Wednesday, 5 November 2014

Les Matelots

My star purchase at the recent Birmingham Toy Soldier Show was this batch of Starlux French sailors.  You might remember I picked up a quartet of similar figures last year so I was delighted to find these.
As well as the more usual musicians there are officers,  deck guards, signallers and this chap carrying a large shell.
The several musicians have considerable panache!
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14 comments:

  1. Al5 November 2014 at 11:34

    cool set of figs, got any Foreign Legion Tim?

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  2. Stephen Thomas5 November 2014 at 13:32

    Listen very carefully, I shall say dis only once - Les marins sont magnifies.


    Steve.

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  3. Phil5 November 2014 at 16:32

    Beautiful work on "Les matelots"...

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  4. Robert (Bob) Cordery5 November 2014 at 17:37

    Tim,

    I was tempted to write 'Bonjour matelot' ... so I did!

    Are you going to acquire a French warship (or two) for them to crew?

    All the best,

    Bob

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  5. Col5 November 2014 at 21:23

    Great figures Tim. That bloke with the shell must be what we used to call "Muscle Bosun"!!! 4.5 shells weigh 65 lbs in the old money and they definitely could not be carried around like that! Cartridge cases, yes but the Captain of the Gun or Loading Bay would kick your butt!!

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  6. Tim Gow5 November 2014 at 22:46

    Al
    I do have some FL - they are the recent versions of the old Britains Deetail figures. If I remember where they are I'll ask them to pose for a photo.

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  7. Tim Gow5 November 2014 at 22:47

    Stephen Thomas
    They are rather nice.

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  8. Tim Gow5 November 2014 at 22:47

    Phil
    All Starlux's work - all I've done is base them!

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  9. Tim Gow5 November 2014 at 22:49

    Bob Cordery
    Bonjour - or rather bonsoir - to you too. I was planning simply to make a couple of french flags for my FLW gunboats...

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  10. Tim Gow5 November 2014 at 22:50

    Col
    So I should give him at least a +1 in hand to hand combat then?

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  11. Archduke Piccolo6 November 2014 at 01:59

    I have a few similar figures - obvious sailor types - that will become gunners on shore batteries and in the field. This for my Army Men project.

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  12. Tim Gow6 November 2014 at 18:08

    Archduke Piccolo
    Shouldn't that be your Navy Men project?

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  13. Archduke Piccolo8 November 2014 at 09:37

    Well, having got these guys, they have to be employed somewhere. I am enacting that as most of the Kiivar Navy has been lost in the early weeks of the war, naval personnel who had been on shore duty or leave at the time will be employed ashore. I suppose If I could get hold of a couple of Britains 4.7-inch naval guns it would "lend verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative..."

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  14. Tim Gow9 November 2014 at 16:43

    Archduke Piccolo
    You definitely need a 4.7! I have several and none cost more then £10.

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