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. My family has long ago decided that I have an
incurable
"little problem" with my fixation with "little metal men".
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.
Enjoy
your visit ! |
