Brad,
Good looking figure! Next year I will be focusing on a Samurai line, but don't know which line to go with. Any suggestions?
John from Texas
Glossy
As far as I know, they are no more Samourai at Somerset
http://somersetltd.com/
There was/is a good range at East of India
http://www.eastofindia.com/
as it seems they are out or going out of bzns, I made a PDF file, before there is nothing more to find, you can download at
http://www.mirofsoft.com/toy-soldier/
Best
Brad
Confirmed somerset. These were test run series that never got off the ground. The painting and sculpt is a giveaway. I would not call them limited, but they are not plentiful either. Similar to what Ron did in the Zulu arena and the afghan series. I also went back and found my own!
One other comment, Ron also painted a few big game hunter items as I have an elephant hunt as well as a tiger attack (or I should say my son does, they are on his shelf).
Tom
Thanks from me, too, Tom! I didn't see a samurai series on the Somerset website, so I was very curious to hear more about this figure. Its rarity makes it that much more special.
Prost!
(other) Brad
No worries, if I get time, I can post a number of "Somerset" items from over the years that include an afghan prince, a sultan in "carriage" (forget the word of a hand carried cart), Big game hunter firing against a tiger as well as a charging Elephant!. Some of the early K&C Camels were sculpted by Ron at somerset. Quite an interesting history, the Samurai I only came across a few years ago from an ebay seller who was liquidating somerset items and in the midst of them was this samurai. I bought it and compared it to every Samurai I knew of including Ed Colarik and after that and asking Ron, determined what it was. Ron also did Zulu Wars which you used to only see at shows, they are also long sold out and a part of history.
Tom