Two weeks after the event and I am just recovering from the toy soldier overload that is the annual Plastic Warrior Show, I still haven't unpacked the bags and boxes of plunder I acquired but no doubt they'll surface here sooner or later. In the meantime here are a few gratuitous pictures of plastic toy soldiers to remind those those who were there on the day and to drool over for those who were not.
Collecting Toy Soldiers
When I have a little money, I buy Toy Soldiers; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes. (with apologies to:) ERASMUS
Saturday, 21 June 2025
Lots of toy soldiers at the Plastic Warrior Show 2025
Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Lionheart - more playing with old toy knights.
Our first trial game of Lionheart worked very well so we decided to expand on it by introducing some terrain elements and and an additional two unit types; Heavy Foot Knights and Mercenaries. The remainder of the armies were the same as in our previous game and we increased the number of actions in each turn from four to six per side. The basic game mechanics were explained in my previous post HERE.
Wednesday, 14 May 2025
Assorted Ancients now on display.
Following on from the previous post, here are closeups of the second new shelf. The shelves are inside a pine wardrobe built into a chimney alcove, long since unfit for purpose but I'm averse to ripping out period features so it now houses toy soldiers and the original doors provide some protection from the dust.
Wednesday, 7 May 2025
Britains American War of Independance Swoppets.
This past year I embarked upon a review of how I store and display the unruly mass of toy soldiers accumulated in a largely haphazard way over the past six plus decades.
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
Travel Battle - A Napoleonic wargame with 54mm toy soldiers
Travel Battle is a boardgame designed by Michael Perry and produced by Perry Miniatures, the well known wargame figure manufacturers, it's based on battles in the Napoleonic period so Anthony and I thought we'd see how well the system translated to a tabletop wargame with 54mm toy soldiers. Here's how it went: