International Flat Figure Society - British Flat Figure Society

The 44th annual show and contest of Sèvres by the AFH (Les Amis de la Figurine et de l'Histoire) took place at the SEL in Sèvres on November 29-30th, 2025.
I could attend most part of the show ecept the end, so I don't have statistics and the awards given yet.
However as far as Flats and Half Round Figures are concerned, I can give you the following statistics:
 

Categories & Levels (*):
- Open and creation:     9 names - 14 pieces -  7 awards
- Master:                    24 names - 42 pieces - 13 awards             
- Confirmed:               20 names - 48 pieces - 17 awards
- Novices:                   12 names - 21 pieces - 12 awards
- Dioramas:                  3 names -   4 pieces
- Creation unpainted:    1 name   -   2 pieces -   1 award
             
                      Total      63 Artists(**) - 131 pieces registered - 50 awards
                     (** total 70 but 8 ones registered in more than one category, or in combination)


+ the Carrousel of Louis XIV in 1661, = 5 quadrilles by one painter, just exposed, but who was in competition at the 50th anniversary MMSI show in Chicago this year, with a silver award (see separate Show Gallery)




I am working on the pictures (about 250) of these categories/levels in that above sequence liste above (*), and selected among some 740 pictures from seven photographers, and which shall be loaded into the Show Gallery in the coming weeks, with the awards received. Thank you for your patience.


Hannibal

Hallo Friends,
I hope that all the well-behaved old boys of you will be presented by Santa Claus this night!!!


I am looking for the below figures to complete my Gottstein's Karl der Kühne set:


9, 12, 13, 19, 21, 22, 26, 40, 42, 43, 44, 47, 48, 50, 51, 56, 64, 65, 68, 70.


I would be interested in painted and unpainted/bare figures alike.
If you have some of them in spare please come back to me in PM.
Best regards-
Sandor

Enjoyed Bugle Call, this year we were in one of the rooms so out of the draft from the main doors. Peter Young was unable to come due to a car breakdown so I had to put something together myself. Sadly, flats were in short supply on the club stands this year, none that I saw and only four entries in the competition, so I got a bronze and a highly commended.
Nevertheless, had some nice chats and feedback from various people through the day.

20 years, it seems only a little while since I painted your 3 Musketeers figure!


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Hi all!

I have more or less finished painting these eight Ottoman janissaries. 30mm figures from Thomas Urbaniak of Zinnfiguren Stralsund. Painted with acrylic (basecoat only) and oil paints. I will mount them on mahogany bases, and might paint embroidery on some of the leather satchels, as you see on the original behind them.

The banner is freehand, and gave me a bit of grief. I based it on the speculative standard (more likely a unit tattoo) of the 45th Bölük as shown in Chris Flaherty’s book “18th Century Turkish and Other European Janissary”.

The script is presented back to front in the book, and very embarrassingly, I did not realise this until I had blocking in the outline! I have to thank my dear friend Camille for correcting me before it really was too late. I used India ink to block the script in, not realising that its waterproof properties do not apply to tin (I know, it seems obvious now that I say it)… Anyway, after varnishing the letters, I was able to apply oil paint without difficulty.

I have many more janissaries to paint, but I’m a very slow painter this was already a big unit for me… the next group of figures on the workbench will be 18th century Assyrians, when time permits.

When I continue with janissaries, I will post updates in this thread.

Best Regards,
Bani