Some more interesting Peter Laing figures to be IDentified and added to my online catalogue of my collection.
https://collectingpeterlaing15mmfigures.wordpress.com/2021/11/09/peter-laing-15mm-id-post-3/
This is all part of the countdown to the 50th anniversary next year 2022 of the first Peter Laing figures produced in October 1972 and the birth of a new scale, arguably first 15mm figures?
https://collectingpeterlaing15mmfigures.wordpress.com
Blog post by Mark Man of TIN 9 November 2021 –
also to be crossposted to the MeWe Peter Laing figure collectors community forum page.
https://mewe.com/join/peterlaingfigures
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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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A great place service you are providing for collectors by this endeavour. The club I belonged to used to put in large bulk orders to Peter Laing and I recall all the wee paper packages being sorted. I had a Early Imperial Roman Legion at 1 to 20 scale as well as WW1 in Africa armies. It is interesting to see many figures by PL that l have never seen before.
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Good memories. I will get to the Ancients range eventually!
Once I have photographed and catalogued over the next few months what figures I have acquired on and off over thirty to forty years, I shall be relaying on the generosity of fellow Peter Laing collectors to share photos of ones I don’t have. Ian Dury himself, John the Wargame Hermit’s website and other PL collectors have already been helpful on figure ID.
I’ve set myself a year …
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Pretty sure your figure is M701 British lancer from the ww1 range, he’s had his hat peak removed and appears to have been honourably discharged and re-enlisted in (going by the paint job) an Indian mutiny army. I had to do something similar to produce a British lancer for my mutiny army but used the Crimean war lancer .
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Reminds me of playing “Airfix figure Charades” in the bar after many a convention!
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I fear the Peter Laing collectors circle is slightly smaller than Airfix.
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