International Flat Figure Society - British Flat Figure Society

Here we are at a crossroad,  it not just the committee but all of us that needs to do better.
The last few years we have lost the idea of promoting the flat figure, figures are still coming on to the market but we don't post about them, shows are attended but no revue, the BFFS set their table and walk away or stand in front of it in a group and not engage the public.


The Journal is not what it was but this is no fault of Jerry he can only print what he is sent, our numbers are going down in the society and I keep being asked "what do I get for being a member"  well at the moment not a lot!


This web site is the only contact the members have with the society and when a question is asked, well it my get a answer or not but this is where the committee or site moderators (which we have none) come in even if just to say they don't know.


All the other clubs ad society's produce figures, we play at it, how many of you have the latest Arthur figure? "The Marriage" it's been out for years now but know one knows about it, not even in our figure catalogue.


So not just the committee but all of us need to do better,  next year is our 40th lets hope if we can get there!     [size=78%]  [/size]

Oh. Please respond to another thread here for an anniversary figure. It's in line with this discussion.Lurkers, time to voice your opinions!
As for figure sources, I humbly recommend Centurion Miniatures. Some great resin figures and ronde boss. Excellent service and great prices. Check it out.
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Yes Jean-Paul, you are perfectrly right, and in France, Belgium and around, we see new editors, like Mussini, Centurion Miniatures and in Italy Zinnfiguren (I forgot the name .. Benini...?  who are issuying new subjects.
Benedikt Widmann has probably astopped his business after the Covis...


The 30mm historical is still available from several editors, and the second hand market is saturated by grey armies.


BFFS could take a good initiative in revieuwing all current editors, by sizes and subject, in metal or resin, and publishing them, with the sppport of the members.
Also indeed re-activating somme contests internally, with new and old figures to stimulate and attract newbies....


This would be a subject for an extaraordinary assembly or council of the committee and even general assembly to boost the site, together with some members in the United States also, and its local distributor(s), of European editors, again updatoing the actives from the dead ends...
Why not for the end of the winter early 2026


I shall push my backlog on Show Galleries, and the search function by giving the editors and namle of flats allows to find out who is selling what rather easily from the pictures.


BFFS should probably promote more its site on several Forums in various countreis, but also several Facebook sites European and overseas (America and Asia, Autralia, ..)


I am always so impressed when asking for a flat identification, or who is selling what to have rather fast respnse for a very large number of members, readers and experts in flats, and not only from Garmany, an evidence that you are all -active in the underground .... but silent in communication when not sollicitated.


This should be the main objective of the BFFS Committee, even if necessary by renexing or injecting younger and fresh blood in the organisation...


My painting club in Belgium suffers from a Committee that reduces from six to three mebers, and from these three only 1/2 is active, the other are asleep and doing less than the minimim.... This is condemned to die shorlty !!


MAKE BFFS Great again !!!    we jus need a leader to boost it for 2026 !!!

Congratulations Bani for your positive words !!!!


I grew up starting to paint flats at 66 and I am a fan till my last day, and so is my wife .... After growing up to Master, my role is transmission and I did convert several younger people to the passion of flats, still posting galleries on shows (slower than before as I participate less to them...) but indeed active on seve-ral forum to push these figurines to be promoted ....


By the way, please post your janissairies, My wife's turkish, I painted some 18 months ago, I still have a large grey army, and interested to find another passionate painter to work in parralel....I must have one box of 2-300 pieces unpainted in my cellar ....


I'll post my paintigs soon, or 2023 ...  I know Thomas Urbaniak , not for the Janissairoes, but for the Russian Streltsiies, my second passion....


Let's wake iup and share all our passions to attract younger painters... The world is infinite in he format of flats, and so easy to carry, transport.  Recently resin printing with companies in France, like Centurion Miniatures, are attracting new younger painters ... it is p to us to transport them slowly to the world of smaller size, tin flat and the fantastwit worl of the History of our civilization .... a bit put aside by the schools, internat and fantastic internet IA nowadays....
A big loss in our culture ...

I don't think the most important thing is to paint. The most important thing for a Society like the BFFS is to promote flat figures in public.Flat figures are unknown to most people in the world. Everybody knows scale models, model trains, model ships and toy figures. But flats are a very small niche. Most (or all) editors nowadays are in Germany, but they getting fewer, most websites are down or  not up to date. Exceptions for instance the websites of Mr Muxfeldt or Zinnprinzessin (beautiful figures, very interesting themes). Thousands of moulds are hided now in cellars. Painting is important, yes, but a society should help to sell the castings. Editing and casting cost money, so every editor has to sell his figures. If there are no editors anymore, Flats are gone forever. Well, this is my sincere opinion, it has not be the "only truth". Have a look to the active websites I mentioned. Maybe you want to buy some castings. https://zinnprinzessin.com/   and  http://muxfeldt-zinnfiguren.tilda.ws/I have no relationship to the two editors. Its not an advertisement.