AB Figures are run by Anthony Barton and Michael Hickling. We have both been wargaming for over 35 years. Now we are returning to our first love - WW2. To us authenticity, detailed design and quality are key and we go to great lengths to research our figures using contemporary illustrations, photographs and artifacts.
We hope you will like our figures – we really believe that we supply the best "Men in Miniature" for the dedicated Wargamer and Modeller.
About Anthony
After a childhood spent making plasticene animals and gaining an indifferent degree in Zoology, Anthony Barton ("AB") started his career making biological and archaeological models for museums.
Military figures had always been a hobby, and growing poorer prompted him to start making them seriously in about 1985. The "AB" range was launched in 1990, and he now devotes most of his time to it, with periodic diversions into larger-scale projects: historical paint-work, sculpture and reconstructed costumes – he has worked for many historical institutions.
He lives quietly in a small house near York, surrounded by interesting junk, and only goes out to play music with the York Waits, a 16th Century wind band which he helped found in 1977, or to indulge in historical re-enactments in interesting places, generally involving bows or early firearms.
About Michael
Michael is our craftsman making the moulds and running the small foundry and manufacturing process from his home in the beautiful Welsh countryside. He also packs and despatches your orders with help from his wife..
Michael has also actively helped in archaeological excavations including Fishbourne Roman Palace, and the exciting Patching Gold Coin Hoard, and occasionally works on digs in Wales like Dinefwr Castle and Llandeilo Roman Fort. He now enjoys pottering around the countryside in his 1943 Willys Jeep.
East Williamston
Tenby
SA70 8RT
Our current lines include Caesar Miniatures, Zvezda, Pegasus Hobbies, Dragon Models, Italeri, Revell and Miniknight.
is the best and the most successful historical, fantasy and Sci-Fi toysoldierand game figure online shop in the world. We most focus 1/72 scale figure andmodel with major brands: Caesar Miniatures, Miniknight, Italeri, Orion, Preiser,Revell, Waterloo1815, Zveda,. In addition, we provide other brand Sci-Fi,fantasy figures and wargame products.
Caesar Miniatures is about broadcasting toysoldier and wargame hobby. At our company in Taiwan, we design, import and retail the vast range of plastic and metal soldiers. Wedevote to improve toysoldier collection and wargaming. We have a facility toproduce most of our miniatures and model. And contribute to charity andmarketing miniatures in new field.
Collection is noble hobby fulfill history knowledge, creating mini-world bydelicate and fine miniatures. Wargame playing with large numbers of miniaturescarefully chosen and painstakingly painted, on a table top face to face withfriends. It is a social and convivial activity loved by Hobbyists the worldover.
Dixon miniatures was founded in 1976. We specialise in 25/28mm white metal wargaming miniatures with an emphasis on realism and accuracy.
Unit 24
Queens Square Business Park
Huddersfield Road
Honley
Holmfirth
West Yorkshire
HD9 6QZ
Early War Miniatures design and make miniatures, models and scenery for subjects from World War I through to World War II with lots of interesting things for in between.
I started EWM back in late 2010 and went live as a very small hobby/business launching the first EWM catalog on January 1st 2011. An awful lot has changed since then.
So in October 2010, I became the proud owner of a little known range of miniatures designed by Tom Lobley called Toms Tins. Tom kindly gave me the opportunity to take on his beloved range and see if I could in his words “make a go of it”. In 2012, EWM became my full time employment allowing me to commit myself to this business both growing and developing the ranges. I can say now, with some confidence that EWM has truly arrived and we are very definitely “making a go of it”, thanks again Tom.
Now at EWM we design, mold and manufacture miniatures, models and scenic accessories for collectors, modelers and gamers alike. Most of our products are designed for 20mm scale. We cover the period from WW1 to the end of WW2 with lots of interesting things for in-between. We make everything you will find on this site labeled as EWM. We do resell some other products that complement our ranges, which we hope you will find interesting and appealing. We have been in business since 2011 and our extensive model ranges are growing all the time covering some obscure, yet interesting subjects. EWM attends trade shows in Europe and the UK where we carry many, but never all our products. There are just too many now so make sure you get your show pre-order in then we can bring you the products you want to any show. Future shows we are attending appear as a tab above.
