"Ahketon Alamo Figurea" Topic

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nevinsrip	02 Apr 2016 10:59 p.m. PST
I took these pictures to put up on the Marketplace Board. But I thought I would share them with this board because, I doubt that many people have ever seen these sculpts or heard of Ahketon. They were only in business for a short while. These figures were featured in Ian Weekley's Alamo Diorama that is in his book on building wargames terrain. Anyone else remember these? [URL=http://s222.photobucket.com/user/nevinsrip/media/Ahketon%2010%20characters_zpsw6olhbmf.jpg.html] [/URL] [URL=http://s222.photobucket.com/user/nevinsrip/media/Ahketon%209_zpstojvo5kl.jpg.html] [/URL] [URL=http://s222.photobucket.com/user/nevinsrip/media/Ahketon%2011_zpskeukraz6.jpg.html] [/URL] [URL=http://s222.photobucket.com/user/nevinsrip/media/Ahketon%208%20bowie%202_zpsmimosbxj.jpg.html] [/URL] [URL=http://s222.photobucket.com/user/nevinsrip/media/Ahketon%207%20bowie%20bed_zps1ronzefo.jpg.html] [/URL] [URL=http://s222.photobucket.com/user/nevinsrip/media/Ahketon%206_zpsumc4rgul.jpg.html] [/URL] [URL=http://s222.photobucket.com/user/nevinsrip/media/Ahketon%205_zpsp8xdljxj.jpg.html] [/URL] [URL=http://s222.photobucket.com/user/nevinsrip/media/Ahketon%204_zps1sdilhm1.jpg.html] [/URL] [URL=http://s222.photobucket.com/user/nevinsrip/media/Ahketon%203_zpsf0z7csy3.jpg.html] [/URL] [URL=http://s222.photobucket.com/user/nevinsrip/media/Ahketon%202_zpsbrmyow1l.jpg.html] [/URL] [URL=http://s222.photobucket.com/user/nevinsrip/media/Ahketon%201_zpsmxgte7cn.jpg.html] [/URL]
gavandjosh02	02 Apr 2016 11:33 p.m. PST
thanks. Are they "proper" 25mm?
nevinsrip	02 Apr 2016 11:45 p.m. PST
They are 25 mm in height almost exactly. They look taller because of their girth.
Lt Col Pedant	03 Apr 2016 1:41 a.m. PST
"They were only in business a short while" … You bet! Cashed my cheque but I'm still waiting for the order to arrive.
malamute	03 Apr 2016 5:49 a.m. PST
Arhh they take me back to 1986-87. :) I bought a whole load at the Harrow Model shop. The figures in Ian Weekleys book are mine! He made the Alamo for me back then. I went to visit him at the Old Anchor Of Hope in Buxtom Lamas, Norfolk on many occasions and we photographed the finished buildings and figures at one of these meetings. They also appeared in a very old edition of a Wargames magazine which the name of escapes me. Thanks for posting this. :)
grtbrt	23 Aug 2016 8:11 a.m. PST
I remember these . I still have some and their boxer range . I think my favorite was the dismounted mexican lancer with lance
Nick Stern	25 Aug 2016 1:35 p.m. PST
I still have my Ahketon Afghan Hill Fort made out of fragile plaster of Paris. I think their figures were sub par even in the 1980's. Some of them scarcely look human.