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Flat Figures Collectors Forum => My Collection => Topic started by: Brian on September 28, 2013, 04:53:23 AM

Title: What you got!!
Post by: Brian on September 28, 2013, 04:53:23 AM
Well guys what you got!! no need for photos text is fine just tell us about your collection ;)
 
If I was to say I collect it would be Mignot 30mm figures factory painted and blanks got quite a few now will get round to boring you with them later   ;D
Title: Re: What you got!!
Post by: bussy on September 28, 2013, 10:56:03 AM
About my collection.
When I was a young boy, I liked very much play with little soldiers. At this time (end of the 60's) it was plastics soldiers. I received them from my parents and grand-parents. We usually went to a big shop in the center of Brussels. The name of the shop was "Old England", they sold a lot of different things : clothes, furniture and....toys on the third floor. All my soldiers came essentially from this shop and the editor was "Britains".
When I became older I began to buy soldiers, not for play anymore but for collect them. And especially flatfigures. It was at the begin of the 80's and now I cannot stop to buy flatfigures and sometime round figures too but it is very seldom because I prefere flats.
All my collection or the biggest part, is dedicated to the Napoleonic time.
Title: Re: What you got!!
Post by: Roger on September 28, 2013, 10:58:13 AM
Thank you very much for showing us those and the story behind your collection. When you have time please show us some more.   :)
Title: Re: What you got!!
Post by: Glen on September 28, 2013, 12:21:16 PM
Well not much, since I don't collect in the traditional sense.
I have 13 completed flats - four stock commercial pieces, three conversions of stock pieces, and six scratch-built.
There are four commercial pieces in in my storage drawer and one commercial piece on my desk being painted.
There are also three scratch-built pieces on my desk - one being painted, one primed, and one being sculpted. All have some issues which I am mulling how to fix before continuing. I have been mulling for quite some time, now...
I've noticed one little issue I have. I can't look at a commercial piece without thinking about correcting something or converting it. It's a curse.
Cheers,
Glen
Title: Re: What you got!!
Post by: Nicholas Ball on September 28, 2013, 01:24:38 PM
Glen, it's not a curse, it's called perfection  8)    ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: What you got!!
Post by: bussy on September 29, 2013, 06:43:02 AM
From my collection :
"Chasseurs Alpins dans le Vercors" by R. Menager.
It looks like flatfigures and indeed they are but they are made from a little metalsheet, cut and then painted. They are totally original and the man who did it in the past (he is death now) created a lot of different little diorama : in books, in frames...all totally hands made from near nothing
Title: Re: What you got!!
Post by: Roger on September 29, 2013, 08:33:03 AM
Another nice one from the collection, thanks for posting.

Title: Re: What you got!!
Post by: willie on September 29, 2013, 05:52:57 PM
Bussy. Many years ago campaign  magazine had a article about the artist who did that. Willie
Title: Re: What you got!!
Post by: bussy on September 30, 2013, 11:35:43 AM
Willie,
Thanks for the information, do you know the number from the campaing magazine ?
Title: Re: What you got!!
Post by: errant49 on September 30, 2013, 11:53:46 AM
You are very lucky to have a Menager little diorama
I always loved what he did but never had the chance to get one
I am sure I have some pictures somewhere
I will look for
Eric
Title: Re: What you got!!
Post by: willie on October 01, 2013, 12:53:22 PM
The number is 16 and its a nice article. It goes to show you what is old is new and what is new is old. He did very nice work. Willie
Title: Re: What you got!!
Post by: bussy on October 06, 2013, 06:14:33 AM
Some other items from my collection :
1) Quadriconcept : Napoleonic French officers
2) Andreas Hofer (painting : Terana)
3) Russian infantry
4) Russian infantry and artillery
Title: Re: What you got!!
Post by: Brian on October 06, 2013, 06:36:11 AM
Well done for posting, you guys have great collections  :)
Title: Re: What you got!!
Post by: nmrocks on October 06, 2013, 11:56:27 AM
Great stuff Bussy!
I love the Wheat colored foliage and the cottage, really has the feel of Mother Russia. Can you tell me where I could get some those castings?
Ray 
Title: Re: What you got!!
Post by: bussy on October 06, 2013, 02:02:58 PM
Hello Ray,
Thanks to appreciate my flatfigures.
I bought the foliage to Scholtz in Berlin, they have a lot of different trees, bushes, flowers, plants.... (for winter time, spring time and summer time). I like to put some trees or bushes with the soldiers.
I don't remember where I bought the "isba", I think it was in an auction somewhere but I know that Scholtz has also a lot of different buildings for all the ages (castle, farm...). Dangschat had also some interestings buildings.
Philippe
Title: Re: What you got!!
Post by: Scott Johnson on October 07, 2013, 10:32:42 PM
Well I have a few, mostly Ochel (Kilia) but a wide variety of others (e.g. Neckel, Hinsch, Gottstein etc.) The eras range from Ancients to Thirty Years War, Seven Years War and the Franco-Prussian War. I'd like to share via photos and have a digital camera, but how to get pictures from there to here? I'm not the most adept in matters involving these things.  :-\
Title: Re: What you got!!
Post by: nmrocks on October 08, 2013, 05:17:27 PM
Well I have a few, mostly Ochel (Kilia) but a wide variety of others (e.g. Neckel, Hinsch, Gottstein etc.) The eras range from Ancients to Thirty Years War, Seven Years War and the Franco-Prussian War. I'd like to share via photos and have a digital camera, but how to get pictures from there to here? I'm not the most adept in matters involving these things.  :-\

Not hard, if you don't already have a photo bucket account open one, upload pics to site then, right click on the pic and click copy, open IFFS site in a different window and right click on post and hit paste, your pic will be on your post
hope this helps,
Ray
Title: Re: What you got!!
Post by: Scott Johnson on October 09, 2013, 12:27:51 PM
Hi Ray,


I should also have said that I use an iMac and so no photobucket, but there is iPhoto. I'll take a look at it. I should be able to email to this Forum?


Scott
Title: Re: What you got!!
Post by: marko on October 09, 2013, 01:16:59 PM
Scott if you can add pictures to your iMac you can easily upload them directly to this site - photobucket is not required


If you click on the + Attachments and other options which is located just below the Post Reply box you will see an option to Attach or choose a file.  This will upload it directly from your computer to this site.  There is also a help article on how to do this in the FAQ section.



As per my usual 'rant' this is the recommended option as opposed to using PhotoBucket or other sources.   The tendency is for those accounts to go out of use meaning the pictures disappear.  However, this site is about choice and they are 'your pictures' so it is up to the user.  However, if you upload them directly they are here for good.


Mark
Title: Re: What you got!!
Post by: nmrocks on October 09, 2013, 06:36:28 PM
Mark,
 I agree with you, I generally dislike photobucket myself, the problem is many sites restrict photo size and it becomes a real bother to resize and your right about the disappearing problem, once you have a large quantity of photos and you want to break them up into albums or move them they disappear, a real pain.
Ray
Title: What you got
Post by: Jeremybeve on March 29, 2015, 04:39:58 PM
The first photo is the best one I could get with the camera I have. It might be clearer in grayscale if you have a photo editor. The eagle at the top of the box could be spanish I suppose. Im not sure though how it would have got to Russia being a 1918?