51st Foot (Brudenell’s) 1759

[Cannonball]

Picked this up from Stormtrooper’s stand at the recent White Rose Show (together with their Officer 12th Foot). Both are super figures and have a great amount of detail. Having done the Officer with the yellow facings of the 12th I wanted to portray a regiment with different coloured facings so opted for the 51st. I’ve based it in the main on a drawing within the Osprey book Frederick the Great’s allies. The write up accompanying that drawing indicates it was based on a contemporary picture. They have shown Gosling green facings but my Franklin book for uniforms of the period suggests a darker Sea Green so I’ve gone with that. The original 51st surrendered at Fort Oswego in North America and were subsequently disbanded. The 53rd then became the 51st so believe it was that version of the regiment that was present at Minden.
Hope to see some more figures from this period from Stormtrooper’s.

Neal.

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Beautiful work again Neal

Mobo

 

[Cannonball]

Beautiful work again Neal

Mobo

Really appreciated Mobo.

Neal

 

[misfit151]

Hi Neal great job on this one......I was also at the show... wish I'd have known would have made myself known....Great day out and great displays... Mike

 

[Babelfish]

You didn't hang about getting this one done! Very nice job all round.

- Steve

 

[Cannonball]

Hi Neal great job on this one......I was also at the show... wish I'd have known would have made myself known....Great day out and great displays... Mike

Thanks Mike. It would have been good to meet up. Really enjoyed the show and looking forward to next years.

Neal

 

[Cannonball]

You didn't hang about getting this one done! Very nice job all round.

- Steve

Thanks Steve. On a bit of a roll at the moment so things aren’t staying in the cupboard for too long.


Neal

 

[Giwe]

Wow! Great job!

 

[Cannonball]

Wow! Great job!

Many thanks Giwe.

Neal

 

[user 13188]

Great job!))A very interesting option.

 

[Cannonball]

Great job!))A very interesting option.

Thanks Alexandr. It was a lovely piece to work on and looking forward to more releases in the future.

Neal

 

[Nap]

Hi Neal

Thanks for posting this , a lovely looking figure , very well painted , good referencing as well from you.

Like the way you've done the uniform red and his backpack

It's got a slight David Grieve look about it IMO

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Thanks for sharing

Always good to see your artwork , look forward to seeing more

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[arj]

Very nice work Neal.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[Cannonball]

Hi Neal

Thanks for posting this , a lovely looking figure , very well painted , good referencing as well from you.

Like the way you've done the uniform red and his backpack

It's got a slight David Grieve look about it IMO

WHY NOT ENTER a piece into the class of your choice in JUNE/JULY FOTM here:

Standard
https://www.planetfigure.com/thread...dard-class-till-midnight-bst-31-07-22.454275/

Intermediate
https://www.planetfigure.com/thread...iate-class-till-midnight-bst-31-07-22.454276/

Advanced
https://www.planetfigure.com/thread...nced-class-till-midnight-bst-31-07-22.454280/

There is a Vignette & Diorama competition running here:
https://www.planetfigure.com/thread...night-31-12-22-voting-from-1-31-01-23.414984/

Thanks for sharing

Always good to see your artwork , look forward to seeing more

Happy benchtime

Nap

Many thanks Nap. I’ve got the Grieve figure of the infantryman from this period somewhere in the grey army.

Neal

 

[Cannonball]

Very nice work Neal.

Cheers,
Andrew

Thank you Andrew.

Neal

 

[dutch]

Nice work. Full of character

 

[-=König=-]

I like him no doubt Bravo!

 

[Cannonball]

Nice work. Full of character

Many thanks Dutch.

Neal

 

[Cannonball]

I like him no doubt Bravo!

Thanks Konig.

Neal

 

[Viking Bob]

I don't know how I missed this one, excellent painting on a great figure. Well done mate.