Wednesday, 7 October 2015

Elastolin/Hausser castles

The appearance of one of my castles in a recent game generated a fair bit of interest, so here are all three of  them arrayed for your delight.  While they seem to be scaled for 30mm-ish figures I bought them mostly to use with 54mm toys.  I wonder if I can ever get all three into a single game....




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17 comments:

  1. Don M7 October 2015 at 18:49

    I've got one of those that must be close to 40 years old, I use bit for 25mm troops. As for using three at once, why not. I'm sure you could do some sort
    of a three faction scenario......)

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  2. tradgardmastare7 October 2015 at 18:51

    What is the collective noun for castles?
    If anyone could get them all in one game you could Tim...

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  3. MSFoy7 October 2015 at 19:14

    These are splendid - I recently acquired one of these - I think mine is an ECO, rather than a Hausser one, but it's the same kind of idea. The only historical collective noun I can find is a LINE (Torres Vedras, Siegfried, Maginot), which is disappointingly boring - there must be something better?

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  4. Conrad Kinch8 October 2015 at 00:37

    Nice collection Tim - will there ever be a three castle little wars game?

    You'd need a lawn to give sufficent space.

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  5. maximex8 October 2015 at 08:07

    Nice collection,
    I like these castles

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  6. Tim Gow8 October 2015 at 09:32

    Don M
    There seem to be quite a few of them around - I think we need photos of your castle in action.

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  7. Tim Gow8 October 2015 at 09:33

    tradgardmastare
    I'll take that as a challenge...

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  8. Tim Gow8 October 2015 at 09:36

    MSFoy
    What about a 'Fortified Region'? Maybe a bit too 1940s.

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  9. Tim Gow8 October 2015 at 09:37

    Conrad Kinch
    Be careful what you wish for...

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  10. Tim Gow8 October 2015 at 09:37

    Maximex
    Thanks, they are rather nice.

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  11. Archduke Piccolo8 October 2015 at 09:50

    These look pretty handy!

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  12. Paul Foster8 October 2015 at 11:27

    Good lord man, your storage system must be under considerable strain!

    Nice!

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  13. Tim Gow9 October 2015 at 09:53

    Archduke Piccolo
    They are nice things to have

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  14. Tim Gow9 October 2015 at 09:54

    Paul Foster
    That's why I keep sending you surplus junk!

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  15. Don M21 October 2015 at 13:36

    put mine up : http://brazosevilempire.blogspot.com/2015/10/my-elastolinhausser-castle.html

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  16. Steven Jordan4 April 2020 at 19:38

    I have the same castle in the bottom right of first picture and on the left in the 3rd any idea of a model number and or if it’s worth anything?

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  17. Tim Gow4 April 2020 at 22:15

    Steven Jordan
    Can’t help you with model numbers I’m afraid. Prices for these seem to vary wildly. Mine are all at least slightly tatty and mine cost more than £35.

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