Help Iding some knights (1 Viewer)

[DMNamiot]

Hi Guys,

Been kicking this one around with a couple of others and decided we need help IDing these figures. Thanks for the help here
Dave

 

[johnnybach]

Hi Guys,

Been kicking this one around with a couple of others and decided we need help IDing these figures. Thanks for the help here
Dave

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Further to our recent correspondence - and just to start the ball rolling - I now think that the knight on his knees - is also made up from parts of one of the standing figures found in Britains set 1307 " 16th Century Knights. I think he has had a bare head substituted for the original one, which has been dis-jointed and made up from the component parts to a kneeling one. just to confirm, the other two mounted figures are from "The Knights of Agincourt" originally by Roy Selwyn-Smith circa 1951, but after the unfortunate death of his partner, the moulds were sold to Britains, who produced them from 1954 until around 1966 (Hollowcast for the mounted figures of this set). The knight with mace was numbered 1659, whilst the other shown here is Knight with lance, number 1663 - who has had a plume added to his helmet. These KOA figures have been produced by many others since then as re-casts. I don't know the manufacturer of the final standing foot figure - but he is dressed in the Royal Livery - so he might be intended to look as one of the Kings of England.

The other "heraldry" - is more colourful than actual - as it resembles nothing I have seen in reality - so could be just "imaginitive".

If the figures can be detached from their settings - you can tell immediately if they are genuine old hollowcasts from the weight of each piece. Alternatively, by flicking them with a finger - you might be able to hear whether they are hollow - or (more likely) solid recasts. The real thing will ring, whereas the copies will not. The droopy mace on one of the figures, might mean that it is made of rather soft metal - as many recast can be of poorer quality.

Hope that starts the ideas flowing from others - but from the photographs seen ( and not actually handled), I think it's more likely an amateur re-paint of re-casts. I'm not very keen on the composition, and some of the figures look a bit "stiff" - as if made up from parts - or a poor kit.

Best of luck Dave - I'll be interested to see what others think. jb