Reason number 374 to love one's clients...

Lead soldiers. So I stop by to visit a client and when I entered, my octogenarian client said, "Oh, come to the basement,  I want you to see what I've been working on." She then led me down to where a large table was covered and set up as shown (only partially...and with her permission). 






She has collected lead soldiers for many years and sets up elaborate scenes each holiday season.

There are actually two soldier sets blended here. One set is based upon "Beau Geste". The other set is based on Khartoum. She built the forts and mountains, etc (covering forms in cloth and sand infused paint/plaster). 

She told me how she never thought it was fair that her brothers, many years ago, where able to pour lead into molds to make their lead soldiers and she was not allowed to do so. She has made up for it.