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Those have to be the best fullsize mannequins I've seen for years. Thanks for the pics.

The 2nd Guards at Hougoumont I very nearly let the Waterloo 200th anniversary go unsung, but with a mad rush I have just managed to squeeze this chap in on the day . As usual with these big figures, I try and use the best materials to recreate the various textures. The figure: He’s...

Cancel that bit about the smoke hood ; on enlargement I think it's his tunic pocket, stuffed with something !

Not an easy thing to research , but after a lot of searching for a 1/6th figure I have made , I came up with this. Basically an eight-Pocket webbing arrangement , with a two-inch neck strap with a sliding buckle , and tape at each end which tied behind the waist : Another, with the grenade...

To the right side as seen by the bearer.

I would agree with others that the first pose doesn't quite work ; I think the straight leg has to be angled further back and the folded front leg opened out forwards. The greatest reference for horses in motion is still Eadweard Muybridge's "Animals in Motion" which you can get quite cheaply...

Another of my 1/6th creations, this one has been a lot of fun trying to create all the different textures. The bonnet was a bit of a nightmare, but I eventually found the right sort of feathers in a craft shop.It's built like the original with feathers over a blocked out felt bonnet beneath. The...

It's quite possible that archers wore coloured liveries, if their leaders were wealthy enough to issue them, but although a great deal is known about the army at Agincourt because of the surviving documents, the liveries are not recorded. The usual practice with liveries was to wear the two...

Thanks for the compliments, especially the comparison with Lelieprve : he is indeed an inspiration. I saw some of his models when I was very young, and never forgot them. I have the advantage in a much wider range of modern materials , especially for sculpting . As to how long such a figure...

Thomas Brown 1743 Thomas Brown , of the 3rd or Bland’s Dragoons, as he might have appeared at the start of the Battle of Dettingen in 1743 . He had an eventful battle , first having two horses killed under him , then getting into a melee over a fallen British standard in which he had two...

Two 1/6th figures I recently completed. The first is a Private of the Glosters from their famous stand on the Imjin river in Korea in April of 1951. He wears the 1947 type BD, 1944 webbing , and is armed with the No.4 rifle. This is based on photos from before and after the action. He's also...

A slight distraction from the point of the thread, but anyone interested in Bagpipes could do worse than go here : http://www.bagpipesociety.org.uk/bagpipe-guide/ That covers all the varieties of pipes in the British Isles. For French bagpipes, type " Cornemuse " or " Cabrette " into...

Keith , forgive me, but I think you mean left hand above right hand , as shown in your pic. That it the usual and conventional arrangement for all pipers,and though there might be left handers who do it the other way, they would be rare in a military context. I play French and Italian pipes ...

I'd have to echo Mike S : the chanter is too short ( like an Italian piva ! ), and the hands are quite wrong. Otherwise a nice and interesting figure.

You've done a superb painting job on this , and I can't see how it could be better. But I am going to say something really irritating, for which I hope you will forgivc me : Brodie helmets in the summer of 1916 were not dark green , but apple green. The first issues , which were the...

Great figure. In the one illustrated, the drum appears to be upside-down.You can play it that way round, but it's not normal... the tightening leathers are normally tightened from the top down.

The latest of my 1/6th figures, completely home made on a cut down Dragon body. The Minden anniversary was on the 1st of the month , so I though it was time to post him. The 12th were later the Suffolk regiment , one of the six that advanced on the French Cavalry and saw them off. Their...

Quite splendid. Very good proportion , and the BD is very convincing.

Ray, unless you have played or researched the topic , that's hardly surprising : they are both brass and make a similar noise ! It's a matter of length and timbre. The Trumpet is the older, longer instrument, always from the outset associated with horsemen and aristocracy, and used for...

If he's following British practice, he would be carrying a Trumpet as well as a Bugle, but strapped up tight across his back. They used Bugles for mounted calls, and Trumpets for the dismounted ones.