HistoricalMiniatures on Etsy

[F Troop]

I've been looking for an OOP Chronos miniature for sometime. Found this fellow on Etsy who's selling the figure painted as a "tin figure" Anyone know if these are originals or recasts? I believe he is in Ukraine. TIA Would appreciate any information

 

[arj]

He has a Knight Hospitaller for about half the price you would pay for a Pegaso figure.
Conclusion ... I doubt his legitimacy.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[Tecumsea]

Despatched from China-says it all, recasts.

 

[Nap]

Despatched from China-says it all, recasts.

Definite ...."tin figure"


Absolutely recast ......never support these thieves

Have you tried contacting Chronos direct ?

Have you a picture of the figure

Will move this to Marketplace once picture shown

Nap

 

[Blind Pew]

Steer clear, without question this is a rip-off.

 

[F Troop]

Figured it was a re-pop. Been out OOP for awhile and can't seem to find one. Chronos 54mm chm-54080 Grand Duchess Tatiana Romanova. It's a simple figure and apparently Chronos has no plans to redo it. Been watching eBay but no joy there.

 

[oierlings]

Was browsing for figures on etsy yesterday. There are so many "original" Artists, that sell pirated copies of original products that it just feels like being on Aliexpress. I've checked the etsy policies. There is no active control about the offered pieces. And there is also no way to report pirate sites except you're the original owner of the design.
I've found kits from Alexandros Models, Young, Pegaso, Andrea and others... within just 5 minutes.

 

[Forté]

Chronos use resin so wouldn't be a "tin figure". Would help if you report the seller though.

 

[Forté]

Was browsing for figures on etsy yesterday. There are so many "original" Artists, that sell pirated copies of original products that it just feels like being on Aliexpress. I've checked the etsy policies. There is no active control about the offered pieces. And there is also no way to report pirate sites except you're the original owner of the design.
I've found kits from Alexandros Models, Young, Pegaso, Andrea and others... within just 5 minutes.

Just one of the many reasons to avoid Ali, Ebay, and Etsy. Too many recasters on all those platforms. And NEVER buy from Rover either.

 

[Tecumsea]

Chronos use resin so wouldn't be a "tin figure". Would help if you report the seller though.

Chronos use resin and white metal, new releases usually have both options with the metal a limited production.

 

[Forté]

Chronos use resin and white metal, new releases usually have both options with the metal a limited production.

But they never call it a tin figure and ship from China.

 

[Bundook]

The price alone should tell you all you need to know, but you can sometimes spot a recast by looking closely at the images (assuming they show a picture of the actual article and don't plagiarize that too). Invariably, the quality of the casting will be far inferior to the apparent standard of the anatomy and sculpting. You can find literally hundreds of these on Ebay, invariably from Russia or Ukraine, and labelled as "tin figure" or occasionally as "toy soldiers".

In my initial naivety, I once bought some polythene toy soldiers from one of these East European scammers. Ten quid for a bag of five Romans. They are a strange mixture of good, natural pose and anatomy, masterful sculpting and totally cack-handed casting. Very obviously originally designed as display models rather than toy soldiers. They obviously glued the kit parts together before they made their rubbish moulds from them so they ended up with things like bizarre distortions due to troublesome mould extraction and deep undercuts filled in with featureless slabs of plastic. I wonder sometimes who actually made the originals; there is one dressed like Caius Crispus from Wiesbaden; a soldier from the arch of Orange; an eagle bearer obviously inspired by Festus from Verona; one that looks like he's stepped off the Ahenobarbus altar and one apparently supposed to be a republican third-liner.

 

[Forté]

A pixilated area of a box art is usually them covering a company logo.