Hand Carved Soldiers (1956)

[@Riskmangler]

1:16, yes he does mind.

[@chrisyother9606]

you can see it in his face! :)

[@bugandbay]

"exhibited in the foyer of a local cinema & created quite a stir” My grandfather did the same thing in 1956 but was arrested 😷

[@chimera916]

Please, not when i am drinking my beer 😂😂😂😂😂. I can't breathe beer

[@nulnoh219]

1:17. Look at that disgusted face as they TOUCH his models.

[@MB-oc1nw]

If the camera wasnt there she'd get a good backhand

[@ChickenRieder]

With their filthy hands!

[@miles-mm6hi]

"He doesn't mind being disturbed at his work" stares at them with malicious intent!

[@jimgodman9328]

🤣

[@flitsertheo]

"If looks could kill" This one does.

[@Hacienda_27]

"Get. Lost."

[@harrylime8077]

He was a coal miner and worked with lead as a hobby! Did his wife have a sizable life insurance policy on him?

[@crossmr]

Yes honey, why don't you take up smoking a pipe and sky diving as well.

[@Hacienda_27]

Lungs of steel. And coal. And lead.

[@flitsertheo]

@@Hacienda_27 In other words he was his own heating device.

[@aamir-hk8px]

Truly outstanding work that reflects the hidden gifts that some of us have. All dainty figures almost life like ready to enter the uproar of a true battlefield. This is any boy's dream come true.

[@DarthKato]

That guys work is incredible!

[@DarthKato]

@WgoodT - with good taste If that is the case, I'll make sure to show my miniature collection to any girls that I bring home.

[@abundantYOUniverse]

@WgoodT - with good taste You are so right, I love to show girls on the street my toy soldiers collection in my ice cream van.

[@marklinnane8858]

"He doesn't mind when he is disturbed at his work" He looks kind of pissed off when the two women start looking at his figures. Lol

[@krognak]

@@DarthKato Whenever I show a girl my miniature she's always disappointed...

[@DarthKato]

@@krognak Just try to explain to them its not the size, its how you play with it that matters.

[@TheSkskitey]

Good job but he would have got lead poisoning for sure :-(

[@magunra3k]

People will do.anything so they don't have to pay Games Workshop prices

[@chandraguptamaurya6594]

Hillarous!! XD. Unironically I have to thank GW for making me unable to afford their stuff as a child. I spent many hours of my youth with clay and plasticine and painting with tempera. Have a good hobbytime dude. ImL

[@CorsetLebelle]

Like buy from other better priced company’s lol

[@shark180]

I did this. I got some random molds of knights and mounted calvary from my uncle, worked out for a awhile until I got tired of all my figures looking the same and caved into buying from GWS.

[@chandraguptamaurya6594]

@@shark180 Vintage metal figures are pretty classy in my opinion. Just discovered some months ago that Ral Partha still selling and producing metal miniatures with a strong '80s vibe.

[@chandraguptamaurya6594]

@@shark180 Just out of curiosity, which rule system and army are you getting into?

[@sauraroy1346]

excellent craftmanship

[@tailstalker]

A lump of solid lead. This guy is so many *kinds* of dead, but crazy first.

[@NathanielWinkelmann]

I thought the same thing at first but he a coal miner so the lead has competition

[@qirat73]

It takes quite a bit of lead to kill someone, this hobby won't kill him but yes he'll probably have some long term problems from repeated exposure like mood swings, memory trouble or infertility

[@johnded3874]

yeah I'm sure all of those guys like me who reload with or cast lead bullets are destined for an early grave -_- Lead isn't asbestos, its been in use for millennia and only the past few decades has it ever been so rare mainly because of an over concerned nanny state.

[@CarrotConsumer]

@@johnded3874 Yep, just because it was done in the past means it is safe. Now excuse me as I go drink mercury and punch a hole in my head to release evil spirits.

[@qirat73]

@@CarrotConsumer Actually trepanning (the act of drilling a hole in the head) is still used today more specifically to relieve cranial pressure in certain circumstances

[@adamcarlo7666]

I honestly thought that was the miner’s mother and not his wife when she first walked up to him!

[@chandraguptamaurya6594]

The magic of 1956, no matter how geek you were, you could own a nice/safe house and be happily married. XD. At least today we have 3d printing, better paints, and mass-produced plastic figures (even when priced as metals). Cheers.

[@StreetDreams204]

Id snag the granny

[@nicktalbot3310]

This video is so great on sooo many levels!

[@livingthedream0527]

Man 22 year olds sure did look 38 in those days

[@BlueGoblin1]

Sorry folks he is not dieing from leadpoisoning. He is not injestimg it or inhaling it. Lead miniatures are perfectly safe for grown adults

[@kylejohnson423]

ah , but not for minors!

[@Microbe1972]

As long as you wash your hands and don't touch your lips...

[@AmazingDuckmeister]

In 1956, when Kent still had miners.

[@dellawrence4323]

And Engish people living in it.

[@doesntmatter5857]

Who could actually make a living and feed a family through honest work.

[@DailyMotiviz]

Wow I love collect model soldiers

[@bashsibda6289]

His work is fantastic. What ever happened to his models?

[@goonsdoona2979]

I ate them

[@Microbe1972]

He founded GW with them...

