How It's Made: Toy Soldiers
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- A toy soldier is a miniature figurine that represents a soldier. The term applies to depictions of uniformed military personnel from all eras, and includes knights, cowboys, American Indians, pirates, samurai, and other subjects that involve combat-related themes. Toy soldiers vary from simple playthings to highly realistic and detailed models. The latter are of more recent development and are sometimes called model figures to distinguish them from traditional toy soldiers. Larger scale toys such as dolls and action figures may come in military uniforms, but they are not generally considered toy soldiers.
Toy soldiers are made from all types of material, but the most common mass-produced varieties are metal and plastic. There are many different kinds of toy soldiers, including tin soldiers or flats, hollow-cast metal figures, composition figures, and plastic army men. Metal toy soldiers were traditionally sold in sets; plastic figures were sold in toy shops individually in Britain and Europe and in large boxed sets in the U.S. Modern, collectable figures are often sold individually.
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I like how they explained each toy soldier category, many times people that don't know about this hobby tends to lump everyone together, IMHO.
They treat it like adults playing with toys is some foreign concept that's impossible to wrap your head around.
adult toys
Okay well don't say it like that@@peanutant11
Adults just made up a bunch of rules and called it "wargames" lol
Your only as young as you feel!There really is no age limit on toys or games.Who cares if you still enjoy playing war games with toy soldiers and armored vehicles.Its a hobby and everybody should have some kind of hobby to have something to do in their spare time.Boys and their toys.They only get more expensive as the years go on!
@@Ember-vw2ms OH I JUST REALIZED WHAT I SAID
Yeah I know, I'm 33 and still love collecting and playing with soldiers! Their just my thing, some people smoke, I play army men, is that so wrong?
I love dioramas. They are like 3D paintings.
Prince August offers toy soldier rubber moulds that allow people to cast metal toy soldiers in 25mm, 28mm, 32mm, 40mm and 54mm. We are introducing a tin bismuth alloy as a low temperature alternative to pewter. Our moulds are designed to easily be used at home with just a hotplate or electric cooker to heat the metal. Based in Ireland 45 years this year.
I like watching your casting videos thank you for uploading them
Second that! I've got the Seven Years War 54mm molds, and the 40mm 18th century wargame molds. It's fun to cast and paint your own.
Dunken miniatures (your U.S. distributor) hasn't updated their store in awhile (Particularly in the fantasy moulds section) is there some type of issue?
@@kylejohnson423 Not that I am aware of. This type of question should be emailed to us.
@@princeaugustcasting Thank you for the response. May I have a link to this email?
Interesting video. Obviously, a manufacturer in eastern Europe and the exact process the artist used was for what they call "flats", but fully round military miniatures also seem to have been made by this same plant. They didn't explain it, but the old method was a lead/tin allow. Tin isn't a problem but because lead is toxic, that particular alloy is no longer used. While fine models can be made from plastic, metal miniatures are still regarded more highly than more modern materials. With 3D printing and CAD programs, very detailed plastic figurines are possible and can be sold as a software program to those with suitable 3D machines.
I believe in Russia, good video.
Some the best soldiers made in Russia. Even in plastic check out Zvezda - awesome models and figures.
All the best from down under
Lewis
Sydney
Australia 🇦🇺
18:47 Weathering basically means to make something look like it's been through alot of weather, say wind, rain, snow etc. BAsically it needs to look messy rather than uniformed and pristine
Yeah, I found it a little odd that whoever wrote the text hadn't researched the term. It's not like it's some cryptic term. A quick websearch would have turned it up.
Should have mentioned W.Britains hollow cast figures and how the 1:32 or 54 mm scale became a standard for many years.
I remember 50 years ago using pewter figures. Painting was a real joy for me. I'll have to find that box in the garage..
A very nice collection. Thank you for the information!
Thanks for watching!
Focused very heavily on toy soldiers and miniature figures from Russia. It is accurate, though, to talk about the beautiful miniatures the Russian studios produce today. From the quality of the castings, to the quality of the painting, they represent some of the best miniature figures in the world.
Ok…as a veteran of casting lead soldiers myself, these soldiers are neat and safer. I find it interesting that iron is used. Great, fun video which brought back good memories (safety issues aside). There is nothing like creating your own soldiers, including casting, cleanup and painting. Thanks.
"why do adults play with toys?" that had me laughing.
Warhammer is just as addictive as any drug, but MUCH more expensive!
I had WW2 toys soldier that where made from metal or ceramic, very detailed and pricey. But my parents threw all my military toys in the trash or gave them away.
Фантастическая колекция!❤
Nice but the music is too loud in some spots.
like, through the whole damn video
I wonder how this factory still stays in business, since the quality of tabletop figures improved so much in the last twenty years and nobody uses metal minis anymore.
