tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post1991022647427849446..comments2024-03-15T02:55:43.872+00:00Comments on Roundwood's World: The Verdun Project: Gas-masked Veteran French InfantrySidney Roundwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440705981976797774noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-73110870291478216712016-06-18T11:07:49.867+01:002016-06-18T11:07:49.867+01:00Thanks for the blog loaded with so many informatio...Thanks for the blog loaded with so many information. Stopping by your blog helped me to get what I was looking for.find it here: <a href="http://www.cresrealestate.org" rel="nofollow">cresrealestate.org</a> | <br><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-41735308942217781912016-05-30T10:41:18.875+01:002016-05-30T10:41:18.875+01:00Your site is really nice and unique. This is one o...Your site is really nice and unique. 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My Poilus are mostly Brigade with a few Scarab bombers mixed in - I was toying with the idea of getting some Woodbine ones so it's good to know they mix - thanks for the tip!Whisperin Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09869995901983782880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-2197154716462860542013-09-16T12:00:11.847+01:002013-09-16T12:00:11.847+01:00Thanks Al !! It is a surprise the Gripping Beast ...Thanks Al !! It is a surprise the Gripping Beast / Woodbine Design don't do them. Their French figures are very nice indeed and match the Brigade Miniatures figures perfectly. Just my luck if they bring out some gas-masked Poilu heads now I have filed down my fingers!!Sidney Roundwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795563060856586670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-44419833617252268502013-09-16T11:58:25.659+01:002013-09-16T11:58:25.659+01:00They're undercoated, Benno. I'm going to ...They're undercoated, Benno. I'm going to try and get them finished by the end of the month (finegrs crossed).Sidney Roundwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795563060856586670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-47247852053647431862013-09-16T11:57:43.913+01:002013-09-16T11:57:43.913+01:00That's very kind. However, I have made a comp...That's very kind. However, I have made a complete and appalling mess this weekend of a British 8" Howitzer, as well as having a terrain disaster at the same time with some attempts at modelling air-burst explosions. I should blog more of my failures, and then you'll see the true picture!!Sidney Roundwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795563060856586670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-11466178713827348202013-09-15T09:43:07.931+01:002013-09-15T09:43:07.931+01:00A very nice conversion Sir! I suspect my patience...A very nice conversion Sir! I suspect my patience might have expired somewhere before yours - so jolly well done! I am surprised someone doesn't do them - it would probably be easiest for Woodbine Design with their existing separate head system.Whisperin Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09869995901983782880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-85720401769027500112013-09-14T13:39:14.101+01:002013-09-14T13:39:14.101+01:00Simple and clever conversion. Curious what they...Simple and clever conversion. Curious what they'll look like when painted!Bennohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04333319381425082180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-58598877886625890342013-09-11T16:43:08.572+01:002013-09-11T16:43:08.572+01:00'at least at a very basic level - which is, ye...'at least at a very basic level - which is, yes, my level!' Mr Roundwood I do not believe I have seen anything done on by you on a basic level!! Excellent work once again. MarkGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10931863014281720994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-2300733300718249852013-09-11T11:05:40.176+01:002013-09-11T11:05:40.176+01:00Thanks Ed! Expect to see these chaps in a trench ...Thanks Ed! Expect to see these chaps in a trench very soon!Sidney Roundwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795563060856586670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-69641971873284484932013-09-11T11:05:16.613+01:002013-09-11T11:05:16.613+01:00Thanks FMB....dedication or insanity? !! :)Thanks FMB....dedication or insanity? !! :)Sidney Roundwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795563060856586670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-46118714727257618772013-09-11T11:04:54.885+01:002013-09-11T11:04:54.885+01:00Alex, thanks so much! If anything, the faceless t...Alex, thanks so much! If anything, the faceless troops looked even more scary than the gas masked ones! They had the touch of surrealism about them....maybe not that inappropriate for an early 20th Century French army, I guess!Sidney Roundwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795563060856586670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-70987952209982391362013-09-11T11:03:42.774+01:002013-09-11T11:03:42.774+01:00Thanks Rodger!Thanks Rodger!Sidney Roundwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795563060856586670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-60376753115985862892013-09-11T11:03:26.113+01:002013-09-11T11:03:26.113+01:00Thanks Michael....just need to paint them all now!...Thanks Michael....just need to paint them all now!Sidney Roundwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795563060856586670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-73246717083040256392013-09-11T11:03:09.072+01:002013-09-11T11:03:09.072+01:00Thanks Al!Thanks Al!Sidney Roundwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795563060856586670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-19590845399073728842013-09-11T11:03:02.052+01:002013-09-11T11:03:02.052+01:00Chris, you'd manage no problem. I'd not h...Chris, you'd manage no problem. I'd not have the fingers to do it in 15mm though!Sidney Roundwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795563060856586670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-51444505673100762852013-09-11T11:02:25.945+01:002013-09-11T11:02:25.945+01:00Thanks Robert!Thanks Robert!Sidney Roundwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795563060856586670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-29526001024422264982013-09-11T11:02:17.999+01:002013-09-11T11:02:17.999+01:00Thanks Benito! I'll be suicidal if they don&#...Thanks Benito! I'll be suicidal if they don't paint up nicely!Sidney Roundwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795563060856586670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-62542067891941677232013-09-11T11:01:48.069+01:002013-09-11T11:01:48.069+01:00James...not braver...just deranged :)James...not braver...just deranged :)Sidney Roundwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795563060856586670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-26551140113987262692013-09-11T11:01:20.338+01:002013-09-11T11:01:20.338+01:00Thanks Dave. Glad you liked the casualty. He nee...Thanks Dave. Glad you liked the casualty. He needs a bit more work, so he'll have some stuff added I think.Sidney Roundwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795563060856586670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-77621649963210197352013-09-11T11:00:46.919+01:002013-09-11T11:00:46.919+01:0022 was pushing it slightly, Curt! I cowardly chic...22 was pushing it slightly, Curt! I cowardly chickened out of doing a full platoon in gas masks. Although I have another nine Poilu left over at the end of the Project, they have masks "at rest" cast on.....removing the cast off masks, filing down the faces and then building new masks and repairing the damage on the figure was just too much to contemplate!!Sidney Roundwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795563060856586670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-39334943185684193742013-09-11T10:58:27.312+01:002013-09-11T10:58:27.312+01:00Hahaha! Our secret's out at last....shhhhh!Hahaha! Our secret's out at last....shhhhh!Sidney Roundwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795563060856586670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-44280945520191750842013-09-11T10:58:02.769+01:002013-09-11T10:58:02.769+01:00Clever? I think my wife and kids would think &quo...Clever? I think my wife and kids would think "deranged" was nearer the mark....!Sidney Roundwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795563060856586670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-65874520722097252292013-09-11T10:57:25.087+01:002013-09-11T10:57:25.087+01:00"Fecking" was a word I was saying a LOT ..."Fecking" was a word I was saying a LOT over the weekend, Fran!Sidney Roundwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795563060856586670noreply@blogger.com