Tragedy Strikes the Outdoor Patrol!

Headquarters received a frantic call from the 3 man patrol. One of their members was missing. A severe storm came through the area and blew away their cover. They hunkered down for a miserable night. When the patrol leader went to releave Pvt. Murphy, who was on duty, he was nowhere to be found.
Headquarters  formed up a search team and they headed out.

The search team had slow going due to the rocky terrain.

As the patrol rolled on, they kept searching for Pvt Murphy.

The search team pulled up to the base of the cliff where the patrol was located. The two remaining soldiers came out of their camp.

Sgt. Gamble came down to brief the commander of the search party. 

Meanwhile, a temporary patrol took the place of the original patrol.

The search party helped in making the new observation post, with a more sturdy cover.

The search party continued their search based on the direction Sgt. Gamble suggested.

A sweep of the area quickly  turned up the unfortunate Pvt. Murphy. It is surmised that in the heavy rain, Murphy was swept away by the rapidly forming streams coming down the cliffs. His body was found under some debris a little way down the hill from the cliff. The unfortunate patrol was loaded onto the jeeps. It was a tragic end to the first patrol.

The red arrow points to the crevice that the patrol set up camp.

 

Traditions Confederate General Staff

 My newest toy soldier purchase is a set of Traditions of London Confederate General Staff. Besides the box, the set is missing a table. But for the price paid, they were worth buying.

Two of the Traditions figures with Britain's  conversions.

4 of the Traditions  with and Edmunds Toy soldier.

The 8 Traditions Confederates.

New Troops and Three Man Patrols

    A while back I saw some pictures of some figures of 1 inch pirated Airfix paratroopers. They used Airfix 1/32 poses. However, all of the figures have berets instead of the mix of berets and helmets. I liked the looks of the figures and tried to find some without success. 

   Last month I went to the local hobby shop to look for some paints and to check out their model trains. This hobby shop will sell second hand models and kits. While looking around I found a bin full of baggies with different toy soldiers. One large bag had the pirated Airfix paratroopers. It was a little expensive for me, so I put them back.

  I recently read a Man of Tin posting about how he puts out 3 soldier patrols in his gardens. Like most toy figure fans, I used to do the same. Reading his post made me think of the paras again, and I broke down and bought them. I received 196 of

The patrol found a nice hollow for their observation post.

Some local debris is ideal for concealment.

a close up of the figures.

The mobile command post.

the paratroopers, along with a large batch 8th army copies.

  I decided to deploy  a patrol outside, with a headquarters set up inside to monitor their reports.

Toy Soldiers LAD Vikings

 I really liked the warring rabbit figures I ordered from Toy Soldier LAD so much I decided to place another order. Once again the idea was to order two different color sets. I decided not to try to paint the figures; instead I am thinking of putting a wash on the figures to accentuate the detail of the figures. I ordered two sets of Viking. I did put a wash on one figure and think this will be how I will "paint the figures 

The Viking figure after a wash of paint.

The different Viking figures, from their Ebay page.

Toy Soldier LAD sent a sample of their Greeks figures with this order.  I was thinking of ordering  some of  the Greeks instead of the Viking.  I might have to break down and order the Greeks...