tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post2593457931905540782..comments2024-03-28T22:10:41.636-07:00Comments on Archduke Piccolo: Haul...Archduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-75065007491510321552013-10-28T10:39:49.507-07:002013-10-28T10:39:49.507-07:00Wow- that is like discovering one of those Viking/...Wow- that is like discovering one of those Viking/ Saxon Troves buried on a farm. I bet you spent hours just looky-looing! <br />For my money, toss in a Kaiju or two and your game is set to go!<br /><br />cheers<br />ThsFoss1066https://www.blogger.com/profile/05532255411392601854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-62490410728626151422013-10-23T01:37:51.539-07:002013-10-23T01:37:51.539-07:00I recall years ago having a small collection of &#...I recall years ago having a small collection of 'Cornflakes packet' aircraft I wasn't sure what to with. More than likely they got turfed, but with them I might get up some kind of air war thing. Not that it interests me hugely...<br /><br />For the rest, the scale (or scales - they vary quite a bit) fit well enough with the Jono's World concept. It will be a lot of work painting them up, and I'm still not sure about style...Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-52542031576511141372013-10-22T22:29:15.682-07:002013-10-22T22:29:15.682-07:00nice hall shame about the scale of some of them. T...nice hall shame about the scale of some of them. Those NATO guys are up-sized ESCI models just like the Spetnaz. certainly nice figures, but I guess like the others a bit of a shame about scale, certainly if your entering the dark world 1/72 moderns NATO troops would be a good start, the G3's and L1's were from a Generation of automatic rifles that all looked very similar and their cousin the FN Fal got quite widely spread around, so it is more than likely that the Tchagai Army would have a few. Especially some elite troops.<br /><br />it will be interesting to see what you do with this massive pile... as for the smaller cheap planes, urr markers? just an ideaDaisy Gowan Ditchburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476802587483833107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-6773236805358249942013-10-22T17:15:05.863-07:002013-10-22T17:15:05.863-07:00The sailors I think I know what to do with. The S...The sailors I think I know what to do with. The Spetznaz... not so sure. Most of the other post-WW2 guys I can pretend ... aren't. But the Spetznaz are very much paradigmatic of their time. But you never know...Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-73909073292973026152013-10-22T17:12:54.559-07:002013-10-22T17:12:54.559-07:00I have a whole lot of fun in store then, I reckon!...I have a whole lot of fun in store then, I reckon! Decisions, decisions... :-)Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-33839602098001387602013-10-22T16:35:31.278-07:002013-10-22T16:35:31.278-07:00Thank for the intel, Brian. Unfortunately there&#...Thank for the intel, Brian. Unfortunately there's not very many of the Japanese guys - it looks as though they'll be mixed in with other figures I don't have many of. Some of these 'scale-ups' aren't to bad, a little crude, perhaps, but sufficiently detailed. I notice, too that some figures are knocked off from Airfix and what have you, but with a reworked helmet.<br /><br />The Spetnaz look like original Italieri to me - very good figures.<br /><br />The divers and other surreptitious types might end up as someone's Special Forces Battalion, with a squad each of <br />SAS - Special Air Service (Paras)<br />SBS - Special Boat Service (Divers? Boats?)<br />SCS - Special Commando Service (Commandos)<br />I have at least two more acronyms in the series SDS (Divers? Demolitions?) and SES (Engineers) but we don't want to go nuts, do we?<br /><br />The sailors I think will end up serving field artillery...Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-64696206615457064332013-10-22T16:24:06.012-07:002013-10-22T16:24:06.012-07:00Heck of a lot of figures that will require some wo...Heck of a lot of figures that will require some work simply to organize them and allocate to which army they will be assigned. Now, what I need is a large, flat surface... :-)Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-6187735738705547342013-10-22T16:22:15.144-07:002013-10-22T16:22:15.144-07:00Yep: It has been said that 'less is the new mo...Yep: It has been said that 'less is the new more.' Which means, of course, that more is morer still!Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-18584344088751072972013-10-22T16:20:58.795-07:002013-10-22T16:20:58.795-07:00I think the sailors will stay sailors, but serve a...I think the sailors will stay sailors, but serve a battery of land-based field or medium artillery. I reckon they'll make fine artillerists... I'm open to alternative suggestions, but!Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-6353359943758655852013-10-22T13:39:16.497-07:002013-10-22T13:39:16.497-07:00Some nice stuff there - I especially like the sail...Some nice stuff there - I especially like the sailors and the Spesnatz types.Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-56140780518991679722013-10-22T13:00:27.531-07:002013-10-22T13:00:27.531-07:00Quite the collection. Sometimes the sorting is as ...Quite the collection. Sometimes the sorting is as much fun as anything else we do with our miniatures.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15959234679802481723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-38202756070599432952013-10-22T12:42:28.137-07:002013-10-22T12:42:28.137-07:00Indeed a nice haul! The matelots were made in Fra...Indeed a nice haul! The matelots were made in France by Bonux and were given away as premiums with washing powder, later they turned up in Hong Kong bags with the divers and various inflatable type boats, mosst of them are copies of Starlux designs. The Spetznaz were made by Italieri (if memory serves right) in their A Toys range. The Australians and some of the Japanese are scaled up versions of the Matchbox 1/72 series and are sought by some collectors for their curiosity value.<br /><br />Best wishes, BrianBrian Carrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221659266588227029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-13285362288296150322013-10-22T02:35:15.208-07:002013-10-22T02:35:15.208-07:00What a fantastic haul Ion!!What a fantastic haul Ion!!Rodgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447816347472085277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-75212973650552131112013-10-22T02:05:46.247-07:002013-10-22T02:05:46.247-07:00Good score! More is always better :)Good score! More is always better :)Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06718729719551125559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-22500904871330161922013-10-21T22:50:41.083-07:002013-10-21T22:50:41.083-07:00Ion great Napoleonics in the last post,I forgot to...Ion great Napoleonics in the last post,I forgot to comment.<br />What a haul of inspiration filled figures ,I esp like the sailors which I have not seen before.<br />I look forward to hearing what you will do with them!tradgardmastarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13116967655904601740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-89150217348493143802013-10-21T22:16:07.608-07:002013-10-21T22:16:07.608-07:00Thanks, Paul... I'll have to ask: which are th...Thanks, Paul... I'll have to ask: which are they? About the only dudes I recognized other than the WW2 types were the Spetznaz, and that's only because I looked them up on PSR recently. <br /><br />The quick 'pass' I ran through here merely sorted out 'types', with a whole bunch of fellows yet to be identified. These are mostly 'command' types, with radios, binoculars or generally having that indefinable air of ... erm ... command ... about them.<br /><br />Considering I already had upwards of 200 figures ear-marked for 'Jono's World', I think I might be able - might have - to cull out the NATO types if anyone is interested...<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Ion<br /><br />Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-20007195204705287942013-10-21T22:07:53.805-07:002013-10-21T22:07:53.805-07:00Never in this world would I have guessed. Not unl...Never in this world would I have guessed. Not unless I started getting LEGO soldiers - extremely unlikely as I'm already running out of room!Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-39255967043563981252013-10-21T20:50:00.281-07:002013-10-21T20:50:00.281-07:00Gob smacked! Great haul Ion, especially the NATO T...Gob smacked! Great haul Ion, especially the NATO Troops!Paul Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14624335534094164830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-82639185748168200592013-10-21T20:41:04.441-07:002013-10-21T20:41:04.441-07:00"The other thing is some sort of rifle. I ha..."The other thing is some sort of rifle. I have considered using it as a vehicle mounted MG of some sort, but the stock seems too 'rifle like' to be convincing."<br /><br />It's Lego. I got one with a US Cavalry set they did may years ago.Kaptain Koboldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17082772546044655044noreply@blogger.com