For this Easter weekend I felt it appropriate to make a post about resurrection, in this case some wonderful old castings originally sculpted by Jack Scruby, now ably curated and cast by Mike Taber of Historifigs. While the molds are beginning to show their age, I was pleasantly surprised by how clean the castings turned out. The detail is somewhat sparse, I suspect more as a product of the era they were sculpted than in the molds. This sparsity of detail actually lends them a classic toy soldier charm and I am very excited to see how they will turn out with a little paint.
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| 3196c |
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| This is a two piece casting mounted on a GST-horse-1 in 25mm, this is Mike's standard for mounted officer figures. It is a combo effort: Greenwood, Scruby, and Taber. |
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| 3076 one piece casting |
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| Here is a painted example from my early days starting in on this project. |
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| 3195c |
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| This is an interesting figure with either an open jacket or a somewhat short greatcoat. Regardless it should make for a nice unique figure of a General officer. |
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| 3197c |
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| This one will make an excellent Colonel so I may be begging Mike for some more! |
Thanks again to Mike Taber at Historifigs for dragging out these old molds and spinning up some officers for me!