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Flat Figures Painters Forum => For Sale/Trade/Wants => Sale/Trade => Topic started by: Brian on March 22, 2015, 12:14:36 PM

Title: Gottstein Henry Vlll
Post by: Brian on March 22, 2015, 12:14:36 PM

A set that's unavailable so a bit rare, price to you   £70[attachimg=1] 

Title: Re: Gottstein Henry Vlll
Post by: marko on March 22, 2015, 02:04:10 PM

Brian I will take the Henry set.


mark  8)

Title: Re: Gottstein Henry Vlll
Post by: Brian on March 22, 2015, 04:31:50 PM

Mark consider it in the post ;)

Title: Re: Gottstein Henry Vlll
Post by: Charles on March 23, 2015, 09:50:49 AM

Very nice Mark, they look like clean castings too. I have most of the Elizabeth at Tilbury set, not this one though.

Title: Re: Gottstein Henry Vlll
Post by: marko on March 23, 2015, 11:00:37 AM

Congratulations again.  Elizabeth at Tilbury was also on my list but, time ran out before Krog closed down their site - it looked quite fun.  I have a smattering of his line and they are all beautifully engraved.


I already own a few of the Henry VIII already so I will have several duplicates if you are interested I would be happy to send them your way?


These do look very clean, I had to do some repairs on a number of mine. 


Looking forward to Wolf Hall so these will be nice to do at the same time.


mark  8)

Title: Re: Gottstein Henry Vlll
Post by: Charles on March 23, 2015, 06:01:30 PM

Thanks, Mark. A kind offer but  I won't add to the unpainted pile just yet. I read Wolf Hall and saw it on stage in London, and it brought the period to life, i thought it was excellent. if you have the Douchkine book, you will see the Henry VIII set beautifully painted there, a good reference.
There were rumours that the Krog catalogue had been taken over and figures were going to be produced again, not sure what happened about that.

Title: Re: Gottstein Henry Vlll
Post by: marko on April 04, 2015, 05:59:40 PM

Any chance someone who has the Douchkine book can shoot me a scan of the Henry VIII page?


I have been doing some research on this set for the Journal in anticipation of the figures.  Really interesting in that all of them are based on paintings of the time - the bulk of them by Holbein.  Some interesting choice in the set of supporting characters.


mark  8)

Title: Re: Gottstein Henry Vlll
Post by: Nicholas Ball on April 04, 2015, 06:53:13 PM

Hi Mark, I will try to send you some tomorrow.

the pages are a bit glossy and if I try to photo under electric light it tends to bounce light off them all over the place >:(   I know, I've tried!! ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Gottstein Henry Vlll
Post by: Glen on April 04, 2015, 10:21:42 PM

Scan them Mark.


If you don't have, or have access to, a scanner, you can jury rig a photo copy stand. Put the photos on the floor as flat as possible, put lights on both sides of the pics shining down at a 45-degree angle, then put a camera on a tripod with the camera pointing straight down over the pics. Set the the camera's white balance to whatever lights you're using. Use a remote shutter release or the camera's timer to trip the shutter.


Glen

Title: Re: Gottstein Henry Vlll
Post by: Ed Humphreys on April 05, 2015, 03:32:25 PM

I have a busy couple of days ahead, but if you haven't sorted out a good scan by Wednesday, let me know. I have the book and a scanner.
Ed