Sunday October 16th is the Columbus Ohio Toy Soldier Show. I will be there with a bunch of the Warhorse miniatures. I will be posting some pictures of the latest sets I am working on below. I will have these at the Columbus show. I will also have the LOD/Barzso toy soldiers, some foreign and vintage plastic toy soldiers.You can check out more information about the show over here, http://www.mwtoysoldier.com/Shows.html.
The Viking Raider Camp is finally finished. The set includes 9 new Viking poses, 3 tents, 3 wooden stake terrain pieces, a campfire and supplies. The cost is $200 for everything. You also have the option to get the set without the Wooden stake defense for $150. As usually the figures are about 57mm. The colors will vary from Beige to Brown.
Saxon Archers
Here is the new Saxon Archer set. The set is made up of 6 miniatures. The price of the set is $42.00.
Saxon Storage Hut Set
The Storage Hut set contains one hut and two peasants. The cart guy has two different cargo options to put inside the cart. The price of this set is $75.00.
Dead Saxons
Another new set is the Dead Saxons. This set contains 3 figures. The price on this set is $20. They could be dead drunk too…
The Raid set
Here is another set that is in production, The Raid set. It depicts Saxon peasants reacting to a Viking raid. The set includes 7 figures for the cost of $45.00.
Here are some new Vikings from Korchagin Studio. A new company from Russia. I like the way they look. I will let you know more details when they come in.
Beleriand Toy Soldiers “Childern of Hurin” set
I finally was able to get my hands on this set from Beleriand Toy Soldiers. The name of the set is “Childern of Hurin”. Based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Being a fan of Tolkien, I had to get these. The Character figures are based on the 1st age.They are about 65mm or so.I really like the details and style. Plus, the color is really nice.
Publius
In the next post I will review the Publius Franks and Moors. That is, it for now. Thank you for reading.
I hope everyone is doing well. I have a quick post on some updates and a toy show that I will be a vendor at on September 10th.
Saxon Blacksmith Shop
Viking Raider Camp
King Harold Finehair
Since I setup my latest 3d Printer I have been able to return to some earlier projects that I had planned to make. I spent about a month fine tuning the machine and started making a bunch of the Viking Raider miniatures. The last two weeks I was able to print some of the bigger items I had designed.
I am glad to announce that the Blacksmith Shop is now ready for production. The price for this set is $105. I will have it added to the Store page this weekend. The set includes the Shop, Forge, Blacksmith, Helper and tools & accessories.
It has been over a year since I started developing this set. I changed the Blacksmith, added some bases to the accessories, merged the spears to the weapon rack and rescaled a few things. The Shop and miniatures will be in a brown resin. The Forge and tools will be in a grey resin.
The Viking Raider Camp is almost ready now too. The tents are finished. The Supplies have been redesigned. I am designing some wooden stakes to finish the set. Plus, I am still testing the miniatures. Everything should be finished by the end of September. This set will cost $140.
Here is one of the latest miniatures that I had designed. This is Harlod Finehair, King of Norway. I will probably add him to the next set of Vikings.
On Saturday September 10th I will be a vendor at the Allentown Lehigh Valley Toy Show. It is located at the Charles Chrin Community Center, 4100 Green Pond Road in Palmer, Pa 18045. There are supposed to be 200 tables of vintage toys and collectibles. There should be a few vendors with toy soldiers. A little for everybody, Action figures, comics and games. I will be bringing my Miniatures, Star Wars figures and some comics. For more information check out this link, https://www.valleygoto.com/toy-show.
That is it for now. I will have more updates next month. Thank you for reading.
In the last post we talked about some of the things I am working on. The Viking Raiders was one of them. This weekend I will add the first two Viking Raider sets to my online store. Each set includes 7 different figures. The size is around 57mm. Color is Sage Green. They will blend well with the Conte or W. Britain Vikings & Saxon toy soldiers.The cost for each set will be $49.00.
Viking Raider Set #1
Here are the poses that will be in Set # 1. There are different hair stylesthat range from the partly shaven head to the more classical look of long hair. Beards are everywhere. Plus, some of the figures are different sizes. The figure I named “Big Boy” is a Viking that would have been over 6 & 1/2 feet tall and over 300 pounds. Most of the poses show the men in a fast pace. They capture the feeling of a village being raided. Most of the warriors are lightly armored. Speed is their advantage today. They are armed with Axes and Seax knifes. Most warriors didn’t have swords at this time. But long knives, axes and spears were common.
