Today, my collection is composed of miniatures from all genres.  Most are in the 25mm to 35mm size, but a small portion of my collection includes 15mm and 54mm and larger scales as well.  While I paint myself, and eventually discovered the joy and ease of water-based acryllics, many of my miniatures were purchased and collected from talented miniature artists around the world.

You are probably wondering about the name...  Well, I have a son who is now a teenager.  However, as a small toddler he once noticed the credits that would scroll by on the screen at the end of television shows or on the videos we played.  Since this was before he could read, he asked me once what those funny images were.  I told him that the movie was like a big art project and those were the "credits" that told who did all the work putting the show together.  For some reason, he got that word mixed up with my miniatures and he started referring to all my miniatures as "credits".  Perhaps it was because he saw how much work goes into painting just one of those little metal figures.  Anyway, the name stuck in our family, and with miniature friends, and so eventually I not-so-modestly declared myself "The Queen of Credits" due to my ridiculously large miniature collection.

Ironically, the name has become a double entendre in the miniature community.  Miniature enthusiasts who follow the hobby and know about my collecting and virtual museum, but who do not know the history of the term "credits", don't realize it was really just a word coined by my then-four year old son easier to say than "miniatures."  Thus, I am very honored and humbled to be known as a patron of this art form who gives "credit" to the many artists who work so hard to create such beauty and awe on such a miniature canvas of a teeny metal sculpt about the size of one's thumb or less.

I want to thank all the painters and sculptors who gave permission to use their photographs and other digital images.  If you like the workmanship of the artists shown on this website, I encourage you to visit them at their home pages and patronize their businesses.  On their respective pages, you will find links to their websites, and their eBay IDs and CMON names where available.  Also, thank you again to the manufacturers and distributors of miniature sculpts, and many other people, who've given me permission to use their photographs and images.

I enjoy hearing from other miniature enthusiasts from around the globe.  If you would like to drop me a line I can be reached at kvfields@aol.com.  Please be patient if I am slow to respond.  Sometimes I am busy with work for several days in a row, but I will try to respond as soon as possible.  If you like the pieces appearing here, you can also check out the museum store, The Royal Curator, (now open on eBay!), for painted miniatures, unpainted sculpts, and other goodies that are for sale to add to your own collection.