A chap in a red coat (Not that one!)

[DaddyO]

Greetings and happy new year fellow planateers

I finished this one just before Christmas, but thought you'd have had enough of fella's in red coats so saved it till now.

In case you don't recognise him it's one of the old Chota Sahib 54mm range by Sid Horton. 45th Bengal Infantry. c.1900. I was inspired by a photo that I found on t'interweb of another officer from the same period pausing as if he was about to be introduced at a formal gathering. The lush greenery of the plants complimenting the red of the uniform.
I added a few more wrinkles and details to the sash and turban because I thought they looked a little flat, but otherwise it's a straight paint job.

Groundwork is DAS with the steps being miliput. I tried several ways to make the pots and eventually settled on inserting a piece of wire in a roughly shaped piece of miliput nad turning them in a mini-drill once it had hardened off.

Hope you like him

(Pictures were taken using my wife's phone by the way)

Paul

 

[Huw63]

Great to see a classic figure completed like this.

Happy new year too by the way.

Cheers

Huw

 

[DaddyO]

Cheers Huw

 

[Mat Lambert]

Lovely figure , painting and groundwork - all sets this off perfectly. I especially think your ideas for the base suggest the place and atmosphere perfectly.
Cheers
Mat

 

[DaddyO]

Cheers Mat

 

[Viking Bob]

Very well painted and the ground work sets this off, well done.
Regards

 

[OldTaff]

Crisp, neat and effective, just like dear old Sid liked to see them Well done, boyo.

Alan

 

[jai]

I like.

thank you for your suggestion
for vessels

 

[arj]

Very nicely painted and presented.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[Blind Pew]

What an excellent rendition that is too! I did this figure 10-odd years ago and can attest to how tricky some points of it are. It's a deceptive figure and not as simple as at first glance.

A top job mate. One for the scrap book!