EWM has a growing number of partnerships with other retailers that we work with us both here in the UK, in Europe and the USA. We intend to expand and build upon these relationships in the near future. A list of our retail partnerships outlets and contacts appears elsewhere on this web site. We also work with a number of others in the games industry making molds and doing some casting work for a other business’s. We try to forge lasting relationships based on mutual benefits and offer things that enhance what EWM and others can offer their customers. In no particular order, we have the pleasure of working with :
Two Fat Lardies
Dan Taylor Model works
Perry Miniatures
Armourfast
Toddies Terrain
Giesber’s Models
CTK publications
Black Lion decals
Mckeeman Models
A small but important point about “SALES”. EWM DON’T do sales at any time, OR every month OR offer discounted prices (20% off) on our trade stand EVERY show like some companies do. EWM prices are our prices both here on our webstore AND the same with our EWM trade stand and with our retail trade partners. We have a number of trade partners and retail agents who also sell our products. Our trade partners earn their margins and we think it would be very disloyal to undermine them and you our own customers, by selling EWM products via both regular and random discounted sales!
Now, we will occasionally offer new products on a “special introductory offer” basis. When this happens, our agents and partners get the same option and pricing should they wish to also offer the same products at the same time.
EWM now has in excess of 1600 products, a number that is growing ALL the time. We have every intention to continue to continue to invest in, grow and expand the many product ranges, periods and subjects that we cover. We are very approachable, so if you have any questions, email us or better still, come and see us at a show and ask.
5 Pelham Road
Ventnor
Isle of Wight
PO38 1UR
Empress Miniatures was established in 2008, originally by two 'war-games widows' of two wargaming husbands. Although the Empress team is still the same things have moved on significantly and the menfolk are a lot more involved these days.
One thing that has not changed is our company policy to research, design, develop and sell the highest quality products that we can. This is across all of our ranges of figures, vehicles and terrain as well as products that we sell on behalf of other companies.
Starting with our first range, The 1879 Zulu War, we now have large and developing ranges covering the Spanish Civil War, Jazz Age Imperialism of the Inter War years, English Civil War, Maori Wars, Abyssinia, WW1, WW2, Vietnam, Indian Mutiny and Ultra Modern. Added to these are ranges that we carry for other companies that compliment our own ranges. All of our ranges get frequently added to and it is our company plan to never ever 'finish' a range but rather constantly add to our lines to expand and refresh them.
In our very busy history we are proud to have developed an excellent reputation for quality and Customer Service. Our products are made to the very highest quality to ensure that you the customer get the best.
Pop by our internet shop and have a look.
Regards,
The Empress Miniatures Team
Paul, Christine, Keith and Lorraine
Windrush House
Burford Road
Minster Lovell
OX29 0RZ
Frontline Wargaming manufacture various ranges of 15mm, 20mm and 25mm terrain, buildings, vehicles and figures suitable for many periods.
All furniture and vehicle ranges are now being produced in polyurethane resin, which speeds production and are more durable. I will still be using polyester resin for the larger scenery etc. The only downside is higher material cost therefore I have to put a price increase on these ranges.
Gibraltar Farm
Ham Lane
Gillingham
Kent
ME7 3JJ
HäT Industrie are a producer of 1/72 and 1/32 scale soft plastic and 28mm hard plastic military miniatures and pre-painted 60mm metal miniatures. We strive to design authentic figures of various historical armies suitable for the collector, wargamer or hobbyist. Their uniforms are carefully researched and they look just like miniatures of their real life counterparts. This website is not a listing of product availability. It is informational and only show the list of products past, present and future.
Bellevue, WA
98015-0284
United States
Matador Models was founded in 1997, and first traded at Trucks & Tracks that year. Since then our ranges of kits in resin and white metal have continued to grow rapidly. At the company’s heart are its KC ranges. These are conversions and improvements on 1/76th plastic kits. From there we have branched out into complete kits, and the range reflects the interests of our small group of master builders: if we like it and it is not on the market, we build it! We have also bought and therefore kept on the market kits from other manufacturers, notably most of the 4Mil and the complete Airfield Accessories ranges, from 1/144th to 1/35th, though the largest scale, being too far away from our own interests, we have now passed it on to Scalelink. More recent acquisitions have been masters from the Trux and BW ranges.
While extending these ranges, we have added more: AA76 in our favourite 1/76th scale and AAC, a range of conversions on airfield vehicles in 1/76th and 1/72nd. Following a growth of interest in the First World War, we have extended and reorganised our early ranges. We have also widened our interests, both by stocking plastic kits which complement our ranges and by starting a fantasy range for role play and wargamers.
If Matador tries for a “house style” it is that its kits should be a pleasure to build, and we aim to keep them in the middle range of complexity. While it is always best to refer to photographs and other references when building a kit, we try to make our models capable of standing alone: of being built and painted accurately by someone who does not have several books on the subject. If you are a beginner with only a few plastic kits behind you, or coming back into the hobby, why not take on one of the less demanding projects - try a conversion kit.
