French Foreign Legion

[Peter]

Great to see more of your figures - beautifully painted, as always, in your subtle palette.
Regarding the old Airfix figures, it is interesting that that is your experience. My ancient 50 year old figures are as brittle as anything and snap if dropped! I wonder if it has something to do with how they are stored rather than the plastic itself?

Bill for my opinion it has something to do with storage. I also have more as 50 years old figures, and I don't have that problem. Cold and warm conditions is one of the things that can cause this problem. Mine always has been in the house in closed boxes.

[despertaferro]

Thank you very much Peter, that's the one I was looking for...

Do you think that a good willing moderator can merge both threads?

Many thanks !
Regards
Joan

[Peter]

Thank you very much Peter, that's the one I was looking for...

Do you think that a good willing moderator can merge both threads?

Many thanks !
Regards
Joan

Done!

[Rich W]

Great again Joan! Your updates are always outstanding in quantity and quality! The Airfix figures do hold up well considering they are so old!

[Santi Pérez]

Great again Joan! Your updates are always outstanding in quantity and quality! The Airfix figures do hold up well considering they are so old!

I fully agree with Rich, Joan.

What fond memories it brings back to see those Bedouin Arabs from Airfix that I had such good times playing with in my childhood (both as the originals and before that with their poorer Montaplex version).

Santi.

[Bessiere]

While the era holds little interest for me your figures are splendid and your Rif flag is incredible. Such precision and clean lines, superb!
Cheers,
Bessiere

[dykio]

Brilliant as usual joan ,

I also bought the strelets arab sets and was also a bit disapointed. But you turned them imto realy nice figures !!!
may i ask which canon you used?

Regards
dykio

[despertaferro]

Hi dykio, the gun is a Krupp from the Boer artillery set.
I thought the Riffians might have captured it from the Spanish they defeated at the Battle of Annual in 1921. I don't know if that happened but I thought a Riffian artillery base might be an exotic adition to the rebel forces.

Anyhow, this project is full of inaccuracies: the French Foreign Legion of the 1920s no longer wore blue and the Riffian rebels did not dress like the Arabs of the Middle East during the 1st World War, which is the aesthetic where Strelets has set the their figures. Nor their fight had religios roots but a war for independence from the colonial powers. Abd El-Karim was a well educated man, not a religious leader or an iletrated sheppered from the Riff mountains.

[dykio]

Thanks for your reply Joan. And accurate or not i realy like the idea of the riffian rebels having this gun so i;m definately gonna borrow your idea.

regards my friend and please keep the pictures coming

[PatrickJ71]

What a nice bunch of lovely painted figures.
I like the dynamic composition of the different figures on their bases.
thanks for sharing.
Patrick.

[despertaferro]

Hi...

At Sunset , a supply column of Legionnaires is leaving their Sidi-Bel-Abbès headquarters and heading inland.
They carry a much needed supply of food and ammunition to some isolated post, and a couple of machine guns (Saint-Etienne and Hotchkiss) to boost their weak defenses. A mounted infantry platoon protects the precious cargo.

if you see some white spots on the bases, is the glue that is not dry yet. But I'm in a hurry and I couldn't wait any longuer

All the best!
Joan

[Peter]

Very nice!

We need more FFL cavalry!

[Rich W]

Lovely work (as always!) Joan. How you keep so many different projects going is amazing!

[Santi Pérez]

Beautiful legionnaires, Joan.

Santi.

[sansovino]

An impressive regiment of legionaires with a huge choice of weapons and riding animals! Who will been theirs opponents?