Come to its fourth year, the "Little Soldier Show" it's one of the most important show in the world for the following reasons: with its almost 80 days of exposition it's one of the longest ones; the most patronized because it has more than 400.000 spectators at every edition; it's the most glamorous for its quality and number of exhibitors; models created by the most important international artists who received international prizes are exhibited.
ALFAMODEL
The Alfa Model cultural club Roma, was born in 1989, when a group of model- making and history enthusiasts, decided to create an association based on the principle to spread the culture and art of modelling in the centre of Italy.
LA COMPAGNIA DEL FIGURINO
The Compagnia del Figurino Storico was born in June 2003, from the common will of a group of friends to share the passion for history, little soldiers, model-making, art in general and, last but not least, the will of travelling.
LA COMPAGNIA DEL PENNELLO
The Compagnia del Pennello is an association of people who have always been living the passion for the historical model. A group of friends bound by a common interest and by the pleasure of being together.
LA PRIMULA ROSSA
The Primula Rossa was born like a club in 1999. It's a non-conventional club because there's not a principal branch office for the reunions, there's not a statute and there's not a registration fee,but the members must have particular requirements. Which ones?Simply the passion for model making, historical models and the the pleasure of being together.
PEGASO MODELS
It was born in Siena in 1993 from an idea of Luca Marchetti. At the beginning qualified in medieval period scale 54 mm and 75 mm, through the years increased everyday more its range of products and scales. Recently the Pegaso company proposed itself, with a great success, also in the "Pin-ups"and Fantasy areas. The 12 prizes for the Model of the Year testify the absolute quality of their models.
ROMEO MODELS
It was born in Catania in 1999 from an idea of Lorenzo Romeo. Availing itself of prestigious sculptors and of the aid of history experts Romeo brand is classified among the best companies of the genre and nowadays it's in high favour throughout the world both artistic and commercial. Today its catalogue goes from the Ancient times to the Modern era with products of very high level and extremely required for their originality.
SOLDIERS
The "Soldiers" was born at Legnano at the end of 1989 and very soon imposes itself in the international market for the production of metal military models to be assembled and painted in 54 and 90mm. It's still now the leader for the subjects concerning the Ancient Roman army,from its creation to the Byzantine period.
LA BOTTEGA DEL SOLDATINO
The Antonini firm is the oldest in Italy in its genre and is the ones that produced little soldiers and military models uninterruptedly for the longest period in Europe. The first steps in this area were taken in 1912 by Francesco Antonini who began to deliver with the brand "L.G.P" (Laboratorio Giocattoli Piombo)