"Cannons for Grandsons" Topic
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| winser54 | 18 Feb 2024 2:52 p.m. PST |
This past Christmas I painted up a regiment of infantry of 36 figures for each of my six grandsons. This year I thought I would give each of them a battery of artillery. I used my Old Glory Army discount to get all I needed at a reasonable price. The recent rainy weather provided the needed down time to complete the project.
For pictures of all six batteries: link |
 ColCampbell  | 18 Feb 2024 3:20 p.m. PST |
Those are some lucky boys to have such a great grandfather! Very nicely done. Jim, who is also a grandfather to a very talented elementary age granddaughter. |
| nnascati | 18 Feb 2024 3:24 p.m. PST |
How old are your grandsons? I'm thinking about starting a pair of small armies of Eureka Toytown soldiers for my two year old grandson. |
| Disco Joe | 18 Feb 2024 3:33 p.m. PST |
Nicely done. They are very lucky to have you do this for them. |
| cavcrazy | 18 Feb 2024 3:33 p.m. PST |
It is a wonderful gift. I'm sure they will be treasured and passed on for generations to come. |
| Ferd45231 | 18 Feb 2024 4:14 p.m. PST |
I have 4 grandsons aged 13 down to 6. I planned a series of 54mm purchases for them years ago. Every one of them got an army for their 5th and 6th BD. Two got WWII for 5 and ACW for 6 The other two got F&I war for 5 and Vietnam for 6. Painted them myself and just so we are clear I did this over a 5 year stretch. It was great fun. They had fun playing with them. My 13 year old is going to his 2nd wargame convention w/ me at Cincycon. So good on you Winser54. H |
| 14Bore | 18 Feb 2024 5:26 p.m. PST |
Wonderful gift, hope they enjoy the figures. |
| VonBlucher | 18 Feb 2024 7:35 p.m. PST |
My oldest grandson is 20 now and his brother is 14, they've been going to Little Wars with me since they were 6 years old and playing games at the Convention. I got them started on Medieval using Playmobil Knights and a Castle. Also have rules for tournaments. Then when they got a little older, we started playing Wings of Glory at home. |
| Frederick | 19 Feb 2024 1:11 p.m. PST |
Very nice work and extremely generous! My grandsons are tread heads so I do WWII tanks for them |
| Legionarius | 19 Feb 2024 8:35 p.m. PST |
Clever way to recruit! It's great when you can leave your collection to your family when it's your time to go to Fiddler's Green! |
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