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These are uncanny: figure sculptors like me will be going out of business in the next few years! Look at the bootlaces. Even reflects that fact that the chap in the tin hat could do with some good dinners.

This is a splendid figure, and as far as I can see entirely accurate in its sculpted details. But I have a problem with that blue ! That sort of electric blue was impossible to create with 17c dyes, especially on woolen clothing. OK, the Swedes sometimes used blue as their sash colour,indigo...

Here are some examples of cavalry trumpets , and some explanation, which I hope will be generally helpful . Trumpets were originally rather long instruments, about 30” overall, like the ones still used for ceremonial by the Lifeguards in State Dress. They are formed in one loop, which makes...

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Sorry to be a pain, and presumably you didn't make the trumpet yourself. You can see what I mean clearest in the Benigni Lancer Plate you posted above : there are two parallel tubes visible in the lower yard of the trumpet, the one without the binding on it. I just thought that if you were gong...

Wonderful idea , very nicely executed. I hate to mention one technical problem with the trumpet you are using. It's slightly difficult to make out , but it appears to be made in one loop rather than two. All cavalry field trumpets have tubing that " goes round twice ", otherwise the sounding...

Certainly madder red fades to a brick colour, a sort of dusty red-brown. Indigo blue goes a dark purplish shade. There is the famous anecdote of two officers comparing their blue and scarlet uniforms, and being more or less unable to tell the difference. But the terrible state that uniforms...

A trumpeter from the English Civil War , in this case wearing the orange-tawny livery of the Earl of Essex, the Lord General of the Parliament’s Army. The livery is modelled on those in a couple of paintings, and the saddle, harnessing and trumpet are based on original items . Being an “ action...

As an (ex) pipe smoker, I can say that most of the time the contents, even though burning well, just look black , with light grey ash on top. You have to suck pretty hard to get it to glow.

That's extremely well painted : the green is particularly succesful. My only suggestion would be to drop the powdered hair , which would be pretty well unheard of in the field.

Thanks for the correction , and my apologies for going about it the wrong way.

Since I was informed about this outfit this morning, who are making illegal resin recasts of my metal 1/72 figures and several others in the same scale, I rather suspect that the larger scale figures on the site are also highly suspicious. I am not sufficiently well informed about larger scales...

According to the Mollos " Into the Valey of Death" the pelisse fur was black. Two paintings of NCOs I have show a very dark brown, almost but not quite black. The lining was red serge.

Nice bust , nicely painted , but Oh Dear, surely Vikings with horns on their helmets were exposed as nonsense a generation ago ?

I think it's unlikely that a Baker would have been used " unofficially" by units not entitled to it, because the ammunition was quite different , and it needed two flasks , patches and a sword bayonet. The remarks above about the KGL, who looked very like the Guards , even down to the blue wings...

Great figures, lovely idea. But I really think the helmets are too small : compare with the photo of the real thing below. If you look closely you can also see that the helmets are slightly curved down in the brim, with the sides lower than the centre.

Great stuff, but the bridle cross pieces on the horses face are not appropriate. That was a Light Cavalry bridle affectation , not used by Heavies like the Greys.

With Polymer clay , I avoid the need for an armature by working in full relief on a tile. Fire the first half, then add the second to the now solid front half. You can continue adding and firing as many time as you want, so long as you don't overcook it at any stage. Metal armatures tend to...

Dan , I believe the 11-pocket version is American , and causes a certain amount of confusion among collectors. The British version has ten pockets.

Thanks for all the kind words. Would there be any interest in a short article on how these are put together ? It' s not really the same as making a sculpted figure, though I do sculpt the head and the hands. OldTaff, the comparison with Lelieprve is very flattering, , thank you, though I have...