| Silent Pool | 13 Jan 2014 12:43 p.m. PST |
Do, or must, all fine miniature figure productions end with the death or retirement of the original figure sculptor? Are there any examples of another sculptor successfully taking over a popular range and replicating the style of the previous creative person? Thank you. |
| Angel Barracks | 13 Jan 2014 12:55 p.m. PST |
Or the range ends when the range is complete… |
| anleiher | 13 Jan 2014 1:06 p.m. PST |
It need not be pre-ordained, but all too often it is the case, either because potential purchasers can't reach an agreement on price and terms with the estate or as Angel Barracks pointed out, the range is incomplete and the original sculptor is no longer available to finish the line. |
 Der Alte Fritz  | 13 Jan 2014 1:14 p.m. PST |
Connoisseur Miniatures has carried on nicely long after the death of Peter Gilder. While the range has changed hands four times (I think) since Gilder's death, it seems to have had a revival of interest lately. Of course, nobody is adding new figures to the range, but people are still buying the figures. |
| Brian Smaller | 13 Jan 2014 1:33 p.m. PST |
As long as the masters are available to make new molds from time to time…I have a lot of the Connoisseur range (French mostly) and some of my favourite figures are starting to get a bit worn – a lot of flash and several millimeters of metal in undercuts etc. I still buy them when I feel the urge for a new French battalion and clean them up as I love them. |
| Paint Pig | 13 Jan 2014 3:40 p.m. PST |
DAF beat me, time zone thing  beautiful figures. ….and Brian Back to your OP, no they need not commercially end with the sculptor but the range is often not completed eg Connoisseur Miniatures. The 2nd part I will leave for the fan boys, I can think of a blog where (I think) the son of.. is continuing a range but it doesn't spring easily to mind. I'll leave with this thought both Foundry and Citadel/GW have had a large roster of sculptors coming and going (the same ones in some instances), exclusivity is rare nowadays. A good question. regards
dave |
| warwell | 13 Jan 2014 4:16 p.m. PST |
Another example – Historifigs (historifigs.com) produces the classic Jack Scruby line. |
FusilierDan  | 13 Jan 2014 5:57 p.m. PST |
I think heyjoe is asking are new figures being added to the range. The SCW line from hotspur comes to mind. I think Pat Condry added new figures to the line after Dave Allsops passing. Still the same style. |
| Henry Martini | 13 Jan 2014 9:13 p.m. PST |
Yes, but the new releases from Rolf Hedges of Bandera Miniatures were either head swaps or modifications of the existing figures, and of nowhere near the same standard of sculpting as the sadly lamented Mr Allsop's. Rolf's sculpting has come a long way since then,and there are many gems in his Liberation modern range. And his proudly amateurish efforts did vastly increase the available variety; even the most obscure SCW unit could be represented. |
| HistoriFigs | 14 Jan 2014 7:13 a.m. PST |
We have added a few new figures in the style (or spirit) of Jack Scruby and there are more to come. Some of the new figures were created by Jay Miller and others I have made in the style of Jack Scruby. The more common scenario, is where I recreate a Scruby figure – this is the case where masters have been lost or damaged beyond repair. |
| GarrisonMiniatures | 14 Jan 2014 8:07 a.m. PST |
I've added a few conversions to the Garrison 20mm Ancients ranges, though mainly for my own use and probably not to the standard of the originals.I've also added a couple of conversions plus extra options to the 25mm Sword and Sorcery range. |
| CraigH | 14 Jan 2014 7:12 p.m. PST |
I know I'd like to see some additions to the Malayan Emergency range of Britannia Miniatures, now owned by Grubby Tanks, after the passing of Dave Howitt. Don't know what I'd want and they'd likely just end up with all the other unpainted / unplayed Malayan figures I have – but that's not the point, I'd still buy new ones. |
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