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Denver - nice! Pretty much what I did but I redid the trouser bottoms over the shoes for a lot of them, in the way the USMC seemed to prefer, and made some of the weapons peculiar to them too. Warrior - really? Why was that? I was really excited when I got the sets - some of the poses are just...

Thanks. Actually I think the Conte GIs are even better - better plastic, multi-part, and some really imaginative poses. I made a load into USMC. Must get those on Photobucket too sometime.

Thanks guys. We have a hot-iron guy too, but I can't master it so rarely use the technique - so, of course, I never get any better at it!

This are rather old, ie they were done years ago, and appeared in Military Modelling magazine, but I have only just gotten around to up-loading them. They were fun to do, and I love the Conte figures, thought the rubbery plastic was a pain to clean up. http://photobucket.com/US-Paras-WWII

Thanks guys. We have some very talented converters and painters in the group. As I confessed on the website, most of the heavy cavalry are metal, but even there there are some plastic conversions, eg from Italeri and Supreme.I have some WIP photos of the Moors that I will be uploading next... in...

Not all plastic figures, sorry, but there are lots of them in the armies involved, and nearly all conversions... http://photobucket.com/sw-abingdon-09

Trooper - brilliant! This is excellent - many thanks. Mike

Wow, guys, thanks so much! This is all excellent stuff. Forgive me but I am going to exercise some WL and do a mounted side drummer - these are going to be Italians after all, and I will claim that the colonel wanted a drummer! Apologies if this offends the purists. The detail of the sapper...

Ah - good point - and it is hitched up to the left, presumably to facilitate riding in it. Excellent.

Many thanks Martin, very helpful. Oddly, it still isn't clear from these whether the apron was worn mounted or not - it shows clearly on the dismounted figure, but not on the mounted ones...

Can anyone help with some descriptions or better still visual references, please. I am trying to work out exactly how they 'worked' for some 54mm conversions (Napoleonic period). Specifically: - how the drum was carried ie on the normal drum sling? I've seen pictures showing the drum almost...

There are also some K&C rip-offs, as opposed to the BMC which AFAIK were licenced, in the 'Supreme' medieval sets - eg Crusaders and Saracens. These are definitely 1/30th. Nice figures though, and IMHO will look good painted up. I am using some as Moors for Al Andalus. There are also a couple...

Robjackman - Multiple coats - why would you want to? Its only a coat of 'paint', microns thick when dry, so the detail would have to be very shallow and the coats many, I think. Evzone - agreed, it needs more care with the bigger figures, but it can look very effective and is very quick. The...

Thanks for the kind word. I will gladly do so, once I have worked out how...

These look excellent! They are, as far as I know, unique - ie never done in 1:32nd plastic before. What a coup for HaT - long may this new trend continue. I had no intention of ever doing Wurttembergers in 54mm - now I will just have to! Mike

Hi To be honest I am more bothered about size than number of poses. The figures have shrunk to 1/35th and are way too small for me.

Belay the last pipe - I think I have talked the maker into doing something more interesting!:)

Dave Hussar No, sorry, still no details! I keep trying through. FWIW AIP have some good stuff to follow up the F&IW sets with - more surprises. Weston Toy Soldiers have plans for an exciting new set too, to complement other makers ranges ie plug a gap. I have test shots of the second TSSD...

I have test shots of the greatcoated infantry - they are in grey. Wouldn't that and tan be more approriate than blue for the greatcoat?

Here’s a product worth looking at if you have a lot of figures to paint, or your technique is not as good as you’d like it to be, and you want to protect your painted figures. It is a clever idea – an ‘instant shader’, if you like. Some people like their painted figures to be ‘toy soldier’ in...