Meet the designers/sculptors of our miniature soldiers:
John Bertolini
John Bertolini has spent his working life as a carpenter, furniture maker and timber framer. He has an abiding interest in toy soldiers of the late 19th century that predates even his ability to read Classic Comic Books. He sculpts for fun, hopefully in the tradition of the years before The Great War.
Aaron Brown
Aaron lives in New Zealand and began with bone and wood carving he moved on to architectural model making and then into commercial sculpting, jade carving, jewelry design and art sculpture.
After 10+ years of being a commercial sculptor for the toy and hobby market he now concentrates on jade carvings and private sculpting commissions.
Aaron is the sculptor of the Ådalen Miniatures line as well as our upcoming 54mm Ancient Assyrians range.
Tom Cox
Tom lived in Berkeley California, and was known locally for his beautiful work. Tom used the ‘lost wax’ method in the making of his original soldiers; making allowing for higher details. Tom was exacting in his research, and strove for perfection in his designs.
Cox 1″ scale miniatures can be found in our (currently, Inactive) African Colonial Wars listings prefixed with ‘X or XC’ (remolding is in progress for these fine figures).
Holger Eriksson
In 1925 Eriksson began making his own figures: hand carved from wood.
In 1934 he made his first 54mm lead. In 1944 he made his first 40mm figures; in 1945 his first 20mm scale models, and in 1949 his first 30mm.
For collectors he was probably most widely known for his 54mm Authenticast figures. He made 500 originals for Authenticast from 1944 to 1951. Between 1951 and 1960 he designed 30mm originals for the South African Engineers (SAE).
Today our catalog includes a few Eriksson creations: the 20mm soldiers of World War II, the 1/2400 Monitor (SS-6) and a few 30mm Colonials.
John Greenwood
John Greenwood was born 1893. Greenwood & Ball was started in 1938 by John Greenwood (sculptor) and Katherine Ball (painter). John Greenwood sold the company in 1971.
Jack Scruby produced a number of G&B 3/4″ and 1″ models. Today our catalog includes some Greenwood – Scruby models. These are prefixed with “GS or G-S”
Jason Miller
Jason Miller began sculpting in 2003 for his brother. What started off as a small venture for a family member soon turned into sculpting figures for a variety of companies and independent collectors. Since then he has sculpted thousands of miniatures by hand and in 3d.
Jay has created numerous new N-Gauge figures (and terrain pieces) for Tricorne range. He is also the creator of the Terror Incognito 18mm Horror range.
Joseph Morschauser III
Joe was born on December 25th 1924 in New York City. It was the summer of 1934 when he was introduced to toy soldiers; his parents, upon return from a vacation in Europe, brought him a huge box of soldiers, straight from W. Britains in England. Backyards, side-yards and living-room rugs soon began to resemble battlefields.
Joe played war games with friends until he was called to serve in World War II. After the war, serving in the 713th Tank Battalion, Joe returned home; went to college and married a hometown girl and took a job with LOOK magazine as a researcher.
Joe’s book “How to Play War Games in Miniature” published in 1962.
Jack Scruby
Born in 1916 (in Seattle). In about 1955, he began making lead soldiers in his garage while living in California. In 1956, he organized the first US miniatures convention in California, and in 1957, he launched War Game Digest, the first publication devoted to military miniatures gaming
His efforts led to the rebirth of the miniature war gaming hobby.
Scruby designed and cast figures for dioramas on display at the Bunker Hill Monument in Boston and the Ottawa War Museum in Canada from his Cambria shop, the Soldier Factory.
Under construction…
Tony Aldrich
Tom Meier
Lance Runolfsson