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Here's the vignette painted. Most was painted with acrylics with oils here and there. The grass is unravelled jute twine painted in various colors. The helmet shell casting on the "Ironside" was sculpted or modeled by either John Long or Anders Heintz. Sorry guys. The sword is scratch-built and...

Thanks fellas! John, the horses are historex with a little conversion work. Thanks Don, I'll post more work soon.

Here's one of several projects I had going over the winter. Sorry for not posting in "real" time, I've just been plain lazy. The scene is taken from an illustration I saw in a book on the history of cavalry. It depicts a Parliamentarian "Ironside" riding down on two Royalist officers. As you...

Here's more pics of Rooster. Attaching the reins to his mouth was much easier than planned. I replaced the thick ones supplied with strips cut from sheet tin. It's funny how whenever I was working on this, that movie was being shown on TV. AMC played this movie a lot during the theatre release...

Here's one of several projects finished over the winter. It's Andrea's take of John Wayne's classic film 'True Grit'. The horse was painted in oils and the figure and gear acrylics. Not the most enjoyable stock kit I've ever worked on. While the casting of the pieces were very nice and clean...

Looks like a cool study. Please show more sbs!

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My current project requires some feathers. I'm using a marble to help with the form. I coat the marble thinly with Vaseline then attach a blob of Kneadatite. The edges of the "blob" are smoothed out and the sculpting begins. I start with typical feather shapes using the toothpick and finally...

If you havn't noticed, I put together another blog. It's just my wonderings on non-figure realted stuff. I may however add "toy" soldier subjects...Things that helped spur my passion in history and modeling. I'll try to keep it up to-date and interesting. Thanks for looking and Happy New Year...

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"Seeing in the flight of the 2nd Maryland a chance to surprise and inflict severe damage upon the enemy, Washington ordered his trumpeter to sound the charge. Like a mountain avalanche, the dragoons rolled down the hillside and smashed squarely into the rear of the Guards." Quote from "Another...

Here are the American dragoons painted. What initially inspired me to do the model was Troiani's "balance" of colors with the dragoons. The contrasting uniformed white coats with the blue coat of the trumpeter made an interesting combination. I originally wanted the officer in greatcoat, but...

For some reason, I did not take many pics of the figures just after sculpting. Going through my folders, these are sadly the only two that I did take pictures of. The heads are from Historex. More...

Here's the project with some paint. As you can see, I'm working left to right, front to back. Even though I've composed to my liking, there's still some "tweaking" to do when I place the mounted figures. Note, the figures are not glued to the base yet. The paint is all acrylic, but I will use...

Thanks Gordy!

Thanks! The McBarron painting is one of my favorites.

Thanks guys!

The horses used are from Michael Roberts. These are beautifully sculpted, I just wish there were more poses. Since I ran out of spare Historex pieces, these were the perfect solution. At the MFCA show, I picked up two of the rearing and one charging. With two of the same pose, I knew a little...

As soon as I saw Don Troiani's painting of same subject, I was instantly inspired. The sweeping scene screamed diorama...Well, large vignette, depending on ones definition. I slightly elevated the rear of the ground so dragoons were not too obscured by the figures in the foreground. By keeping...

The next few days I'll be posting some of the better pics I have of the Guilford Courthouse project. I started it just after getting back from MFCA. The horses I used are from Michael Roberts with some conversion work. Since two horses were the same, I re-sculpted the neck on one and changed...