Viking Raiders Set #2
Set #2 continues the fast pace. But about half of the poses are attacking with Dane Axes. These deadly axes had a long handle and usually a bigger axe head. They say this axe would shatter shields, split heads, cut off arms. Besides the swinging of the axe overhead there were other fighting techniques. You could clip at their legs, grapple shields away, or thrust from behind a shield wall to slash a neck. You will notice the different styles of helmets worn. From a simple cone shaped nasal helm to a more elaborate raven type.
If you are interested in getting these two sets you can send me a message at mike@warhorseminiatures.com.
Warhansa LandsknechtsArtillery
Most of you know since the war in Ukraine there hasn’t been to many toy soldiers coming out of Russia.Plus, some of the companies have stopped or paused production.I was talking to the guys over at Warhansa. I am happy to learn they are designing new sets and are starting to get their products out again. You can check out their website, http://warhansa.com/.
Most of the new sets are Landsknechtsrelated. They are also revisiting some of their older sets and working on tabletop battlefield pieces.
Starting to use the new machine for production.
I should have another post in a week or so about the Saxon “Raid” set, Saxon Dead and other updates. Plus, more pictures of each Viking Raider figure.I will start testing some of the bigger items now that I have the new machine working. Every month I will be adding something new. Check out the store page over here, https://warhorseminiatures.com/product-category/warhorse-miniatures/.
It’s been over a month since my last update. I have been busy working, updating my workshop and designing new things. This post will be about everything that I am doing. A lot of exciting things are coming!!
Vikings!!
As most of you know I have been working on creating some Viking miniatures. By the end of the Month, I will release the first two Vikings sets. Then another two sets by the end of the summer. Each set will include 7 figures.About 57mm in size.I have been testing out different resin mixtures to see what looks the best and is more durable. Right now, I like the Sage Green color for the Vikings. I might go with a yellowish color too after some more testing.Anyway, let’s look at some of the different models I am testing now.Some of these poses might change a little by the time production starts.
I have said this before. But I will repeat myself. Most of the figures in the Viking Raider sets have the poses either rushing in to fight or attacking. I wanted to capture the feeling of a village being raided. The warriors would come from nowhere to butcher the peasants.You can almost hear them screaming when you take a look at them.The Vikings should blend very well with the Conte Vikings.
I created Vikings of different styles. Some have part of their head shaved. Others are more traditional with long hair and long beards. There are figures without helmets and with helmets. Most of the warriors have either hand axes or Seax knifes. Some have Dane axes.
I wanted to get as many different figures as possible. By making a small change to a model I was able to do this.Besides the warrior figures there are a few character figuresthat are based off of movies, television shows or art.
Click on the side of the picture above to use the slideshow.
If you thought that was a lot, we are just getting started. By the end of the summer there should be about 8 or more different sets released. We also have a lot of new Saxons being created.
Saxon Pig Farm
Here is a picture one of the latest Saxon sets I made using a brown color resin mixture. New production is now in this color for the Saxons.
Dead Saxons
There will be a small set of 3 Dead Saxons.
Saxon armed peasant prototypes.
Some modded Saxon models with one of the new Saxon Archers.
Another set of Saxon armed peasantscoming in August.
Plus, a set of Saxon Archers. There will be 5 different archers.
I am also working on some props to create a village.
The well is ready for production. That will also be released by the end of the summer.
The “Cart guy” was one of the first models made. I was going to add some other props to create a set. But I now decided to sell him separately. He will have a couple of accessories to fill his cart. Like some grains or chopped wood.He will be on the catalog in a few weeks also.
The last thing I will talk about today is “The Raid” set. It will include some Woman, children and some males.The poses depict how the peasants reacted to the Viking Raiders. Some are running away; others are too afraid to do anything. But there are some that will fight back. Here are some of the models almost ready for production.
Even though these models are made to be medieval figures they could also work for different eras. I will scale some of them down so they could fix in with the Barzso miniatures too.
