Imperial Miniatures

Imperial Miniatures Imperial Miniatures Ltd is a manufacturer of true 54mm Toy Soldiers cast and hand painted in the UK

Hi all,Another customer (good friend) has shared some photos with us. We were asked to provide 3 command figures for his...
24/08/2026

Hi all,

Another customer (good friend) has shared some photos with us. We were asked to provide 3 command figures for his Sudan wargaming armies - the Mahdi, Hicks Pasha and a British Officer.

For the Mahdi we used our re-cast of the Arab on camel from Britains Set 193, Hicks Pasha was a conversion from a British cavalry figure from our Thoroughbred range and the British Officer is Kitchener from our AQM range.

They look brilliant painted and as part of a beautiful collection of painted AiP figures for the Sudan, looking forward to seeing them in person at the end of September for our 54mm wargaming weekend.

Hi all,One of the things I enjoy most is seeing what customers do with the figures/parts we send them.John O’Brien kindl...
19/08/2026

Hi all,

One of the things I enjoy most is seeing what customers do with the figures/parts we send them.

John O’Brien kindly sent photographs of his recently painted State Attendant and State Footmen figures that have had our replacement arms fitted. As always, with John’s figures, they are magnificent.

Hi all, thought I would share a photo of my desk in the study. A number of projects ongoing, some for me and some for cu...
06/08/2026

Hi all, thought I would share a photo of my desk in the study. A number of projects ongoing, some for me and some for customers.

Just spent the evening soldering on the arms for a Tangiers Garrison project and assembling the Little Wars Revisited Grenadier Guards that are due to fight at Battles in the Borders at the end of September.

Thanks for looking.

Hi all,The decorator’s have left and grandparenting duties are completed so it has been back to the serious business of ...
06/07/2026

Hi all,

The decorator’s have left and grandparenting duties are completed so it has been back to the serious business of casting for all the orders you wonderful people have put in whilst we have been away.

A lot has been done and now I have a lot of orders to inspect and clean before they can be posted. A busy week coming up.

To close, a little sentimentality, one of the very first figures I cast successfully when we took over Imperial Miniatures was a British Line Infantry Officer from our Crimean range. Over time he has been painted as a member of the 47th Lancashire Regiment ( the county I was born in). I put him on a base the other day and he now sits on a shelf in my study.

All the best,

Antony

11/06/2026

First order through the newly relaunched website. 🎉🍾

Hi all,There are times when a customer’s order presents us with a mystery, in this case, it was the mystery of the missi...
04/06/2026

Hi all,

There are times when a customer’s order presents us with a mystery, in this case, it was the mystery of the missing Snake Charmer.

The order comes in and one of the items asked for is the Snake Charmer. There is not one in stock,so we check the mould catalogue to see which mould(s) hold the figure but when go to get from the rack we discover it is one of the Dorset moulds that have gone missing over the years.

Just in case we check 100 moulds either side of the one that is missing to no avail. Lots of swearing going on at this point!🤬

Just when all Hope seems lost we find a photograph of said Snake Charmer buried in the archives. The Snake Charmer is not a single figure per set but an amalgam of an Indian squatting and arms from the Band of Angels. The snake is rising out of a Britains plant tub. We also check in with Giles Brown to seek his wise guidance.

The required body, arms and plant pot are found and cast. I then get to make my first green stuff snake.

Hey presto, the Snake Charmer is recreated and one is on his way to the customer and I made another green stuff snake to go in a future mould.

01/06/2026

Hi all,

We are pleased to announce that the website is available again. Huzzah.

We have focussed on making the Dorset Model Soldier Company ranges available first as they represent the largest proportion of our business. The Little Wars Revisited ranges are also available because I have a soft spot for them.

Our pricing for these ranges has been reviewed taking in to account current costs etc and there are changes with increases and some decreases across the ranges.

The other ranges – All the Queen’s Men (AQM), Eastpoint Miniatures, GNM Miniatures and 1897 Miniatures will be made available over time. The AQM catalogue is available on the website.

Customers who are interested in purchasing figures from these ranges should contact us directly.

Our next task is to begin increasing the number of product photographs on the website. We have some ready to load but this will be an ongoing process for quite a while.

Thanks to you all for your continuing support

Antony and Anita

Hi all,It’s chaos here at HQ, we have joiners, roofers and decorators doing a number of jobs all over the house!Thought ...
22/05/2026

Hi all,

It’s chaos here at HQ, we have joiners, roofers and decorators doing a number of jobs all over the house!

Thought I would share a couple of projects I have been working on between casting and painting.

We have a customer who travel to lots of countries and on his return likes to have toy soldiers for that country. His latest trip was to Greece, so we cast some Evzone for him but he wanted a standard bearer as part of the group. We don’t do one, so had to do a little conversion work.

The other project is mine. One of the advantages of owning a toy soldier business is being able to scratch a ‘wargaming itch’. I have been reading the One Hour Skirmish wargame rules by John Lambshead and fancied giving them a go. Instead of being sensible and using any of the figures I have in my cabinet I decided that I wanted the Foreign Legion to face off against the Arabs. Some casting and conversion work done and I have a small FFL skirmish force on the painting table.

15/05/2026

Hi all,

Hope you are well?

I wanted to let you know that I am hosting a 54mm wargaming weekend, Battles in the Borders, on 26/27 September 2026 at the Ayton Community Hall in my village in the Scottish Borders.

The plan is to play a large scale ‘Invasion of Britain’ type game on the Saturday on a 24’ x 6’ table. This will be a continuation of a narrative from previous wargaming weekends.

On the Sunday there will be a number of games that people can play either bringing their own figures or using those that other players are bringing. This is an opportunity to try new rules and different periods.

A link to the post about the event on the Little Wars Revisited Forum - https://littlewarsrevisited.boards.net/post/10087

We have a number of players already signed up. If you are interested in attending please PM me.

All the best,

Antony

Hi all,Just finished this repair and repaint commission for a customer. The figures are actually from Ducal but, in thei...
10/05/2026

Hi all,

Just finished this repair and repaint commission for a customer. The figures are actually from Ducal but, in their past, the bases have been re-shaped. After stripping off the paint, sorting out new arms and repairs to the colours it was time for painting as a Scots Guards Colour party.

The colours are for the 1st and 3rd battalions.

This was one of those projects where the ‘mojo’ was not there at times but got there in the end and the customer is very happy with the result.

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