Hot on the heals of the London Toy Soldier Show came the Sandown Park Toy Fair, it's much more of a General toy collectors show but there are always figures to be found and I can never resist rummaging around in the junk boxes, I came away with forty pieces for an outlay of £30, here are some of them:
The two knights on the outside above with dark green bases were made in France by Marcel Vergeylen (1948-2015) and have the name of the character portrayed written under their base, the one on the left is Sir John Lydevusers and on the right is Englebert de Harze. The Childhood Knights website tells us that Vergeylen was a keen painter of heraldry and figure converter who went on to create his own range, and amongst his work are several examples based on Roy Selwyn-Smith's "Knights of Agincourt".
The knight in the centre is unfinished and is engraved "F MIN" under the base for Fusilier Miniatures, one of the brands offered by Mark and Paul Turner who are well known dealers and manufacturers of figures on the toy soldier circuit, their other ranges are Tommy Atkins (started by their father John) and Hussar Military Miniatures.
They'll need a bit of work to finish them off so it's a good job I picked up those spare shields and weapons packs from White Tower Miniatures the previous week
Very nice figures, all three look really good, nice that the two French ones are named characters.
ReplyDeleteThey are nice, I don't go out of my way to collect metal knights but I'm happy to pick them up if they're cheap enough and it's nice to be able to put a name to a livery.
DeleteVery nice Brian. I pick up painted metal knights if the price is reasonable, but my best examples are from Tradition and Britains. I do dream of finding a Courtney but its not likely to ever happen.
ReplyDeleteWell you never know what will turn up but it's the dream and the search that keeps us all going.
DeleteWonderful bargains indeed Brian! The two French knights are still wonderful! They really must have been beautiful when they originally left the workshop! A little TLC and you'll have them looking good as new!
ReplyDeleteHappily they won't take too much work and it's always good to pick up figures where someone else has done all the hard work!
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