Tuesday, November 3, 2015

L’Iber Tin Soldier Museum

 


 
The scope of L’Iber’s collection is breathtaking, with over a dozen rooms loosely organized by time period. There are rooms dedicated to World War I, Napoleon, and Ancient Rome, and you can find almost every kind of soldier imaginable, from US Confederates to ancient Egyptians. You’ll see prehistoric hunters bringing down a mammoth, medieval warriors laying siege to walled cities, and a darling little Francisco Franco protected by his fearsome Moorish Guard.








 



This stuff is really spectacular. I can't imagine a guy spending hours and hours putting these together let alone painting them. This is a hobby that takes two lifetimes to get right, like most things.