Tuesday 7 August 2012

Modeling Voltaire

In my Imagi-nations or semi Imagi-nations I like to have non military personalities making guest appearances ( ie Kipling in my 54mm FLWs or H.G.Wells in my 40mm Balkans wars) so I was at a loss for who to add to my 40mm SYW games , when reading a biography of Frederick the Great I came across Voltaire , who being quite a character seems to fit the bill.


I was sorting through some miss cast figures when I found a damaged artillery officer, (sword missing) I Googled 'Voltaire' to see what he looked like and found this rather quaint illustration. I then sat down with some 'green stuff' and started fiddling about altering the casting . I also decided to give him a servant using one of the gunner figures as suggested by Mark Dudley of http://ilkleyoldschool.blogspot.co.uk/ 


Here we see Hodge discussing the finer points of 'Candide' with the author who awaits painting.




8 comments:

  1. Original idea and excellently done!
    Looking eagerly forward to discover them in full colors!

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  2. Nicely done, One might say that they "have corrupted nature for they were not born Voltaire but they have become Voltaire".

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  3. You beat to then punch with the servant.

    Of course he will need a suitable uniform and perhaps he can become the first of a unit of servants.

    Cheers

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    1. Sorry to pinch your idea , think he is 'wee jocky' a retired soldier from the Royal Ecossais Infantry regt.

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  4. Nice one! Good to see something regarding the culture side of gaming ... Jeff

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  5. Nice cat! Oh and lovely figures too.

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