In order to avoid any music industry copyright problems, I'll be replacing the music on each page with my own compositions...sorry about that folks...it's either that or get sued by money grubbing music execs. ***** If you are interested, I will be selling cds of my instrumental music for $15 each. There are five different cds. 1. Border Town - includes all the tunes I use for the western diorama pages; 2. End Times: Countdown to 2012- includes all the music I use for the Future Wars diorama with "Alien Abduction" featured..you might have already heard that on the radio; 3. My other cds are After the Panic (blues, jazz); City Rhythms (rock, funk); Novel Tunes (Acoustic); and Gentle Tunes for Trying Times (Acoustic...wide range of styles). Send checks, money orders, to Joe Carvalho, 97 Ridgeway Circle, Springfield, Mass. 01103 USA; or Paypal (use my email joecar123@comcast.net ) . The $15 includes postage and handling for the United States. I would need to calculate shipping for international orders so just email me your address and I'll get back to you with the total cost. Also you might get a kick out of my band's website which features my musical collaboration with singer song writer, Eva Cappelli at www.evacappelli.com You can hear tunes of Eva and the Watershops Band which plays a range of music with influences from rock, blues, country, celtic and latin music. Hope you like it.
This website contains photographs of Joe Carvalho's collection of military figures. Each figure has been hand-painted by Carvalho over the past 32 years. Each uniform is based upon the uniforms actually used during the period depicted in the various diorama's. Figures in 54mm scale were produced by a wide range of makers from the United States, Europe, Latin America, and Asia. The most prominent makers are Marx, Britains, Accurate, Imex, Classic Toy Soldiers, Barzso, Conte Collectibles, BMC, San Diego Toy Soldier Company, Starlux, Dulcop, Reamsa, Timpo, Revell, Call to Arms, Replicants, Herald, Crecent, Charbens, Lonestar, Historex, Italeri, Ideal, Marxmen, HAT, Armies in Plastic, and Jason Pope's Plastic Underground figures. Viewers familiar with these makers will notice a number of "conversions" of various figures created by Carvalho in order to increase the diverse look of the individual soldiers or to create certain poses which enhance the "story-telling" of a particular diorama. All photographs on this website are by Joseph Carvalho. Add this site to your "favorites" and check in every week for new photos.
This site is dedicated to all those brave souls who march off to war for their country and kin. You will note that the following dioramas depict those who actually had to fight these wars...not the troublemakers who started them in the first place....they were almost never seen on the front lines!
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