1/72 British 1st foot guard

as first entry, I really have to pay a (figurative) tribute to the old esci 1/72 plastic soldier.

They were my first approach to wargames (it was a double set, depicting the battle of Salamanca), and I've got them from my parents in the late 80s (I was 13 or 14 yo, I'm not sure).

From them I started my painter career. Therefore, as this blog would be a track of my life as wargamer, painter and modeller, I owe them a tribute.

the picture below are from my last Lasalle project' unit: a British guard battallion (coldstreamers?) I've painted to reinforce my british division. the miniature comes from Esci (a couple, not so many, indeed), Revell (a wonderfull set, really accurate) and a call to arms british infantry set (which I like a lot for their covered shakos). As you can see I had to squeeze the battallion in 6 bases (a big unit for Lasalle terms) hence, there are a grenadier company base, a light coy base, 3 centre companies and the colour party with a beautifull mounted colonel (a major, I think).

Actually, I find plastic soldiers more difficult to paint respect 15mm, as they have a lot of thin details which tend to disappear as soon as you prime the minis. Moreover, every plastic weapon will bend very easily and the paint will flake off (out?). I just decided to consider it appropriate and I will not bother anymore about it when playing.

regarding the bases, I've done them 4x4 cm cardboard (plastic is very very light, I do not need to pay for MDF or plastic bases ;-)), covered with white wall putty and some debries. I've not flocked them yet, as I'll do it for every unit in the division at once. flags are still missing...