I am going to start testing the new machine soon. I should have it fine turned in a couple of weeks. Once that is done, I will start making some of the bigger items. I will have more information as each set is released. That is it for now.Thank you for reading.
I hope everyone is safe on this Memorial Day weekend. I have some updates on what I have been doing and some other hobby related news.
French Marines Set #1
French Marines Set #2
Saxon Shield Wall Set #1
Saxon Shield Wall Set #2
Medieval Deer Hunter Set
Red Deer Set #1
Red Deer Set #2
The last few weeks I have added a bunch of sets to my store. You check all of the new sets over here, Store.
New Blacksmith
I have been able to spend more time adjusting, modifying or replacing some things with the Blacksmith shop. I had the Blacksmith replaced. He now looks more Medieval. I merged the spears to the weapon rack and added a base to it. I added a base to the tool rack and changed a few other things. I adjusted the size of a few things also. I am thinking of replacing the shop now too. In the future I will reuse some of these props for a colonial Blacksmith shop.I hope to have this finished by the end of the year.
“The Head Taker”
I just finished working on the second group of Viking Raiders. In about a month I should have the third group finished. When all is done, there should be around 20 poses or so. I will then break all the poses into a few different sets. Hopefully all of these completed before August. Most of these Raiders are in fast paced motion ready to attack or attacking. They depict a raid taken place. To reflect that most of the Vikings are lightly armored. Surprise & speed are their best weapon.They will be made in a Sage Green color.
Saxon Archers
The Saxons are getting some reinforcements now. I am testing out some new models to create an archer set. There should be 6 poses for this set. I think they should be ready in 2 or 3 weeks from now.
Saxons vs Vikings
Prototypes
Updated Saxon Swordman
Warhorse Logo
Besides all of that I continue to learn more, add more machines and experiment on making a better product. The store has 16 different sets available for purchase now. I am using a new grey color resin that looks a lot nicer. The Saxons are now made in a brown color. I might have a reddish-brown color soon. The Vikings will be in a Sage Green. In the future I will be able to test out some of the bigger items I have planned.
Painted by Steve Pyle
The last piece of news about Warhorse are these pictures of the Armed Saxon Peasants that collector Steve Pyle painted for me.
Plastic Platoon US Marines Support Group
Publius Moors, Battle of Poitiers.
New sets are still coming out in Russia. Unfortunately for most of us in the west they are unavailable because of the war in Ukraine.
I received some news from Ken of LOD. “The prototypes for Apollo and Poseidon are being sent this week from the factory in Hong Kong. Here is a photo of them with the existing Area and Athena in the background.”
Troop Transport
Also, from Ken. “We will have these guys in red to fill up a troop transport. It is shaping up to be a 15 figure set (6 oarsmen, 6 soldiers being ferried to shore, and three other figures).”
Two generation Collection of toy soldiers! No absentee or online bidding! There will be around 600 lots sold in one day, many lots consist of multiple sets! Brands include W. Britian, John Jenkins, Traditions, Star, Ducal, Marlborough, Hocker, Hariart, Steadfast, Queen & Country and many more!
That is, it. Just a short post today. I will have some news in a couple of weeks. I am back in the workshop this weekend producing sets. Thanks for reading.
When the doors were opened for the show, it looked like Pickett’s Charge…Well at least it felt that way. The show started a half hour earlier than it was supposed to because I think a crowd had started to build up. There was a group of collectors that went straight to my table. The next few hours were spent talking to fellow collectors and selling toy soldiers. Me and Carolyn had a lot of fun. It was my most successful show so far.
I was told that it was a record crowd, the biggest ever. I have to apologize because I was so busy, I was not able to take as many pictures that I usually do and didn’t talk to everyone that I wanted to. I usually am able to walk around before the show starts and/or a few hours after into the show. Around 2pm I found some time to take some more pictures. Every time I did walk around, I came back to help someone with my products.
Paul Amody
We will start the review with Paul Amody. He had his very detailed Russian painted figures. As usual they were outstanding.
John Atherton had a ton of his foam products with him. He makes some of the best terrain pieces on the market. I was also selling a few products that he had made for LOD.
Barzso Playsets
If you are a Barzso Playset collector, you missed another chance to get some good or fair deals.I would have scored if I needed any of the playsets for sale there.Most of them I already own.
