A Couple of Historesine Figures

[arj]

These two are ‘Historesine’ figures (bought from Historex Agents, many, many moons ago). They are 54mm, mainly resin, with the female’s right arm and sword and the man’s left hand with sword/scabbard in metal. They represent a Sans-Culotte and Tricoteuse c.1793, somewhere in the Paris area.

I originally showed them in this post, where the female had some old Humbrol paint on her, while the man was untouched, with both in their original packets. A Dettol bath duly followed, and a base was constructed from Milliput paving slabs, with fine sand pva’d into the gaps.

Paints were oils over Humbrol enamels with printers inks mixed with oils for the metal elements.



This concludes my venture into the French Revolution with some very old OOP (including Mokarex) figures from the GA box.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[blaster]

Thx for the trip down memory lane.

Rgds Victor

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Very nice and well painted

Mobo

 

[Briggsy]

An interesting pair, it is really impressive to see how things have progressed since the 60's and 70's. Long may the hobby continue, no matter what direction it takes.

Cheers Simon

 

[Nap]

Hi Andrew

These have come out well , like Briggsy says we’ve come a long way since these

Thanks for sharing

Look forward to seeing what you have next

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[arj]

Thx for the trip down memory lane.

Rgds Victor

I'm pleased you enjoyed the trip Victor.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[arj]

Very nice and well painted

Mobo

Thank you Mobo.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[arj]

An interesting pair, it is really impressive to see how things have progressed since the 60's and 70's. Long may the hobby continue, no matter what direction it takes.

Cheers Simon

Thank you for taking the time to look and comment Simon.
I just had a further look at the photos and the fella does seem to be leaning forward a bit.
However, given the sharp 'nit picker' waving close to his 'family jewels' could be a realistic explanation.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[arj]

Hi Andrew

These have come out well , like Briggsy says we’ve come a long way since these

Thanks for sharing

Look forward to seeing what you have next

Happy benchtime

Nap

Thanks for taking the time to comment Kevin.
As regards what comes next, I've dragged out one or two Segom figures from amongst the cobwebs ....

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[NigelR]

It's a real blast seeing these figures painted up, they really bring back memories of the early days of Historex. Nice job all round on these.

 

[arj]

It's a real blast seeing these figures painted up, they really bring back memories of the early days of Historex. Nice job all round on these.

Thank you for looking and taking the time to comment Nigel.
I'm pleased you liked my little trip down memory lane.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[NigelR]

As regards what comes next, I've dragged out one or two Segom figures from amongst the cobwebs ....

Wow, that takes me back as well. I remember getting one of their cavalry figures in the 70s, it was made out of weird plastic and IIRC had fabric for the saddlecloth. But I might be hallucinating that.....

 

[Nap]

Wow, that takes me back as well. I remember getting one of their cavalry figures in the 70s, it was made out of weird plastic and IIRC had fabric for the saddlecloth. But I might be hallucinating that.....

I seem to remember seeing the cavalry subjects from this company having a felt saddlecloth



Nap

 

[Briggsy]

I seem to remember seeing the cavalry subjects from this company having a felt saddlecloth

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Nap

Oh hell I remember them now, I only ever bought the one though, wasn't that impressed even back in the day.

Cheers Simon

 

[smudger1960]

I really like these Andrew,well done

 

[arj]

Wow, that takes me back as well. I remember getting one of their cavalry figures in the 70s, it was made out of weird plastic and IIRC had fabric for the saddlecloth. But I might be hallucinating that.....

I only ever bought one Segom mounted figure Nigel (the few others were on foot).
The figures were a strange plastic, but relatively easy to work with. Acetone was the ideal glue at the time, but, epoxy would probably do just as well today.
I found an old photo (the ones that you had to take to the chemist, or others, to get developed; and then find all the mistakes you made).
I was into using background photos back then. Anyway, I scanned it to make it usable here:-

click on it for a larger view


The Helmet range were the strange ones in a softish bendy plastic, and had the felt saddlecloths.

I seem to remember seeing the cavalry subjects from this company having a felt saddlecloth

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Nap

That's the fellas Kevin. You've even showed the one set that I ever bought. They were Dutch/Belgian.
The mounted ones came with felt saddlecloths (I couldn't get my head around that, and never bought one). The foot came in twos, one standing and one kneeling.
However, the plastic was very similar to very cheap toys, so I preferred to work with Airfix soft plastics until the Collectors Series made their appearance.

Oh hell I remember them now, I only ever bought the one though, wasn't that impressed even back in the day.

Cheers Simon

I think you've got the description spot on Simon.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[arj]

I really like these Andrew,well done

Thanks for looking and taking the time to comment Brian.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[NigelR]

It's all coming flooding back now. Had a really nice chat with Andrew today at the Plymouth show reminiscing about these old figures (and when we were younger....). The Historesine and Mokarex figures look quite good close up, especially give their age.....