New WW1 figures by Philippe Jourdan

JohnReid · 21 October 2006, 09:55 AM

Philippe has asked me to post these pics for him.The bust of

Albert Ball is for facial reference only,from which the figure will be made.He didn't mention what scale he is planning but they sure look great to me!It sure is wonderful now that more and more artists are producing such marvelous figures.Thanks Philippe!
Cheers! John.

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mgtaylor · 21 October 2006, 12:08 PM

Quit TEASING ME !!! AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!

Those look GREAT !! GGRRRRREEEEAAAT!!! Your gonna make buy a set of Andrea Miniture Figure Paints !!!

Fantastic to see you still in the game even if it's behind the sences. Good of you to colaberate with your fellow country men and get behind the Boy's at Contact Resine to help them produce the Prolific Line of 1.24 Scale Kits they are making !!

Would buy every large scale figure I could from you. Just like a photo graph there is nothing like a Human figure to draw our instictive intrest and provide a sense of scale to an Aircraft !!

DOn't give up on your ALb DVa !! THINK of it ? WIth as many years as you've had it in developement here is your chance like BattleAxe to beat Roden or another large manufactuer to Market with your DVa Relaese !! Beat them to market and clean up with sales !! Generated from the intrest and expecations from the recent Movie and large scale WWI releases like the DIII.

Let's GO for it Phillpe !!! Yayyyy Good to see the figures though in the mean time.

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Yours Mike

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Gregvan · 21 October 2006, 02:09 PM

Hello JohnReid (and Phillipe)

Wow! Those figures look terrific! The

Frank Luke piece really seems to capture him, and the Richthofen figure is the best I've ever seen (and there are quite a few).

However, if it's not too late, I might point out one small change that could be made in the Richthofen figure. The obssessive purists among us would point out that MvR's famous "Geschwaderstock" walking stick had a 'knobby' or 'knotted' appearance, and not a swirled appearance as the one with the figure seems to:

This stick was reportedly carved for him by a group of Unteroffiziere (corporals) who had 'carved it under enemy fire in the front line trenches'. If so, it's kind of remarkable that it first appears in the well-known photo of MvR in a white sweater in front of an Albatros D.II at

Jasta Boelcke (with Wortmann, Imelmann and Kirmaier) when he was still a relative unknown. There are several other good photos of it, including the propaganda shot of Goering standing in front of his white Fokker D.VII. The top of the stick ended in a large knob or grip.

Just thought I'd point that out, obssessive nitpicker that I am.

Greg VanWyngarden

JohnReid · 21 October 2006, 03:07 PM

Philippe is planning to do these in 1/48 and later in other scales I believe.

Philippe JOURDAN · 21 October 2006, 03:30 PM

Hello Gregvan....
Me too, I am a purist and the "Geschwaderstock" of the figure is just for the "test shot" photo..... the real figure will have the good "stick"...

About the 1.32 DV... I am looking to produce it with a high quality moulds, also it takes more time.... I think that you will take time to do "modeling-training" with the 1.32 RODEN DIII....