Peter Laing Figures

I recently had a request for some close-up photographs of the Peter Laing 15mm figures that I recently featured on a blog entry.

Peter Laing was the first manufacturer to produce a range of 15mm-scale figures, and I had loads of them. They were very simple figures, and most of the detail had to be painted on. This had both advantages and disadvantages. The main advantage was that the lack of detail modelled onto the figures made the bulk of them quite 'generic', which in turn mean that 'paint conversions' were very easy. The downside of this was that the figures never appealed to wargamers who wanted super-detailed wargames figures, and over time Peter Laing's figures were overtaken and supplanted by figures produced by other manufacturers. Wargamers were usually lovers or haters of Peter Laing's figures.

The following images are of some of my collection of Peter Laing's Austro-Prussian figures. The first three are Prussian Artillery, ...

... Line Infantry, ...

... Jägers, and a General.

The second set of images are Austrian Artillery, ...

... Line Infantry, ...

... Jägers, and a General.

I bought these figures via eBay. They were already painted, and were part of a much larger collection that was sold off in batches. I regret not being able to buy more of them at the time, and hope that one day another batch or two will become available.