Napoleonic Charicatures

[mikec55]

There once was a sculptor from Michigan(I think) who produced 4 or 5 resin 54mm Napoleonic miniatures that were based on the satirical cartoons of a 19th century artist. Digging through my gray army, I ran across his Napoleon on horseback that I received as a Christmas gift 2 or 3 years ago.

I visited his website about a year ago but it ran so slowly that I got the impression he didn't spend much time tending to it so I deleted it from my favorites. He was an outstanding sculptor who also produced some incredibly detailed 28mm French & Indian war figures & Lord of the Rings type orcs & fairies among his other work.

Does anyone know if he's still in business, maybe a new website? I knew I should've bought those other Napoleonics when I had the chance.

Mike

 

[captnenglish]

I think you are talking about Thunderbolt Mountain. I do not know if he is still in business, but believe he is. I do know that he sculpts for Darksword Miniatures quite a bit.
http://www.thunderboltmountain.com/collections/all/resin

 

[Wendy]

He's still in business, but doesn't release much new stuff because he's busy sculpting toys to pay the bills. He did update his site around last December, but I don't think the url changed and it worked fine when I visited it today.

Actually, Tom Meier lives in Ohio. And the FIW stuff are exquisite. Well, everything is, really.

 

[Carlisle Exile]

Hello Mike
In issue 171 of Toy Soldier & Model Figure magazine thier is an article by Bill Ebensperger which features some Napoleonic caricature figures in 75mm resin from Mil-Mart Miniatures called mini-men.Sculpted by a UK based sculptor Ken Farrar ,there was no web address ,but it did say they were due for release this month.
If I recall one of the figure sets was of a Imperial Guard holding up The Emperor himself.
Sorry i could be more helpful as I left my copy at work.

 

[Ulrich]

Hi. Ken is a member of Planetfigure too and here is his webside http://www.milmartminiatures.co.uk/
And his figures are great

 

[mikec55]

Jackpot!
The Tom Meier figures were the ones I was looking for & he has updated the website since my last visit.
I also like Ken Farrar's little ACW guys now that I've seen them. I guess my paypal account is about to take a beating.

Thanks to all for your quick responses.

 

[marco55]

I have the FIW figures.They are 1/48 (32mm) and are fantastic.I just had mine painted.He says in his blog that he is sculpting more but it will be quite a while before they are in production.
Mark

 

[housecarl]

They look brilliant pieces.
Carl.