systematic torture of prisoners and so on? No one says we should not collect toy Vikings and American Indians. The Mongols had a habit of assembling huge mounds of skulls after they wiped out a resisting city. We still paint Mongol figures. And there are those cool SS uniforms...
The brownish shade on the Schmeiser is not meant to be wood but browned metal I saw on an original. I fired one of these at an indoor shooting range in Las Vegas. It packed a punch but jammed.
The WW1 Brit featured in another post. The Eastern looking civilian resin figure is a Verlinden WW2 one which had lost its legs. He got new soft plastic ones from a cheapo farmer with shotgun. I added a putty sack he is carrying. Is there a bomb inside? The head looks suspiciously like Lenin's.
Here are my recent resin, Temu fantasy figures with some others shown for scale. The broken Marx 60mm sailor was given a new rifle from wire and putty. The hat was altered from a beanie to flat top. The skeleton pharaoh or undead sorcerer might well see use in a game later this year.
In the background is a Charbens ACW in process of being painted as a Beersteiner or Garibaldi soldier. The ork and Chaos figures are half painted.
Close up of incomplete paintjob on Life Guard.
The elven women with bows were another Temu purchase. They were advertised as 54mm but the maker must have measured from bottom of base to top of bow as they are really 45mm. (I got my money back for these).
I really went to town on this Beersteiner hero conversion. Beerstein is presently entering mid 19th century level so why the shield? Here is the thing: To Beerstein's North is the land of Necrolia. Despite improvements in firepower zombies, skeleton warriors and vampires just keep coming and anything between the human warrior, be it armor or shield, increases the chances of him surviving.
Another pic of the skeleton leader dude with a couple of metal 54mm figures alongside...
....likewise the sexy sorceress... OMG Is that a spine whip?
Here is the sheila in the very long dress. She has pointy ears like an elf but the look of a vampire and I guess vampires can have pointy ears too. Most likely, though, she will serve an army as a sorceress. Sorceresses are going to have special powers of seduction to mesmerise an enemy.
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