There are many sturdy plastic kits on the market which, with a conversion kit and a little effort, can be turned into eye catching and rare vehicles and enhance a collection. In the Tank Museum you can find research articles for beginners and experienced alike.
Matador is and will remain a small company, not least because for us, as for our customers, this is a hobby. Note that because of the way we subcontract the manufacture our models, while the larger parts are nearly always in resin, some details are produced both in metal and resin. Some examples of kits marked “metal/resin” may therefore appear entirely in resin or metal. The decisions are made for reasons of production, and do not in any way affect the quality of the model you receive. We hope you enjoy our kits.
6 Cliffe Road
Barton-on-Sea
New Milton
Hants
BH25 7PB
Milicast Model Company are probably the longest continuous manufacturers of 1:76/20mm model resin kits in the world.
Resin cast scale models were pioneered in the seventies by Eric Clark (ECM) and passed on to Milicast in 1985. Since then we have continued to be in the vanguard of progress and innovation in this scale and were one of the first manufacturers to introduce Polyurethane resins to AFV reproduction.
Over the years we have built up a pool of experience, which with our Master Pattern Makers, has allowed us to build both the popular AFVs, but also many of the unusual types often neglected by the plastic kit manufacturers in this scale.
We now have what is widely accepted as the largest range of quality resin cast 1:76/20mm Scale Model kits, Figure sets and Conversions of WWII subjects, available anywhere in the world.
Our aim has always been to build as accurate a model as possible using all available research material, including original vehicles where possible, and the worldwide resources of M.A.F.V.A. If new data becomes available we will update our "master" at the earliest possible opportunity to further improve the model. That's something that the mass produced plastic kit manufacturers just don't do!
In late 2004 we started our Battlefield Series in response to repeated customer requests to make available models which, although simplified in their construction and suitably robust, would retain the Milicast standard of high level accuracy and fine detail but be suitable for both Gamers and Collectors. We believe that we offer that quality alternative. This is an expanding range with "off the shelf" availability at competitive prices. As a result some Milicast Premiere Range kits will in future be superseded by their Battlefield Series equivalents whilst others will continue to be available in both ranges. New models will however be added to both ranges.
Milicast are also the sole British and European distributor of Aleran Decals of the USA who produce a superb range of the finest quality 20mm scale water slide decals covering a wide range of WWII subjects for most of the combatant nations including American, Australian, Belgian, British, Bulgarian, Canadian, Croatian, Finnish, French, "Free-French", German, Hungarian, Indian, Italian, New Zealand, Polish, Romanian, South African, Soviet & Spanish Civil War AFV's. Subjects also include Axis Flags, French Road Signs, Tactical & Unit Markings, Allied Stars, Balkenkreuz, Licence Plates, etc., We fully recommend these decals for use with both resin and metal kits or just to improve plastic injected kits. We also Stockists of Dan Taylor Modelworks WWII figure and Decals range.
9 Rannoch Street
Battlefield Glasgow
G44 4DF
Minairons Miniatures is a recently created Catalan company, whose birth date backs to September 2012 and is aimed at producing multiscale, fast assembly, quality miniatures for wargaming and collecting generally in hard plastic, but also in resin.
Minairons The company has been christened as Minairons Miniatures in behalf of the mysterious faeric beings of that name, who are reported to live in the deepest valleys of the Catalonian and Andorran Pyrenees range. Such legendary minairons are said to be minute, winged beings moving in dense, fearsome swarms. As with a number of similar beings of other cultures, minairons enjoy a dual, ambiguous nature; so that meeting them can mean for you a durable blessing or a fatal doom, even your death.
Such are the creatures we have entrusted our fate on, such is our bid.
Minairons Miniatures' ranges will usually have a close relationship with the military history of the Iberian Peninsula nations logically, with a special accent on Catalonia itself, where the brand is born. Following such core idea, our starting range consists of a selection of Spanish Civil War fighting vehicles, mainly those with a wider use in other Inter-war conflicts, or even Early World War II.
These are to be released first in 1/56 scale 1/72 scale 1/100 scale 1/144 scale and 1/600 scale, which are to be developed nearly altogether. Thanks to the CAD design techniques we use in prototyping, we shall be able to export our ranges into 1:56th scale too although at a slightly later stage, once ensured the firm has consolidated enough for such exciting endeavour.
c/. Cinc
8-10 local A
08794 Les Cabanyes
Catalonia
Spain