Napoleon's Coronation

[Artig Toy Soldiers]

A corontation is one of the most interesting and serious event in the history of any country. Movies, famous paintings, scultptures and figurines have dedicated to this day. For France, Napoleon’s coronation was one of the historically significant events. The painting by Jacques-Louis David, Napoleon’s official painter, called “The coronation of Napoleon” painted in 1807 is extremely famous! The painting is currently located in the Louvre in France! Two of our new figures are dedicated to this day

View our figures of Napoleon on his coronation and Josephine here: http://artig.lv/en/control/category/~category_id=N/~filter=newest

 

[Johan]

A corontation is one of the most interesting and serious event in the history of any country.

... "serious", well ... suppose someone farts right at the most solemn and silent moment ... it could happen

 

[Mirofsoft]

Sorry looks a lot like the good old Historex, Napo looks like he his a fat youth of 14 years old, painting is Toy quality

 

[Mirofsoft]

And again 37,5€ unpainted, this is the price of a better painted TOY from a Spanish competitor ( Napo in coronation dress )
Beside you can have a 90mm Barton at that price
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[housecarl]

[ Quote Sorry looks a lot like the good old Historex, Napo looks like he his a fat youth of 14 years old, painting is Toy quality. Quote]
There's a bit of a clue in the company name.
I take it you don't like it.
Carl.

 

[Mirofsoft]

Hello Carl
You are completely right ( in french we say : mon franc n'était pas tombé .... meaning : coin didn't fall .. in the slotmachine )
Artig Toy Soldiers, historical miniatures
Nowadays what's bother me more now that I know that basicaly it's a Toy soldier, it's the price for the kit form . But has I already said in the past on this forum :
it's my like/dislike opinion, I have seen people looking at the Ray Lamb Chasseur a Cheval, when it was in display in Brussels at la Heaumerie du Casque d'Or, that it was " .. not well done for a toy..." and buying Rose in commercial painting ( no highligts, no shadows .. just plain ) So everybody has the right to like/dislike what he wants .
I'm a basic amateur painter myself ( not painted since almost 30 years ) but I a have seen the tremenduous uprise in quality sculpting/modeling/painting of those last 40 years ( when Lasset, Stadden, imrie, Deauville were the basic, quickly followed by Ensign, Lamb,Sanderson.Barton and then hundreds of others ... Each step tending to better details, accuracy, molding .
So there is always something for everybody .
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[akaryu]

Mention of the Heaumerie du Casque d'Or brings back many nostalgic memories, it was Jean Hoyos himself who proposed to a young and pennyless officer cadet to paint figurines for some of his customers and who put me on the track of a lifelong passion ....
Merci Mirofsoft de me rappeler des souvenirs par votre message!

 

[Mirofsoft]

Hello Akaryu
perhaps you remember on display in his shop, figures made in plasticine on WWII, particularly POW behind barbed wires, ... he was an english guy.. do you remember the name by chance
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[akaryu]

Hello Mirosoft,

I remember that Jean Hoyos sold the figures made by John Cuiffo, they were sculpted in wax (cire) and presented in perspex boxes. The ones I remember were mostly Légion Etrangère and French army.

Cordialement

 

[Mirofsoft]

Thanks a lot this is the name, I will regret all my live not buying one , the price was 500Bef at that time .
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