I'd say that it probably comes down to a few things.
1. People trying to impress their buddies with the best, just like buying a expensive rims for a car, pointless but cool to a niche following
2. Business men and retired officers and military contractors that again want the best.
3. I think they are in Russia so the cost of living is quite a bit lower than say America or western europe. Also the market over there for these sorts of items might be different like the narrator was saying the Soviet union pushed these types of toys pretty hard.
Collectors. My Granddad made them Per Hand in Germany and makes a hell of cash with it.
16:05. Weathering as mentioned here is not as much groundwork base, which is more falling into creating a mini diorama, as it is showing effects of weather, as well as a light and shadow effect on the object. Without it it would look just like a...toy. I believe this is more like a historical miniature. Scale model. 👍
I make fully-articulated steel armour for clients all over the world. Many times we have debated when is a miniature considered a 'toy' we all agreed it is the articulation, or should I say the lack of it.
A 'Toy' merely looks like a suit of armour, but a fully articulated Miniature IS a suit of armour!
Interestingly my tax classification from my French workshops confirm this, as I wish I could be classed as a toy-maker because I would pay less tax, but what I make, be that 1/2, 1/6 or even 1/12th scale is all taxed as 'Military hardware'... Unfortunately!
Fascinating video thanks. Best wishes from an Englishman in a French forest... and of course all the mice! 🇬🇧🧐🐭🐭🐭🐭🐭⚒️
who else is up at 3pm watching random videos on how things are made?
Who isn't up at 3pm? You mean 3am?
UNBELIEVABLE UNBELIEVABLE UNBELIEVABLE 👏 IT IS A WORLD BY IT'S SELF
сколько советских солдатиков
так приятно)
miniature toy soldiers doc narrated by the same guy who just did a speznatz hostage rescue doc. Same music team also.
Super majstrovské dielo!!!❤😊
I'm pretty sure the voice is an AI from the way he speaks
Hay, this was a interesting video. I love it
I love toy soldiers and figurines old and new
2:53 nice of the mould to cut its own runners, gates and vents.
Bonjour trés intéressant , je suis fan des figurines au 1/32 merci pour cette vidéo
Strange that they talk about toy soldiers for kids and show historicals, then move on to the high-end military figures and show historicals - but when they get to wargaming (which originated with historicals) they just focus on Warhammer fantasy and 40k (did Warhammer fund this film?) If they would have talked about the thousands and rule sets, hundreds of dedicated Websites, RUclips channels, and blogs, along with the dozens of magazines and miniature companies wholly dedicated to the historical wargaming industry, this could have been a fully fleshed out documentary on the subject. This gloss-over treatment given to wargaming (focusing on a single game company) is akin to creating a documentary on the history of fine art painters and then only talking about Andy Warhol.
I think they just look up what's the most popular franchise and it "Warhammer" was the first on the page. They were trying to wrap it, it feels.
@@Mechabang Agreed - and the result wasn't so much a documentary as it was an infomercial. Sad really.
Потрясающее видео!!
I only ever had the classic plastic toy soldiers made by Airfix (and Matchbox). The somewhat softer plastic, not the brittle hard plastic Airfix /Hornby is using now.
At the time those were first made they were the best sculpted figures at the time , and they still hold high rank today , imo . Especially those Airfix WWII guys .... I mean , whoever molded all those wrinkles and creases into those uniforms was a wizard .
Sure , sculpting and mold making are harder the more detail is present , but the realism was worth it . Any of their WWII sets were awesome , and I still have mine . Particularly nice , imo , were British 8th Army and Afrika Corps soldiers . But , it is hard to pick favorites , but the Australians and Japanese are just Excellent ! Well , they all were great .... their Wermacht Germans are like the Gold Standard for Germans .Each set had distinctive Officer figure , which were awesome . I like the plastic figs better than metal ones , hands down , with traditional style being only cool from historical view , imo . Static poses and gloss paint jobs aren't my cup of tea , however , the best metal figs in recent decades like W.Britains , Conte are fantastic , but too expensive to be played with, and too fragile , and too heavy... but for diorama or display , hard to beat . Cheers !
feels like 1/72 fell by the wayside in general :(
In western Europe and North America, this hobby and industry is much more advanced.
this is cool soldier
These people are our heroes
Love toy soldiers!
Hola. Gracias por mostrar este arte.
The OG miniature for wargames before Warhammer
What’s the company that’s make the metal toy soldiers ?
Multiple companies make them.
@@Number1tnfan683 Yes but who is the guy in the video. ? Do they have a website ? Do you know any website where I can buy some of these . Not being smart I just want to know it would be cool to have some .
