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Flat Figures Painters Forum => News => Topic started by: Brian on August 02, 2017, 10:41:17 AM

Title: Glorious Empires
Post by: Brian on August 02, 2017, 10:41:17 AM

Jacques has been getting ready for Kulmbach!!


First you have houses (in resin to save weight) for background to go with your 30mm figures
Show offer 19,95 Euros 


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Second is a bit different, t-shirts  printed with GE own painted Vignettes, don't know if only available in white but a good start  ;D
but I'll have a black t shirt hahaha


 


 

Title: Re: Glorious Empires
Post by: Brian on August 02, 2017, 10:45:02 AM

One of the houses painted by Eric  ;)


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Title: Re: Glorious Empires
Post by: Mike G on August 02, 2017, 12:04:46 PM

Brian how does one order these houses?

Title: Re: Glorious Empires
Post by: Brian on August 02, 2017, 12:23:14 PM

Email      j.vullinghs@gloriousempires.com             

Website     www.gloriousempires.com

Title: Re: Glorious Empires
Post by: Kulmbach on August 02, 2017, 12:24:45 PM

Hi all,
Do you all recognize these farm houses? They are copied from the set with card board soldiers from WWI that was shown some weeks ago!
Jan

Title: Re: Glorious Empires
Post by: Brian on August 02, 2017, 01:21:01 PM

They could be Jan!   They have been  designed after a sketch by L.Rousselot and engraved by D.Lepeltier


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Title: Re: Glorious Empires
Post by: Hannibal on August 02, 2017, 01:43:38 PM

Brilliant !!!

Unfortunately for me, my historical periods end before the first Empire (with some exceptions)...

Title: Re: Glorious Empires
Post by: Gerald on August 02, 2017, 11:54:47 PM

Very beefy!

Title: Re: Glorious Empires
Post by: Hannibal on August 03, 2017, 02:05:26 AM

Brian, this background from Rousselot was exposed at the World Expo at Chicago with a magnificient diorama:

(https://i11.servimg.com/u/f11/19/31/59/25/wm79_c10.jpg)

(https://i11.servimg.com/u/f11/19/31/59/25/wm7710.jpg)

But I ignore who was the painter and from where .....

Title: Re: Glorious Empires
Post by: errant49 on August 03, 2017, 02:41:43 AM

There has been several dioramas like this one made in the 1930's
They were made of paper cuts stuck on wood
Most of them, maybe all, were painted by Lucien Rousselot or Maurice Toussaint
They are real pieces of art
Eric

Title: Re: Glorious Empires
Post by: aba on August 03, 2017, 02:57:31 AM

Even though these are no flats, I have added some info on these at my website recently :


http://www.flats-zinnfiguren.com/diorama_cartes/dioramas.html

Title: Re: Glorious Empires
Post by: Hannibal on August 03, 2017, 03:06:14 AM

Thank you 'aba' ; I will add the comments of your reference to the pictures at the Wrld expo to explain.
This must have been something exposed sideways to the competition

These pieces although not flats are magnificient !!
They are of the same déviations to flat as "miniatures" or "bas-reliefs" are, from Retuerto, Cesario, Duthilleul, Meier, .... = unique créations and pièces of art.

Title: Re: Glorious Empires
Post by: willie on August 03, 2017, 04:27:34 PM

If you want to see another cardboard diorama go to the Book  Lead Soldiers and figurines printed in 1961 pages 75,  108 There is a diorama in the Dutch Military Museum Leyden ??? Willie

Title: Re: Glorious Empires
Post by: nmrocks on August 03, 2017, 07:51:17 PM

Are the castings a bit fragile? looks in Brians photo, the building suffered earthquake damage?? ::)
Ray

Title: Re: Glorious Empires
Post by: Brian on August 05, 2017, 04:58:56 AM

It was a lesson on how not to pack the houses for post, the lesson has been learned    ::)