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The West is getting wilder again, thanks to Black Hawk Toy Soldiers!
The set Marx should have made...
I don't buy many King and Country Figures, but this one captured my imagination.
Now here's a real Hero...
One of my favorite movies is "The Horse Soldiers". For several years I've wanted to recreate this scene. I knew I could...it was just a matter of finding the time and the space. The Conte SOS guys helped, too. The buildings are by Allan Roberts.
I've spent a good portion of the last week making some hedgerows. If you want to see pictures featuring scenic pieces I've made, click on the above picture.
The King Tiger was a casualty of a previous skirmish.
The tank commander didn't get out...
I still love the old original Marx figures. There's something about those colors...red brown...powder blue...yellow...cream...that just get's the old nostalgic fires burning. Gotta have 'em. I think this is a bunch I couldn't resist on eBay a while back. Scary thing is I can't remember exactly when I got them. 4 sets, color matched, mmm, mmm good.
When I was a kid this figure was my favorite.
These are all figures I wish Marx had made...but I had to make them myself. They are part of my "Stuart's Raid" Dreamwish Playset.
I haven't heard much talk about the wonderful 54mm plastic Pirates Of the Caribbean Figures that are in the stores now. I think it's great that someone is doing licensed character figures like these from current smash movies. They even go great with the FOV pirates.
Conte's "Sons of the South"
I have a great series of pictures of Germans armor moving through a Normandy Town at http://conteco.com/bloggermanarmor.htm
"Wagon Train" by P and P Products. Go to http://pandpmilitaryminiatures.com
I got hooked on the Department 56 "Little Town of Bethlehem" Village pieces. They make a great backdrop for the new King and Country Saracens. It's a good time to be collecting World War 2! Conte airborne figures...Vehicles by FOV and 21st Century, buildings from Conte and Hobby Bunker abd B and T...figures from all sorts of manufacturers...accessories from Build-a-Rama...
40 years after first dreaming of vehicles like these in 1/32nd scale...they're here!
Conte Paratroopers...way way cool!
Is it Real or is it Conte?
Conte's Bloody Omaha Sets
For more pics go to http://conteco.com/blog.htm
I invited the TSSD GIs and the single color metal versions of poses that will be in Conte's Bloody Omaha Playset 3to come play. That's about 58 poses in the picture. It is a good time to be collecting WW2!
D Day Diorama. I know you knew that, but I figured I'd label the picture so maybe it would show up on a Google search of "D Day Diorama."
These are Factory Samples of the soon to be released Conte painted plastic GIs. Way cool.
I had forgotten about Dr. Bred's online playset magazine. If you have never checked it out, I encourage you to do so. I think you'll be glad you did. Great work, Bruce! Click on the picture above.
The above two photos are from Joe Carvalho's website, with a little imagin-action added by me. If you like large scale battles of painted figures...you need to check out his site. The pictures take a long time to load for some reason, but I found it worth the wait. www.freewebs.com/joesoldiers is the url.
The Outlaw Josey Wales is my all time favorite movie. I have 'dreamed' of a box like this for years. Now, thanks to Ron Lizorty, I have one...and it's a beauty!
Conte's Spartans are here!!!
Conte's Rangers and Indians...Hot stuff!!!
Have you checked the Lord of the Rings page recently? Click the picture to venture into Middle Earth. |
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Over the last year I've picked up a number of these great, hand made western buildings on eBay. Combined with P and P Products incredible line of Western town figures and my own conversion efforts, they make for an incredible Dreamwish Western Town/TV Westerns Playset.
How many characters do you spot?
Click picture for more photos of the Western Town. More added 4/3/04
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I finally dug out my Conte Zulu playset and the figures I painted a couple of years ago but never really played with. The Keith Rocco Rorke's Drift Metal set makes a great center of action for the set up. |
Here's a few of the figures from my "Stuart's Raid" Playset
Ron Barzso's Aztecs and Conquistadors Playset! Click picture for full treatment.
P and P's Buffalo Hunt Series....
P and P's Trappers canoe.
For the last several months, I've been working to make some "Playset Dreams" come true. I've always wished Marx had stayed in business. I've wondered what variations of pieces they would put in sets if they kept reworking themes over time. So I decided to make a selection of "Series Infinity" sets. The above is an early prototype of my favorite set...Wagon Train. Click on the picture to see more.
I have been a Lord of the Rings fan since my teen years. How cool is it that Play Along toys has released "Battle Scale" figures from the movies?
Click on the box to see what's inside!
Here is an early shot of my "Stuart's Raid" Playset
Here's an early shot of my Ultimate Custer's Last Stand Playset
Pics are up of Conte's "Scotland the Brave" playsets featuring the conflict between the Highlanders and Afghan tribesmen.
Check out these awesome figures from Larry Patterson of P & P products.
The above picture might give you a hint of one of the projects I'm working on...A color-matched Civil War playset with all the union troops in "Custer blue".
I've heard of getting into your hobby, but this is ridiculous!
In March, I had the privilege of photographing this great diorama of Custer's Last Stand made by Nick and Deanna of Toy Soldiers of San Diego.
Someone wanted to see the pics of this set.