I love toy soldiers
It is really interesting. I could enjoy it even more if you turned the Music down or better still OFF.
Can understand what you are saying ???
Those thousands of soldiers are no match with my single spacemarine cast. Fight me.
Sacrilige! I wargamed with a French and then a Russian Napoleonic army. My model soldiers ( not toys ) were made by a Southampton firm who are no longer there called Miniature Figurines, we used rules for battles so it was a serious affair. I have plastic but nothing can replace the metal soldiers
4:30 onwards for about 30 seconds, narrator kills me with the way talks!
He is reading individual words instead of entire sentences and it fucking hurts to listen to
A very interesting video. Interesting to have an American narrating for a Russian produced film.
thanks for watching
BEST JOB EVER !
so much work
Fantastic!!
Im sure the resin figures this presenter pointed out were actually composition figures
I believe Lineol was the company or the material, compressed sawdust with some kind of binder trapping a wire armature. Lightweight figures, fully round and paint detailed, but could decompose in humid/wet conditions.
Крутая карта на стене
Gracias por esto¡ Hoy señores y aún seguimos siendo niños jugando grandes batallas en la mesa de la cena😂
The toy soldier paintjobs are a crime. They obscure the beautiful detail of the figure beneath under globs of glossy paint.
Есть ещё один интересный фильм посвящённый солдатикам. Это Армия покорившая время
I'm not aware of a casting material consisting of Tin, cast iron and bismuth...???
Seeing this remembers me to the mel gibson's movie 😂😂😂😂😂
Sehr schön gemacht ich habe auch eine kleine Sammlung
Is this really how anyone makes toys like this.
Most toy soldiers are made in plastic and that has been the case for many decades now.
Very strange emphases, stresses and pauses in the narration.
Toy soldiers were warhammer before it was cool
Genial las figuras
Could have been worthwhile, hadn't it been given the 'dumbed-down' delivery, more suitable to low-attention-span people with the brains of peas.
4:28 The worker needs a respirator or some better ventilation in his work area. That metal dust is not good for the lungs 😩
Can we have link to buy
So cool if you have the tools and own business and money and knowledge and God you have everything
This is not a kids hobby. I sold a kidney to afford it.
That's an idiom
I play with the plastic ones
It seems they use lead for these toys ...as I have few if them ...they are heavy and soft enough to bend the thin parts .. Problem. Is lead is not a safe metal to play around or to handle on regular basis .. May be good for display only .. By the way superb video
The narrator constantly sounds like he's out of breath after every sentence
Only a artist can do this thanks.
Umm actually their are some companies in NA who make them 12:26
Why ..... is...the narration....so....halting...in parts?
sounds like english dub on top might be why
Where can i buy one for a good price in europe?
This is how Games Workshop / Citadel used to make metal minis except the standard of miniature sculpture was and is far higher.
hey if toy soldiers was metal and painted but why the plastic toy soldiers are not painted?
I have no idea but I guess since metal figurines are more expensive to make you might just as well handpaint them and then sell them. Plastic toy soldiers are mass produced, if you are lucky the colour resembles the colour of the real uniforms.
It sounds to me like this documentary was translated into english from a russian original...is that possible?
When I was growing up,I played with 2 dimensional card soldiers,
What were they? I think i had some too but cannot remember what they were called
@@tdoychev720 to be honest,I don’t remember,it was 50 years ago,they were my late fathers,they dated back to pre WWII,(1938/39),they were Waterloo French and English soldiers.his dad,my paternal grandfather had got them for him,he handed them down to me,and one of his last wishes was to be cremated with his ‘toy soldiers’,so I laid the English army on his left side and the French army on his right.
@@LEESS1005 I see. Very touching story. Thanks for sharing with me
@@tdoychev720 Thank you for this video,it has brought back some bitter sweet memories for me,I have now start a 15mm warlord games Napoleonic army,both French and British to hand down to my grandson when he is older,
I cant handle the Narrator hes like someone off Rick and Mortys International cable
I can't take him seriously.
Shame as interested in making mould for sculpture
I was waiting to see Warhammer 40K here, to be honest
my childhood
@0:53 "And why are they no longer made of tin?" That's false. Many figures are still cast in white metal alloys, which contain about 70% tin, mixed with metals like antimony or bismuth. Some are still cast with alloys that contain lead (and you won't die from having them). Others are cast in resin, especially miniatures sold as kits, to be painted to a high level of detail. And some are molded in plastic, from the green army men we played with in the 60s and 70s, to the collectors playsets sold today.
Again @3:18 the narrator says that today, toy soldiers are made almost exclusively of plastic. That is simply not true.
