Welcome to the new Hinton Compatriots Blog

I decided to move all the Hinton Compatriots posts to this new dedicated blog and and at the same time to regain control of Lazylimeys Wargaming Place for more general posts.

I will also eventually link from here to a web page that will show all the figures and allow ordering - this make take a while though! so meanwhile still order via email link on Pricing Page (click on the left).

Hinton Compatriots - Response to queries and thoughts on 'personality figures'

As you know this is more a labour of love than a business and so I am funding almost all this project myself - the number of folks actually buying figures would not justify the costs in a normal business case. I also have not cut corners on the sculpting - Andy Stadden is one of the finest figure sculptors around and the casters are noted for quality castings and the metal they use is of the highest standard.

I received a comment from Jay regarding the possibility of producing a few 'personality figures' - this was a good question and something I had been pondering already so I decided to take the answer to the blog and maybe also get some input.

Despite the inherent costs I have indeed considered a few 'personality figures' - even though not many would actually be produced since by definition they are unique and therefore not many required. I therefore had to concentrate on the figures that would be required in larger numbers to justify the cost of the sculpting and the mould making processes.

The 'frock coat' or Oberrock clad officer was an early identified and desirable pose (ANC10 Field Marshall is wearing one) as was a drummer with shoulder slung drum.

The additional difficulty with the Austrians is the need to produce two types for each figure - Hungarian and German - add to that the need for Helmet, Shako and Grenadier types and you see that the moulds multiple quickly.

I have commissioned and have a master for a fusilier that has no head and a hole in its neck together with three separate heads for the above types. The objective was to produce a figure and make it available with the three separate heads which would alleviate the need for different moulds. An additional head without any hat would be a simple addition to these.


Andy did a great job on this but we both felt that the final cast figure might not be as precise as the masters and might cause some problems with fitting for the end user - the heads and spigots are after all quite small.

I also have masters for a drum and a musket for conversion of these figures (and others).

So you see that although I would very much like to produce some personality figures I am not sure I can justify them yet. The question is what do other folks think - what figures - besides an Officer with Oberrock and a Drummer with a shoulder slung drum and a bare headed Fusilier - would be nice to have.

What do folks think about figures with separate heads and how many folks would buy the 'personality figures' any if say they were in a pack of about four?
And finally would you be prepared to pay extra for them?

Besides this I have several conversions already of various Hinton/Clayton/DK figures and I am going to make masters of them for my own use - again I will make them available to others - but you must understand it's a grey area when you convert a figure to which you do not have rights to! However unless somebody steps forward after all these years and claims the rights to my converted figures then I will proceed.

Examples are:
French Line Horse artillery, Bavarian Drummer, Ensign and Pioneer, French Line Drummer with slung Drum, and other figures that are difficult or impossible to get etc.

I welcome, encourage and look forward to your comments!

Hinton Compatriots - Balance of Austrian Shako and Grenadier Figures To Complete Advancing Series

Left Image:
AN45 - German Drummer in Shako
AN78 - German Grenadier Pioneer
AN82 - German Grenadier Officer
AN87 - German Grenadier Ensign with LiebStandarte

Right Image:
AN135 - Hungarian Drummer in Shako
AN169 - Hungarian Grenadier Pioneer
AN172 - Hungarian Grenadier Officer
AN177 - Hungarian Grenadier Ensign with LiebStandarte

As before the all standards are separate and may be substituted with your own staff and paper flags as is desired.

These fine Andy Stadden designed figures will be going to the caster shortly and I will be setting prices as soon as all costs are in.

With luck Artillery will be next!

Hinton Compatriots - Austrian Shako and Grenadier Other Ranks

From Left to Right:
AN32 German Musketeer in Shako Advancing
AN62 German Grenadier Advancing
AN122 Hungarian Musketeer in Shako Advancing
AN152 Hungarian Grenadier Advancing

NCO's, Drummers, Pioneers and Color Bearers to follow

Hinton Compatriots - Austrian Shako and Grenadier Officers

From Left to Right:
AN51 German Officer with Shako
AN81 German Grenadier Officer
AN141 Hungarian Officer with Shako
AN171 Hungarian Grenadier Officer.

Andy continues to produce excellent work!
These masters go to the caster really soon.

Hinton Compatriots Austrian Mounted Officers - Final Design

Superb designs and work from Andy Stadden!


ANC01 - German Infantry Colonel in Helmet on horse H01


ANC02 - Hungarian Infantry Colonel in Helmet on horse H07


ANC03 German Infantry Colonel in Shako on Horse - H01


ANC04 - Hungarian Infantry Colonel in Shako on Horse - H08


ANC05 - German Grenadier Colonel on Horse - H01


ANC06 - Hungarian Grenadier Colonel on Horse - H04


ANC07 - General on Horse - H02


ANC08 - General holding telescope on Horse - H01


ANC09 - Field Marshall on horse - H01


ANC10 - Field Marshall in Oberrock Coat on Horse - H06


ANC11 - German Aide Delivering dispatch on Horse - H07


ANC12 - Hungarian Aide holding dispatch on Horse - H01


Top Row (left to right) Horses 1 through 4
Bottom Row (left to right) Horses 5 through 6

These are the finished figures in the range of the 12 Mounted Officers and the 8 Horses and the masters go to the caster for mould making this week.
As soon as they are available I will publish pricing.

Hinton Compatriots - First look at the Austrian Mounted Infantry Officers

Prototype for Hinton Compatible ANC02 Hungarian Infantry Colonel in Helmet

Andy Stadden never ceases to amaze me - this prototype looks marvelous! albeit modifications and improvements are ongoing.

The Austrian Mounted Officers will consist of:

ANC01 - Infantry Colonel (German) in Helmet
ANC02 - Infantry Colonel (Hungarian) in Helmet
ANC03 - Infantry Colonel (German) in Shako
ANC04 - Infantry Colonel (Hungarian) in Shako
ANC05 - Infantry Colonel (German) in Grenadier Fur Hat
ANC06 - Infantry Colonel (Hungarian)in Grenadier Fur Hat
ANC07 - Staff Officer (German) in Bicourne (worn front to back)
ANC08 - Staff Officer (Hungarian) in Bicourne Hat (worn front to back)
ANC09 - General in Bicourne Hat (worn Left to right)and wearing short coat
ANC10 - Field Marshall in Bicourne Hat (Worn left to right) in Parade Uniform
ANC11 - ADC in Tall Plumed Bicourne Hat (worn front to back) wearing a sash and with dispatch
ANC12 - ADC in Tall Plumed Bicourne Hat (worn front to back) wearing a sash Galloping with dispatch

The final decision was to have the rider and saddlery together and the horse separate despite my earlier concerns about the two parts not fitting together to well. However Andy assured me they would! Looking at the prototype I guess he is right!

This allows us to have several different horses to choose and it is more efficient. The final horses will have a base attached. The riders poses will all be different.

I an very excited and personally can't wait to get my hands on these figures.