Saturday 26 March 2022

Old Catalogues.




Tradition of London and Tradition Scandinavian of course. I 'accidentally' bought a copy of an up to date Tradition catalogue which arrived today. It's a handsome beast– with rather dodgy grammar. I say accidentally because I was actually trying to buy just the pdf version and pressed the wrong button. By the time I'd realised my mistake, I thought, hang it, I'll have a real one. I know some people collect old catalogues, and I can see the draw, but I think I'll resist the pull. Mind you, just browsing through the catalogue is a joy in and of itself. It definitely brings pangs of nostalgia! I think nearly all of these figures are by the late and great Charles Stadden. It's nice to see them all painted and somehow easier to spot gaps in ranges that might need filling from elsewhere if you were trying to build an army to wargame with. This is just the Tradition 30mm wargaming range. They produce many more catalogues for all of the other stuff they have. Hmm, now I written this I'm thinking I might re-assess my self-imposed ban on aquiring old catalogues.
Here are a couple of Tradition 30mm Napoleonics I painted many Moons ago.


Wednesday 23 March 2022

Hello, Good evening, and Welcome.

Welcome to Vintage Minis and Campaigns. This is the companion blog to my MeWe group of the same name. Some of the content here will be reflected on MeWe but by no means all. I hope to use the blog occasionally to be a little more expansive than the usual social media posts.
If you've come here looking for iconic British motorcars, then your google-fu has let you down. Here, I'm going to discuss old wargaming figures and miniature collecting, some history, what is still out there for contemporary buyers to get hold of and also to mention some of the campaigns that these ancient and noble little lead men faught in. I've roughly put a timescale of 1880 to 1980 for myself here. But I could easily stray off this occasionally. 
I hope to build up a significant resource list (or lists) as time goes on, in the hope that this site can be helpful to others who enjoy the delights of these old miniatures.
Cheers
JonS

A question of Pose.

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