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.
For the purpose of this chapter we consider as “Modern Armies” those that represent soldiers after World War II. Airfix German Army British Army SAS Athena Greek Army Soldiers with traditional uniforms for parade occasions. Original paint work. ESCI 5501 – Modern U S Paratroopers Figures of very good quality with believable poses. Gulliver These […]
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 where four heroes search for treasures in a dungeon full 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 […]