Légion Étrangère The French Foreign Legion was founded in 1831 to incorporate soldiers that were not French but wanted to fight for France. They were considered “Français par le sang versé”. This troops participated in colonial wars but also in Europe during I and II World Wars. Plastic Figures Academy ________1_____ 2________ 3 _______4 ______5 […]
Science fiction is a common theme for films and so is natural that some companies made figures inspired by those. In this blog post you will be able to see some examples of my collection regarding this theme.
Mexicans are under represented in the Far West theme. In American made films the neighbours from the south are depicted as evil or at best lazy. Unfortunately Mexican figures are not very common. They large hats are very noticeable and are very nice on display. Weston, Steve (2008). Mexicans!. PW 128: 2-4. Crescent Crescent Mexicans […]
This post shows figures made by Games Workshop after the “Lord of the Rings” films. In here I have some examples of figures that were released in Portugal as part of a monthly magazine series.
As the name shows, this army is formed by many types of lizards and is very colourful. These lizards are the “skinks” and are small and not very strong. However as they attack in large numbers they can be very nasty. Saurus are the basic infantry in a Lizardmen army. These beasts are known as […]
For the purpose of this chapter we consider as “Modern Armies” those that represent soldiers after World War II. Gulliver These figures are probably copies. The sculpture is not very good. Most probably these figures do not represent a specific country. Bases are not original. The lower figure shows a M16 rifle. Figures were glued […]
Metal was probably the first material used in the production of toy soldiers. Lead was used because of low melting point. However due to health issues this material was disregarded. Metal figures can be divided “grosso modo” in three morphologic types; flat, semi-flat and 3D (or “ronde bosse”). Flat figures are reduced to a sheet […]
In this section I will show toy soldiers made of plastic. This type of material is relativelly new as it was developed after World War II. There are many types of plastic and more often figures are made of soft plastic or hard plastic that can be glued. The first type is used for one […]
These figures belong to a wargame that I bought in Spain some years ago. This game was produced as a joint venture between MB and Games Workshop companies. The quality of sculpting was not outstanding. The figures were intended to be put in plastic bases, 3 knights or 5 infantry per base. I made individual […]
These figures belong to a game were four heroes search for treasures in a dungeon foul of monsters. The game was edited in 1990 by the company MB in cooperation with Games Workshop. These are the heroes. Each player controls one of these miniatures and should cooperate to survive the adventure. The Dwarf is resilient […]