Gunga Din - who made this one?? (1 Viewer)

[tdubel]

Having a brain cramp, I have had this figure several times and forgot who made it! Thanks!

 

[tdubel]

Bump, cmon detectives, this is killing me as I can't remember!

 

[theBaron]

Sarum made a figure of Gunga Din, but in a pose carrying water, not his famous bugle call. So I think we can rule that out.

Prost!
Brad

 

[tdubel]

Sarum made a figure of Gunga Din, but in a pose carrying water, not his famous bugle call. So I think we can rule that out.

Prost!
Brad

Correct, not the Sarum one. More background and I just can't remember who did this one, but it is in the style of Trophy, but it is not them, they made a standing Gunga in dark and light skin as well as there is a water carrier with one of the Mutiny sets but it is not this guy.

I also thought of Mike Ferguson, but this is a little bit "chunky" of a figure and I swear he did a Gunga Din, but it is not this one.

TD

 

[theBaron]

That's a good suggestion, that Mike made it. I haven't talked to him in several years, so this is a good excuse to contact him.

I'm also about to dive into my Armchair General catalogs, to see if I can find anything on macchim-5's mystery 8th Wisconsin toy soldiers (https://forum.treefrogtreasures.com/showthread.php?64402-Help-With-These-Cheery-ACW-Union-Soldiers), and I'll look for this one, too.

Prost!
Brad

 

[jazzeum]

I have one similar to this. Martyn told me it was a Trophy piece but somehow I don't think so.

 

[tdubel]

I have one similar to this. Martyn told me it was a Trophy piece but somehow I don't think so.

Brad,
I still hold that out b/c it is 100% in the style of Trophy from that era and timeframe, just not sure that it is. It very well could be early trophy.

TD

 

[jazzeum]

Tom, this is mine.

Brad

 

[tdubel]

Tom, this is mine.

Brad

Brad,
you got it, early Trophy Dark skin version. That is a Trophy figure.

TD

 

[jazzeum]

Thanks Tom. The lesson: never doubt Martyn.

 

[theBaron]

Well, I couldn't find anything like him, in my Armchair General catalogs. I have their catalogs from 1995 through 1998. They carried a lot of Trophy sets, among other things. But no Gunga Din figure.

I agree with our tentative ID as another Trophy figure. I'd like to find a published reference, though, too, to confirm. I'm going to keep looking.

Prost!
Brad

 

[GICOP]

I have one similar to this. Martyn told me it was a Trophy piece but somehow I don't think so.

Brad,
I still hold that out b/c it is 100% in the style of Trophy from that era and timeframe, just not sure that it is. It very well could be early trophy.

TD

Here are the three Trophy Din Brothers ^&grin

The one in the centre is from the Indian Mutiny set ME.4 and the two either side of him are both IA15 but with different skin tones

Cheers

Martyn

 

[jazzeum]

Like I said, never doubt Martyn! :redface2:

 

[theBaron]

Here are the three Trophy Din Brothers...

Gunga, Dizzy and Daffy!

 

[theBaron]

But seriously...

It occurs to me to suggest whether Tom's figure could have been made by Imperial.

Prost!
Brad

 

[Louis Badolato]

If it’s Trophy style, if could be a piece Len made for Under Two Flags.

 

[tdubel]

Definitely not Imperial, and the Under 2 Flags may well be the right answer too, nice Louis! I know I have another example of this figure in storage, the correct answer may have to wait til I unearth it and see the other one which I am pretty sure is identified.

Thanks!

 

[Hussar4Hussies]

Marlborough

 

[tdubel]

Marlborough

hi, thought about this, do you have a reference to a set that it came from b/c Marlborough line of single figures are very chunky and individually boxed.

Thanks!

 

[Andanna]

This is mine. Any guesses as to its origin?