PRINCE AUGUST MOLDS now markets in America a growing line of composition molds for home casting of military miniatures. At present they offer a good line of semi-round figures of the 18th century period and a small but growing line of rather largish 25mm Napoleonic period figures.
The figures are well proportioned and should fit in easily with the large 25mm figures now universaly offered. The animation is minimal - undoubtly due to considerations of release from the molds. The detail likewise shows little of the deep undercuts and finer detail customarily found on the figures currently marketed. It must be remembered though that these are home cast and finished models designed to allow wargamers to build large forces economically.
The molds themselves are well made and appear sturdy enough to stand up to repeated usage without breaking down. The metal provided with the molds, however, needed to have more tin type metal) added to give a brisk clean casting. The instructions are brief and simply presented but should be sufficient for any adult. It should be noted that this product requires adult supervision in its use. An additional drawback was that some molds had to have "vent holes" cut to get the figure to fill properly.
This in no real difficulty and a little care and practice provides many good figures. The artillery mold is a Godsend and we can only hope that they will increase this line by offering limbers, draught houses and oxen and perhaps a mold for a howitzer with additional rammers, buckets, etc. in addition to expanding the figure line as well. Available from THE DUNKEN CO., 20303 Silbury CT., Katy, TX 77450.
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