Re Issue of JG Miniatures Romans and Zulus Range. (1 Viewer)

[The Major]

My Wife and I purchased the Two JG "Zulu" and" Roman "Ranges from the lately dissappeared without a trace (!!!) Abram and Ana Simon of New Zealand. The Toolings require at this time, some repair, as there was Minor Damage caused to them during or possibly before, Shipping . We have the Masters and aim to re issue the figures (Romans and Zulus) sometime Mid Next year.
Meanwhile we go ahead to re issue a selection of ROSEDALE and MOUNTFORD items.

For Contact, our initial E mail pre web site, is chevalliermaxime799@gmail.com

We are now preparing our first online catalogue.

 

[Oberstinhaber1]

Good News!
I am very interested in the sets: Roman Legion "Head of Column" (Mtd Officer, Horn, 3 x standard bearers) and the 7 figure set of Legionaires in marching order. Are these the Romans you are speaking about?
Bob

 

[Oberstinhaber1]

I tried the email address which you nominated in December. Unfortunately, it doesn't work (I know you said it was interim) I don't know what your trading name is either, so can't do a web search.
I hope you can put me out of my misery soon!!
Bob

 

[StudioParisArt]

I tried the email address which you nominated in December. Unfortunately, it doesn't work (I know you said it was interim) I don't know what your trading name is either, so can't do a web search.
I hope you can put me out of my misery soon!!
Bob

Dear "Bob"
Very sorry about that, I looked out for any messages found none...we had a LOT of computer issues with someone hacking the Network and they took down a LINUX and two Windows laptops. Evidently you slipped through during the event. you can have my E Mail .
It is
chevallier maxime799@gmail.com (all lower case).

Yes absolutely, I have the former John Gittins Romans. These are to 1/32 scale in size. Marching Roman Legionaries with their bagage or equipment on a "Rod" held over their shoulders and square shields.

We have a Mounted "Officer" Tribun type rider on his Horse, and the Standard bearer, there is a choice of two different head symbols for these as well (the Animal head typicaly worn on top their helmets). I am working on the Road builders and watch Post and the Drinkers Booth or "bar". The Roman Noble men and women are also available.

At this time these are unpainted castings.

 

[StudioParisArt]

The Photograph is from the previous owner in the Industry, and I have issued fresh new castings now to produce Painted Display Models for these. These are the Legionaries with the Bagage Rods.
Also Archers and Noble men and women shown. These old photos are now very old, and in the process of being replaced.

 

[StudioParisArt]

Please note Un Painted Castings only are being sold at this time.

We hope to offer professionaly painted sets in the future.
We are building a site on WIX to take Credit card payments or bank Payments Direct. We are based in France.

It can be possible at this time to make a Inter bank payment with the BIC SWIFT and IBAN and Account numbers if this is of interest for you let us know.

best wishes
Max and Maryse FABRE CHEVALLIER "STUDIO PARIS ART".

 

[StudioParisArt]

Some of our Master and Kit Figure Castings. JG Miniatures "Romans" Series in 1/32 Scale. (Items shown are primed, normaly sold as White Metal Un painted castings).

 

[StudioParisArt]

The Former JG Miniatures "Romans" Series in 1/32 Scale. We are re issuing the range, along with the former JG Zulu and Gladiators and the French Gallic Warriors.
Figures are sold as bare metal castings to be painted at this time, though it is hoped to offer Professionaly Painted sets in the future.

 

[StudioParisArt]

Ex JG Miniatures. ZULU CAMP or KRAAL.
We are re issuing this item, which includes the Chief Zulu "King" Ceteweo, the "Throne" the Zulu camp women, the servant women preparing the camp food on the fire, and the Zulu Warriors.
We have recovered a example of the original "resin" Zulu Kraal Huts, which we propose offering separately, after a re tool is completed. (The originals got re directed in the Post system, back to the former N Z Industry owner where they promptly vanished!!).
COLONIAL INFANTRY .

Above Under two Flags Colonialist Infantry set in the Mould tooling.

To complement the JG Zulus, we are currently offerring a set of Colonialist Infantry in the Uniform of the type worn at Isthandlwhana and the Mission Station at Rorkes Drift Natal. These are figures originaly sculpted by Jock and Ruby Coutts of Under Two Flags, which we now also own.

 

[paxtoysoldier]

We always loved these casts and have many. But there are so many more and your painting is excellent. Best wishes & we'll check your site. Please keep posting.

 

[StudioParisArt]

Yes Jock and Ruby of U2F made a lot of figures. We were "sold" U2F as a range, in fact though what we got in the shippment was the "left overs" after Abram had apparently "sold" just about all Jocks Painted Display or Master figures to "customers" in Italy....like he also did the Ducal too.
We have got about thirty Lancers, and about fifty Sudana nd Colonial sets surviving as a Mould or Master from U2F.

The JG Romans, we have ALl masters, but several moulds are currently out of production, due to damage during Shipping from Taranga N Z. This seems to include several of the Marching Legionaries Right arms and some of the Noble women, Right arms again.
Snif, cant say the SIMONS were terribly honest folk....The Drinkers Bar Master is here, but needs another Mould too..

