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01-11-24, 11:09 PM | #286 | |
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I started painting mine. I recently found a company that makes 54mm figures for the Rev War that are varied, so I'm going to give that a try. Here's the metal figure company: https://www.irminiatures.com/
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01-13-24, 12:26 PM | #287 | |
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That'll make them as tall as you
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01-15-24, 01:35 PM | #288 | |
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Britains "Deetail"
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Look up the other figures under the 'Deetail' banner - especially the WW2 sets - the sculptor was very very talented and if these had been produced in polythene plastic and regular bases they would've been about the best toy soldiers ever (not my photo)
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01-15-24, 06:20 PM | #289 |
Silent Hunter
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Just had a quick look at "Deetail", I'll do a proper look later. The figures look real good. lots of detail probably paint up a treat.
I must've painted well over 10k figures in my time, and had a reputation for outstanding work. But due to deteriorating eyesight ( laser beam damage ) , all sold or given away, none left to show you My favourites were Essex 25mm Macedonian/Punic War range in the late 80s very early 90s. God they were beautiful figures, a fair bit bigger than official 25mm, but the detail...wow, you could tell the sculptor was a real artist that loved his job. I used to paint up the faces to give them individual expressions. It was very satisfying to see people go "Wow, they're alive !! How do you do that ??" P.S. Autie rides again.
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01-16-24, 08:28 AM | #290 |
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^ Endless choice in these crossover hobbies: I've done some military figure modelling and I believe that wargamers like to paint theirs up to the same standards. But some toy figures are so good that they invite more precise painting too, and 'Deetail' are sometimes used in dioramas - possibly to circumvent the tedious assembly of numerous model figures
I usually like to paint my toy figures as though they've been done by a conscientious outworker (who would be using a more limited palette than the average modeller) but I sometimes get carried away if the figure is a good one Here are some of my model figures - both from Airfix 'Multipose' sets - waiting to go into a diorama one day. There are more models in my profile page album
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01-16-24, 09:11 AM | #291 |
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More of Cherilea's rather rangy 60mm figures - awaiting a paint job (see also their Romans and vikings etc earlier). They had some equally lanky cowboys too but the great thing about these large Cherilea figures was always their great dynamism
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01-16-24, 10:06 AM | #292 |
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Some beautiful work!
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01-16-24, 11:02 AM | #293 |
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^ Thanks, buddy. If you mean toy figures then the answer now is Ebay - I used to go to toy fairs before the internet came along. However, on Ebay you'll see that just about everything is "rare" - or even "RARE!!!" - but like any other collector you'll know yourself what to look out for and how much is a fair price
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01-21-24, 07:00 PM | #294 |
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I think these two sorry looking characters are the only 60mm Cherilea cowboys I have - they won't look half so bad once I've painted them up though. I posted the wonderful saloon bar poker table set way back: https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...6&postcount=21 And there are more great looking figures in this range (such as the gunfighter sheriff) so I better keep looking
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