8th Texas Cavalry CSA 1864

[Angaliel]

Hi all,

I've been away from PF for too long (personnal and professionnal reasons).

I'm back now and I would like to introduce my last work.

It's a Shenandoah Figure.

I used the Andrea Dead horse. I did not hesitate to cut the horse to fit the base, for a better focus to the soldier.

Lots of details are on the base......


Totally painted with oils.

Thx for taking a look.

JP

 

[Anders Heintz]

Very, very nice!

Love the compositon and the use of the deadhorse. The details on the base are great, and you have done a gret job showing the Mclellan saddle and its riggings.

 

[Cristiane]

Your job is suberb.

 

[Major_Goose]

Nice work with character . Bravo JP

 

[brian]

Hi Jean Paul
Like it a lot .Very creative and really well painted.The attention to detail is superb,and all in oils.Not too many of us oil men about!
Brian

 

[Kisifer]

JP that's another great piece of work of yours. The best thing is that it's fully painted in oils....as an oil painter myself...pieces like this one...make me to try more and more in order to get improved. Well done.

Xenofon

 

[georges64]

Really fantastic composition! You have done an amazing paintjob!
This Shenandoah's cavalryman is awesome, very convincing and determined to defend itself!
A Masterpiece, BRAVO Angaliel!
On en re-demande!!

georges.

 

[Christos]

Looks really nice,good work JP!
christos

 

[Mark S]

Great work,Jean Paul.
Beautiful painting and clever conversion.
Love the horse backdrop.Well done.

 

[georges64]

Lots of details are on the base......

En regardant de plus près, pas mal l'eau qui s'écoule de la gourde!

georges.

 

[Cicero]

Hi Jean-Paul,

What an ingenious and daring use of the dead horse. Not many would dare to cut it up to fit the base. But here it looks really fantastic.

Beatiful painting too. Especially the warm, worn grey of the jacket and the simulated direction of the hairgrowth on the horse are true eyecatchers.

Johan

 

[bucsfan21]

8th TX Cav, ACW

Jean Paul, A very nice piece of work. Very well done and very inspiring. The 8th Texas has always been one of my favorite units. You certainly have done it justice. I have saved picture of your figure and it is up as my screen saver. Super job!

All the Best, Terry Martin/Atlanta Miniature Figure Society

 

[Jason W.]

Well done, Jean Paul! I like the idea of a horse "wedgie", I'm thinking of a similar project myself.

Jason

 

[jjgurk]

Excellent. I really like what you've done in cutting the dead horse to fit the shape of the base.

 

[eissteban]

EX-ECEL-LENT !
l'idée de couper le cheval, je pense, fera date et des émules
as always, superb work of painting.

Seb.

 

[Gummisheep]

Great painting!!!
But the scene killd the horse...poor poor horse

 

[Angaliel]

Great painting!!!
But the scene killd the horse...poor poor horse

lol

I can assure you that the horse's been killed and cut without pain (for the horse and also for the cutter ).

Thx to all of you for the nice words.

JP

 

[megroot]

JP,
I find it awesome. Not my period but i like what you have done.

Marc

 

[vergilius]

very good painting! The only comment I can give is that normally the corporal stripes would have been closer together, but in later years everything was possible. They even painted them on the uniforms.

 

[petermh]

Excellent figure
I was not aware that shenandoah do a kneeling cavalry figure in boots . Is it a conversion?