My Flat Collection (3 Viewers)

[nmrocks]

Arrived today a Eugene Leliepvre print hand colored and signed by the artist

 

[nmrocks]

It was a GOOD Day
Bavarian Dragoons





Elite Company Chassuers a Chavel





Mamelukes in the emperor's service

 

[nmrocks]

Also picked up these hand colored prints, first is a hand signed piece by Eugene Leliepvre



And some hand colored prints by Georg Schefer first Saxon Light infantry





Wurttemburg foot artillery in Russia 1812





Nassau jagers



Nassau Infantry





Prussian series Lutzow friekorps



Westphalian Landwehr

 

[nmrocks]

And my favorite of this group prussian Landwehr inf. look at the faces, foot wear and the uniforms, really well done!

 

[hotel3alpha]

NMROCKS,

Dude you are always finding cool stuff man! Thanks for the piece got it today in record time as always.

John from Texas

 

[nmrocks]

NMROCKS,

Dude you are always finding cool stuff man! Thanks for the piece got it today in record time as always.

John from Texas

Thank you John, for the compliment and your purchase, we live so close if I had a cannon I could have shot it to you!!
Ray

 

[nmrocks]

Digging through the sets today...

General scouting the battlefield with escort




the charge and the battle

 

[nmrocks]

The old guard in Greycoats

 

[Go for Broke]

Ray, I never knew flats were so interesting until you came on the Forum. Before that, my idea of flats was the plastic soldiers you ordered from the back of the comic book. You even got JB interested. I also enjoy you posting all those military prints. Keep up the good work.

 

[nmrocks]

Ray, I never knew flats were so interesting until you came on the Forum. Before that, my idea of flats was the plastic soldiers you ordered from the back of the comic book. You even got JB interested. I also enjoy you posting all those military prints. Keep up the good work.

We'll thank you for your very kind words, it is a great pleasure to share what I discover. Not a week goes by that I don't say "Wow" to something new I see. The breadth and depth of this art form seems really endless. I actually begged my mom but never could get her to let me send for those toys.
I love the prints too and that's a growing interest for me, I'll be posting more of these as well.
Ray

And lords knows I need to help entertain someone stuck on a small island in the middle of the Pacific

 

[nmrocks]

Picked up these 4 Eugène Lelièpvre signed hand colored print, now these are a bit rough and I plan to try my hand at lite restoration
2 from the 1st Empire and two from French North Africa

 

[nmrocks]

Picked up these 2 more Eugène Lelièpvre signed and hand colored prints General Pershing 1916 and 42nd highlanders 1815





also another group of Georg Schafer hand colored uniform prints all are roughly 8" x 12" Russian Curassiers and russian infantry plus a couple of Prussian General Staff

 

[johnnybach]

Picked up these 2 more Eugène Lelièpvre signed and hand colored prints General Pershing 1916 and 42nd highlanders 1815





also another group of Georg Schafer hand colored uniform prints all are roughly 8" x 12" Russian Curassiers and russian infantry plus a couple of Prussian General Staff

Some excellent uniform detailing here Ray - and a most useful aid for any painters. jb

 

[nmrocks]

Hi JB,
Just noticed I duplicated one page but, what you can't see from these pics is you can see where the actual color is applied and all the silvers and gold are metallic paints, really very pleasing.
Ray

 

[johnnybach]

Hi JB,
Just noticed I duplicated one page but, what you can't see from these pics is you can see where the actual color is applied and all the silvers and gold are metallic paints, really very pleasing.
Ray

They sound great Ray. What I particularly like about some of these - is that the artist is keen to show all facets of the figures he's trying to portray. I've had castings of figures with "Full Colour Picture provided" - which have turned out to be some cigarette card sized frontal view - which just leaves you guessing as to what the left/right and rear views look like.

Any wonder that before I take on the painting of any new castings - I always try to find as many pics as I can from the Internet before I start. I always ask the provider for any painting advice too - but frequently with varied results. Your pics have been an excellent source for me - and I've copied many of them to my (electronic) files. {I bought an external memory thingy that plugs in to my computer - and can store a Terabyte's worth of stuff - so that'll keep loads of info for me}

 

[nmrocks]

JB,
Glad I could be of assistance to such a fine gentleman, the only thing I can say is there will be plenty more to come!
Ray

So I needed to find a better way to store my collection for easy viewing and I saw the ad Fernando Enterprises put on treefrog about boxes, very resonably priced so I ordered 14 in 2 sizes, there great boxes but what he fails to mention is the postage was about twice what the boxes cost $75+ with payment fees, just rediculous! I'm done with that company, great artist but I get nothing but trouble from the management
Ray
Zastrow Cuirassiers



Austrian Grenadiers


Austrian 55th regiment

 

[johnnybach]

JB,
Glad I could be of assistance to such a fine gentleman, the only thing I can say is there will be plenty more to come!
Ray

So I needed to find a better way to store my collection for easy viewing and I saw the ad Fernando Enterprises put on treefrog about boxes, very resonably priced so I ordered 14 in 2 sizes, there great boxes but what he fails to mention is the postage was about twice what the boxes cost $75+ with payment fees, just rediculous! I'm done with that company, great artist but I get nothing but trouble from the management
Ray
Zastrow Cuirassiers


I'm with you on that postage thing Ray. Postage is now getting to be a killer - and especially so, when ordering from abroad. Another reason that I like flats - is that they are relatively lightweight ( when compared to 54mm, for example) - so postage becomes a bit more reasonable. I also try to time my purchases - according to where I happen to be. In the UK - I make visits wherever possible - to pick up orders - as several of my favourite suppliers are in The South of UK - and I make a day out of the journeys - with lunch out, along the way. Ordering from Europe is also "Customs Duty Free" - so can be done either to France or UK - without too much hassle. I recently bought some castings from the USA - and was stung by fees from BOTH postal authorities - AND Customs raised taxes on them too. So my "reasonably priced castings" - ended up expensive.

You live and learn. jb

 

[nmrocks]

Can't believe I botched this post ..
This is Austrian 55th regiment

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Dealing with some 3rd world businesses can be tough, seems they have no idea how to deal with modern customer expectations, last straw was an incident where I email I'd like to send some flats for finishing as usual I send pics both printed and in emails, inevitably they submit progress pics (always too small to check detail) and I will respond with details to be corrected with corresponding pics. There response was they had plenty of work and couldn't do it for 6 weeks and I send too many pics and there artists are confused??? Mind you this last set was Buford's cav at Gettysburg not an overly complex uniform, yet I sent pics and only updated when the job was incorrect or detail missing.
Fine, no problem, I will continue with my artist in St. Petersburg he does great work with zero complaints.
Ray

 

[johnnybach]

Can't believe I botched this post ..
This is Austrian 55th regiment

[SUP][/SUP]

Dealing with some 3rd world businesses can be tough, seems they have no idea how to deal with modern customer expectations, last straw was an incident where I email I'd like to send some flats for finishing as usual I send pics both printed and in emails, inevitably they submit progress pics (always too small to check detail) and I will respond with details to be corrected with corresponding pics. There response was they had plenty of work and couldn't do it for 6 weeks and I send too many pics and there artists are confused??? Mind you this last set was Buford's cav at Gettysburg not an overly complex uniform, yet I sent pics and only updated when the job was incorrect or detail missing.
Fine, no problem, I will continue with my artist in St. Petersburg he does great work with zero complaints.
Ray

The Customer is ALWAYS right! - If not - forget it! jb Great set - shame about the boxes.

 

[nmrocks]

The reorganization from shoddy storage boxes to great display boxes continues...
Probably my favorite set The Trojan wars



Wurttemburg line regiment



various Chariots



and Egyptians with boat