Favorite Sculptors?

[kevininpdx]

Hope this thread is appropriate for this forum...

My favorite is Viktor Konnov. I also love the person/people sculpting for Alexandros Miniatures.

Any other talents people can suggest out there? I mainly collect crusader subjects but wanting to branch out to others ie Samurai, Rome, others...

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Adriano Laruccia

 

[Nap]

For me there are so many that deserve mention ...

But I really like Rob Lanes stuff full of detail and as he says on his website produced with occasional swearing ...he has just done a lovely Lt Dragoon for Black Eagle Miniatures

Nap

 

[Martin64]

Mike Good, Taesung Harms, Derek Hansen, John Rosengrant, Brian Stewart, Jun-sik Ahn, Adriano Laruccia, Maurizio Bruno, Viktor Konnov, Yury Serebryakov, Vladimir Demchenko, Raul Latorre, Joaquin Palacios....... to name the few that instantly came to my mind.

 

[Blind Pew]

What a thought-provoking thread indeed. I'll endorse all of the above.

Well, Roy Hunt & Maurice Corry for me. Also Julian Hullis as well.

 

[Trex]

Let me add Carl Reid and Pavol Ovecka to the above.

 

[Helm]

Steve Readdie a mate yes, but his castings are some of the best out there and they virtually snap together, as well as the others above, and the sadly missed Pete Morton.
Steve

 

[garyhiggins]

My favourite sculptors at the moment have to be Igor Kordyukov, Anastasiya, Carl Reid and Rob Lane. But going back a bit, obviously my father (his 30mm figures sculpted 50 years ago in plasticiene, were easily comparable with anything today), Charles Stadden and Tim Richards. Finally going from the miniature to the enormous, Henry Moore, Matisse and Michaelangelo.
Best wishes, Gary.

 

[Blind Pew]

We shouldn't forget the contribution of Ray Lamb as well. He showed the way, to a large extent, of the direction this hobby could go in. And at a time when the rest were more or less toy soldiers.

 

[Tubby-Nuts2]

I don't have a favourite! If the sculpt is well balanced and smacks of quality, then I really like, that sculptor! .. and then the next one, and so on! So I will just sit back on the fence with this one.



Mark

 

[brian]

Don't forget the South Koreans!

 

[Luis R.]

What about Bruno Leibovitz? His 54mm horses are the best around, IMHO

 

[tonydawe]

Carl Reid. Nuff said

 

[ChaosCossack]

Carl Reid is the guy whose work I'm really digging right now. To clarify, I mean his 75mm figures... (Busts and half figs aren't my thing though there's no denying his talent on those as well) his figs have great action and dynamics. Not the old "leaning on musket/sword, hip shot out, ankles crossed".
Then there's Bill Horan... I love his work! Single figs and dioramas... action, story, character.

There's so many great sculptors out there... The Russian/Ukrainian sculptors are really becoming a force to be noticed.

Colin

 

[zane666]

Zolbov Sergy does some nice sculpts including horses, Carl Reid not to forget our own Andy Cains does some neat stuff.

regards Zane

 

[blaster]

The most iconic sculptor has to be Roger Saunders. Most of us cut our teeth with his pieces.

Rgds Victor

 

[Mirofsoft]

Cliff Sanderson ( the master of one piece casting )
Tim Richards
Leibowitz

 

[chailey]

I have to add the late Sid Horton to the list, his 54mm figures started me on the modelling trail.......
Steve

 

[Jimbo]

I'm amazed nobody's mentioned David Grieve yet, I reckon his 100/90mm figures during the 80's & 90's were among some of the best I've ever seen, the figures would come out of the box perfect, no seam lines, great fit ..nothing to clean up, I also liked most of Quang Lee's work from Pili Pili, sadly both are no longer producing sculpts to my knowledge.
Cheers
Jim

 

[Paul20100]

Today Konnov is possibly the greatest one, mastering the widest range of subjects and scales. Apart from the ones already named here, I would like to mention Maurizio Bruno and Taesung Harmms.