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During the production process the composition material was pressed into forms. In order to make the figures more stable pieces of wire were used in extended parts, like arms and legs. After the drying process the figure was taken out of its form and any surplus composition material was cut away. This procedure was followed by the detailed painting of each individual figure by hand. The exact details of the composition recipes were kept secret during the 1920's and 30's by the individual manufacturers. This is the reason why most of these recipes are unknown in detail even today. However, it is well know that nearly all of the manufacturers had their own composition recipe which also changed over the years due to further development and to a shortage of basic materials during the world wars. |
In the late 30's two of these many manufacturers became known world wide for their high quality figures: Hausser and Lineol. Hausser named its composition material Elastolin probably in order to distinguish them more from the well known and collected tin soldiers. Nowadays composition figures are quite often referred to as Elastolin figures, which is really only correct for figures produced by Hausser. 
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