 

[StudioParisArt]

Our Under Two Flags Sudanese or Egyptian Infantry "at the charge" and Marching Mould. 1/32 Scale.

 

[StudioParisArt]

Some of our Medieval Figures, Archers, A Page, and a Hedgrow hiding a "stray JG Roman Figure (whats he doing here?!!)

 

[StudioParisArt]

We have Dozens of Medieval Mounted Figures for the Chivalry series. Here are a couple of the Barded Horse. Scale 1/32

 

[StudioParisArt]

We have a number of figures, some by Rosedale and some Ex DF Grieve etc in large scale. This Mould shows the YORK HUSSAR and ZULU WARRIOR in large scale befre cleaning up the castings. We have other figures in various larger scales.

Including Sergeant Major GOODMAN of the London Scotish Volunteers. NB These Models are high on Metal content, heavy and will alas be more expensive, though issued in Limited Edition format.

 

[StudioParisArt]

Sergeant Major GOODMAN of the London Scotish Volunteers. Wonderfuly painted Figure from the private collection of Loui Massis. We now re issue and cast this Larger scale heavy figure again.

 

[StudioParisArt]

I had a message from a Forum Viewer, re this E Mail. chevalliermaxime799@gmail.com
You can contact us re what we have available and are prepared to cast up.

I have tested it and it DOES work. , and the customer actualy got through fine this time. If you anyone else has found their mail or custom enquries re our products to us here has somehow vanished or gone walkabouts, kindly contact me at Studio Paris Art, as this mail IS STILL IN DAILY USE and your contact is apreciated.

We lost three computers to a malicious hacker a few weeks back and had to replace equipment, we believe it is someone from the "Industry" with a jealous streak.

He also blocked my membership on TREEFROG and we had to make a brand new one.....irritating little "****" isnt he?

 

[StudioParisArt]

"SITZ KRIEG"
We are taking a planned pause, a stop from casting and working on the Business for several weeks to make physical improvements to the workplace during the dry warmer Summer weeks here. I'm having some new plumbing, electrics and decorating done to brighten up the ambiance and make the workplace a wee bit more cheerfull.

In case Putine plants a rocket on the Air base near here, (knocking out all our electricity for a hundred mile radious at least) we have also decided to install alternative Solid fuel Woodburning stoves in the studio and have accordingly forked out Three thousand on two new chimnee tubes and hats.

We have NO CONFIDENCE IN RUSSIAN CEASE FIRE or "Peace" Deals. Yesterday Putin went to Kursk and gave his troops down there a fresh new list of Military Targets. And his powerful fresh new forces are MASSING for a new Major offensive in the East and may Menace Finland shortly....

One must be ready and have alternative plans....

 

[StudioParisArt]

A couple of folks have been asking me about the price for our un painted Metal castings.
We inherited a difficult task from Abram Simon, due to a number of Moulds being "Re makes" and NOT true original toolings (in some not all cases) and also a number of Moulds being DUPLICATE Copies with only very "minor" differenfes (The large scale bromhead figure for exapmle has a moulded on head OR a spearate head to make Gonville instead) else its the same identical figure. Same goes for the YORK Hussar figure, he has re maked it so all the fine details, the Pomels, striongs etc are all Moulded on the figure body". (yet also lept and shipped to us the Mould tooling that makes the separate pomels, strings etc).

The JG Moulds for the Romans, specifically, the Legionary separate hollow Helmets, Baggage Poles and Cornicen figure , are badly "worn" and the Right and some Left side arms are missing, because he has either lost or broke the tooling for the arms for many of the Roman figures in N Z....We found original Masters for them packed as "stock Castings in a freezer bag !!!. No comment....

Many other "Moulds" to put it mildly are worn, and some ranges have ONLY arms for Mould toolings, and the rest ( the bodies and the heads) only Original or sub Master figure castings in Metal. This is especialy true for DUCAL range.

VERY HIGH REPAIR AND REPLACEMNET COSTS AND HIGHER LABOUR COSTS AND LONGER WORKSHOP TIME

I will work out a realistic labour price and figure casting kit price after the work break to refurbish has ended.

However, I do feel I must say now, that prices are likely to be high, and rather more expensive than previously, in order to pay for all the extra workload and repairs, replacement toolings and part repalcement toolings etc, we have been left stuck (rhyms with another similar word !) with.

We did after all buy a "Business" from the Simons. What we actualy got was seemingly the broken, damaged and incomplete "leftovers" from Father Greggs "unexplained fire"....and Abrams and Ana's chronic miss management at FLEURBAIX.

There was also a highly irregular and suspicious pilfering of our cargo shipment, which the Simons in their "wisdom" left outside there propert overnight in N Z. No comment....

VIABILITY
Rather like John Gittins, now retired, It is going to be necessary to set a "Minimum Order value" for the figures and castings. Be they Unpainted or later, painted.
I will set that value after the recess.