Timpo 1:32 plastic "Bear"

   Hi there!
     Trying to catch up February with another post , I've finished yesterday this lovely(?) bear!
Dating back to the 60's, this little bear comes to me along with some other toy soldiers and I get the inspiration to paint ,from an older post of a friend blogger-gamer (I thing it was from Palouse Wargaming Journal ) who had a wild bear in his gaming set up!

  The figure came with some wear on the body and a broken base but, with a little care and a sharp knife becomes ready to paint! For extra basing space I made a base extension using a round plastic cup.

   Here you can see what I started with....

     And here some pictures during the restoration... 

         

And here you can see the final result in some clear and some artistic pictures..

That's all for now...Hope you like my first posted animal figure! I have painted some more

,(mostly horses) in the past and maybe I'll make a post for them in the future..

'Till next time... Keep Up The Brushes!!!

    
 

Timpo "French Foreign Legion 1918" 1:32

Hi everyone!

     At first I have to say , I'm not fan of these figures! I don't really like the poses, and the details are  abnormal or not realistic in my eyes... But, on the other hand, they are so classic that I couldn't resist painting them even for historical reasons!!

 

    Timpo is very a well known manifacturer of plastic toy soldiers mostly for the famous Swoppet figures they produced . Timpo Solids (one piece figures) first released in the 50's in several themes, such as  Cowboys, Indians, ACW, etc. In the 70's some of that solid moulds released as "Timpo Action Packs" , "Ready to paint" figures .





They were made by the same mould but with simple unpainted plastic. I believe, that's when they became so classic!
   I have in my collection some more of these set so you will probably see some more Timpo solids in the future...( such as WW2 8th Army desert rats witch is a better detailed set than this one..) 







   For these figures I tried a more simple painting to make them as smooth as I could ! The colors  I used is from 1918 uniform in Morocco.Here are some pictures below to enjoy.

First blocking

A small post for this small set! Hope you liked it!

'Till next time...Keep Up The Brushes!!