Black Watch - Tel el Kebir 1882

[Marco22]

Part of my display at the 2018 Sèvres show .(gold master painting)
more pictures at
https://www.puttyandpaint.com/projects/19770
The Battle of Tel El Kebir was fought between the Egyptian army led by Ahmed Urabi and the British military near Tell El Kebir. After discontented Egyptian officers rebelled in 1882, the United Kingdom reacted to protect its interests in the country, and in particular the Suez Canal.
figure edited by Troop54, (mainly 54 mm subjects), this is a 75 mm fig with a great attitude , which I tried to enhance with an appropriate base.
oil painted
thanks for looking !
Marc

 

[Ben-nl]

wunderfull amazing piece, well done, groundwork are great!

 

[SUPER ANTO]

Wow.....amazing paint work and great groundwork. Very well earned gold medal.....

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Beautiful work and painting

Mobo

 

[Gooner Mike]

excellent piece and great groundwork

 

[jakbwrhr]

Hi Marco,

A very nice job done. However, for future reference, the collar on the Tunic was dark blue as the Black Watch was formally titled "The Royal Highland Regiment" - royal regiments have Blue 'facings'.

Kind regards,

James

 

[KenBoyle]

Fantastic work Marc! Great painting style and beautiful groundwork. A perfect combination.

Cheers,
Ken

 

[Marco22]

thanks Guys !
@jakbwrhr ; you are perfectly right ! a good friend of mine pointed out that error . I corrected it , but got a bit lazy and did not make new pictures ...

 

[captfue]

Outstanding work

 

[John Bowery]

This is outstanding work.
Cheers
John

 

[Hauke aus Rinzeldorf]

Sir, i love the Jacket! Great painting, and living groundwork!

 

[bucsfan21]

Marco, Thanks for sharing your work! Awesome piece of work too! Love your painting style and the tartan! The attention to detail is phenomenal. And the groundwork setting is fantastic! Really enjoy looking at this piece of work. Would love to see it in person at our Atlanta Show this coming February 15-17

Best of Everything, Terry Martin-Member of the Atlanta Military Figure Society of Atlanta, GA, USA

 

[mortier]

That's realy a very expressive work,painting and groundwork fantastic

 

[Nap]

Hi Marco

Great piece in all respects , artwork and ground ...lovely looking figure as well

Congrats on the well deserved gold

Seasons greetings to you and the family

Nap

 

[Warren SMITH]

Top shelf...

Merry Christmas from Oz