WIP Andy's Cossack

[Nap]

Martin ,

Fabulous work , love your SBS , always so full of information

Thanks for sharing

Nap

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Thank you Nap!



Cheers

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46. Day, 31. December 2013
If we keep in mind that the Cossacks in the 17th Century on a campaign hardly knew such a thing as " supply " or " logistics ", this means that they had to complete their field equipment "at the man " to carry around .
Therefore Cossacks " in the field " as shown on many pictures that they always carry one or more leather bags with them ... :

Andy's Cossack is also equipped with two large Leather bags , while Andy has sculpted the first of these bags according to this model ... :

And like this template - green and brown - I have it also painted .
For the green I used ... :

The Brown emerged from these colors ... :

And here the finished bag ...

 

[Martin Antonenko]

47. Day, 2. January 2014
Welcome to the New Year and back to my workbench !
On many pictures of Cossacks from the 17th century is another small leathar beg to be seenthat was carried under the armpit.

Ist a "Cartouche Bag".
Inside the bag there was about a half-dozen individual subjects divided , and in each of these subjects were in tubes of wood or cardboard individually metered powder charges ... :

It is the same principle as that of the " Twelve Apostles" , formerly worn around the waist individual powder charges in wooden containers - and a precursor of the paper cartridge ...

Fortunately, show us the sources of such a pocket model with turn green lid , which I have recommended Andy ... :

This fits in with the other bag . For the green I have in turn taken these colors ... :

Fot browntones I take the same Colors as of the leather bealt...:

And now it looks like this (Makro is cruel, I know...)... :

Also, I have the handle of the Cossack whip " Nagaika " mounted on the sash ... :

 

[Martin Antonenko]

48. Day, 3. January 2014

A Cossack must have the famous whip "Nagaika" !

So our friend had to get such a whip. But which to choose? There were tens of different variations, depending on the personal taste of the wearer.

After a long search I founded this replica with a stylized wolf's head as a handle ...:

This version I have Andy proposed - and he has sculpted it wonderful!

With these colors, I painted the "Nagaika" to show Dark Ivory ...:

And so the tiny whip handle has become - I'm glad that I've managed to get out to emphasize even the eyes and the fangs of the wolf's head with the brush ...:

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Thanks Colin!

In a second step today I have painted the Whip handle more to "Ivory"...:

 

[ChaosCossack]

Looking good Martin.
The ivory effect on the whip handle looks excellent. You are doing a good job bringing out the details of the sculpt with your paintwork... well done.
Listing the colours you use for each element is also very helpful.

Still following

Colin

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Colin...:

Cheers

 

[Joe55]

Your meticulous research, skillful modeling and brushwork continue to shine in this thread, and I look forward to seeing more! Happy New Year Martin!

Joe

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Thank You, Joe! Happy New Year to You, too!

Cheers

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Thanks Andy!

Cheers

 

[Nap]

Martin ,

I am following with much interest , THANK YOU for taking the time to include so much information especially on the mixes .

Really looking great

Thanks for sharing

Nap

 

[Martin Antonenko]

And "Thanks!" to you, Zeno!

Cheers

 

[tiberius57]

And "Thanks!" to you, Zeno!

Cheers

One of the best SBS that I followed! Thanks Martin for sharing and for all the effort behind this figure! A pleasure to follow you!
Cheers,
Zeno

 

[billyturnip]

I can't see photo's that aren't uploaded directly to the site when I'm at work so now I'm at home I have some catching up to do. Very nice work so far Martin and a very interesting sbs. Keep up the good work.

Roger.

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Thank you, Roger!

Nice to hear that you are home again...

Cheers

 

[Wings5797]

Hi Martin,
I am catching up on pF at the moment and must congratulate you on both your work on this super figure and the SBS to go with it.
A great write up with so much fine detail included.
Many thanks, I have picked up so many good tips.
All the best for a great 2014 my friend.
Keith

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Thanks - and all the best to you, Keith!​

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Cheers​

 

[Martin Antonenko]

49. Day, 7. January 2014
We come to the next detail ... :
Our Cossack course need a container in which he carries his gunpowder with him .
Near would have been the famous " powder horn " that even was used by the Cossacks in the 17th Century .
Our template carries one... :

There were These horns in various forms - sometimes even with two " outputs " , one for the fine " ignition powder " , the other for the coarse gunpowder ... :

I would have Andy told to sculpt some horn like these , but I did not, because it looked to me somehow " wild west moderately " from .

So I made my search for an alternative. In my book on weapons and equipment of the Cossacks I have found this image of a powder flask ... :

This variant it should be - but unfortunately the Picture was just black and white.

So I made made my Research further on - and for I knew what I have to look , I have found themselves once more evidence - mostly artifacts.

These things were made from antlers or - more rarely - ​​by crotches.

Hurrah , I had my template - and 've recommended it to Andy .

He gave the Cossack such a powder flask on his way !

Since I wanted a highly-detailed painting as possible , I have a tiny thing today painted separately.

Only the powder bottle was attached with carpet tape on a toothpick ...

... and then primed.

Also, I have upgraded the bottom-mounted opening for filling the powder bottle - which is made by a pinhead.

Then it was painted .

With Silver and " German Grey" I tried darzusellen tiny decorative fittings on the powder flask , the remaining metal parts are labeled " Oily Steel" painted and coated with a thin wash of black / Oily Steel .

The bottle itself, I have painted in shades of brown .

These colors were used ...:

And so it has become ... :

 

[Joe55]

Wow! I just admire how devoted you are about getting the details as realistic as you can. I also find it amazing that you used 8 colors on such a tiny piece, but you left out the engraved naked lady !

Joe

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Thanks Joe!

If I had tried to "engrave" the woman, You should not recognize what it is...

Cheers