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Wednesday, 9 October 2024

An interesting problem.....

 Perusing ebay for figures is always interesting when I have a bit of down time and I came across some figures that interested me.  I am always on the look out for older SYW figures that I can use for my Imagi-nations project, I have Hinchliffe, Minifig and Garrison sitting in boxes waiting for me to do something with them, probably a retirement project to be honest.  Anyway I found these ones when looking at Hinds shop on ebay, I messaged Ian to ask if he knew anything about them and he came back that he thought they may be either Garrison or Greenwood and Ball, I have a load of Garrison and the poses don't look like them and after a fruitless search online I could find very little on G & B, here are a couple of pictures just in case someone out there knows what they might be.


They are certainly old school with very little definition a bit like Spencer Smiths in that department, you have to paint on straps etc. as the detail isn't there, they look pretty decent though and with a bit of care and attention and a new paint job and gloss varnish they should look pretty decent on the table.  I am waiting for them to arrive, knowing Ian it shouldn't take too long as he has a very quick turnaround, then I can see them in the flesh so to speak and work out a plan for them.  So basically if anyone knows anything about these figures I would be very interested indeed, if they remain a mystery then so be it as they should fit in well enough with all my other old school figures.  So until next time.....

12 comments:

  1. Some useful and interesting figure purchases.

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    1. They should fit in well with the rest of my collection Peter.

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  2. Sorry Donnie, can't assist with identifying these....old school figures are not really my thing, to be honest!

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    1. They are not for everyone Keith but I must admit I enjoy hunting them down although I am still in the dark concerning these ones!

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  3. Good to see that these old figures still turn up to add to your collection.

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  4. Always on the look out for the older type of miniatures Jon, soetimes you just get lucky!

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  5. Good looking old school figures but I'm afraid I don't know where they're from!
    Best Iain

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    1. Still none the wiser myself Iain, once I get them I will be able to look for marks etc. so all may come clear, finger crossed!

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  6. Top find. They are gonna look really good with a bit of a spruce-up.
    Regards, James

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    1. They are pretty nice James, the infantry are nicer than the cavalry but they should look nice with a bit of a refurb.

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  7. For some reason Donnie, I don't get notifications about your blog (like many others) so I missed your Spanish / Neapolitan acquisitions.
    Your OS figures are not G&B - TBH they look more like 15mm Minifigs!
    No manufacturer springs to mind.
    I got some big lots of SYW a while back, a real mix of figures. Some were unidentifiable. Shame there's no database of historical figures like there is for fantasy.
    Neil

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    1. I have the same problem Neil. no alerts for blogs no matter what I do!! Now I have the figures in the flesh as it were, they are not Garrison or G&B they are a tall 25mm and quite slender, the infantry are very nice figures the cavalry not so but they should paint up nicely.

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