I had obtained this figure from Braune. A most unusual figure. As I thought that the original puppets were not accurate, I substituted my own brass-etched puppets. I covered the bottom halves with putty to simulate clothing. I started painting some typical batik patterns on his sarong and head cloth (iket).
The funny irony here is that my 2-D wayang kulit puppets, which were meant for my own ronde-bosse 54mm puppet sets under Golden Chersonese Miniatures, is used here to represent 3-D wayang golek puppets, the whole thing being represented in flats!
My aim in setting up this blog is in exploring flats (zinnfiguren) as an art form. Once thought of as playthings, flats have evolved into very artistic pieces, created for and treasured by collectors. I prefer to explore flats in a contextual setting by putting them into shadow-box dioramas of artistic merit which can be reasonably contained within a manageable space. The chronology of this web blog will hopefully blaze a definite trail in this direction.
Thursday, 24 April 2014
Wednesday, 9 April 2014
Sunday, 6 April 2014
Neckel Sets
I received some Neckel antiquity sets. It took me some time to clean and organise these recent purchases as I had to obtain and cut up suitable cardboard sheets to store these pieces. Neckel figures are beautifully proportioned and designed and are very compatible with many Hafer sets. I was too busy doodling on my Assyrians from Ochel and I just took some pics and scanned relevant pages from the Neckel catalog.
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