The four basic firing figures (other than the prone pose) made by Britains Ltd were two standing and two kneeling.The plate below shows these poses. For some reason the Britains firing figures don't have bayonets. . This makes putting the four poses together in a unit "off."
I took home cast Britains style figures and added bayonets this way.Monday, June 5, 2023
Thursday, June 1, 2023
Home Cast Flag Bearer Conversions.
Home cast British Grenadiers can be converted to flag bearers from many nations.
Sunday, May 28, 2023
Coming soon., Maximilian's Execution in miniature.
I will soon have Home Cast figures of the execution party.
Sargento Aureliano Blanquet has an interesting career during the Mexican Revolution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aureliano_Blanquet
".......There are three squads of seven shooters each; one for each prisoner. Its boss is Captain Simón Montemayor, 22, originally from Villa de Santiago, Nuevo León. As a special request, the emperor requested that good marksmen be chosen and that they aim for the chest; so only experienced sergeants make up his firing squad: Jesús Rodríguez, Marcial García, Ignacio Lerma, Máximo Valencia, Ángel Padilla, Carlos Quiñones and Aureliano Blanquet. The soldiers ready their muskets; They are single-shot Springfield rifles, manufactured in Harper's Ferry, Virginia, USA.
Captain Montemayor holds his sword up. He suddenly drops it and as it tears through the air the cry "Fire!" is heard. A closed, uniform, thunderous discharge crossed the space above the Republican troops and the prisoners fell to the ground. The captain still distinguishes signs of life in Maximiliano and orders Sergeant Aureliano Blanquet to reload his rifle... He shoots him right through the heart."
from JUNE 19, 1867: EXECUTION OF MAXIMILIANO, MEJÍA, AND MIRAMÓN
THE END OF THE IMPERIAL DREAM by Ahmed Valtier
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Home Cast 54mm Chilean Soldiers
Soldiers from the War of the Pacific 1879-1884. Home Cast Grenadier Guard molds figures with heads from All The Kings Men. ATKM castings are no longer available.
Cantinera figure
Soldiers wore canvas cartridge belts.
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Prussian Marketenderin 54mm
Conversion of home cast figures to Prussian Marketenderin from the Seven Weeks war and Franco Prussian War.
The original figure was a female skier for Christmas scenes.
Saturday, May 13, 2023
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