Antique Toy Soldiers
I don’t collect these old type of toy soldiers. But I do appreciate their charm. These are like antiques.
Rick Eber
Rick Eber as usual had a bunch of vintage toy soldiers and playsets. I wasn’t able to take as many pictures of his stuff that I would have liked to.You can check out his website over here, http://www.marxplaysets.com/index.html.
Hobby Bunker
This was the first time Hobby Bunker attended the Gettysburg Show. They have everything you need. Plastic and painted metal toy soldiers, wargaming, terrain pieces, magazines and other hobby related items.Here is their website, https://www.hobbybunker.com/.
Rob Hornung
Rob Hornung had his painted metal figures. To me they are like folk art. He puts a lot of hard work into his creations. Over 30 years ago I was casting toy soldiers. I would melt the hobby metal and then pour it into a mold. Then paint them. It takes skill and some time. But Rob does more than that. He sculpts them. Makes the molds. Then he will cast them and finally paint them. His work is amazing.
Frank
Next to Rob in the picture above was another vendor named Frank. I am sorry I didn’t get your last name of was able to talk more to him. This is some of his work he had for sale.
Minutemen Toy Soldiers
I have not seen George Guerriero of Minutemen Toy Soldiers in a couple of years now. But as usual he has some nice displays of the painted metal toy soldiers. He usually brings John Jenkins, First Legion, W. Britain and King & Country. Plus some other brands and plastic toy soldiers. You can check out his website over here, http://www.mmtoysoldiers.com/index.html.
It was nice to see Paul Stadinger at the show. He is an icon of our hobby. He was one the dealers that got me into collecting. His wife Laurie had passed away in early March. I was glad to be able to spend some time with him. He sat behind my table for a bit and talked with me & Carolyn. He has a lot of knowledge about vintage plastic toy soldiers.Check out his blog page over here, https://www.stadsstuff.com/.
Random Pictures
Here are some random pictures that I took.
Vintage Toys
Here was a vendor that had a nice selection of vintage toys. I am sorry, I forgot his name.
John Boyko
John had a lot of vintage toys.
John Boyko, Jr
John Boyko, Jr
Pat & John
Pat & John
Larry Lovely
Larry Lovely
Larry Lovely
Larry Lovely
Larry Lovely
Here are some more pictures of vendors with vintage toys. You never know what some of these collectors will have with them.
Warhorse Miniatures
Warhorse Miniatures Vikings & Saxons with a few Conte Vikings in tan.
Special Set made for the show
Armed Saxon Peasants painted by Steve Pyle
This was the second show where I had my resin miniatures for sale. I am producing these from my house. Made in the U.S.A. I had with me about 10 different sets. Most of them where the 11th century Saxons. I had both of the Saxon Shield Wall sets. Plus, both of the F&I War French Marine sets. And even a show special setof Viking Raiders that were just finished a few days before the show. The raiders were from the first group of Viking figures I am designing. I am working on another two groups of Vikings. They will be finished in a couple of months. Once that is done, I will then divide them into 3 or 4 sets.I should have all of these sets ready for production by the end of the summer.
That is it for the review of the show. I hope you enjoyed it. Before we end this post, I became aware of an Historic Toy Soldier Auction that takes place on May 14th in Parkersburg, WV.
Lucas & Groves Auctioneering LLC, Saturday May 14th, 10:00AM 58 STRAWBERRY LANE, PARKERSBURG, WV 26104
Two generation Collection of toy soldiers! No absentee or online bidding!
There will be around 600 lots sold in one day, many lots consist of multiple sets! Brands include W. Britian, John Jenkins, Traditions, Star, Ducal, Marlborough, Hocker, Hariart, Steadfast, Queen & Country and many more!
Anglo Saxons miniatures that are in production or near production.
I am in the process of adding more Saxons sets for production soon. Sometime in May I will add two Saxon (Fyrd) Shield Wall sets and a set of Archers. The Armed Saxon Peasants are already in production.Beginning in May, all the Saxons will be printed in Brown!!!
On Sunday, May 1st is the Gettysburg Toy Soldier show.It is a great show. There is mixture of plastic and painted metal toy soldiers. Both new and vintage. I will have the French Marines and Saxon Shield Wall sets available for purchase.Plus, some prototypes and Barzso/LOD products.
