Plastic Bertrand (Warlord ECW)

[white knight]

That's a most excellent paintjob that should help sell a few boxes if submitted to Warlord.

Oh and:
за plane pour moi за plane pour moi
за plane pour moi moi moi moi moi
за plane pour moi
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
за plane pour moi

[Mad Carew Snr]

Oh and:
за plane pour moi за plane pour moi
за plane pour moi moi moi moi moi
за plane pour moi
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
за plane pour moi

 

[MuleSkinner]

cool song, remember pogoing to it at the school disco 
does everyone remember the video tho? no offense to the belgians but they had a wierd idea of what punk was 
back to the figure tho..... i see what you mean about the lack of buckles but stood alongside the other manufacturers figures, it's hardly noticeable at all.
the paintjob is lovely btw.

[Captain Blood]

they ... can't quite get used to metal historical figures that cost less than a plastic spacewomble.

That is very funny  (but true - my kids have the same attitude)

On the plus side, the club has 18 regular members now, and 50% are playing historical games every week, (mostly WWII), but thanks to plastic Romans and Celts three are collecting ancients, and a couple were looking at Napoleonics this afternoon. Parents have said they are happier buying Ospreys (educational) rather than a "Codex"

Fastolfrus, that is great news and lovely to hear. Keep up the good work 

[JollyBob]

Oh and:
за plane pour moi за plane pour moi
за plane pour moi moi moi moi moi
за plane pour moi
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
за plane pour moi

You utter bastard, I only just got the tune out of my head from reading this thread yesterday and now its back with all its friends, wearing noisy boots!




That aside, that is a damn fine job Cap'n. I'm actually surprised how good it looks next to the other figs. It actually looks better than the example one in WI. Top job. 

[cdr]

 aaah Plastic Bertrand, another fine outing for Belgian surrealism (I am the king of the divan....)

nice painting tough

[fastolfrus]

Fastolfrus, that is great news and lovely to hear. Keep up the good work 

Next term we might be trying out FIW skirmishes - something they've never seen yet, the 18th century doesn't exist in the modern history curriculum.
Oddly enough, if you look at the history curriculum, it seems to miss out almost all the bits where we were fighting against the French....

[Captain Blood]

Next term we might be trying out FIW skirmishes - something they've never seen yet, the 18th century doesn't exist in the modern history curriculum.

Such a shame. Show them Barry Lyndon. 

[Heldrak]

Such a shame. Show them Barry Lyndon. 

...and then wake them up three hours later. 

Cracking review, very helpful.

I too, enjoyed the title of the thread, but there seems to be some kind of weird resurgence of Plastic Bertrand going on lately. Here in the states, "Ca Plan Pour Moi" has been used recently as the theme to a Pepsi commercial and in a promo for the televison show "Gossip Girl". One wouldn't have thought that a disposable novelty tune from 30 years ago would have had such longevity...!

[white knight]

I actually saw him live on an open air (and free) concert in Brussels a year or two ago and he really does look like he's made of plastic (looking really fit for a guy his age) and it was really fun. The silly tunes still work.

[Gluteus Maximus]

Great review and paint job Cap'n. I agree yours is much better than the one in WI!

Even with all your doubts and criticisms of the figure, you've convinced me that these have a definite place in my ECW army. Though not perfect, they are cheap, I'm used to painting plastics and they will be very easy to convert with minimal blood-loss. I'm impressed that he looks right next to the other figures [all from ranges where I don't own anything] as well as Perry and Foundry. I'll keep my Perrys and Foundrys for skirmishing, personality figures etc and use a few boxes of these little chaps to bulk out my army for larger scraps

Also, there seem to be plenty of wooly Monmouth caps on the sprues [which are my favourites for ordinary infantrymen] so the spare floppy hats will also come in very useful for customizing some of my Darkest Africa figures 

[garyapsledene]

To Svennn the DH Nut

How did you get yourself a sprue of the Perry Riflemen?

I have got the Victrix Centre/Flank company of British Infantry plus bought some Light Infantry heads to make a British Light Batt for the surplus flank infantry.

Just need some Riflemen to complete the skirmish British Army.

[The_Wisecrack]

lovely review, but i would go with renegade any day, the other plastics all look the same despite the "multi pose" factor. and i think you can get those renegade minis in regiment deals for VERY cheap.....

http://renegademiniatures.com/regecw.htm

what did i tell you....

TW

[joroas]

Oddly enough, if you look at the history curriculum, it seems to miss out almost all the bits where we were fighting against the French....

The French Revolution is taught in many schools, though, as it was an option in KS3.

[fastolfrus]

The French Revolution is taught in many schools, though, as it was an option in KS3.

But sadly they seem to spend 80% of their KS3 lessons on 1918-1950, largely without any military content at all. It's still possible for GCSE history pupils to reach the exam without knowing why Hitler wasn't invited to Yalta.