I've got the first company of the 18th Foote (Royal Irish) cast up and painted .
For the basic infantryman I used a older Holger Erikson casting from Prince August . The first reason is that I've got two of the moulds so casting is quicker and easier - rarely a miss cast ! , the other is that having very little surface detail they are easier to paint - you simply paint the details on. The uniform is 'correctish' and will do for me, the drummer should really have a mitre cap but converting him would be tricky as he is one of the older slimmer models .
I also have converted and painted three new General Officers . I got these in a job lot off eBay and they were damaged and were destined for melting down , then I noticed that Ross on 'Battle Game of the Month' had converted a cavalry trooper into a General - so I decided to copy him .
I added wigs and sashes and converted damaged weapons into batons . No names yet but from left to right - vaguely French, Prussian (with a passing resemblance of 'Ald Fritz') and British (looks a bit like the Duke of Cumberland).
Excellent work there....stop tempting me into a new scale!
ReplyDeleteGreat work, Mosstrooper. And I really like what you did with the generals. I recognize the dragoon conversion, which figure did you use for the officer in red on the dapple grey ?
ReplyDeleteI don't think it's a Prince August figure it might be - http://www.zinnfigur.com/product_info.php?&products_id=10000322&osCsid=ii339tpvf4jajhaf477vvs5vh2&sort=1d&ID=1270 Nurnberg Meisterzinn , the horse had been miscast and the previous owner had repaired its front legs with 'green stuff' (?)
DeleteExcellent work indeed!
ReplyDeleteWonderful stuff - I particularly like the generals. Good work old son.
ReplyDeleteNice stuff, like the officer conversions.
ReplyDeleteNice when someone takes an idea and does it better. Nice work! Love the batons and wigs. Really like the Irish. Those old molds msy not have the detail of the remakes but they have more spirit.
ReplyDeleteI love to see how other people reuse these figures - very inventive !
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