Who are, or were, Glory Miniatures?

[Rob]

Amongst a bunch of secondhand figures I picked up recently are 3 lovely big 54mm ACW figures (about 64mm sole to top of head) cast in traditional lead based white metal.
They have separate terrain bases with "GLORY" surrounded by laurel wreathes on an oval plaque on the underside.

I have not come across this range of ACW figures before. Anyone have any information regarding them and the present availability of the models?

Thanks
Rob

 

[David Spencer]

Dunno but that subject is always of interest

 

[Nap]

Can you post pictures Rob ?

Did a bit of digging this is from PF member Mirosoft files

Nap

 

[arj]

A further furkle into his catalogue section reveals a one page entry from the Glory catalogue:-

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[David Spencer]

20 Maine looks good

 

[Rob]

Can you post pictures Rob ?
Did a bit of digging this is from PF member Mirosoft files
Nap

Thanks Nap, that is indeed them, the 1st Maryland guy in your picture is one of the ones I have.

A further furkle into his catalogue section reveals a one page entry from the Glory catalogue:-
Andrew

Thanks Andrew, more pictures is always a good thing. Some lovely figures, the Pelican and especially the VMI cadet, that is quite an unusual offering.

I hope someone somewhere has them in production, the ones I have came from Italy so maybe one of the traders there may have an idea.
The figures are not Le Cimier or MM quality but are nice, lots of optional packs, canteens and belt items.

 

[polyphemus]

I think this range of figures were pursued out of business by legal action being based on artwork in certain books on the ACW.
I might be wrong my memory going the way of the rest of me.

Geoff

 

[David Spencer]

To base a figure on artwork from a book is a problem?
That's surprising.

 

[Rob]

To base a figure on artwork from a book is a problem?
That's surprising.

I know New Hope Design had an agreement with Osprey Publishing for sole rights to produce the "Men at Arms" range which were based exactly on illustrations from Osprey books (I have the ACW Naval officer on my desk at the moment).
Potentially an agreement like that could preclude anyone else using those same images as the source for figures.
Copyright/IP law is a nebulous and ill defined set of principles at best.

But given that there are so many models based off Don Troiani's work and how litigeous he his supposed to be about copyright it seems unlikely that copying a pose in a picture could be sufficient cause on its own to prompt a C&D letter. At least for traditional hand sculpted minis, taking a scanner to an existing work of art and transforming it into a 3d file and using that in rendering a mini is likely a different matter.

 

[arj]

The person responsible for the Glory Miniatures is Luca Stefano Cristini. He is a military illustrator/author who now runs an online bookstore called Soldiershop Publishing.

In my search for some additional details of Glory Miniatures I stumbled onto this website containing a pdf comprising 2 pages of the Glory catalogue in full colour.

The pdf is high quality, which you can download for yourself. In the meantime I’ve converted the pages to jpg’s which you can view here:-

If you search for 'Luca Stefano Cristini' on Google, you'll get a lot of book covers with his artwork.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[Rob]

.............In my search for some additional details of Glory Miniatures I stumbled onto this website containing a pdf comprising 2 pages of the Glory catalogue in full colour........

Thanks Andrew, that site is a treasure of old model pictures. Amazing collection they have put together.

I have the first of my "Glory" figures on my bench now, just starting clean up, details are a bit soft but the anatomy is good. He is not in any of the catalogue pictures, simple upright "attention" type stance with musket at shoulder. Texas guy judging by the shapeless hat.