Reichswehr Kavallerie, Scholz' Künstlerische Soldatenbogen 27K - pt.2

Hello,

Today I'm showing you the figures from Scholz sheet 27K again, only this time cut out and assembled. This was my first find in 2025, and I was very happy about it. This is actually the only set I own both as a complete printed sheet version and completely cut out.

Unfortunately, the figures needed a lot of love to get them back on their feet. They must have been stored in damp conditions at some point—thank goodness they didn't start to mold! The bases were made of pressed cardboard and had become unusable. The figures themselves were a bit wavy. So I removed the old bases and pressed the figures for a while to make them flat again. Most of them never had any back reinforcement, and the ones that did have it at some point had come loose. So I gave the figures a layer of thin cardboard and glued on new wooden bases. I hope they're in good shape now to last for the next hundred years.

The officer in the front, at 11cm tall (8cm figure size), is actually slightly larger than the other 8 figures (10cm / figure size 7cm), which is further emphasized by the rider's different perspective.

I hope you like them as much as I do.

Best regards,

Andreas

Reichswehr Kavallerie, Scholz' Künstlerische Soldatenbogen 27K - pt.1

Hello,

Today I'm showing you another sheet from Josef Scholz in Mainz. This time, number 27K, and it shows nine cavalrymen of the German Reichswehr in their uniforms from 1921 to 1934. 

Since the soldiers are wearing white and light blue lance pennants, I can even narrow down the regiment. They must be riders of the 17th (Bavarian) Cavalry Regiment. For me as a Bavarian, that's certainly something special - but the sheet is still in the original sales block, and that's a real stroke of luck for me. That's the only block of this type I've ever seen, so I absolutely had to have it. I'll present the block separately someday. The sheet presented here is even included three times!

More on this topic tomorrow... 😉

Sincerely,

Andreas

Wargame Print - Just Paper Battles Crimea 1854 - pt.2

Hello,

Today I'm showing you a little update on my "Just Paper Battles" French in the Crimean War 1854 project. I've made some more figures for the collection. As before, they're scaled up to 75mm. This time, they're some Chasseurs à pied and the first Tirailleurs algériens.

Best regards,

Andreas

Abadie - Soldatenbilderbogen IV

Hello,

Today I'm showing you another Abadie printed sheet. This time it's number IV of the "Soldiers' Picture Sheets" and is interesting because it's the only double sheet I've seen of it so far. In addition to a few marching soldiers, it also shows the team with horses und carriage for a field howitzer and a packhorse with a packed machine gun. The soldiers are wearing the uniforms of the Austrian Federal Army before 1938 and are in the Abadie standard figure size of 6 cm.

Best regards,

Andreas

Preußische Artillerie, C.Burckardt's Nachfolger Weissenburg No.241

 Hello,

After showing very high-quality printed plates the last few times, today I'm going to show you the opposite. 

Today I'm showing you No. 241 from "C. Burckardt's Nachfolger, Weissenburg" (formerly Wentzel) featuring Prussian artillerymen. As was often the case back then, this one was printed on very thin, poor-quality paper. 

The graphics and the print itself are fine, but the coloring was done using stencils. Unfortunately, the coloring didn't always hit the right area. In some places, the ink soaked into the paper, and in some places the still-wet paint was smudged. Nevertheless, a nice example of the cheap mass production of the time. 

And definitely good enough to create my own hand-painted figures using the scans of this plate – but more on that later.

Best regards,

Andreas

French Cuirassiers, Fischbach No.8

Hello,

Today I'm showing you print sheet number 8 from Fischbach (Strasbourg). 

It demonstrates the fine art of paper soldier production. Finely detailed printing, high register precision, vibrant oil colors, and the silver as a true metallic color! Unfortunately, this is the only Fischbach plate I've come across in the almost twenty years since I started buying paper soldiers. As far as I know, there were a total of ten different plates of the French Army in uniforms from 1872 onwards. The drawings of the figures were originally by Alfred Touchemolin. The figures are about 13 cm tall, and the riders are about 9 to 9.5 cm tall.

Best regards,

Andreas

Regiment Gardes du Corps, RAPI S14

 Hello,

Today I'm showing you a printed sheet from the German manufacturer Rauert & Pittius (RAPI) from Sorau. The sheet has the number S14 and shows soldiers of the Prussian Gardes du Corps Regiment in the uniform from shortly before World War I. 

A total of 15 riders in parade uniform are shown, including 1 officer, 1 Feldwebel (staff sergeant), 1 trumpeter, 2 Unteroffiziere (sergeants) and 10 men. It was probably printed in the mid or late 1920s. The height of the figures is 10.5cm from the horse's hoof to the tip of the helmet.

Best regards,

Andreas