Completed Corporal John Shaw (2nd Life Guards 1815)

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martin tabony said:
I found some more reference that pretty much agrees with every thing you've done. A realy good contempory picture but it must have been late in 1815 because the honours "Peninsul" and "Waterloo" have been added to the sabretache. I forgot about Chas Stadden's book on The Life Guards that was published by Almark in 1971 (although he does show a red edging to the black sheepskin!:))
The word Corporal was used in the Household Cavalry instead of the word Sergeant. Until the rest of the army adopted the rank of corporal in 1878 when the Household Cavalry rank became Corporal of Horse. The badge of rank is three gold stripes with a crown above, I believe this is the badge Corporal Shaw would have worn. We still don't have sergeants.

Also here's that helmet. It's been gathering dust in the loft since 1995. I've added one of my 32nd figures for size (I.G. wolfhound 1900) I can't find the scales or rosettes at the moment. The crest doesn't assemble properly because I had to add bits for the moulding process.
Obviously I had to be careful with the original helmet while I was handling it, so I used the "brass rubbing" method to get the sizes and details. I had to enlarge the helmet because the original would only fit a modern child! That was the only alteration I made though, I stuck to all other measures.

Martin
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Hi martin,thank you for the photos,especially the helmet. I can see there must of been many hours work in creating it.
 
I remembered I had this one. Although I still think he would have a crown above the stripes! :)
Also notice the inside wing of the jackboots are wrong. They should be rounded. The 1812 pattern boots are still worn.

Martin
 

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martin tabony said:
I remembered I had this one. Although I still think he would have a crown above the stripes! :)
Also notice the inside wing of the jackboots are wrong. They should be rounded. The 1812 pattern boots are still worn.

Martin
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Thanks Martin for the picture,nice Rick Scollins illustration. I have this one on the back of a old Military illustrated magazine. I originally was going to portray John Shaw like in the illustration, but decided for me ,I wanted to portray him earlier in the battle on horse back with minimal wounds.
Regards and seasons greeting,
John:)
 
Hey mate, wow! You have done heaps since I saw it last. Super work as always. I love the scollins illustration. He's always been such a huge influence on me. I may just have to attempt it. Keep it up I'm loving it.
 
He's gonna be a cracker John!

Brilliant work, like the action & detail you're putting into him..

Stay safe & HAPPY NEW YEAR :)

Mike
 
Chris Mortimer said:
Hey mate, wow! You have done heaps since I saw it last. Super work as always. I love the scollins illustration. He's always been such a huge influence on me. I may just have to attempt it. Keep it up I'm loving it.
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Hey Chris,Happy New Year mate. Thanks for the kind words,really enjoying the sculpting again, mainly been painting stock figures over the last year. In saying that I can't wait to get some paint on the figure. :)
 

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