30mm or bigger?

[Richard]

Hello Eric,

A comment from you has a great value for me.

Richard

[Joerg]

Once in a while even quite big 
(Not finished yet)

[Grimm]

Wilken and Historia Müller has also some 20 mm figures.

[zinnmartina]

If you like the 20 mm's Zinnfiguren Bock have some in offer: http://www.zinnfiguren-bock.de/warenkorb.php

The 30mm is a "standard size" because of the mass production in the 19. century.

[errant49]

Congratulations Richard
This Paris set is really well painted and Rubens would have liked the girls !
Eric

[Brian]

The 30mm flat is still the preferred flat figure, so why do they not sell??  as I've said at shows the 30mm will go home with me but the newer bigger figures sell well


How can we promote these little guys ? Berliner Zinnfiguren is a great place to buy and has a wide range of wonderful figures but (we been here before) it is the cost that puts a lot off.
At shows the figures that sell are the ones the buyer can see, pick up and handle and talk about the figure/s
with the 30mm sets you don't get the same interest, maybe it is the size or the thought of painting 8 plus figures is putting them off I don't know?
Now 20mm now that would be fun to show dioramas on the 2D table, so where do you get these little little guys


     

[Richard]

Hello Mike Hello Bernt.  Thanks for your comments  Well done, the crib.

Yes Eric, I did. When I am looking at this set, I think I painted better at my beginning than now.

Hello Alexander. Do you really believe it is difficult to find some 20 mm figures ? For the 2015 Kulmbach Fair I found some horse riders for completing my set of Landsknechts. The figures are from Vorberg and were engraved by Soellner. By the way, I had got some figures in 15 mm from the same for the TYW and the drawings are the same the figures of Wuensch.

[aba]

Well Mr. Biebel did a range of 20mm Napoleonic flats all engraved by L. Frank and exclusively at halt which are very nice. The drawings used were in part identical to his 30mm flats. I.e. for example the French hussars and Prussian dragoons are alike in both scales.


But as far as I know there are not many of these beautiful figures existing (about 50 ?) and they are very hard to find nowadays. You find an example down here. If there are more interested I check my stock for pictures of these.


http://www.flats-zinnfiguren.com/20mm.jpg

[errant49]

Tell us Richard, did you paint Paris judgement ?
Eric

[Grimm]

Nice painting. I have painted some 20 mm figures. Even some smaller.
Bernt

[Mike G]

I'm for anything painted like that - beautiful!

[Richard]

Nobody for the 20 mm figures ? 

Richard

[Glen]

Well, I seem to have missed the bus here. But... I'm generally ok with any scale. I've painted a small number of 30mm for the BFF traveling projects (I suppose they're gone now?), but I found that the level of detail pales in comparison to 3D 30mm gaming minis. I like the 45mm Napoleonic Pin-up girls from Joerg and Brian. They're large enough to have a viable face. Boobs and butts are fine, but the face is everything on a pinup. That and a wave of flowing red hair. Ahem.


In general, however I prefer larger scales - 54mm to 120mm, but probably focusing on the 75mm to 100mm range. My main areas of interest are medieval - Vikings, Saxons, Normans, Crusaders, Saracens, etc., along with some Sci-fi/fantasy and pin-up pieces. The latter two seem few and far between, although Andreas Troste seems to be doing his best to issue these to the unwashed masses.


I also have a few busts. Many of the full figure and busts have proven to be problematic. Nearly all of them have issues with proportion, perspective, and/or inconsistent, misplaced, and misaligned detail. I hate to have to re-engineer a piece before I paint it. Consequently my flat purchases across all sizes have dropped off considerably.


Salud


Glen

[Erich]

I agree with grimm.

we are so lucky that we can chose from so much figures in different sizes, every one can chose the things of his own interest
and paint them or collect them and have fun with his hobby

I for myself have painted and will paint figures in different sizes, whatever attracted to me.

At the moment I am back to american indians - The killing of Crazy Horse are the last figures  I have done

Erich

[Grimm]

I have followed the thread about 30 mm figures. I have painted figures for more than 50 years. I have often met collectors with the "right" faith. To say what is right or wrong hurt the hobbies more than it makes good use. To me there is nothing right or wrong. I totally love figures. All kinds of figures. So even though more than 95% of all the figures I paint are 30mm, I'll never stop looking at other figures.
Bernt