The Labayen´s Workshop In 1976

[Edorta]

Hi to all. A friend has added to his blog a link to the spanish TV archive were we can find a reportage about the Labayen Militaires and his workbench dated 1976.

The video about the figures start at the minute 8:20. You must click at the right side of the image, where the text " PAGINA EN COLOR" is located.

No-DO del 05 de enero de 1976 - Nº 1719B - RTVE.es

 

[Mirofsoft]

Sorry
not working
playing a black screen

 

[Edorta]

Hi Michel, it works perfectly in my pc. Maybe you don´t have installed the last flash player version.
Try with this link, the video contains other news, wait till all the video is downloaded and then don´t forget to go to the minute 8:20.

http://media7.rtve.es/resources/TE_NGVA/mp4/3/3/1342435240733.mp4

You must click in the link and enter the web, then click in the text PAGINA EN COLOR, to go directly to the miniatures reportage.

 

[Edorta]

If someone else had problems to see the video, here go some image captures. At that time they painted the figures, after a mate prime, using gouache colors mixed with a flat varnish.

 

[Gra30]

It works perfectly fine for me, just have to wait for the black screen to go as it downloads.

This was great to see, even though I cannot understand the commentary the film shows a lot.

I was 4 then and for mass produced these still look quite nice and I am sure started many collectors and modellers off.
Reminds me of the figures my dad would buy in the early days before he started himself, they came in clear Perspex boxes and from a proper model soldier shop in those days that you could visit.

Thanks for posting
Best wishes

 

[Colin_Fraser]

I always liked his Napoleonic personalities....I think he was the first to do some of the lesser knowns. Compared to competitors of that time, they had an awful lot of character.

Colin

 

[Edorta]

Thanks Gra30, Roger, Michel and Colin. In 1976 I was 8 years old, and a few years after, in 1983 I became to visit the workshop, to buy my kits and start painting my first metal figures. At that time the workshop was located in the same building, but in another floor, close to my home.
Today, I still paint those figures, masterfully sculpted by Fermin Galarreta. Some examples:

Miniaturas militares pintadas a mano

 

[Mirofsoft]

The link you gave works now perfectly well . Thanks for sharing
here a site with more infos about Labayen http://espaciocusachs.blogspot.be/2011/04/los-soldados-de-labayen.html
and a catalog extract plus a lis of 1982 at adress (in PDF ) http://www.mirofsoft.com/nostalgia-old-catalog-pdf/
Best

 

[Edorta]

Ok, I´m glad you can see this way. Thank you very much, Mirofsoft, I knew Espacio Cusachs blog, made by Luis Esteban, it´s a very interesting site about, military modelling, history and art, thanks for the link. I remember the price of the kits around 1982, I got special price, 3,60€, buying them directly in the workshop.
Thanks also, for giving the link to your web with all those catalogues, much appreciated.

Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia

 

[Mirofsoft]

Put on line today some instructions/painting sheets I still have at :
http://www.mirofsoft.com/nostalgia-old-catalog-pdf/

Best

 

[Edorta]

Put on line today some instructions/painting sheets I still have at :
http://www.mirofsoft.com/nostalgia-old-catalog-pdf/

Best

Thank you very much, Mirofsoft, I didn´t kwon this catalogue with B/W photos.

Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia

 

[Mirofsoft]

Hello Edorta , this is not a catalog
I painted a lot of Labayen end of the 70ies for a shop in Brussels, they came in kit, and, with each kit there was an instruction sheet . I found back, 3 days ago, some
of those sheets; I scaned them and made a PDF for all to share
Best

 

[Edorta]

Hello Edorta , this is not a catalog
I painted a lot of Labayen end of the 70ies for a shop in Brussels, they came in kit, and, with each kit there was an instruction sheet . I found back, 3 days ago, some
of those sheets; I scaned them and made a PDF for all to share
Best

Sorry Mirofsoft, I downloaded the wrong pdf. Now I have the correct archive with the painting instruction sheets. Surely you knew it, these drawings are made by Ramon Labayen, all of them were pen drawings.
Me too I kept all of those that I have painted, ( I painted some box art for the brand in the last years), the information is very complete. He uses sources like Rousselot, Knötel, Le Burgeois d´ Hambourg etc.
I´m glad you have painted professionaly those figures also, I guess the expereince was good for you.
Thank you for sharing this info.
Cheers.
Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia

 

[Mirofsoft]

Thank you very much, Mirofsoft, I didn´t kwon this catalogue with B/W photos.

Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia

About the catalog with B&W pictures
This is an extract of a US Catalog Shop in New York arroun 1975-76 " The Soldier Shop" ( it was a catalog of circa 300 pages about militaria, books and figures )
Best

 

[Edorta]

Hi again Mirofsoft. The value of the US catalogue is relative, because it has its own references, not the real ones of the Labayen´s catalogue.
Anyway is an interesting document.


Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia