improving the process. A good tip is warming the resin mix in warmish tap water bath to get its viscosity up before putting in mold. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IZk2knEsv9E
Miller was a dimestore fixture of the 40s and 50s, producing "chalkware" ie plaster decoratives and painted figures. some great toy soldiers of the Korean era come from Miller...but these are delightfully frightful hallowe'en goodies.
Mounting cavalry on rolling platforms was a toy soldier innovation that appears in the early 19th century in response to the fame of Napoleon's dashing cavalry under such leaders as Marat, Lesseps, and especially Davout... It's a distinctive trait of the Mainland European cavalry figure that never really caught on in England or, by extension, with American manufacturers...possibly because the extra parts for the platform and wheels added cost. It was seen in America frequently enough, however, by way of the large late 19th Century Christmas Toy importing phenomena where large shipments
so, a goofy idea POP'd into my head today; if you had clear resin and some Old Marx tank cars and a few safari Toob figures you could make a riff on Mommy Fortunas Circus from "The Last Unicorn" in O gauge... I'd just replace the tin cylinders of the tank cars with clear plastic ones and colored resin "water". maybe a few aquarium oddnobs like tiny sea stars, sand and glitter... and of course you need to find some figures for Mommy fortuna
