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I’m planning some solo wargames and decided to add Silver Bayonet to my collection.

When I ordered something from Warlord they sent me a free sprue of Napoleonics (not sure which country) and I was looking on ebay for some sprues to bulk out the 5 figures when I remembered something in the loft that I bought 40 years ago…

Still have the casting stuff and a bag of pewter big enough to make dozens of miniatures. Admittedly they are single pose, but they cost nothing more than the time it takes to cast them…. and paint them of course.

Casting metal can be unpredictable, but if the model fails I just melt the miniature down and start again.

I also have a set of fantasy chess moulds.

Edit: I just went through the bag of metal… I have 22 officers and 10 riflemen that are viable casts. Seem to recall that the rifles were prone to miscasts because of the thin bayonets.

And I had cast all the chess pieces. Maybe I should finish that project I started 40 years ago 🙂