More shiny toy soldiers

 Here are some more 54mm plastic toy soldiers from Armies in Plastic.

Ive painted and varnished them in exactly to same way as the infantry figures I did a little while ago.

Compared with the 20mm plastic toy soldiers I've done before, these cavalry figures feel gigantic.

 I cut the pennants off the soft plastic lance shafts and put them on to lengths of brazing rod. The plastic lances were just too bendy and noodly, and refused to stay straight.

Shiny Toy Soldiers

These are some 54mm (1:32 scale) plastic toy soldiers from Armies in Plastic WW1 range. They do quite an extensive range of figures in this style; they're clearly toy soldiers, not diorama-quality collectors' items, and I rather like them for that. Though stylized in form, they're generally pretty accurate as far as uniform and equipment goes.

I've block-painted them quite quickly, and then given them a shiny coat of Army Painters' QickShade varnish which instantly provides the shading effects. Well, when I say "instantly" I mean "when it eventually dries in my freezing cold workroom". I've used their Heavy Shade on these, which is maybe a little dark, but I don't really fancy paying another $45 to get a tin of a lighter shade.