Toy Soldier Shoppe open house (2 Viewers)

Holy C**p! Where did that come from? That looks awesome. Tell us more about the contents of this photo please.

MD
 
Hi Mister Dave, saw you there at the open house. I have never gone to the Toy Soldier Shoppe, previously I have bought sets on ebay, Hauf Hobbies, and the Toy Station. Now I wish to return once a month.:):):):):):):)
 
That looks like the work of Derek Cross from All The Queens Men. He has now retired. He specialized in large dioramas of colonial and Napoleonic scenes. I always found his soldiers a bit wiry but he had a lot of fans.
Regards
Damian Clarke
 
Col. Hesler said:
Hi Mister Dave, saw you there at the open house. I have never gone to the Toy Soldier Shoppe, previously I have bought sets on ebay, Hauf Hobbies, and the Toy Station. Now I wish to return once a month.:):):):):):):)
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Paul is a great guy to do business with, so I would highly recommend the monthly visits. Maybe I'll see you in there. I go about 2 times a month on average.

Mister Dave.
 
damian said:
That looks like the work of Derek Cross from All The Queens Men. He has now retired. He specialized in large dioramas of colonial and Napoleonic scenes. I always found his soldiers a bit wiry but he had a lot of fans.
Regards
Damian Clarke
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That would make sense having had a closer look at the photo. I had a couple of his Omdurman 21st Lancers and as you say they were a little bit wiry and sort of more artistically done than other makers. His catalog was extensive, but a bit too pricey to get shipped to me. Clearly we need a new range of matte figures for this conflict anyway. :cool:

MD
 
Mister Dave said:
Oh, well Randy you have reminded me of another comment that Richard made yesterday regarding Sudan figs. There will be a dismounted camel corps figure also for the Redcoats series.

I love those LL Heavy Camel Regt. guys. Do you have all 4 of them yet?

Looking forward to seeing what you do with photos of the new releases of course.

Mister Dave
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Hi Dave

No this is my first but I hope to get more from Paul.

Randy
 
I purchased one but unfortunately had to return it as it wasn't well made.
 
Well, they are fairly skinny standing next to most other brands. I actually had a few Guards infantry figs from Sudan made by them now that I think of it. Also the bases were very small on the foot figs and they tipped a lot. His style was cool but a lot different. I believe he actually sculpted the metal itself and the painting was less about precise detail and more artistic looking. Just basically a very different style of toy soldier than I'm used to, that's all. That is not to say that a bunch of them do not look really great in a huge diorama mind you.

MD
 
AQM specialized in large custom built dioramas. There are some on the website from Waterloo. A massed British square facing French cavalry and the like. The figures did not stand alone well. They had to be in a group.
Regards
Damian
 
Hi,

I just joined the this site. I was at the open house. I try to visit The Toy Soldier Shoppe about 4 times a year, Paul and Carl are great. I was there just last week, I stopped by the Shoppe before the Nationwide race. I will try to get up there in July and November at the other open house event.
 
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