[@aamir-hk8px]

They never would have been lost and forgotten in the sands of time

[@christopherpeery7436]

No primer? Okay then, paint straight on the lead! I like this guy

[@wallisthescot6544]

Amazing

[@ronaldmcdonald8303]

What brilliant talent, I used to go to this college called the glass house, but their art work was scruffy and the whole place was dirty and the food was terrible. They gloated about being an arts and crafts college. But they were also a pagan, learning disabled, vegetarian, organic and alternative placement. Their tools were crude and all their so called art work was very badly made, wonky scruffy chairs, messy and unprofessional "arts!" When I think of arts and crafts, I imagine people like this, people who have REAL talent and can master fine arts and crafts at a very high level of skill. You look at what the Romans, Persians, Greeks and Egyptians made, it's ornate, beautiful and accurate. I would love to go to a conventional arts and crafts college with line heaters, jigsaw cutters, thermal moulders, machine lathes and computer guided carvers, not just a block of wood attached to a stick and a clumsy buffoon making horrible stuff you would just throw in the bin if you had it. I really appreciate real talent, I'm a hard man to please, I have high standards and when someone tells me something is amazing, I EXPECT amazing. I'm usually left disappointed, but not always. I hope his work is still around, this is top quality in my opinion. I hope that someone has his products stored somewhere. For something hand made it's quite impressive!

[@Microbe1972]

1:14 "just get your fingers of my figures!"

[@toysoldier68]

Very nice video - enjoyed it

[@cyranodebergerac1080]

Very nice.

[@robnewman6101]

Wow.

[@pan2aja]

all that and without youtube tutorials !!

[@PauloCesarZorzi]

i love it

[@chandraguptamaurya6594]

0:39 watching James apply the paint without a prior washing with soap and water or a primer paint coat produces me a fair amount of anxiety XD. But seriously, the sculpting is just beyond superb. Any idea if those paints are acrylics or enamels??

[@Urtbreh]

Probably lead based paint.

[@chandraguptamaurya6594]

@@Urtbreh Damn, this hobby was harmful.

[@Fabianwew]

@@chandraguptamaurya6594 Love getting home from breathing coal dust and huffing some lead paint.

[@Icanhasautomaticcheeseburger]

Mmm... lead filing dust...

[@minhkhoaluong25]

what kind of paint did people use for lead figures back then ?

[@TheDeadbone1961]

Pretty or not, any girl gets close to my mini collection and it's "back off woman!" :)

[@gunner678]

Amazing, but imagine the lead poisoning.

[@shumyinghon]

I think he look pretty disturbed actually

[@TheMwarrior50]

I wonder how he is doing now, or if he is even still alive.

[@ragingman100]

That is not the face of someone who “doesn’t mind being disturbed”!

[@MB-oc1nw]

A coal miner who carved lead toys soldiers for a hobby...did he have a death wish?

[@Jstalhzet]

Its astounding how much we know now about historical uniforms and military clothing. Nowadays we know a majority of those ancient and Middle age unfirlms are completely different

[@CybershamanX]

"Sadly, James later murdered his wife and several guests after one of them broke one of his favorite models. Witnesses say that he became suddenly enraged when his wife told him not to worry about it and just carve another one. He then reportedly shouted, "I'll carve YOU!!!" before savagely attacking everyone in the room with a carving knife in each hand. It was later determined that the extraordinarily high levels of lead in his bloodstream likely greatly contributed to his grizzly mindset." EDIT: BTW, this is a joke. ;)

[@CybershamanX]

@Ethan Khang Tran It's a joke. ;)

[@xaderp]

Tell us some more about your childhood please. Just interested, that's all.

[@justagerman140]

Wth is wrong with you? Telling "jokes" about someone murdering his wife?

[@CybershamanX]

@@justagerman140 You're "german" and yet you don't understand dark humor? :P

[@jeffc8242]

Lol! Sounds like a good 1960s Alfred Hitchcock movie🤣

[@enrico_semeraroalberobello1522]

Ok.

[@19platten20]

Are the colors lead based?

[@SpoonyBard88]

Aw, yeah, really soak up that lead. Mmmmm, mmm!

[@fultonjohnsonaton5096]

James Price remains a virgin to this day.

[@mercster]

Pfft why doesn't he just use plastic. Ohh yeah...

[@flitsertheo]

In the 1950s they already used plastics for models.

[@ThomasMulhall]

I was an avid model builder growing up. Had to lock away my workshop from my sister and her stupid friends who would disturb me, and touch my work. Today I am a restorer of classic cars. NO women allowed in the shop, as they simply bring drama and want attention. We have to rope off the cars when displayed, and arm ourselves against diversity enrichers. NO WAY that woman should have been allowed to touch his masterpieces. I will bet you that when he croaked, she threw them out or gave them to charity. I see it all the time. Poor fellow spends 20 years restoring a classic car in his garage, mainly to get away from the wife and be at peace, when he dies and the useless kids sell off the car and blow the money. Collection after collection gets auctioned off, and a man's lifetime work is destroyed. I have willed my cars to a museum, so there will be no greedy relatives getting their paws on my work.

[@SchwarzeBananen]

Didn't they know in 1956 that lead is, well, kind of poisenous? If he made neck ties from asbestos, okay - probably not knowledge then, but why using lead!?

[@dellawrence4323]

It is just coming out how harmful food and water contained in plastic are, they cause cancers and sterility because of the stuff that seeps from the plastic but plastic is still being used.

[@thiagoaurelio5761]

Lead is quite a cheap metal, is fairly easy to work with and doesn't require expensive tools to be shaped into the desired object. So, lead is basically the (almost) perfect material for handicraft.

[@bobcostas6272]

1:16 strong incel vibes