Whilst sorting out my collection of moulds I came across this old one I'd forgotten I had . I don't remember were it came - probably from ebay and I don't think I've ever tried casting from it , so I thought I would have a go . This is the result a small (20mm?) Lancer the the figure above it is a 25mm Napoleonic Prince August figure for scale .
Here is a better close up of the figure , it looks perhaps French ?? ,I need to clean him up and investigate more . Sadly he is of interest only as he does not match any on my existing collections .
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I did a bit of research and found this from something I posted about several months ago ,
There he is in the bottom right , this is from the Henry C. Schiercke catalogue from the 1930s (?) . I think the moulds must have come in various sizes as I have some of these moulds/figures in 54mm and 70mm (ish) .
Very nice little figure, but yes the size is a problem, hard to fit in with most collections.
ReplyDeleteYes a a curio only I'm afraid.
DeleteThere is a collection of molds in a smaller size, but I believe that no artillery is included, so wargames application would be somewhat limited. As you say, there are at least three sizes of figures in the Schneider mold range, including sets of identical poses in more than one size.
DeleteVery odd indeed , but a long time ago so perhaps it made sense then ?
DeleteInteresting, the catalogue says “any boy or girl could turn out 100 figures per hour working three or four moulds …” I wonder how many (American) girls did do something as ‘dangerous’ as this?
ReplyDeleteSounds like 'sweat shop' labour and a lot of lead !
DeleteMight work if you doubled the base thickness? Just a thought.
ReplyDeleteHmmm ? will give it a go
DeleteAs someone who was nearly a foot shorter than the tallest officer cadets in military college, my 16thC armies include a wide spread of height and bulk when they march onto my table
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