| Wellington Man | 04 Jan 2019 1:59 a.m. PST |
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| londoncalling | 04 Jan 2019 3:58 a.m. PST |
Gorgeous old school stuff ! |
Joes Shop  | 04 Jan 2019 4:01 a.m. PST |
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| Winston Smith | 04 Jan 2019 9:02 a.m. PST |
Very well done Old School.
Those figures predate even me! 
I was heavily into Lamming 25mm Ancients back in the 1970s, and those weren't even in the catalog. |
| EagleSixFive | 04 Jan 2019 10:24 a.m. PST |
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| ConnaughtRanger | 04 Jan 2019 3:39 p.m. PST |
Happy(?) memories – my first metal Napoleonics were Lamming from The Northern Garrison in Knaresborough (Look it up on Google Maps!) |
| Cyrus the Great | 04 Jan 2019 10:28 p.m. PST |
I think you have a Wayback Machine in your possession. Those are some lovely paint jobs! |
| JimDuncanUK | 05 Jan 2019 5:33 p.m. PST |
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 deadhead | 06 Jan 2019 9:39 a.m. PST |
Dare I say this? Offer a totally ignorant critique? Are these too good? Seriously. I have this idea that Hinton Hunt Figures were glossy finished, relatively simply painted, parade rig figures that created nostalgia, but had largely had their day. Old School Stuff two respondents said. What was the German range you had to cast yourself and is still going? What we see here is lacework (for just one example, I could have gone for the officers' rig) that is just superb. British infantry, with white lace, overlying white cross belts, then overlying back pack belts, are murderous to do. These are brilliant. I know I will regret this as way out of my comfort zone, but I have not often complained that a presentation has been far too good. Oh Blimey. Just realised these are 20mm, having assumed nearer 35 or 54mm! Now I remember your earlier postings…..like Christopher Plummer said "This man does war honour" |
| Porthos | 06 Jan 2019 1:28 p.m. PST |
Deadhead: this is NOT Hinton Hunt, it is Lamming. Although I do not remember the 20mm, I thought he (Bill Lamming) only made 25mm. In the picture only the British are Lamming, BTW. The Jäger in front (green coats) are probably Hinton Hunt or (old) Hinchliffe.
The still going "German range you have to cast yourself" ? Perhaps you mean Prince August ? They are Irish (;-)). |
| deadhead | 07 Jan 2019 2:57 a.m. PST |
Prince August….that's it! Irish!!!!!! Bejabbers….
many thanks for the info. this posting has given me a whole new insight into what can be done with "nostalgia" figures
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| Wellington Man | 09 Jan 2019 2:40 a.m. PST |
Thank you for your kind comments, chaps. The figures (left to right are):
Foreground: Hinton Hunt Jaeger
Front row: Lamming and Der Kriegspielers
Back row: Der Kriegspielers and Hinton Hunt conversions Cheers,
WM |
| Lord Hill | 10 Jan 2019 7:15 a.m. PST |
While we're talking about this scale and period, does anyone remember Les Higgins/Phoenix from Earls Barton in Northamptonshire? Some of the infantry were in strange poses but the cavalry were superb and the British Horse Artillery set was/is among the finest sculpts ever made. Would love to see a pic if anyone still has them! |
| Trockledockle | 05 Jan 2023 1:34 p.m. PST |
Lord Hill, it's only taken 4 years but here are some pictures. link Here are the RHA figures. I agree with you that they are excellent. link Plenty more on that site. |
| Wellington Man | 05 Jan 2023 5:07 p.m. PST |
I'm actually planning to paint a few Higgins's Lord Hill and Trockledockie! All the best WM |
paints his first three ships from the starter set.
