Table of miniature manufactures

[Theodoros]

Is it possible to make a single table with ALL the miniature manufactures, their website, their main interest (figure type, historical period) etc. I do not know if there is any such a table in PF...

 

[1969]

If anyone I would have thought Mirofsoft would be the best person for that task, he has been collating that information for quite some time now, would be a very long list I would suspect. Something that would be useful though all in one place for people to use.

Steve

 

[arj]

I'd recommend 'Mirofsoft's blog as a start.
https://www.mirofsoft.com/
Half way down the page you'll find 'Addresses'.
Click on that and you'll be presented with a couple of rather large Excel data bases of:-
'Figurines , Wargame, Flat, Toys, uniforms upgraded 01 Aug 2018 > 2000 links' and
'Magasins / Shops around the world'.

Cheers,
Andrew

P.S. A little further down is his 'Nostalgia/old catalog PDF', which is worth a browse.

P.P.S. Oops, you just beat me to it Steve.

 

[Theodoros]

Thank you Steve and arj for the info !
I suppose a dynamic table where every member of PF could add info into specific fields, would be the proper database for our purposes.
The same could be done also for the "artists and illustrators" segment (https://www.planetfigure.com/forums/artists-illustrators.194) because the access is not easy and does permit duplicates.

 

[arj]

...... The same could be done also for the "artists and illustrators" segment (https://www.planetfigure.com/forums/artists-illustrators.194) because the access is not easy and does permit duplicates.

Hi Theodoros,

While some artists stick to a specific period, most tend to be eclectic. Consequently, if we try to fit artist to period it would probably result in even more duplication.

From a historical p.o.v., the post 'Artists & Illustrators' was originally started by Roger (billyturnip) as 'a good theme for a thread and probably get a good list between us'.
The post grew and, by the time it reached page 13 yours truly compiled an alphabetical list. As the pages grew, I continued adding to the list but, while it was useful in showing who's work was in the post, eventually it became very difficult to search for a particular artist.
I then converted the list to an Excel file and linked each post to the relevant name.
Pavel (Admin 'pwadm') kindly loaded the file as an index.
This is why we have the index and two main posts. The second was begun to continue with additions, while I finalised the Index.
Where duplicates have occurred, the links have simply been incorporated as additional columns in the spreadsheet.

While I'm quite happy continuing updating the index, should you feel you could produce a more useful upgrade for PF, I'd be perfectly happy to hand it over to you.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[Theodoros]

Thank you arj. The index of painters is really useful as a start for further refference.
You have right about the https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Rim5MtL2wtatONabFfyjTGiJm1hebF_bR60B1I_4M0I/pubhtml .
I had not mention it ! It was a very good idea and upon this I proposed something similar for the manufacturers. Please keep on the good job; I would n't like to change anything.

 

[Mirofsoft]

Dear Theodors, the list exist with lot of information and is as friends here above said in XLS form and uograded almost every mont
listed 961 kit makers with links, 304 toy soldiers makers, list to uniform plates giving more than 20.000 uniforms all period
It looks like :

1 multiple pages : Manufacturers / Erotic / Flat / Toys ... etc
2 name of the producer / short description / size / link to the maker
3 when you stop the pointer arrow on cell containing a red triangle abovr right, a window is open with more infos
4 when you click on blue text, it's a link to outside webb or inside the same excell file
If you have written particular infos about on of those, please send it to e and it will be added

You're welcome, 100% free, no sponsor, not a peny involved .
Some of the catalogues in PDF form comes for 40% from different forum members, please feel free to send me any catalogue you have, any format
After all, a forum is based on sharing informations .
I even have place for members who want to share their pictures and have no place to do so . But already here on Planet you have place on the Galery part of the forum

Best
Sheer and share

 

[Theodoros]

Dear Mirofsoft, you have done a real great and laborious job that demands a lot of passion and patience too !
It is really very useful this worksheet.
Thank you.