BattlewagonBruce
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Ready 4 Action was started by Martin Tabony and Bruce Murray. Martin will be known to you as one of the leading sculptors in the hobby today.
Martin Tabony after a parade in London
Martin served as an NCO in the Life Guards in The British Army before taking up the sculpting tools and making some off the best figures the hobby has seen. He lives and works in Northumberland and has known Bruce Murray for about 20 years. He produces figures for the well known Heritage range.
He has sculpted for himself and many companies over the years and his involvement in the world of Toy Soldiers goes back longer than he would care to remember!
Bruce on the radio at the School of Mountain Warfare, Vermont USA
Bruce was commissioned into the Royal Irish Rangers with a Territorial commission and served briefly with the regular 2nd Battalion in BAOR, West Germany in mechanised infantry as a Platoon commander and company second in command. He then moved to London and was a platoon commander in The London Irish Rifles (V) for a couple of years, before moving to the North East to take up his profession as an Architect. He then joined the 6th Battalion (V) Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (The Northumberland Fusiliers) and finished as Regimental Signals Officer after 7 years of service.
Bruce lives and works in Northumberland in the north of England, not far from Martin.
Bruce has been a collector for over 30 years and retired form Architecture some 5 years ago becoming a full time painter. He has been painting professionally for about 10 years. He paints for Morgan Miniatures, Warlord Games, Offensive Miniatures and Miniarons in Spain, amongst others. He is a keen collector and wargamer.
Bruce and Martin are passionate about military history and toy soldiers. They came together to produce a range of beautifully sculpted and painted military models at affordable prices. Between the two men exists a wealth of knowledge and experience.
Their first range is a toe in the water with relaxed poses in what one might call the museum style figure. This is being followed up by more action poses. The initial ranges focus on D-Day and Market Garden, both being very topical this year.
It is intended to follow this up with figures for the Far East 1941-1945 and Napoleonics. At present the output is in true 54mm, that is 1:32, but 1:30 versions are on the cards too.
The boys really hope you can support this new venture and look forward to bringing many interesting new figures to the hobby.
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