Another ebay purchase and a surprise twice over - first in the form of a second chance offer to buy them, and second to discover some of the figures weren't metal. I'm not sure how I feel about this as it wasn't referred to anywhere in the description. At first (and in an earlier version of this post) my initial thought when I saw the photograph for the first time was that they were Springwood Plastics, with the exception of the mounted officer and pioneer, who are S Range.
However Fire at Will, who has several thousand Springwood Plastics figures humself, has pointed out that they are actually something even rarer to see in this quantity, and are in fact by the French company SEGOM. So the twist in the tail/tale is that they are now a surprise three times over and they look an even better purchase than before. In one sense it is the quality of the figure rather than their maker that matters, but it is always nice to have something new in the collection.
An earlier post here on Vintage Wargaming has the Rene North "Paint YOur Own" cards with uniform information for this unit.
(I've just realised I've used the same heading for this as a recent post on the Hinton Hunt Vintage Wargames Figures blog - sorry Ian - so I have changed it0
5 comments:
Not Springwood, but the French company SEGOM.
Excellent looking troops, I love the Dutch uniform, and you did a great job with it!
Will - thanks for the id - post amended
Phil - yes a good paint job, but what they came with, not mine I'm afraid.
They are really quite charming and a nice addition to your collection as you say.
Best Regards,
Stokes
Oh, very fine! You fortunate fellow!
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