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THE COLONIAL FACTOR WEB SITE |
| THE OWNER OF THE COLONIAL FACTOR, IAIN STEWART, HAS A POLICE AND MILITARY
BACKGROUND AND HAS BEEN SCULPTURING AND SKETCHING SINCE CHILDHOOD. HE
STARTED MANUFACTURING FIGURES AS A BUSINESS IN 1991 ALTHOUGH A RANGE OF 20mm
WAR GAMING FIGURES WAS PRODUCED, MAINLY AS A HOBBY, FROM AROUND 1970.
HE AND HIS WIFE, SHELAGH, RESIDE AND WORK IN THE KWA-ZULU NATAL TOWN OF HOWICK, WHICH IS SITUATED ABOUT 25 KILOMETERS NORTH OF THE CAPITAL OF PIETERMARITZBURG. THE COMPANY SPECIALIZES IN MILITARY FIGURES ON AN AFRICAN THEME, MAINLY FROM SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA, BUT ALSO FROM THE REST OF THE CONTINENT WHERE UNIFORM DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE. A NUMBER OF COMMISSIONS HAVE ALSO BEEN UNDERTAKEN. THE 54mm FIGURES ARE SCULPTURED BY THE OWNER, ARE CAST IN LEAD/ALLOY AND ARE HAND PAINTED LOCALLY |
| THE THUMBNAILS BELOW REPRESENT A FEW OF THE SETS WHICH HE HAS COMPLETED EITHER AS COMMISSIONS OR FOR FUN |
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