Need Help Identifying Set(s) (1 Viewer)

[Lawrence Lo]

Purchased a lot of figures and can't identify some figures. Anyone know who made these? They are true 54mm and have no markings under the base.

Napoleon, Marshal Ney, Field Marshal Blucher

French Napoleonic Figures - same type bases, no markings

Thanks for any info you guys can provide :smile2:

 

[lancer]

Purchased a lot of figures and can't identify some figures. Anyone know who made these? They are true 54mm and have no markings under the base.

Napoleon, Marshal Ney, Field Marshal Blucher

French Napoleonic Figures - same type bases, no markings

Thanks for any info you guys can provide :smile2:

Going on my limited knowledge, from the flat bases, the Napolen, Ney, and Blucher look to be Stadden. No idea on the other three. -- Al

 

[theBaron]

You're correct, Al, the first three are all classic Staddens, from the "custom" range.

I think the other three are also Tradition castings, painted to a very good level of detail. The shape of the bases is one thing that makes me say this, plus the quality of the castings.

Lawrence, you might want to have a look at Tradition's website, www.traditionoflondon.com, to see if you can find them in the online catalog. I think they'd be in the 54mm Model Soldier catalog. I can check my hardcopy catalog tonight to see, but I'm sure they're available from Tradition, though I'm not as good on the sculptor. Does anyone know (Obee, perhaps)--is it possible that Alan Caton was the sculptor for these? I don't remember whether Charles himself sculpted any of the figures in the Model Soldier line.

Hope that helps, prosit!
Brad

 

[trooper]

All six figures are from the Tradition range. The ones on thin tin bases are hand positioned figures and the ones on oval bases are from the kit range. The sculpter was Alan Caton. Trooper

 

[theBaron]

All six figures are from the Tradition range. The ones on thin tin bases are hand positioned figures and the ones on oval bases are from the kit range. The sculpter was Alan Caton. Trooper

True, sold by Tradition, but I may offer a clarification, they're from different areas of Tradition's catalog.

The older figures are referred to in the catalog as custom, because they could be positioned into unique poses on order. I contacted Tradition last year about that line, because I wanted to order some new figures, and learned that the custom line had been retired, because of low demand (I was probably the only person to contact them to order any in several years ), though of course, the molds are still available. The Caton figures are sold as "Model Soldiers", in kit form. Some of the ones that I have, have "Tradition" incised under the base, almost as if scratched in with a pin, while others have only the nub where the sprue gate was cut.

Prost!
Brad

 

[Lawrence Lo]

Thanks everyone for the help! Learn something new every day :smile2: I always thought of Tradition as makers of glossy figures. Thanks again for enlightening me about Tradition. I have some other figures that I will post later this week that need IDing. Thanks again for all the info!

 

[Lawrence Lo]

OK,

Here are a few more. Thanks in advance.

 

[Hazebrouck]

Lawrence,

The Zulu War figure is Hinchliffe from the Cliff Sanderson (CS) Zulu War range.

He is a private of the 24th foot and is possibly CS1(?) in that range.

They are great figures. One of them was my first 54mm metal kit.

Scott

 

[trooper]

First figure is a Staddens. Trooper

 

[theBaron]

Actually, the Indian Army cavalry troopers are by John Tunstill, aren't they? What's left of the stamp under the base looks like it includes his name.

Prost!
Brad