Armies In Plastic, Inc., designer and fabricator of historically accurate plastic toy soldiers, toy soldiers depicting armies and battles from around the world.

Artig Tin Soldiers is located in Riga, Latvia, and for more than 10 years we have specialized in producing high-quality historical and military miniatures. If your hobby is toy soldiers. Their collecting, painting, or you're a fan of military and tactical games, you have come to the right address.

We offer a wide range of military miniatures

We offer a wide range of military miniatures from different historical epochs. Here you will find the figures relating to Napoleonic era, Antiquity, the Middle Ages, Modern Armies, and more.

Our sculptors work painstakingly over compliance with the most accurate representation of each item in our historical miniatures. When working on the next figure, they rely not only on their skill and experience. But also use many historical facts and documents, museum materials, and re-enactors' developments. Figures of toy soldiers which came from the hands of the sculptors have resemblance to specific historical characters. Such as Napoleon, his marshals, generals, etc. Each element of ammunition and uniforms of military miniatures is executed. In strict accordance with the historical realities and can be dated to a specific year.

Among collectors of historical miniature tin figurines, one of the most popular figures are the colored toy soldiers of the. Napoleonic wars - figures of Napoleon Bonaparte in different historical moments of his life. Equestrian and hiking figures of soldiers and the marshals of Napoleon, tin soldiers of the Roman Empire and Knights.

A working team of talented artists paint the metal figures of soldiers. Striving not only to observe the historical accuracy of colors in their work. But also to breathe new life into the eyes of the tin soldiers.

Upon request of collectors, our artists can also paint tin and lead figures from other manufacturers.

painted figures

In addition to the painted figures, collectors can buy unpainted pewter miniatures from us on a 1;32 (54 mm) scale. And try their hand in the difficult but fascinating experience of painting tin soldiers' figures of various historical eras. Our kits for assembly and painting cast in "white metal" in the modern molding equipment. In stock in our online store you will always find a wide range. Of figures and military historical miniatures of various historical epochs - the representatives of.

Antiquity

Middle Ages

Napoleonic

American Civil War

World War I

World War II

Modern Armies

In our manufacturing process, we use the latest Hi-Tech equipment and modern computer technologies. To produce high-class tin soldiers, and continuously expand the range of historical miniatures. Thanks to the quality of our products we have become known around the world - in Russia, Europe, America and Australia.

Elite Miniatures Australia is based in Townsville, North Queensland, Australia and have been producing Elite Miniatures figures, under licence from Peter Morbey in the UK, for over ten years. It is Elite Miniatures belief that our customers' needs are of the utmost importance and our entire team is committed to meeting those needs. As a result, a high percentage of our business is from repeat customers and referrals.

We do not have the complete range of our parent company but we do update our ranges with new moulds at least twice per year, ensuring our customers receive the best figures available for the historical gamer and collector.

We would welcome the opportunity to earn your trust and deliver you the best service in the industry.

We are only licenced to sell our range to Australia, New Zealand and the Asian Pacific Region all other sales are to go through our parent company in the UK, Elite Miniatures

Controlling the Chaos Napoleonic Wargame Rules

Frontline Figures, a Hong Kong based and registered company was founded and is run by two English professional architectural model makers, is well known world wide as a producer of first class toy figures of the highest quality and detail, which for the first ten years of its existence had the majority of its output absorbed into the American collecting scene.

Started in 1983, FRONTLINE FIGURES is the result of an intense interest by the two partners, Gerard Prime and Howard Swales in all things connected with the historic influences, and design of military uniforms, insignia, vehicles and equipment. All FRONTLINE FIGURES are 54mm high or 1/32rd scale. This is the standard scale for "toy soldiers"

From the early years of plastic kit construction that most enthusiast collectors experience, modification of standard boxed "bits" into one off individual models and scratch built items, the first tentative steps were taken into producing single specialist figures for entry into Society shows and the like.

Considerable success at this level, both in the UK and the Far East in the case of Howard, and for Gerard a change of life style and environment from the workshop of a major architectural practice in London, to the frenetic world of Hong Kong, lead to the possibility of producing, if only in small numbers and at odd free times from the main product of a new architectural model workshop, certain individual figures on a commercial basis. These figures supplied the needs of a small but avid band of collectors that existed in the Colony.

At first, the manufacturing capability was limited by the amount of time that could be spared from running the more important business of survival, and creating a successful and commercial architectural model making workshop and studio, no mean feat in the tough and competitive world of Hong Kong based professionals and traders.

A growing and expanding client base moved the workshop into the arena of design and prototype making resulting in models leaving the shop as diverse as steel ball bearing "Maltesers" for TV promotions to commercial presentations of an eight foot long banana, or a six foot long rugby boot!

Gradually, however, the "Soldiers advanced", and the purchase of a centrifuge casting system replaced hand drop casting, and a series of skilled painters replaced the enthusiastic but amateur painting of "Ex Pat" wives of friends brought the realisation that what had started out as a personal interest and hobby was fast turning into a "Hot Property" on the local scene in Hong Kong. Visiting UK and American friends were spreading the word about this little goldmine of excellence in the field of Toy Soldiers and figures, and it was realised by the two partners that the situation needed to be seriously thought about.

Some ten years ago, therefore, the first American agent was appointed, American toy and trade fairs attended, quantity production, casting, painting and quality control problems were addressed, and links into China with all its traditional craft skills, established.

FRONTLINE FIGURES was placed on an independent footing within the architectural and design studio and workshop company. Today, FRONTLINE FIGURES is a Company in its own right and is a company which is well known and proud of its reputation as a responsible and commercially sound concern, producing high quality products , run and wholly owned by "those Two Brits"

Production has now been centred in China for some eight years, drawing on the centuries old skills and knowledge of metal casting and creative porcelain and other painting at the smallest scale. Quality control, which is the hallmark of the company is carried out in China, Hong Kong and again in the UK, and the strict standards set by the Partners has to be seen to be appreciated, and even then hardly believed.

These standards are now recognised as to be a mark of such excellence that at the World Expo '93 Model Soldier Exposition held in Washington DC in the USA in July of that year, FRONTLINE FIGURES were judged to be such that they received overall first prize for commercially produced figures. Not bad for any Company, but an English run, Hong Kong based Company showing in America, WOW!!

In recognition of the now excellence of the product, the Partners felt that the time had come to "Go for it", and to make the range available to the UK and European collectors and therefore Mum and Dad Prime agreed to become the UK sole agents. To this end it was agreed that the venue for the launch of FRONTLINE FIGURES UK and the whole range of figures would be foe sale at the 4th December 1993 British Toy Soldier and Figure Show.

Subsequent to the launch of the range, it was soon realised that retail outlets and showrooms in the UK would be advantageous, and after much searching for suitable locations, in 1995, The Armoury of St James's in Piccadilly, London was appointed as the sole retail outlet for Southern England, an appointment that has proved to be mutually beneficial to both parties for the sale of the range.

`further Agents were subsequently appointed in the USA, to give a greater penetration into what has proved to be a huge market in what is, after all, the premier collecting country in the world. Agents in Canada, Australia, France, Germany and Spain were also appointed.

The FRONTLINE FIGURES range is continually being expanded, a typical example being the decision to concentrate on the Crimean War period, and to model the whole of the "Charge of the Light Brigade" and "The Thin Red Line" based on the classic painting by Gibbs, both ranges to include British, French and Russian Regiments, together with the Russian guns.

The increasing production runs required by the company has enabled the Partners to become more insistent on the quality of the product with the Chinese factory, and a new and more detailed casting and finely painted range of figures were produced for the introduction of the Connoisseur Range of Napoleonic mounted French Cavalry and English Infantry Regiments. These figures now show the detail of a shadowed 110 mm figurine in a 54mm toy soldier figure!

Another new breakthrough range employing the Connoisseur painting technique resulted in the launch of the Colonial Classics sets, the first in the series being 18th century Colonial Americans, concentrating on the Eastern seaboard These figures include for Architecturally correct coloured backgrounds to scale, with environmental accessories. These sets appeal to a wider audience than just the military enthusiast, something for the ladies to get interested in!

To summarise, in some 15 years or so FRONTLINE FIGURES has become a world renowned name, enthusiastically collected by people in many countries, and justly proud of the standards it has achieved and the acclaim it has received of "Probably the best commercial product of its type available". as has been stated by a number of well know authorities.

What will the next 15 years bring we wonder?

To date, Frontline Figures have produced in their 54mm range the following subjects:

1914 Parade Dress
1914 Cavalry Parade Dress
THE CRIMEAN WAR 1854-1856:
British 93rd Highlanders
The Charge of the Light Brigade
The Heavy Brigade
Russian Cavalry Russian Infantry Russian Horse Artillery
British and Russian Personalities
French Chasseur D'Afrique
French Imperial Guard Zouaves
World War 1 Personality Sets
Air Wars 1939-1945
Modern Airwars
British Colonial Army 1880's
Sudan Campaign 1881
British Indian Army 1880's
Zulu Wars
FRENCH NAPOLEONIC WARS 1804-1815
British Infantry
British Artillery
French 9th Cuirassiers
17th Dragoons
1st Carabiniers
Imperial Guard, Horse Grenadiers
54th Line Infantry Regiment
French Artillery
French Napoleonic Personalities

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.