Military Minitures 1966 (2 Viewers)

[Guest]

Saw this on YouTube
Military Miniatures (1966) - YouTube

 

[Obee]

Very interesting seeing the figures just out of the spun cast mould. I still have a few of them that need a 'lick of paint' ...oh well they will keep for a few more years

John

 

[Hazebrouck]

I like how Mrs. Hunt dressed up for Wargaming

 

[Malcolm Britain]

I liked the fact that Mr Hinton wore a jacket and tie to do his work!

Can someone enlighten me as to the figure range? I know Hinton Hunt produced 54mm figures and yet the bases look identical to those produced/painted by Stadden. Was there a relationship between these two gents in the 1960s?

 

[theBaron]

I liked the fact that Mr Hinton wore a jacket and tie to do his work!

Can someone enlighten me as to the figure range? I know Hinton Hunt produced 54mm figures and yet the bases look identical to those produced/painted by Stadden. Was there a relationship between these two gents in the 1960s?

Bases made of a piece of tinplate were common; the idea was that the figure with base would be fixed to a display base, like a pedestal, or perhaps on a diorama base, and the tinplate could be covered with the groundwork. The contrasting method is to have a figure without a base, and pin it to the display base. Hinton and Stadden used this kind of base, as did John Tassel-whose figures are stylistically similar to Stadden's, too-Soldat, and Alymer.

Stadden's and Hinton's figures do resemble each other, but Stadden's are better. His proportions are better, from the faces, to the limbs to the hands. Hinton's figures often show a prominent jutting chin, and on many of the ones I have and have seen, the hands are a little big for the figure. It's reminiscent of old-school wargame figures. Stadden's best figures are much more refined.

As far as I know, there was no collaboration between the two, though I can't remember if Belmont-Maitland sold Hinton's figures, too.

The jacket and tie, though, that's a social norm that we've let die out, the concept of dressing up, or presenting your best image of yourself, in public. You didn't have to be rich, but you were presentable, as people used to say. It's a way of showing respect to the people around you.

There are a lot of other film clips on YouTube showing toy soldier collectors from the 60s. There are a couple of Peter Cushing, for example. Fun to watch.

Prost!
Brad

 

[Hazebrouck]

Can someone enlighten me as to the figure range? I know Hinton Hunt produced 54mm figures and yet the bases look identical to those produced/painted by Stadden. Was there a relationship between these two gents in the 1960s?

There is quite a bit of background info about Marcus Hinton and his 54mm figures here-

http://www.vintagewargamingfigures.info/rblack/index.html

Quite an eccentric character. The wargames figures have quite a collectors following, which the 54mm figures do not seem to have acquired.

Scott

 

[hotel3alpha]

All,

Super cool video! Mrs. Hinton is quite the looker for back in the day and Mr. Hinton "museum" rivals Louis museum.

John from Texas