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Thanks so much! The lion’s share of the Village Green civilians have been for the Regency period (Napoleonic) and American Civil War so they can be used with various soldiers to tell a non-combat story. I am working on a Civil War display as the last one before the show with a variety of...

I realized that I had not built a display featuring the M3A1 Halftrack… so I turned this one out in between other tasks. I wanted a couple of GIs in the back so I made minor modifications to two of the M5 3 inch Anti-tank gun crewmen and removed the base from the GI standing in the open...

Here is a second small pedestal base I made at the same time as the French Imperial Guard diorama. Its features a small selection of German Grenadiers we offer in an urban environment during the last months of the war in Europe. I added the No Parking sign as a nod to the fact that these fellows...

Soldiers Everywhere…Here is a small pedestal base I finished the other day featuring 4 of the new French Imperial Guard due in this fall along with a few of our Village Green civilians. Ericka designed the period appropriate floral pattern for the strawberry seller’s dress, so I positioned her...

I managed to finish the Pedestal base with marching Rebs between everything else I have been making for the Chicago Show. This one is pretty straight forward and uses all of the recent releases, along with a couple of the Collector’s Club Rebs in Butternut. I added a small bit of Queen Anne’s...

I managed to finish another WWII pedestal diorama for the show before I worked on the new ACW one ( I will post that this weekend) This new display features a selection of our WWII 101st Airborne figures involved in a fire fight with an unseen enemy at the edge of a woods. I designed it so you...

Here is a pretty good photo of the crew of our M10 with M1 Helmets on…as mentioned this seems pretty typical of crews of TDs in the later months in the ETO.

We have been shipping orders to dealers this last week. Because they are hand made and decorated here, they are done between other projects and as a result can take a little longer. Thanks for asking !

I recently sculpted 2 new tankers wearing the M1 helmet over the fiber tankers helmet for the M4A3 (76) medium tanks (Shermans) that will be released in a few months. I enjoyed sculpting these and I agree that more crewman for the M18 and M10 wearing only the M1 helmet will be good additions… I...

Here are additional photos of the new pedestal diorama featuring the M18 and some GIs trudging through the show and slush. I added deep vehicle tracks and foot prints. Kinda like when I was a kid growing up in Michigan…

Well, Here is the M18 winter diorama I have been working on between other projects. I will probably do a little more work on the snow and slush elements before I call it done as I have a Civil War display I am trying to finish too. I like the way it turned out and will post a couple more photos...

Thanks so much for the kind words! Ken

Last two images of the destroyed factory for now. I used one of our backdrops to give it a little more context…I hope you like it! Ken

Here are a couple close up shots showing the figures chosen and some of the detailing. This was fun to build and I hope to find the time to build a larger version in the future. The lathe is a combination of scratch built details, castings from original patterns and 3D printed parts. I can...

Here is another pedestal diorama that I recently finished for the Chicago Toy Soldier show. This one features several of our newer WWII German Infantry working their way through a destroyed factory. In addition to the newer releases there was one sold out figure that worked perfectly that I felt...

Here are a few more images taken from different angles. The interiors of these destroyed buildings always take more time to detail than you think, but the results are well worth it. The real problem is where do you stop?

I finished a new pedestal base this weekend using the new M10 and some of our newest infantry. The basic building is one I patterned years ago that is long sold out, but I always wanted to add the other side of the doorway and the remains of a roof. This was the last one I had in my collection...

Here are a few of the new British 43rd Regiment of Foot figures headed your way this Fall. That will make 12 new poses added to the 4 we already have. There are a few more I want to add so you can properly set up the loading and firing exercise before I move on to another unit.

I agree that if you can add Mount Vernon to your list of places to visit you should do it! Ericka and I were just there a couple of weeks ago after visiting Williamsburg and the new U.S. Army Museum at Fort Belvoir…which is only a short distance from Mount Vernon! Ken

Sorry to hear that Brad…but I am told it will get better!