Whilst I was tidying the shed I came across my box of odd figures which might be worth renovating (my father had a draw which he put things which might be of possible use - and by and large never were) , so this is my box of possibilites. I dumped a few into Dettol to remove the paint from them and having cleaned them I'm suprised at the detail on these two , they are an odd scale the standing one being 65mm tall think they are home cast in lead from a Schiercke mould and look like French Chasseures.
This is an odd one , World War One (?) and perhaps large 40mm scale , he's going to need cleaning up with a file to remove the flash .
I do like this figure - so full of energy ! . Probably a WW1 cavalryman and he's 40mm scale, again homecast in pure lead and very bendy , he needs cleaning up to get rid of the flash but will make a great ADC/dispatch rider for my Balkans Imagination collection . I'm pleased to get these done and ready for painting and will post further updates .
Hello Tony. You still see these castings cropping up. And despite the differences in scale, they often appear together in auctions. I do like them, but then I really have drifted towards 'old toy shop' wargaming, in contrast to using 'historical miniatures'.
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They have a surprising amount of detail on them which is quite crisp seeing they are cast from pure lead , I suppose everyone cast in lead back them !?
DeleteNice figures Tony! I do like the last figure best, his pose is so dynamic!
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