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refer to Mirof's earlier long list on Blandford books in this thread. Here's one that I occasionally use. It is chokeful of excellent coloured photos.

 

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Ernest Reedstrom wrote and illustrated this atmospheric book on the Wild West for Blandford. It has a great text, lots of b/w drawings, photos and many coloured illustrations.

 

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This book is a selective review of the work of some of the best figure modellers then. Not an exciting book as the modelling experiences given by most is largely the same, and repetitive - discovered Airfix, worked on Historex, moved to metal figures such as Tradition, switch from planes to figures etc.

I selected the section on John Tassell, who founded Lassett and Series 77, as an example.

 

[Mirof]

This book is a selective review of the work of some of the best figure modellers then. Not an exciting book as the modelling experiences given by most is largely the same, and repetitive - discovered Airfix, worked on Historex, moved to metal figures such as Tradition, switch from planes to figures etc.

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[Mirof]

This book is a selective review of the work of some of the best figure modellers then. Not an exciting book as the modelling experiences given by most is largely the same, and repetitive - discovered Airfix, worked on Historex, moved to metal figures such as Tradition, switch from planes to figures etc.

I selected the section on John Tassell, who founded Lassett and Series 77, as an example.



Yes I remember painting this one, Lasset 75mm, from his own company Sovereign, some 40 years ago . Peter Wilcox was a great source of inspiration, he also made a vast range of unique models . Here he modified the right and left arms, and, the helmet . So almost everything he has made is unique .
Mine, is straight from the box .
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Here is a simple book on sculpting large scale original figures. The concept of doing photographic sequences at every stage of modelling is actually very useful for learning basic sculpting to achieve fairly decent results on a first attempt. The book is just full of these photos.

 

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An excellent book for making very detailed model buildings to display the model figures. Porter explains many aspects of building construction which should be modelled to add authenticity to any scene. My favourite is the London blitzed terrace house.

 

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I'm a sometimes Napoleonophile, due in part to my love for Historex kits. Well, this book is practically the bible on Historex kits. It is chokeful of good advice on how to go about constructing one of these complex plastic kits. Bill Ottinger's conversions are just marvellous to behold. His Napoleonic figures just glow!

 

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These are the few Historex must have literature - book, catalog and spares listing. Mine are very well-thumbed copies. The Historex kits are very complex and there are thousands of spares to build specific Napoloenic uniforms.

 

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This book is a selective review of the work of some of the best figure modellers then. Not an exciting book as the modelling experiences given by most is largely the same, and repetitive - discovered Airfix, worked on Historex, moved to metal figures such as Tradition, switch from planes to figures etc.

I selected the section on John Tassell, who founded Lassett and Series 77, as an example.



Yes I remember painting this one, Lasset 75mm, from his own company Sovereign, some 40 years ago . Peter Wilcox was a great source of inspiration, he also made a vast range of unique models . Here he modified the right and left arms, and, the helmet . So almost everything he has made is unique .
Mine, is straight from the box .
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Hi Mirof,

Your figure is actually very well-painted. Those checks are nice and square and stands well in comparison with Wilcox's figure.

Rgds Victor

 

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Starting to dust off some mags. I had bought a few loose copies of Crown Imperial. Some of these articles are quite interesting and could make inspirational background for some figures.

For example, here's one full article on the development of British shabraques with some nice pics.

 

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Another two interesting short articles from the same mag.

The first is based on 5 pics of a farrier major in the 17th Lancers and a short summary of his service. One could attempt to model him in any of the uniforms shown.

The second more esoteric article is on the personal bodyguard of Lord Roberts during the Boer War.

 

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This book is all about modelling knights. The author uses his own 80mm castings to demonstrate the various techniques. There are some good ideas on modelling parts of a castle for dioramic display as well as modelling horse caparisons among others. Many of these ideas can of course be used for other scales including 54mm figures. These series of Osprey Modelling Masterclass books are worth getting.

 

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Kim Jones also has another very similar book on modelling military miniatures. This one focuses on a 120mm commercial figure conversion. It is backed by a lot of clear step-by-step photos and is suitable for beginners.

 

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Perhaps some of you may have a copy of the substantial Scalelink Catalogue which was really great to delve into for the numerous WWI figure kits. The size is compatible with Airfix multipose figures. I bought a job lot about 10 years back. Prices are creeping up though. I was disappointed when they never produced the BL 9.2 inch howitzer featured on the front page.

 

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I got this booklet when I visited the Alamo historic town site at San Antonio many years ago. I also visited the Kings X toy soldier shop. The 32-page booklet contains many colour pictures on a large diorama about the Alamo battle. The figures were made from Imrie-Risley Miniatures.

 

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The Historex story is carried out in two parts in these two back-to-back Mil Mod magazines vol 33 (nos.10-11) 2003. As the magazine is still going strong, I won't reproduce the Historex article which is very well written and has many nice pics of Historex kits.

Rgds Victor

 

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I once was a paid-up member of the BMSS for a year. These are the typical quarterly b/w magazines that were issued to all members then. I reproduce the covers of three issues here.

No 1 has models by Peter Wilcox.
No 2 has the Syrian Jannissary model (based on a Historex conversion) and the Vietnam era model (based on Airfix conversions) which were excellent pieces.
No 3 featured models entered for the BMSS competition.

 

[johnnybach]

Starting to dust off some mags. I had bought a few loose copies of Crown Imperial. Some of these articles are quite interesting and could make inspirational background for some figures.

For example, here's one full article on the development of British shabraques with some nice pics.

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Love that Black Leopard Apaloosa Drum Horse Vic. Never seen a pic of one used for that purpose before. Very Nice. jb

 

[trooper]

Perhaps some of you may have a copy of the substantial Scalelink Catalogue which was really great to delve into for the numerous WWI figure kits. The size is compatible with Airfix multipose figures. I bought a job lot about 10 years back. Prices are creeping up though. I was disappointed when they never produced the BL 9.2 inch howitzer featured on the front page.

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The gun has now been produced by The Model Armoury. See their website and photos from the London show. Trooper