Wednesday, 26 September 2012

Tratvian Guard Battalion

The latest addition to the army of Tratvia is this Guard Infantry Battalion.  These elite chaps are Charbens plastic figures.  Though clearly intended as Russians - the fur hats have big star moulded on the front - their rifles are a bit of a mystery, looking more like short FN FALs than anything Soviet. 
Conversion work was limited to cutting down all the rifle magazines and carving the rifle from the standard bearer before drilling his hands to accept the florist wire flagpole.
The standard bearer - the flag is printed on an HP CP1515n and held together with PVA.
The Adjutant is a splendid figure - clearly raring to have a go at the enemy.  Or anyone really.
The dashing young aristocrat who leads the battalion has already been awarded a medal!

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10 comments:

  1. Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.com26 September 2012 at 13:47

    Ahhh those old Charben's Now there were figures who knew how to dance!.

    I can hear the stirring cossack like music in the background.

    A splendid guards unit.

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  2. Conrad Kinch26 September 2012 at 14:54

    Forward the GAAA-RRDS!

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  3. The Dancing Cake Tin26 September 2012 at 15:03

    Great work, really toy-soldierly!

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  4. Tim Gow26 September 2012 at 16:16

    Ross Mac
    Dancing is surely an essential skill for a guards officer. It's what they do while the ORs are fooling around with trivia like marksmanship and synchronised grenade throwing.

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  5. Tim Gow26 September 2012 at 16:17

    Conrad Kinch
    Forward? What, towards the enemy? Oh I don't know about that!

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  6. Tim Gow26 September 2012 at 16:18

    Dancing Cake Tin
    Thanks - that's the effect of two coats of floor varnish!

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  7. Ben B.27 September 2012 at 12:26

    Hey Tim, have you ever seen this?

    http://haroldsrangers.wordpress.com/2011/03/

    He's got his own rules system for 54mm, seems to be much in the style of FLW. I've played a few times and it can be quite fun which is obviously the focus of the rules.

    He aslo owns the best soldier company in the US but thats another story!

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  8. Tim Gow27 September 2012 at 12:56

    Ben B
    Thanks for the link! I have seen something about this in one of the toy soldier glossies last year but hadn't seen the blog before. The mixing of various periods of toys will no doubt apall many - but I find it rather appealing!

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  9. Phil1 October 2012 at 18:21

    Looking nice!

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  10. Tim Gow1 October 2012 at 19:08

    Phil
    Tratvia lives by the motto "if you can't fight well you can at least look smart."

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