Figure painting magazines still being published?

[godfather]

Are Figure International and Historical Miniatures magazines still in publication? If not what are some good alternatives that deal specifically with figures?

 

[megroot]

Figure international is still published.
It's from Andrea Miniatures.
HMM is not longer availeble.....and that is a great loss.

Marc

 

[godfather]

thanks! And yes it is.

 

[Whiteraven_2001]

I believe I read somewhere that Historical Miniature was going to publish as a "webzine," perhaps on their site or the former publisher's site.

 

[godfather]

I can't find their website, I also remember reading that.

 

[Paul Kernan]

Even although my French is rusty, my favourite is still Figurines. A good balance of reviews, oil vs acrylic painting projects and uniform references material.

 

[megroot]

I believe I read somewhere that Historical Miniature was going to publish as a "webzine," perhaps on their site or the former publisher's site.

They did two in a PDF format. Payed $ 5,- for each. Great PDF, the best i ever read. But that is also gone.

Marc

 

[kagemusha]

Hi, just checked and Figure International is still available from Historex Agents as single issues or subsciption. Regards.

 

[thegoodsgt]

I'm embarrassed to say that I haven't bought a figure magazine in three or four years! The internet is pretty much meeting my needs.

 

[Jim Patrick]

I'm embarrassed to say that I haven't bought a figure magazine in three or four years! The internet is pretty much meeting my needs.

I hear ya Steve...and you shouldn't be embarrassed. You just had the fortitude to speak up. I too have not bought any magazines in roughly the same time period. There is just so much available to the painter now both in the form of pictures (here on pF and other sites) and videos as well (youtube has some REALLY good ones up now).

I still like magazines (and will still buy them), it's just that I haven't in years. Another thing I find stopping me is the back issues. At $15 apiece and 3 or 4 years of not buying? ....you get the idea.

Jim Patrick

 

[PhilinYuma]

My two favorites were the English edition of Tradition and Campaigns. I don't see any figure painting mags on my local, rather extensive, magazine rack and so don't buy any, turning instead to the free and proprietary tutorials on the internet. I did discover a few months ago, however, a DVD version of all of the Campaigns issues, about 47 of them. I bought the set and found that the scanning and menu were well done, and that the magazine itself was set up so that there are not many two-page spreads that would,of course, be split in half. The cost is a little under $150, just over $3.00/issue, and is available here: http://campaignsmagazine.com/.
I imagine that it would most likely appeal to those who remember the magazine when it was in production ("damn' few left"), but I can attest that the offer is genuine and the scans well done: http://campaignsmagazine.com/

 

[Whiteraven_2001]

But that is also gone.

That's a shame. It was a great magazine; always could have used a copy editor, IMHO (I am one professionally) but the content was excellent. The "Prepare to Advance" series should have been published as a combined booklet, or as a PDF.