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I think Britain's older Swoppet knights were their best. Notice that many have a rubber band belt with sword and dagger that can be drawn. Look at the arrows in the quiver of the archers.

How big are these miniatures? What scale are they? thanks

Finally, a pair of German WWII made by Britians armed with my favorite longarm, the STG44 also known as the MP44:

Now, on two WWII. Here is a picture of a pair of Britains WWII British Army Soldiers next two an American who is armed with a Browning Automatic Rifle:

Finally, some figures from one of my favorite movies--The Sand Pebbles. These figures were made by King & Country and are no longer made. My favorite figure, of course is the character Jake Holman as played by Steve McQueen in the movie. He is the middle figure in the photo who is armed with...

Next a Britains 42nd Highlander from Sudan and a US Marine from Nicaragua in the 1930s. I believe it was listed as BRITAINS MUSEUM COLLECTION 10041 U.S. MARINE BANANA WARS. I don't think the figure is made any longer. It is armed with a Thompson submachinegun with a drum magazine and another...

Now it is time for some recent purchases (in the last 3 months) that I made. Given that prices are not cheap and my space is non-existent I am particular as to what I buy. First, some picks from WWI: From the Left, a Thomas Gunn WWI Marine and watchdog; a King & Country's Australian...

Here are the rest of the Scotts guards. The only one that seems to have running of colors is the flagbearer. He was not subjected to any undue wear so I am not sure how this happened.

Here are some (I believe) Scotts Guards. Some of the ones in the firing position show some bleaching of color. I am not sure why this is because the soldiers were never played with outside or washed or bleeched:

Here are some Highlanders bought about the same time:

Here are some more--First some Britain's Canadian Mounties. The mounted men are missing a pennant that they came with according to my research. These were bougght in the late 1960s or early 1970s:

I believe that Vikings with Horns on helmets was some type of creation of the Victorian age. Of course that was the image so toymakers had to go with them.

Another area of interest in mine is Woodland Indians as depicted in the film The Last of The Mohecans. I especially liked the gunstock warclub. Thus I picked up a pair of these from Britains, including one with a gunstock war club:

And here is a photo of the Vikings/Northmen from the same series:

One modern set of Britain's that caught my attention has been the Wrath of The Northman Collection. It reminded me a bit of the Elastolin Normans. I like the period authentic armor as opposed to the later styles that the Britains Herald and Britains details knights that I played with as a...

Anyway, this collection has gotten 6 pages long. I am going to have to be more careful about what I include so as not to bore people or to take up too much space. I will try to do a better job of including multiple figures into individual pictures.

And a third set with Pikes and halberds:

A second set of Landsknechts:

Another category of soldiers that Elastolin/Preiser had in their line were known as Landsknechtes, which I believe were based on the 30 year war. Once I got into collecting Elastolin/Preiser, I got into collecting some of them. What follows are photos of three sets that I bought in the late 1990s:

Here is another three Vikings: