TSSD

WHAT GUYS DO WITH THEIR

"GUYS & STUFF"

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WE HAVE CREATED THIS  PAGE TO SHOW - AND SHARE - WHAT SOME OF OUR CUSTOMERS HAVE DONE - AND ARE DOING WITH THEIR FIGURES AND ACCESSORIES

WE RECEIVE MANY PHOTOS, DISCS AND EMAILS AND SUCH FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD - AND IT IS REMARKABLE WHAT SOME OF THE COLLECTORS DO - FROM CONVERSIONS OF FIGURES TO DIORAMAS - TO PAINTING AND BUILDING STUFF.

FROM TIME TO TIME THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE CREATED SOME PRODUCTS FOR SALE - AND WE WILL PASS ALONG THEIR INFORMATION TO YOU AS WELL.

OUR NUMBER ONE GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO PROMOTE THE HOBBY - AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY TO DO THAT.

IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING OF INTEREST THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD - PLEASE LET US KNOW.

WE WILL INCLUDE YOUR PROJECT PHOTOS AND ALSO YOUR NAME - BUT ONLY WITH YOUR PERMISSION.

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WE HAVE HAD TO DELETE SOME OF THE EARLIER POSTS DUE TO SPACE LIMITATIONS WE ARE ENCOUNTERING WITH OUR SERVER.  BUT WE HAVE ONLY DELETED SOME THAT WERE SEVERAL YEARS OLD.

I GUESS 10,000 PHOTOS IS TOO MANY FOR IT TO HANDLE!?

IT IS SO "FULL" THAT WE CANNOT EVEN CREATE A NEW PAGE FOR THE WEBSITE.

WE WILL ALSO BE DELETING ITEMS AND PHOTOS FROM OUR OWN WEB PAGES.

MORE DELETIONS - AND SOME ADDITIONS - TO FOLLOW.

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FOR BEST RESULTS PLEASE SEND PHOTOS 

SIZED TO 320 x 240 PIXELS

OR

640 x 480

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MARCELO VOLCATO

LONG TIME COLLECTOR AND CUSTOMER FROM BRAZIL

FIRST TIME POSTING ON THIS WEBPAGE

"CUSTER'S LAST STAND"

HAND PAINTED DIORAMA

THE FIRST OFFERING WE HAVE SEEN OF A PAINTED CUSTER SET.

( SOMEONE HAS BEEN BUSY PAINTING! )

IN THE PHOTOS ABOVE WE SEE THE KEN OSEN LAST STAND HILLTOP PRETTY WELL COVERED WITH PANTED TROOPERS AND 'HOSTILES'.  ALSO, CUSTER SURROUNDED BY HIS OFFICERS AND BROTHERS.

THE MASSED INDIANS MOVE IN TO FINISH OFF THE REMAINING TROOPERS OF "F" COMPANY, WHILE A FEW MOUNTED TROOPERS TRY TO ESCAPE THE RING OF INDIANS.

MARCELO HAS ALREADY COMPLETED PAINTING ON 85+ FIGURES FOR THIS DIORAMA, AND WE CONGRATULATE HIM ON HIS WORK!!

WHILE MAINLY A COLLECTOR OF "MEDIEVAL" PERIOD FIGURES, WE ARE HAPPY TO SEE HIM BRING TO LIFE A CUSTER DIORAMA!

MARCELO IS AN AUTHOR OF SEVERAL BOOKS, MARRIED WITH ONE CHILD.

HE HAS BEEN A FRIEND AND CUSTOMER OF OURS NEARLY SINCE THE DAY WE STARTED.

THANKS MARCELO AND KEEP UP THE GOOD "WORK"!!

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WE LITERALLY HAVE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PHOTOS TO POST FROM COLLECTORS ALL OVER THE WORLD.

I APOLOGIZE THAT WE HAVE NOT KEPT UP VERY WELL WITH THIS WEBPAGE.

IT IS ONLY A LACK OF TIME THAT HAS KEPT US FROM POSTING MORE PHOTOS, ETC., AND WE HOPE TO GET TO MORE OF THEM WHEN WE CAN. 

REMEMBER, THERE ARE ONLY TWO "EMPLOYEES" HERE TO DO "EVERYTHING"!!

( ESPECIALLY SINCE THE DOG QUIT! )

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RAND WILLIAMS

CURRENTLY A MAJOR IN THE U.S. ARMY STATIONED IN KOSOVO, HAS SENT US A MORE CURRENT PHOTO FROM THE ANNUAL

"DRIVE-WAY" WARS!!

THIS YEAR IT WAS THE CONFEDERATE ARMY ( THE DADS )  vs  THE COLONIAL PERIOD UP TO THE 7th CAVALRY.

IT WAS AN ALL OUT NERF GUN BATTLE; NO WORD YET ON WHO WON?

RAND IS STILL LOOKING FOR HIS PHOTOS WITH THE ENTIRE DRIVEWAY BATTLEFIELD COVERED IN CAMOUFLAGE!!??

"PLAY ON"

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STEVE WESTON - U.K.

HAS JUST SENT US A PHOTO OF A MIKE BLAKE CONVERSION

A NEW TSSD FOOT INDIAN - CONVERTED TO MOUNTED - ON A STEVE WESTON HORSE!!

THANKS MIKE & STEVE!!

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DENVER IS AT IT AGAIN!

THIS TIME WITH INDIANS & CAVALRY CONVERSIONS

HE HAS GOTTEN A START ON SOME TSSD "FOOT" INDIANS, AND IS CONVERTING THEM TO "MOUNTED".  GUESS HE CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEW MOUNTED INDIANS AT XMAS!!??

AND "THE BIG SWEDE" NOW WISHES HE HADN'T MADE THE TRIP WEST!!??

SHOWN ABOVE ARE A BUNCH OF CONVERTED, DISMOUNTED CAVALRY.

I LIKE THE GUY THAT WAS AN ARTILLERYMAN WITH CANNON POSITIONING SPIKE - WHO NOW HAS A RIFLE AND IS APPLYING THE "BUTT-END" TO A FOE.

ALSO SHOWN ARE MARX ORIGINAL 60mm INDIANS; MANY AS CONVERSIONS.

MORE CONVERTED CAVALRY AND INDIANS.

LOOKS LIKE DENVER IS "ON THE WARPATH"!!

THANKS DENVER AND KEEP `EM COMING!!

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"CUSTER" IN THE CIVIL WAR!!

A "ONE-OF-A-KIND" PROJECT BY GARY DUTKO 

FOR A RECENT CUSTOMER

"FAMED" CONVERSION ARTIST, GARY DUTKO OF GETTYSBURG, PA 

( SHOWN ABOVE AT THE TEXAS SHOW - 2008 )

WAS RECENTLY COMMISSIONED TO CONVERT A LOAD OF TSSD CAVALRY & FOOT FIGURES FOR A "ONE-OF-A-KIND" PLAYSET:

"CUSTER IN THE CIVIL WAR"

SHOWN BELOW ARE A FEW SHOTS OF THE PLAYSET WHICH WAS ON DISPLAY AT THE RECENT GETTYSBURG TOY SOLDIER SHOW.

OVER 130 TSSD FIGURES WERE "CONVERTED" BY GARY, AND THE BOX ART WAS CREATED BY RON LIZORTY.

THE PAINTED METAL "CUSTER" FIGURE IS BY "BRITAINS".

"BRITAINS" PAINTED METAL "CUSTER" FROM THEIR CIVIL WAR SERIES.

WAVES OF CSA AND USA CAVALRY PREPARE TO CLASH DURING THE CIVIL WAR.

MORE TO COME.......

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OUR GOOD BUDDY IN TORONTO, CANADA

DICK WOOD!

MY APOLOGIES TO DICK WOOD - HE HAS BEEN SENDING US GREAT PHOTOS OF INCREDIBLE, MASSIVE "BATTLES" AND WE NEVER SEEM TO GET THEM "POSTED"

SOMETIMES, IT'S JUST A PICTURE-SIZE "LOADING" ISSUE.  OTHER TIMES - IT'S JUST "TIME"!

REGARDLESS, CHECK THESE OUT AND DROOL!

WWII

"BATTLE FOR THE BRIDGE"

DICK PAINTS ALL OF HIS BUILDINGS, PLUS HE BUILDS MODELS, AND PAINTS THEM, THAT WILL FIT WITH THE TOY SOLDIERS IN A PARTICULAR BATTLE.

GERMAN INFANTRY BATTLES BRITISH PARA'S FROM THE ROOF TOPS.

AMERICAN AIRBORNE ATTEMPT TO "TAKE" THE BRIDGE

MORE GREAT BATTLE SHOTS!

NEED A CASTLE!!??

MONSTER BARZSO CASTLE SECTIONS AND TOWERS PRODUCE QUITE AN IMPRESSIVE PILE `O ROCKS!! COMBINED WITH THE CONTE CHURCH AND IT'S READY FOR ANY MEDIEVAL BATTLE!

THIS IS NOTHING; YOU SHOULD SEE HIS "FRENCH & INDIAN WAR" SET-UPS!

TOO BAD IT SNOWS IN CANADA; SLOWS DOWN THE OUTSIDE "PLAYTIME"!

THANKS DICK!!

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MORE FROM

GARY DUTKO

GETTYSBURG, PA!!

GARY HAS BEEN USING UP OUR NEW SET # 12 ( ACW ) WITH TERRIFIC CONVERSIONS TO "7th CAV" GUYS.

LAWN DARTS, ANYONE?

Hmmmm......seems like these guys need some Indians to Fight.

GARY ALSO "CONVERTS" THE TSSD HORSES.

THANKS GARY!

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WILL LEARY, Sr.

HAS AGAIN DONE A "MAGNIFICENT" JOB WITH SOME OF THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN FIGURES!

( WILL'S WEBSITE:  www.gloryguys.com )

HERE HE HAS TACKLED

"THE BANDITOS"

BEAUTIFUL WORK THAT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.

THANK YOU WILL!

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FROM OUR GOOD FRIEND AND FELLOW COLLECTOR

MARK WYROSDICK

COME THESE COOL ACW "DIORAMA" PHOTOS

CHECK OUT THE MIDDLE PHOTO WITH BRIDGE AND PEGASUS PAINTED RIVER!

LOOKS LIKE SINCE RETIRING FROM THE AIR FORCE, MARK HAS HAD SOME "PLAYTIME"!!

THANK YOU FOR SHARING, MARK!!

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MORE PAINTED GUYS

FROM BRIAN McIVER IN THE U.K.

WHEN WE LAST VISITED BRIAN HE HAD PAINTED A GREAT SET OF WESTON BANDITOS.

NOW HE HAS DONE SOME OF THE TSSD SET # 12 "ACW".

SHOWN BELOW:

WOUNDED ARTILLERYMAN - "BARN BATTLE"! - REPOSITION THE GUN!

DISMOUNTED CAVALRY TROOPERS - ARTILLERYMAN WITH SHELL - WOUNDED

GREAT WORK!

THANKS BRIAN!!

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FROM COLLECTOR

AND

"CONVERSION ARTIST"

SCOTT LESCH

SOME MORE GREAT CIVIL WAR CONVERSIONS!

UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARTILLERY CREWS

SHOWN WITH PENNCRAFT CANNON

IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY DIFFERENT POSES ARE AVAILABLE BY SWOPPING HEADS, HATS, WEAPONS, RAMRODS, ETC.

ALSO

CHECK OUT THE GREAT USE OF THE PACKAGING BLISTER FOUND ON THE TSSD HORSES.

EACH AND EVERY HORSE COMES WITH A PLASTIC "BLISTER" TO HOLD IT'S SHAPE IN THE PACKAGE, AND THE PACKING AND SHIPPING "CRUSH".

SIMPLY PAINT THEM GRAY - AND "INSTANT BOULDERS"!!!!

WHAT A GREAT IDEA!

THANKS SCOTT!!

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ROBERT PATRICK.....

WHO PREVIOUSLY SENT US SOME GREAT DIORAMA PHOTOS ( SEE BELOW ) HAS SENT US THIS NEW PHOTO.

HE HAS DONE A TERRIFIC JOB PAINTING THESE TSSD GERMANS IN DOT CAMY.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING, PATRICK!

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BRUCE CHEW

PRESENTED HIS LATEST OFFERINGS

AT THE RECENT "OPEN HOUSE"

ABOVE - BRUCE HAS DONE A TERRIFIC JOB OF PAINTING THE WWII LONG COAT GERMANS IN DESERT WARFARE GEAR.  THESE ARE SPECTACULAR WHEN YOU GET TO SEE THEM IN PERSON!

AND

CONTINUING WITH THE "SPARTAN" RANGE THAT HE PREVIOUSLY BROUGHT TO "TOY SOLDIER SHOW-AND-TELL"

THE PERSIANS!!

THERE IS AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF CONVERSION WORK IN THESE FIGURES - EVERYTHING FROM THE HEADGEAR, THE SHIELDS, PANTS AND MORE!

THE VARIOUS PAINTING SCHEMES ARE ALSO VERY GOOD.

THE SPARTANS vs THE PERSIANS

"THE CLASH OF TITANS"!!

THANK YOU BRUCE!!

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FROM FRIEND & FELLOW COLLECTOR

JOEL STEWARD

ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA

FINALLY! A GREAT MEDIEVAL SET-UP!!

( something we have wanted to do for a long time! )

JOEL, LIKE MANY, HAD PURSUED THE TOY SOLDIER HOBBY FOR YEARS, THEN LEFT THE HOBBY, AND IS NOW BACK IN IT BIGTIME, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTOS!!

JOEL RECENTLY SET-UP A HUGE MEDIEVAL SCENE FOR

"VIKINGS SIEGE OF YORVIK"  ( YORK )

JOEL ACTUALLY HAND PAINTED THE HUGE IMEX CASTLE, MOST OF THE FIGURES, AND THE SIEGE TOWERS!!  THAT'S A LOT OF WORK!!

 ( The Towers are modified Playmobile Towers that he reworked with strips of balsa wood! )

A NUMBER OF THE FIGURES ARE CONVERSIONS WHICH JOEL DID; YOU CAN PROBABLY MAKE OUT SOME OF THE MARX VIKING CONVERSIONS.

SO COMBINE A CONTE WAR LORD TOWER, WITH AN IMEX CASTLE, SIEGE TOWERS, MARX, CONTE AND OTHER MEDIEVAL FIGURES AND VIKINGS, AND YOU CAN HAVE QUITE A "MEDIEVAL TIMES" ON YOUR HANDS!!

ATTACK BY SIEGE TOWER!

ON THE LEFT - FIGHTING AT THE BREACH!

RIGHT - MODIFIED PLAYMOBILE TOWER AND CONVERTED MARX WITH CONTE SHIELD!

THE SIEGE!!

OVER THE WALL!!

MANY THANKS TO JOEL IN FLORIDA FOR SHARING SOME PHOTOS WITH US!!

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BRUCE CHEW

AND HIS AMAZING

CONVERSIONS!

DURING OUR 2006 CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE, BRUCE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO BRING SOME OF HIS RECENT CONVERSIONS TO SHARE WITH US.

AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE PHOTOS HE HAS REALLY DONE A LOT TO THE BASIC FIGURES TO MAKE THEM INTO TOTALLY DIFFERENT FIGURES AND ERAS.

THESE ARE HIS WORDS, DESCRIBING HIS WORK:

The first set is of Maximilian's Imperial Mexican army. The basic figures are BMC Civil War Union and Confederates with a simple addition of "green stuff" putty (Kneadtite) to the tops of the kepis to form a shako with a neck curtain and pompom. They are painted in the French uniform of blue tunic and red trousers.

The second set is Maximilian's Contra Guerillas, a volunteer unit raised to combat the irregular cavalry of the Mexican Republican Army. The basic figures are Accurate Confederate officers dressed like Jeb Stuart. The heads are replaced with Spanish heads from the BMC  Rough Rider set. Again I used green stuff putty to form the distinctive sombreros. At the same time I added beards and moustaches with more green stuff.  On the jackets I carefully shaved down the lapels then extended the skirt length with green stuff. Finally I added thin strips of green stuff to the jacket breasts to simulate the braiding on the breasts.

The final set in this theme is the  French Foreign Legion in compaign dress as they would appear at the battle of Camerone. All figures are conversions of Marx Civil War Union soldiers. The long coat officer is a simple head swap with a kepi head from another Union soldier. The legionnaires are the advancing and firing Union soldiers. I used more green stuff to create the baggy trousers, havelocks and shoulder epaulettes. For the legionnaires wearing sombreros, I followed the same technique for the Contras swapping out the BMC Spaniards and forming the sombreros with green stuff.

 

The Federales were the government soldiers during the Mexican Revolution, usually seen as cannon fodder in movies like the Wild Bunch and 100 Rifles. The basic figures are BMC Spaniards and a couple of BMC Civil War figures. The conversions are simple head swaps with BMC Alamo Mexicans. I cut the tops off the Mexican shakos, and add a small blob of green stuff and form it into a peak cap similar to the British peak cap of WWI. 

 

 

I'm a big spaghetti western fan so I made these figures to look like characters you might see in a Sergio Leone picture. The five rifle men figures are simple head swaps using Airfix cowboys, and painted to look like a private mercenary gang. The Lee Van Cleef figure with the reverse gun across his belly is made with a head swap from an Imex Confederate figure on an Airfix body with the rifle cut away. The arms are repositioned and a holster glued onto the hip. He's painted to resemble Angel Eyes from the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

 

 

GREAT JOB!

THANKS BRUCE!!

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TSSD's

"THE ALAMO" DIORAMA REVISITED

CLICK BELOW

DIORAMAS - ALAMO & GETTYSBURG

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06/24/08

WE ARE VERY SAD TO SAY THAT MICHAEL HAS PASSED AWAY.

OUR SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO HIS CHILDREN AND FAMILY.

OUR LATEST ENTRY IS SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT - A "MULTIPLE GALLOWS" - SENT TO US FROM MICHAEL IN THE BAY AREA

MICHAEL IS A LONG TIME TOY SOLDIER COLLECTOR AND CUSTOMER - WHO HAS MADE AN AMAZING PIECE OUT OF SCRAP LUMBER!!

THE OPERATING GALLOWS HAS ROOM FOR 4 UNFORTUNATE PERSONS, 4 SETS OF ROPE TIED IN A HANGMAN'S KNOT, WOOD STAIRS AND SUPPORTING TIMBERS - AND THE ALL IMPORTANT TRAP DOOR LEVER!!

IT IS SHOWN ABOVE WITH NAPOLEON BY ELITE COMMAND - MY APOLOGIES TO ALL OF THE "NAPOLEON-ITES" IN THE AUDIENCE!!

THANKS MICHAEL!!

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