Recent content by Bid_kahuna

I've been getting interested in WW1 figures lately, with Veteran's Day/Remembrance Day coming up. I dug out my AIP US Marines at Belleau Wood that I haven't looked at in years since I bought them in 2003 and noticed that the poses are completely different from the poses I currently see online...

I glued my Conte figures' arms and weapons etc. in with Loctite Superglue, but it never seems to make a permanent bond. I'm always having to re-glue things. Is there a better, more long-term glue for these figures? Also, will the same glue work on Ex Force figures, as I am planning on buying...

Thanks! I kind of cheated with the wheels. I just glued two thin wooden discs together for each wheel and etched them with a pocketknife for the plank look. I used little wooden furniture plugs for the hubs and pieces of craft sticks for the connecting planks. The wheels actually turn, too...

I wanted a two-wheeled Mexican cart to add a little color to my Southwestern and Mexican setups. BMC and Marx both made carts like these, but I haven't had any luck finding any lately, so I decided to make one myself. I went to Walmart and picked up a few bags of assorted craft sticks. Craft...

I grew up in Canada, and I had plenty of Carzol wild west ringhands figures. I think they were licensed by MPC. I never saw the WW2, Pirates or Civil War figures, only cowboys and Indians. I am not really sure how this business situation actually worked out, because we also got the entire...

It was a bummer for sure. But it wasn't actually for a diorama, just an informal series of solo tabletop games (translation: playing with my army men). I wound up using the Esci Warsaw Pact figures that didn't look like they were in winter gear for the Iraqis.

I think they're very appropriate. Every time I eat there, I suffer the tortures of the d***ed.

A couple of artist brothers have made extensive dioramas of Hell using model and toy soldiers. Their names are Jake and Dinos Chapman. Here is the Yahoo image search gallery...

Even today we don't have a regular Middle Eastern army in either 1/72 or 1/32. There are Mujahideen and Taliban from Mars and AIP in 1/32 and the Ultima Ratio and Mars Mujahideen and the urban resistors and militia sets from Caesar in 1/72, but as far as I know, we never got the Iraqi army...

Here is the new release page from the 1993 Esci catalog. Unfortunately, they never were released by Esci. I got this from PSR website. Some of these sets (medieval and American Civil War) would eventually be released by Accurate, but the Romans and Carthaginians, the battlefield accessories...

Great pictures, Scott! I use my AIP Japanese for Federales as well. I don't have all the wonderful buildings you do but I am working on it. I don't have the Boers or Spanish yet, but I use Reisler Bandidos as Villistas. Steve Weston Bandidos are beautiful sculpts, but just a little too large...

Is this a conversion or an original sculpt by you? The posture is one of the best standing shooting poses I have ever seen. If it is a conversion, what is the base figure?

It's quite noticeable when they are side-by-side. Gary, BTW, I still intend to send you those figures for conversion. I'm just a little side-tracked right now. Sorry for the delay.

Those are awesome, General! {sm3}