In grateful response to excellent suggestions made
previously on this blog, I have been arranging for a small stock of diplomatic
goodies for our forthcoming trip, to go some way towards rewarding our
volunteer battlefield guides for their efforts. For a while I considered
painting up a suitable figurine myself, but I don’t really have time (though I
would like to have done it), and there is a slight risk that the recipient
might not have known what it was if I had.
Thus I have obtained a ready-painted collector figure from
FirstLegion, and here he is. This, gentlemen, in 54mm, is a sapper of the
Bavarian I.R. Nr. 5, Graf Preysing,
as he would have appeared at Eggmühl. He is pictured next to a bottle of
genuine East Lothian Falling-Down Water – we have a couple of these to take.
They are usually well received.
I did also consider the special, limited-edition Max Foy
teeshirt (available in L, XL and XXL), but decided against it. If you are
interested in FirstLegion, click here. If you are interested in Glenkinchie,
click here.
This just proves that I do occasionally listen to other
people’s ideas – thanks very much, guys!
An excellent idea. Best of luck with the trip.
ReplyDeleteFalling down water? I like it!
ReplyDeleteA very striking figure that Tony, I really like the clean and precise paint job, very professionally done. I'd not heard of them before, the web site is full of wonderful images.
ReplyDeleteAlso just had to check out the Distillery link, wonderful!