Definition of 'Editor'?

[Michael_43]

Hallo Glen,

I understand; you don´t have to start at zero and you have a class where everybody has the same interests: science-fiction.
I only know the nice star wars flats of Rieger; I collect and paint the traditional flats; I know there are some collectors in the
KLIO Fantasy with these themes; why not ? Everybody should paint what he like. There are over 500.000 different flats ...

Best regards and good luck

Michael

[Glen]

No time for TV Michael! This is hands-on painting class - I will pre-clean-up and prime the pieces before the class, then I give a potted history, a quick rundown on tools, an explanation of light direction and how it affects shading and highlight on a flat, then they start painting. Theoretically, the people already have some knowledge of acrylic painting - base coats, layering, glazes, washes, drybrushing, color mixing, etc., brush control, and painting different materials such as metals, leather, hair, fur, and cloth. It's a beginner flat class, but an intermediate painting class. They're already smart; they just have to apply the 'smart' to flats instead of a round.


The class attendees are all sci-fi/fantasy enthusiasts, so we'll be painting a fantasy figure, but in my display there will be pinups. There is always room for pinups! The fantasy figure world is teeming with scantily-clad warrior babes; many of them quite, um, ...naughty!


Thanks for the help everyone!


Glen

[Michael_43]

Hallo Glen,
you understand my definition of "Editor". I learned Engish 30 years ago and I can´t explain in a good English...

Another idea I had this morning:

I would show some of the nice YouTube videos on a big flat screen or with a beamer for introduction
or in a break: (maybe on tablets and smartphones)
Casting: CHRIBA 0815 "Herstellung von Zinnfiguren"
Exhibition: Kulmbach Zinnfiguren museum
Figures: FLAT TIN FIGURE-2-Mohr.mpg

It´s a good idea to teach the next generations. We need young people. Then the flats will live for ever...

Best regards

Michael

P.S.: Don´t show too much pin-ups. Not everybody in the USA like them...
   

[Joerg]

OK, so what I'm reading is the 'Editor' is the idea and financial backer for a project. An artist draws the idea (I'm assuming with additional input from the Editor?). The engraver then prepares the slate (which includes transferring the drawing to slate?) and engraves the slate. The slate is then turned over to a caster who heat, pours, and pops out the castings from the mold. In truth, this can all be done by one person or several. Yes?

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@Glen, you got it!

[Glen]

OK, so what I'm reading is the 'Editor' is the idea and financial backer for a project. An artist draws the idea (I'm assuming with additional input from the Editor?). The engraver then prepares the slate (which includes transferring the drawing to slate?) and engraves the slate. The slate is then turned over to a caster who heat, pours, and pops out the castings from the mold. In truth, this can all be done by one person or several. Yes?


I do know the difference between an editor and publisher as it relates to actual publishing (that's probably what was confusing me). I've written a few modeling oriented books and then wound up editing military history and technical books (none flat or figure related) for a number of years. Retired now.



The reason I'm asking is I have been asked to teach a flat painting class or two at an upcoming hobby show. I plan on having a 2-4 page handout covering (briefly) the history, fabrication, cleanup, tools, and priming of flats, then diving into painting flats. I just don't want to give people the wrong impression. It's an intermediate painting class, but a beginners class in regards to flats. I'm very excited about it. And, FWIW, the handout will have the BFFS and Little Tin Soldiers websites listed as a 'for further information go to...' aid.



Cheers,

Glen

[Michael_43]

Hallo Glen,

another word for "Editor" is "Publisher"; in German "Herausgeber".
Each journal has his editor/publisher like the German flat society Klio "Die Zinnfigur", produced by Andersch GmbH/Berlin.
The editor has got the responsibility for the text and the pictures.

Then there is a software like "Microsoft Editor" to change texts...

Best regards

Michael
 

[Michael_43]

Hallo Glen,

I think the editor of a flat is a man or woman with the idea and the money for a flat.
For example the editor Gottstein had the idea for a new figure. First he commissioned an artist like  Rousselot for a drawing.
Then he let the drawing engrave by an engraver like Frank.
When the mould is finished a moulder made a casting like the "Kieler Zinnfigurenfabrik" who commissioned the figures, too.
In the end a painter like Douchkine painted the figures.

Today there is often a personal union. The BFFS edits a Robin Hood and Vladimir draws, engraves and casts the figure.
Some producers like Rieger or Kovar engraves and casts moulds and commissions the figures in personal union.
If you´ve no time but money you can edit figures and let them produce by an producer like Rieger. 

Most moulds are made from homogeneous slate without any inclusions.
But if the liquid metal comes in contact with the moist slate there´ll be an explosion.
So you heat up the mould to remove the moisture and to avoid thermal stresses.

Best regards

Michael

[Brian]

"Editor" in the world of flats is the producer of the figures, the one that commissioned the piece and makes it available to the collector.
This is were I may get contradicted but I have been told that "editor" was a miss interpretation in a famous publication, the older "editors" still regard themselves as Producers of flat figures.

The mould, it is good practise to warm the mould before the first pour to prevent to mould having a shock with the hot tin, after this the slates can become very hot and that's when to stop.           
   

[Glen]

I have been asked to teach a small flat acrylic painting class. Could someone give me an simplistic, every day definition of an Editors function? I've always had the impression that they are the primary researcher and designer, in some cases the artist preparing the final drawings, and in other cases the engraver as well. Otherwise, the artist(s) preparing the final drawings and the engraver(s) could be be different persons.


Also, are the keyed slate blocks preheated before the metal is poured in?


Cheers,


Glen