If you can´t buy it..re-create it. There is, only one Female side saddle riding bod, who could possible be converted to make one that fits to the 18th century and that is the Maid Marion from the Airfix Robin Hood set.
Rather than buy a complete set, I found her in a pick n´Mix bin at the Heiden exhibition. Not the best cast either. The horse was missing half the rear left leg and there was lots of Flash.
The decoration on the horse had to be removed, the thickness of the reins reduced, Marion´s feet needed adding (missing in the original ) head replaced and hair remodelled.
It was a test..which although has worked to an acceptable standard, I´m not 100% pleased with it, so I will get another Marion and repeat the whole process using a better looking head.
She will become Hanna Turset in the land of Bodstonia.
In an attempt to reduce any background shadow cast by Hanna onto the background, and to give a bit of depth I curved the background around her like this;
She was involved in a duel on the Bennos Forum (result HERE)with Rich from West Models and Figures blog. She lost.
Hello to **** from Mundo de miniaturas y dioramas (A World of Miniatures and Scenes)
My last post of 2012? I reckon so. It was a busy year, with more than 700 foot and 80 cavalry, houses, aircraft and seige weapons and a few other bits and pieces made and painted.
As a test, I started collecting the sprues from the bods and models and today it got weighed. 0.8 kilos!!! Just think how many bods could be made using that lot!!
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Rather than buy a complete set, I found her in a pick n´Mix bin at the Heiden exhibition. Not the best cast either. The horse was missing half the rear left leg and there was lots of Flash.
The decoration on the horse had to be removed, the thickness of the reins reduced, Marion´s feet needed adding (missing in the original ) head replaced and hair remodelled.
It was a test..which although has worked to an acceptable standard, I´m not 100% pleased with it, so I will get another Marion and repeat the whole process using a better looking head.
She will become Hanna Turset in the land of Bodstonia.
Hannah Turset on a woodland ride.
Head from the Airfix Washingtons army set.
She was involved in a duel on the Bennos Forum (result HERE)with Rich from West Models and Figures blog. She lost.
Hello to **** from Mundo de miniaturas y dioramas (A World of Miniatures and Scenes)
My last post of 2012? I reckon so. It was a busy year, with more than 700 foot and 80 cavalry, houses, aircraft and seige weapons and a few other bits and pieces made and painted.
As a test, I started collecting the sprues from the bods and models and today it got weighed. 0.8 kilos!!! Just think how many bods could be made using that lot!!
All the best :-D
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