...a bit different than my usual stuff. (Ian, read on about the Crimea!).Occasionally I like to tinker with 20mm figures as evidenced here and here. Now there are some other guys out there who can do some amazing things with the humble plastic model soldier. In the spirit of this blogs introduction-although I may not be producing whole regiments I can certainly have a go at recreating individual and groups of figures!
So here is my first attempt-another trooper of the 4th Genova Dragoons 1866, previously completed here.
The figure itself is made from an "Italeri" French Napoleonic Chasseur and a "Call to Arms" French Napoleonic Carabinier.
The rest of the uniform is made of greenstuff with a paper lance pennant. Not quite there yet (the face does not have as much detail and could be a tad too small) but you get the idea.
This kind of collecting has a number of advantages in addition to the time and cost criteria. I can dip in and out of conflicts after a few figures and technically create any figure I want.
So there we have it. Everything else will be going. However, two collections will be boxed up and picked up again next year. Ian will be glad to hear one is the Scruby/Tumbling Dice Crimean collection and the other is the good old Airfix ACW project.
Now it is back to the Salute stuff-I am on the home straight with the buildings and need to really get cracking with the terrain boards.
4 comments:
Truly amazing brushwork Matt - I look forward to more of the same and also to (eventually) seeing those Crimea figures!
Ian
Really nice Matt,
The horse is especially nice, loads of movement.
Cheers
Paul
Thanks guys-I think I can do a lot better-at the moment I am still painting like a wargamer too much!
Nice work with the green stuff and brush, it is really coming along.
i think you may have put me onto something here, not being known for my modding skills, maybe some box palstics would be the way to go to get some time under my belt without huge expense.
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