So I have an Army now.

 I suffer from a couple of awkward conditions not recognised by regular medicine. 

 The first being a tendency towards impulse purchases  -Call it "Ooh! Shiny! Syndrome" and this is how my living room now holds an awful lot of books, a figurine of Britt Baker DMD, a wooden broadsword and a certain cuddly chicken.  (See HERE) 

This compounded by something I call "Collectoritis" where the symptoms manifest like this:

 If I get more than one of something, I start wanting to have three,  then ten  and next thing I know, yet another collection has started. 

 And that's how I have a shelf full of Spitfires,  not to mention where The Metal Project got started. 

 The flashpoint in this case was picking up a packet of assorted plastic toy soldiers in a charity shop.

Why? 

"Ooh! Shiny!"  

 Then I happened to find another bag of toy soldiers in the next charity shop and next thing I knew...

I think now is the right time to let a picture explain it all.

 

  

 Not only all different colours but different sizes too. 

Oh lord, what have I started?