I get the impression that this was written by someone who had no knowledge of the hobby, like a Science intern.
And again, @4:02 casting in "tin" did not "end over a hundred years ago". The biggest change was the elimination of alloys containing lead in the mid- to late 60s, at least in the West, and due to consumer protection laws.
@4:55 the method they show here produces a figure that would be called half-round. Despite the narration, this is not the "only way" to make a figure, or to make the master, to be more specific. For fully-round figures, it's still common for an artist to sculpt the master figure from a medium, like epoxy putty, or clay, and then the mold is made from this master figure.
Flat figures, which originated in Germany and are still very popular there more than anywhere else, were engraved into either half of a slate mold. The Germans call those "Zinnfiguren", "tin figures", and the alloys used to cast those did have a higher percentage of tin, generally, than the alloys used to cast fully-round figures.
And of course, 3D sculpting and printing are used more frequently today, to make a master, and also, to make a finished figure.
@6:06 I don't know of any manufacturer who uses iron to cast figures today. In the 30s and 40s, there was an American company, Grey Iron, who cast toy soldiers, along with household items, and other toys. They used molds made of sand, which were called forms. The two halves of the mold were filled with wet casting sand, the master was pressed in, and then the molten iron was poured in. Their toy soldiers were simple, but popular in their time. The company is still in business, but doesn't make the figures anymore. Ironically, when the show gets around to discussing cast iron toy soldiers, the images are of hollowcast white metal toy soldiers.
@10:06 when the narrator describes the "Nuremberg" standard, he's referring to flats, the German Zinnfiguren, not to fully round toy soldiers. And it was established at least a generation or more before, in the second half of the 18th century. Tinsmiths began producing replicas of contemporary figures, like Frederick the Great and his army. The scales or sizes that became common for fully round figures were established towards the end of the 19th century. William Britain helped drive this development, when he made his figures of a size to match popular toy trains in the UK. His early figures were around 40mm, but soon he made them around 54mm, and that became the popular size, which persists to today, though 60mm has become popular for brands like King & Country, and other makers of collector's toy soldiers.
i don't put too much faith in the accuracy of these kinds of shows, they more often than not are rife with half-understood and poorly researched 'facts.' without fail there's always someone in the comments section who actually knows what they're talking about and not just someone assigned to write an episode of something they have little interest in and little time to do it properly.
I thought tin soldiers were made until the 1940s. Am I wrong? Lead soldiers were made till the 1960s I think.
Excelente vídeo. Muito Obrigado.
Where can I find the original video that is in Russian?
AAAAAAAAAA!!! Jesus! It's like the narrator went to the James Tiberius Kick school of voice acting. The documentary is almost unwatchable as the narrator emphases the wrong syllables and pauses in the middle of sentences. I think my ears are bleeding.
And all the time he sounds, as if he needs to shout over the way to loud and annoying music.
Thank god, I just said the same thing!
Can I have the clay ones for free? 😊
🥰
Then 3D printing came
Perfect video ...russian masters
I'm interested, where can I find things like these "games"?
In the US you can usually find games like this in comic book shops and hobby shops. Not sure about the rest of the world.
Make home soldier toy
Reporter looks like Navalny only bit chubbier.
the narrator's cadence is weird and off-putting. it's like, okay, shatner, just speak without the pauses, yeah? good video aside from that, though. i get that the original show was in russian, but is this some bad AI voice?
Aluminum
Does. The narrator. Have. A. SPEECH. Impediment? I made model figures for nearly 30 years (until 3D scanning and 3D printing came along and ruined the hobby). I've never even once heard any referred to as "Wartime miniatures". I think they must mean "military miniatures"
I think this was originally a Russian program, the script has all sorts of problems, not to mention a lousy narrator. The delivery is choppy, overly dramatic, and just amateurish in ways that are obvious to anyone that has done presentation.
Star Wars armada boiii
А можно оригинал на русском языке?
German Toy Soldiers
I love toy soldiers. But the whole business is a scam. You need to spend hundreds of dollars to even get started because kits are expensive,but the paint is twice as expensive. Brands and games like Warhammer are an excellent example of what I'm referring to. If the kits and paints were sold for cheaper, I believe that more people would get into this hobby
There are many different brands for cheaper then games workshops. Lot of military figures can be gotten cheep
Historical Gaming is much cheaper than Warhammer. Also you can 3D print your own miniatures or if you want there are ways to make your own molds and cast your own miniatures. On top of that, the cheapest way to get into the hobby is through the use of paper models and paper soldiers. There are thousands of paper models available and several websites devoted to this hobby as well as several sites that are devoted to paper soldiers that you can print out from PDF files on your home computer printer.
What a load of coswallop.