Krampus and the Wild Hunt…
There is a lot going on with Warhorse Miniatures these days. We have the new Saxon and French & Indian War sets coming out this spring. Then some Viking sets this summer. We will return to the Saxons this Fall and then for the Winter some more French & Indian War sets. Besides that, I continue to work on some older projects.Like the Blacksmith & Potter shops and the Viking Raiders camp. My workshop continues to expand. Soon I will be able to produce the tents, shops and other bigger things.
The crowd for the show was good. It wasn’t the biggest crowd that I have seen. But it was one of my best for selling. From 10am to around 1pm the foot traffic was consent. After that it died out. I had fun talking to fellow collectors about my new products and the hobby.
Atherton Scenics
We start the review with Atherton Scenics. John brought a bunch of his foam terrain pieces.I am using slide shows on some of my pictures. Some of them you can click on the arrows on the side to see another picture in case you didn’t know.
MicShaun’s Closet/TSSD
David Cook of MicShaun’s Closet had plenty of the TSSD bagged figure sets. He also had Russian plastic figures, LOD/Barzso toy soldiers and foam terrain pieces. Plenty to select from and at good prices.
Scott Canady & Willy Pickett
Scott Canday had plenty of Vintage playsets and Willy Pickett had his custom painted play mats.
Collector Scott Campbell.
Scott Campbell brought some figures that he had painted to show me. I like the choice of colors he uses and the style also.
Here are some random pictures of the show.
Curtis
Fellow collector named Curtis had a table next to me. He was selling a bunch of vintage toys.
Custer’s Last Stand
There was a collector that had a diorama of Custer’s Last Stand in 1/72 scale.
Nate’s Garage Toy Soldiers
Nate’s Garage Toy Soldiers has some amazing custom-made toys.
Rick Eber
Rick always brings with him some amazing vintage playsets and plastic toys solders.
Rich Egan
Rich also brings a lot of vintage playsets and toy soldiers. He usually has some Barzso or Conte products.He is a great person to deal with.
Conte Roman Galley
Doug Wood had this Conte Roman Galley for sale.
Here are more random pictures of the show.
Hall Vendor
Besides the main room there were vendors in the hall. This year there were more collectors and vendors room trading and selling at the show. Maybe next year they could expand upstairs!! Not everyone brought toy soldiers. There were some vendors with action figures, comics, historical books and die cast cars.
Rob Hornung
Rob Hornung also had some amazing custom creations. The knights that he had with looked awesome. He sculpts, casts and paints his figures. They are made out of metal. The cost of the mounted knights ranged from $95 to $125.
Mike Kutnick
Mike still had some of the original Barzso products for the show. He almost sold everything the first two days prior with the room trading.
Morehouse Military Miniatures
Morehouse Military Miniatures had some nice resin cast and wooden home made wood products.
Paul Amody
Paul had the amazing Russian painted miniatures with him.
Rusty from Plastic Playset Magazine was at the show. You can read more about the magazine at their website, http://www.playsetmagazine.com/.
More pictures of the show.
Here are some great pictures that fellow collector Ricky Cowell took.
Treefrog Treasures
Julie from Treefrog Treasures had a bunch of metal painted figures.
Francis Turner had a bunch of Marx Playsets and vintage toy soldiers.
More random pictures.
Warhorse Miniatures
I had two tables at the show. Besides my own line of miniatures, I had Barzso/LOD resin figures, LOD plastic toy soldiers, Warhansa & Publius figures and some foam terrain pieces. I set up a little display of my products and some prototypes.
That is it for the review of the show. Like I said before I had a good time and can’t wait to return next year.
There is a Toy Soldier Show in New Jersey on April 23rd. I never been to this show. I hear it is good.
Here is the first set of French Marines that I will be adding to my online catalog next weekend. I took some pictures of them primed. I hope to start painting these soon.
French Officer
French Marine advancing
French Marine Kneeling Firing
French Marine Standing Firing
French Marine Stalking
French Marine on Guard
French Marine Attacking with Tomahawk
Preview of French Marines Set #2
The miniatures are scaled about the same size as the Barzso figures.Each set will cost $42.I will take some pictures of the second set next week.
