Interesting pre-war 54mm scenery (battle boards) from Hugar – rare and expensive!
A book I am looking forward to as a gift at Christmas is TheIllustratedHistoryofHugar published in Hardcover by Smart Media in 2014 by Paul Brookes. Available through Amazon. Perfect for a 54mm old Toy Soldier gamer …
As original 1930s Hugar buildings are so expensive, the now defunct company of GBE Toy Soldiers used to manufacture replicas.
Hugar style buildings no longer available on GBE soldiers.Again no longer available from GBE Toy Soldiers
Hello I'm Mark Mr MIN, Man of TIN. Based in S.W. Britain, I'm a lifelong collector of "tiny men" and old toy soldiers, whether tin, lead or childhood vintage 1960s and 1970s plastic figures.
I randomly collect all scales and periods and "imagi-nations" as well as lead civilians, farm and zoo animals. I enjoy the paint possibilities of cheap poundstore plastic figures as much as the patina of vintage metal figures.
Befuddled by the maths of complex boardgames and wargames, I prefer the small scale skirmish simplicity of very early Donald Featherstone rules.
To relax, I usually play solo games, often using hex boards. Gaming takes second place to making or convert my own gaming figures from polymer clay (Fimo), home-cast metal figures of many scales or plastic paint conversions. I also collect and game with vintage Peter Laing 15mm metal figures, wishing like many others that I had bought more in the 1980s ...
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Fascinating buildings from a company that is new to me. I hope you enjoy reading the book and that it brings loads of inspiration with it.
I had not really heard of Hugar as most of their charming output was railway or farm building related, the battlefield terrain boards were a small and short lived bit of prewar work. Hence its (boxed) rarity.
The Hugar book is a joy to read, a labour of love by Paul Brookes and I will post a proper review in the next few weeks.
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Fascinating buildings from a company that is new to me. I hope you enjoy reading the book and that it brings loads of inspiration with it.
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I had not really heard of Hugar as most of their charming output was railway or farm building related, the battlefield terrain boards were a small and short lived bit of prewar work. Hence its (boxed) rarity.
The Hugar book is a joy to read, a labour of love by Paul Brookes and I will post a proper review in the next few weeks.
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