Time for another update. We continue to plug away at orders and stock production; progress is good, just not quite what we had planned for. In the last 5 days we have had nearly 30 inches of snow. In itself, this isn’t too bad as I like snow. The impact has been the number of snow days (full or half) for school. When Liam is home from school Alison has less free time for production. The end result is that some projects are taking a bit longer than planned.

Snow removal and splitting of firewood (we have had a number of very cold days – this morning it was -8 when I got up) have kept me a little busier than planned; that coupled with a full workbench has brought photography to almost full stop. So, the pictures I had hoped to post are still a few days away.

There is light at the end of the tunnel, well at least for me there is. Alison on the other hand will finish off the current Resistant Roosters production run and will have to immediately start another production run for one of our casting clients – that one will be followed by yet another. At which time it looks like we will need to start again on a new Resistant Roosters production run…

Speaking of Resistant Roosters, we it a big snag in our release of new figures; We have had a package go missing in the post – the package contains some greens being sent back for some minor re-works. At this point we do not have a new schedule for this release (more Late War Panzergrenadiers – in winter kit). However, we do have one new offering: Releasing tomorrow is a new company pack:

• USMC Rifle Company – $80.00

This new pack contains:

• Company HQ
• 3 Rifle Platoons
• Weapons Platoon
• and more…

One of the “and more” bits is a short (two page) article covering the organization of the USMC Rifle Company (1941-1945). The article is the result of ‘historical’ research into correct platoon and company organization. The article is not targeted at any specific game or rules system – it is provided to serve as a historical guide to USMC company organization. We are working on articles for each of our company packs.

Next up is a small project that I’ve been wanting to launch for some time now. There have been several motivations for the project. A couple of these motivations are: A basis for a Toy Soldier army in 54mm for Liam. Another being a good starting point for Alison to learn more about figure painting. The figures I choose for this project have their roots in the 1970 Scruby catalog supplement.

Scruby 54mm Imperials are cast in one piece - there is no assembling to do at all. These infantry figures retail for $3.25 each! I can guarantee the quality of these figures. They need little or no cleaning, and will compare with any higher priced miniature available today.

The above is taken almost directly from the catalog supplement – the only change is that I’ve inserted today’s price rather than the original. At this point we have 4 castings in production:

• Napoleonic Russian Infantry, at attention
• Napoleonic Prussian Infantry (1806 Bicorne), at attention
• Napoleonic British Infantry (in stovepipe), at attention
• Napoeonic Austrian Infantry (in helmet), at attention

New molds have been made for these models. The original patterns were used to create these new molds; the resulting castings are of a higher quality than ever before…

Be sure to check back for more news and project updates.