Category Archives: Great War

Band on the Run

If you’ve been to one of the shows in the south-east of England this year, you might have caught a glimpse of Phil’s magnificent (and prize-winning) WWI demonstration game ‘Somewhere in Belgium’ (excellent scenery but he needs to work on … Continue reading

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Somewhere in Belgium

As Tony mentioned a while ago I wasn’t able to go with him on his jolly to Stoke Rochford Hall since I was attending the Cavalier show in Tonbridge. So whilst he was tucking into venison and port I was making … Continue reading

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Lest we forget

Although there are many war memorials in and around Maidstone commemorating men who died in the Great War, one in particular stands out to me. Simply because it is in the main Maidstone Post Office and I see it every … Continue reading

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Painting Belgians part one – the infantry

I’ve been meaning to produce a painting guide for our Great War Belgian figures for a rather long time. Since I’m currently working on a project that involves painting a large number of them now seemed a good time to … Continue reading

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Moments in time…..part one

The inspiration for our Belgian refugees came from original images from 1914. This made it rather easy when it came to giving Aaron details of what we were after, I simply mailed him a selection of photos and asked him … Continue reading

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Fleeing from the Boche !

Another new release today – this time we’re going back to the start of WW1 and the German attack on Belgium. We have six new figures depicting Belgian civilians caught up in the fighting and fleeing the advancing German forces. … Continue reading

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Fun with a dremel

Its just coming up to 1am and I find myself dremeling into the heads of Belgian ladies. Obvious really. What else would I be doing at this time. I’ve one final mould to make for Salute and its the second … Continue reading

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Salute Release Pricing

Ten days to Salute (aaaaghh !!!). So here we go … details and pricing for some of the Salute Releases. We’ll update this page with more as we go along so you may want to revisit again before the day. … Continue reading

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Rescued from Parcelforce

Thanks to the New Zealand postal service we managed to track down the package of Belgian civilians that we feared had been seen for the last time. It was held up because some import VAT had to be paid before … Continue reading

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It isn’t easy being green……

The master models (or “greens”) for the new Belgian civilians previewed here and here left New Zealand around five weeks ago. Unfortunately so far they haven’t been seen since. We’ve not even had a sniff of them being held up in … Continue reading

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