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2. Sheperd Paine - Wikipedia

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   Sheperd Paine. Howard Sheperd " Shep " Paine was a military historian and a collector of militaria best known for the more than three decades he spent as a modeler, sculptor, miniature figure painter, and champion of the diorama. Paine arguably did more than anyone else to forward the unique hobby/art form of military miniatures around the ...

3. Jack Scruby - Wikipedia

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   Jack Scruby. Jack Scruby, 1962. John Edwin Scruby (October 24, 1915 – September 1988) was a manufacturer of military miniatures whose efforts led to a rebirth of the miniature wargaming hobby in the late 1950s.

4. Historical Miniatures Gaming Society - Wikipedia

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   Founded in March 1996, HMGS-South hosts two large gaming conventions ("Recon" in April and "Hurricon" in September) in Orlando, Florida. Hosts the Siege of Augusta in Augusta, Georgia during mid January, as well as Nashcon in Nashville, TN, during the summer. Founded in March 1997, HMGS-West assists large gaming conventions.

5. Military miniaturism - Wikipedia

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   Military miniaturism is a niche within the broader hobby of modeling focusing on military subjects. It is itself a rather broad subject, dealing with any scale model of military theme. It has an ever growing range of sub-hobbies, including scale figure modeling, armour modeling, model ship building, military aviation modeling, and historical ...

6. Miniature wargaming - Wikipedia

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   Miniature wargaming is a form of wargaming in which military units are represented by miniature physical models on a model battlefield. Miniature wargames are played using model soldiers , vehicles, and artillery on a model battlefield, with the primary appeal being recreational rather than functional.

7. Mayberry - Wikipedia

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   Mayberry. Mayberry is a fictional community that was the setting for two popular American television sitcoms, The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968) and Mayberry R.F.D. (1968–1971); Mayberry was also the setting for a 1986 reunion television film titled Return to Mayberry. The town is also frequently mentioned in the spin-off program Gomer Pyle ...

8. Figure painting (hobby) - Wikipedia

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   Figure painting, or miniature painting, is the hobby of painting miniature figures and/or model figures, either as a standalone activity or as a part of another activity that uses models, such as role-playing games, wargames, or military modeling. In addition to the painting of models, the creation of scenic basing for the model to be affixed ...

9. Toy soldier - Wikipedia

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   A toy soldier is a miniature figurine that represents a soldier. The term applies to depictions of uniformed military personnel from all eras, and includes knights, cowboys, American Indians, pirates, samurai, and other subjects that involve combat -related themes. Toy soldiers vary from simple playthings to highly realistic and detailed models.