Dan Becker's 28 mm Garden Miniatures

Some Lawn Ornaments

First, we start off with Ginfritter's 28 mm Lawn Ornaments (Fairy004). These are the typical concrete and plastic lawn ornaments you see in a garden. All the typical lawn ornaments are there: squirrel, flamingo, mushroom, snail, and gnome, or as my wife likes to call them, a "Gee - nome". This is quite an unusual subject for minis, but I immediately took a liking to the strange topic and bought two sets. To throw a curveball on the whole matter, the tiny gnome is flipping the bird. What better way to welcome scrutinizing passerbys to your garden other than to let the little guys flip the old one-finger salute. "Welcome to my garden. Now sod off!"

Gnome Greetings

Here two tiny gnomes meet in the forest and give each other the gnome salute.

Buzz off my friend!

How's your father, fartknocker?

Allemanni Attack

Here some Gnomes and friends fight off an Allemanni Attack circa 50 BC. The chieftain charges. The gnomes form a battle line with bird-flippers to the front, pink flamingoes providing support, and squirrel nut zippers to the flanks. Mushrooms and snails guard the rear.

Who will win this deadly battle?

Gnomes Fight Back

The gnomes have suffered no casualties. Was it luck or was it gnome bird-flipping? Another Allemanni charges from the woods. This time the gnomes regroup and fire off another pair of salutes. What will become of the enraged Allemanni cavalry?

Fox and Hounds

Meanwhile in another part of the forest, some hounds chase a fox. These 28 mm miniatures are from Mega Miniatures. Thanks to my friends Brian and Laurie I have a crisp photo of a fox that they took on their recent western U.S. roadtrip. The dogs in this photo are modelled on some Labrador retrievers that I like. I guess I should have modelled them on fox hounds. Well, maybe not. Most dogs will chase a fox.

Some Gators

Here are some 28 mm snapping alligators again courtesy of Mega Miniatures. I usually do historical battles and Dark Age skirmish games. So why do I need some gators? I don't. Actually, they are a gift to my wife, a graduate of University of Florida and their mascot the gator. Gators in the swamp are not this bright eye-popping green, but they are in the University of Florida mythos. These minis now reside on top of her jewelry boxes and shelves.
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