Just heard this morning that Graham Cummings has passed away, I knew he was in hospital from a blog post he did a few day ago but this is a real shock. Graham wa a real gentleman and alway had time for me when I was asking advice etc. from him. He helped me out out on uniform details for the WAS project I was doing and that was a real boon for me.
A couple of years ago I invested in a project he started after he had sold Crann Tara, for a range of SYW Prussians and Austrians, he did all the donkey work all I did wa bung some money into the pot, a nice range was sculpted and cast and the figures are lovely, in the CT Minden style. He decided that he wa going to change his hobby direction so sold me the rights, masters etc for this range at a very good price and was a real help in the many, many questions I had for him! Nothing seemed to be a problem and he alway got back with an answer and some good ideas that I will be taking forward in the future.
Rest easy Graham you will be missed by your friends and my condolences and thought to his family at this hard, sad time.
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From the various comments, it seems like Graham was a great guy - and your story about the master's for the SYW figures seems to confirm that, Donnie. I went and read his last blog post after seeing the various tributes and its somewhat poignant - even though I obviously did not know him and only looked in on his blog very occasionally.
ReplyDeleteAye, he will be a big miss that's for sure.
ReplyDeleteSad news, indeed. Are you producing CT figures now?
ReplyDeleteNo Caliver Books do the CT range and are adding to it bit by bit, this is a new project for the SYW, Austrians and Prussians at the moment, it i probably going to be my retirement project but who knows! Still hasn't a name or web presence yet.
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