Help w/ finding figures

ygmodeler4:

You can "shorten" the figure(s) by cutting the leg and gluing it back on once trimmed. Just remember to keep proportion in mind. If you shorten the legs too much the torso will be disproportionate and you will have a marching alien band.

You may want to check the 54mm or 1/32 scale ranges as you may find more readily available figures that you could convert more rapidly to your needs.

Check the following:

http://www.dunken.com/soldier/803.html

There are pre-made mould for instruments and arms for converting figures to a marching band.

Hope this helps.

Cheers;

Gregory

ygmodeler4 wrote:

Yeah that sounds like a good Idea. To shorten the height of them do you think I could cut part of the leg off and then glue the other back on?

Just shortening the leg will make you loose the proportions of the figure, i.e. you'll end up with a short legged chap. You'd have to shorten the torso and the arms, too to maintain a little proportion.

Yeah that sounds like a good Idea. To shorten the height of them do you think I could cut part of the leg off and then glue the other back on?

I remember having seen a few sets of a WW2 German marching band. I don't remember the manufacturer (best guess is Andrea Miniatures or SOL Model).

There is an Italian company that makes figures of the Carabinieri (police) band, but they are all standing.

In both cases you'll have a hard time converting 90-100 figures to match your purpose. One year might not be enough.
Consider buying one marching figure, convert it, make a mold, and cast the other 89-99. Same thing with the instruments make one, make mold, cast the other ones.