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58th Regiment in Egypt. Here's my latest 1/6th scale figure, and this time I've included more photos, mostly so people cane see the endless reposing possibilities with these large figures The 58th ( Rutland) Regiment had an active role during the Battle of Alexandria, which took place in the...

40th Foot 1794 This figure is part of my attempts to make a typical figure for each decade of the British Army’s history. This loopy idea , a dolly per decade, at least gives me something to focus on, and actually has proved so far to be quite a good stimulus to research. The Revolutionary...

A trumpeter from the English Civil War , in this case wearing the orange-tawny livery of the Earl of Essex, the Lord General of the Parliament’s Army. The livery is modelled on those in a couple of paintings, and the saddle, harnessing and trumpet are based on original items . Being an “ action...

Since I was informed about this outfit this morning, who are making illegal resin recasts of my metal 1/72 figures and several others in the same scale, I rather suspect that the larger scale figures on the site are also highly suspicious. I am not sufficiently well informed about larger scales...

The 2nd Guards at Hougoumont I very nearly let the Waterloo 200th anniversary go unsung, but with a mad rush I have just managed to squeeze this chap in on the day . As usual with these big figures, I try and use the best materials to recreate the various textures. The figure: He’s...

Another of my 1/6th creations, this one has been a lot of fun trying to create all the different textures. The bonnet was a bit of a nightmare, but I eventually found the right sort of feathers in a craft shop.It's built like the original with feathers over a blocked out felt bonnet beneath. The...

Thomas Brown 1743 Thomas Brown , of the 3rd or Bland’s Dragoons, as he might have appeared at the start of the Battle of Dettingen in 1743 . He had an eventful battle , first having two horses killed under him , then getting into a melee over a fallen British standard in which he had two...

Two 1/6th figures I recently completed. The first is a Private of the Glosters from their famous stand on the Imjin river in Korea in April of 1951. He wears the 1947 type BD, 1944 webbing , and is armed with the No.4 rifle. This is based on photos from before and after the action. He's also...

The latest of my 1/6th figures, completely home made on a cut down Dragon body. The Minden anniversary was on the 1st of the month , so I though it was time to post him. The 12th were later the Suffolk regiment , one of the six that advanced on the French Cavalry and saw them off. Their...

This chap was made as much for the challenge as anything , since the uniform is quite elaborate, and took some planning to put together. He represents a Grenadier of the RWF at Dettingen , 1743, and is based on the 1742 Cloathing book and the Morier paintings from a little later. The...

This figure is based on the archaeology from the famous wreck raised in the 1980s , and now displayed in the recently opened new museum in Portsmouth. The set he stands on is a fairly notional evocation of the aftercastle rather than a precise model, since I don't think the upperworks survived...

My latest horseman in the BIG scale. Mounted figures are something of a problem , since at present there are no good ready-made 1/6th horses. This one is a Cindy horse, thickened and lengthened, then with the surface heavily resculpted with air-drying clay. The horse tack is leather , wood ...

Made this fellow a few months ago now, but after the reception of my Culloden figure I thought people might like to see him. The 72nd Duke of Albany's ( as they were before amalgamation ) were in India for some time before the Second Afghan War, so were still wearing the old pouchbelt equipment...

The latest finished figures off my workbench , this chap represents a hatman from one of the Line Regiments ( later the 14th Foot, later still the Prince of Wales' Own West Yorks ) present at Culloden in April 1746. All scratchbuilt on a slightly shortened articulated commercial body. The...

Just finished these two A Private of the 66th , and Gunner Collis V.C. of the RHA. Everything is entirely scratchbuilt except for the articulated plastic bodies inside. All the details come from Barthorp's excellent article in Military Illustrated No. 17. Maiwand was a now-forgotten...

Just finished this chap , the culmination of quite a lot of work getting the necessary parts together. The figure is mostly of interest because of the rather unusual kit. The 8th Battalion were a Territiorial unit sent first to Egypt, then to Gallipoli as reinforcements in May 1915.They had...

Sir John gets a ride… Well , for the moment anyway. I recently finished a couple of horses, one for my 1918 Yeoman, and this one , for a 19th century figure. The first horse is a rebuilt plastic “Cindy “ horse , but this black horse is completely made from scratch , with a Foamex skeleton...

I have been working on this chap for a few months now : a Trumpeter from the Gloucestershire Hussars, Palestine 1918. He's called Stan Carter, he came from Stroud in Gloucestershire, and in later life he taught me to play the trumpet. There are several questions about the uniform , since there...

Almost finished this large 1/6th project now , after having him in my workshop for about a year . As always with these big figures, it goes along in fits and starts . Theres' a fair amount of research necessary , especially with items like the saddle ; but I finally found someone who owned an...

Based on the paintings in the Royal Collection by Dubois-Drahonet, this young chap is my latest 1/6th figure. All scratchbuilt , with a lot of 22 carat gold leaf applied to everything !