WIP Chasseur a cheval trumpeter - russia 1812

[ivopreda]

a small conversion for the last MM chasseur trumpeter



campaign trousers added



the cap in leaf foil, the oldest technique but always efficent






cap will be in three different pieces, the cap himself, the demi-rond and the collet


ready for painting




others soon

 

[bagelman1952]

Looking good

 

[Steve]

OUTSTANDING IVO!

 

[bwildfong]

The cape is amazing Ivo - thanks for the step by step photos. If I might ask, what material did you use to make the cape and what tools/technique did you use to manipulate it into those wonderful folds?

Thanks in advance for sharing your work and expertise,

Brian

 

[ivopreda]

the cap is done using the same lead foil that you can find inside the MM kits, obviously I get a bigger piece. To work and make folds I use a philatelic tongs returning the fold on themselves as many time I consider necessary

 

[captnenglish]

Another masterpiece Ivo.

 

[bwildfong]

the cap is done using the same lead foil that you can find inside the MM kits, obviously I get a bigger piece. To work and make folds I use a philatelic tongs returning the fold on themselves as many time I consider necessary

Thanks Ivo - and great job again. Can't wait to see the finished product.

Brian

 

[Tony Barton]

That's going to look wonderful. The foil is a very old trick , but one of the best ever.

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

This looks a very brave conversion indeed Ivo
fantastic

Ron

 

[megroot]

Great conversion.
Looking forward to see the painted version.

marc

 

[Mat Lambert]

Wow this looks fantastic - please post more photos when done
Cheers
Mat

 

[ivopreda]

afer starting to paint the cap I discovered that the collet was wrong... I simply modify it


hre the drawing of the cap


here a reenactor version



and hre the modification







here the painting done in acrilics, I choosed a greysh green instead of grey for the cap to have more unifroity of the colours.








the facings are "capucine" of the 23rd rgt, The same commanded by De Marbot during the ussian campaign

 

[Illa]

Vey interesting work on the coat. I'm aware of further progress
Jose

 

[Mike Stevens]

Nice conversion. Will watch with interest.

 

[megroot]

Overwhelming.
Give me more.

marc

 

[ivopreda]

next step is the Horse, we have to consider that we are in early winter, horse has got long hair.

I tried to paint the horse in thsi condition, with winter hair. I paint it mixing the oil colour with Oleoplasto from W&N

here the result

 

[stu]

Superb, love the flowing lines of the coat

Awesome

Stu

 

[Figurenfreund66]

Outstanding, i like the process .

CHeers

Hendryk

 

[ivopreda]

another update...

the coat of the trumpet has been painted dark green but it has to accept the imperial livrea...

here a picture of the original

the painting process

 

[Tecumsea]

Another masterpiece in the making Ivo-great to follow the SBS

Keith