May 1st is the 14th Annual Gettysburg Toy Soldier Show. I will be there with my line of miniatures, Barzso figures, vintage toy soldiers and some foam products. You can read more about the Gettysburg show here The Gettysburg Toy Soldier Show 2022 or http://www.mwtoysoldier.com/.
The Midwest Toy Soldier show was on Sunday. The show took place in Lafayette, Indiana. The two days before that there was room trading at the hotel where the show took place. There were plenty of vendors that took part. Room trading was a little slow, but the crowds showed up for the show. In today’s post I will discuss the first two days of the room trading.
Me & Carolyn arrived at hotel on Thursday. We were located on the second floor of the hotel. Once we settled in I then setup my products throughout the room for Friday. The next day we got up early and went to a few antique stores before returning to the hotel around noon. Then I started the event called room trading.Room trading is when you make your hotel room a little shop. Collectors will walk throughout he thehotel and shop at your “store”. I had a nice time talking to other collectors and answering any questions they had about my products.This was the 1st time that I was selling my line of Warhorse Miniatures figures. Most were the early Medieval sets. But I also had the new French Marines from the French & Indian War era. Beside that I had some of the LOD/Barzso figure sets & foam products and some Russian figure sets.Mostly Warhansa and some Publius. I was hoping to have some Prikazproducts. But I don’t know when that will happen.
I took a break a few times to check out some of the other rooms. The first room I went to belonged to Todd Nace.He had a lot of vintage Marx figures and playsets.
The next room belonged to Eric Koopmeiner. He had vintage toy soldiers, playsets, action figures and some diecast vehicles.
Next, I visited the room of Rick Eber. Each year Rick brings some rare & new mint playsets. Every time I see him, he has something that I have never seen before.This year was the same.
It was now the evening when I closed up my room for trading. I went downstairs to see what was going on. By the time I got to John Anderson’s room he had almost sold everything he had. He usually brings a bunch of playsets and figure sets with him. Plus, vintage toys. Whatever he gets his hands on.
The last room I checked on Friday belonged to David Cook of MicShaun’s Closet. He had his TSSD bagged toy soldiers, foam products, LOD/Barzso products and some Russian figure sets.We had a lot of fun talking.
Late Friday in the lobby of the hotelthere was a small gathering of collectors. There were about 20 collectors looking at some old Marx playsets. I think most were from the 1960’s. They belonged to John Anderson. They were still sealed. The boxes were in bad condition. But when they started to open them up, everything inside was mint.Except for some paper guides. The sets were sold to some of the collectors there. At this point it was almost 11pm. I then retired for the night.
Day Two
I got up early on Saturday and took a stroll around the 1st floor before I opened my room. I went to visit Mike Kitnuck. Ron Barzso gave Mike a horde of original Barzso products that he had found to sell for him. There was over a 100 figure & accessories sets. I don’t know what else he had the day before. I found a few rare things to add to my collection. It was a Barzso collector’s dream. If this was a few years ago, I would have spent over a $1,000. Instead, I spent around $100. I could have horded a bunch of stuff. But I am in the process now of trimming my collections.So, I took only what I needed.I was tempted, but I left everything to some other lucky collectors.
Next up was the room of John Atherton. He was busy preparing his beautiful foam pieces for sale. His products are a must for anyone creating a diorama or even a small display. We had a good time talking about the hobby.
The next room I entered belonged to Scott Canady. He also had a lot of vintage playsets and toy soldiers. After I kept knocking down one of his displays of toy soldiers, I looked through some comics and around his room…
Francis Turners room had a huge amount of vintage Marx figures. Plus, some recast figures that were old too.
Gary Wendeln also had some Barzso figure sets and playsets with him. Plus, some other vintage toy soldiers.
The last room I checked out on Saturday belonged to fellow collector Willy Pickett. He had his custom playmats to enhance your vintage figures. Plus, some custom terrain pieces that he had painted.
Treefrog Treasures was room trading late afternoon on Saturday. They were the only major metal dealer at the show.
That is all on the room trading. I think next year I will only trade on Saturday. On Friday I will stroll around instead. I had a great time trading and talking to collectors. There were plenty of deals at this show.My next post will be on the show itself. Thank you for reading.
