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 […]
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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 […]
“Lord of the Rings” was a tittle of a series of three novels wrote by J. R. R. Tolkien. Games Workshop developed a series of figures directly inspired by movies that were made according to the books. The figures, in 28mm scale, allowed to recreate scenes of the story. In Portugal figures were released on […]
This post is related to figures produced by Games Workshop after the “Lord of the Rings” films. The photos are all from my collection and were painted by me. Characters Characters for the Light Army were all in metal. After the name of the character is a number indicating the fascicle in whish it was […]
The Bretonian army is made basically of Knights and infantry including bowmen. There are no vehicles nor guns of any sort. In many Warhammer armies each unit has a command group made by an officer, a flag-bearer and a musician. The making of flags is explained in a post in the DIY chapter. Infantry soldiers. […]
Games Workshop produced a large number of armies from the Medieval/Fantastic theme. Each army had it´s own characteristics including war machines (for same) and sorcerers. For example there were armies of Orcs and Goblins, the Empire, Vampire Counts, Skaven (figures like rats), etc. I only have figures from Dwarfs (with a clear Viking appearance), Lizardmen […]
Figures on this scale are usually used for wargaming. Initially the main producer was Games Workshop but nowadays there are many other companies. In this chapter I will show some figures in my collection.
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Wars cause material destruction and human casualties. Many companies included in their production examples of assistance to the war casualties. Composition Figures Lineol This German company produced some interesting figures of war casualties and medical personnel. Schusso Dogs were used for transport of medical items. The dog from left was made by Schusso the other […]
Prussia was one of the opponents of France during the Napoleonic period. After many defeats it was the arriving of the Prussian army in the battle of Waterloo that was decisive for the victory of the allied army. Generals Chintoys 007 Napoleonic Prussian Staff This maker of toy soldiers made 8 Generals for the Prussian […]
The name “cowboy” is a generalist designation to the people that in the XIX century explored the west of the United States. The huge production of Hollywood films whose theme was that part of US history lead to the production of many figures. Britains This maker produced many cowboys belonging to different series. Under each […]