WIP Critique English Civil War Ironside.

[billyturnip]

Very nice work Roger, leather boots looks excellent! Great work so far, and almost done.

Cheers Borek

P.S. I'm sure the nasal bar on the helmet will be right. Anyway, I keep my thumbs on your sculpting trip .

Thanks Borek.
It only needs a piece of plastic, card or etched brass to make a replacement, no need to dabble in the dark art of sculpting.

 

[swralph]

Lovely painting Roger.
As for the helicopter part and nasal guard it went to the carpet monster for his dinner.An even if you haven't got a carpet it's the frickin invisible carpet monster.

 

[billyturnip]

Lovely painting Roger.
As for the helicopter part and nasal guard it went to the carpet monster for his dinner.An even if you haven't got a carpet it's the frickin invisible carpet monster.

Thank you Ralph.
I'm beginning to suspect the dog.

 

[Viking Bob]

Ah, the dreaded carpet monster, eats quite well in my room.
Very nice painting Roger.

 

[billyturnip]

Ah, the dreaded carpet monster, eats quite well in my room.
Very nice painting Roger.

Thanks very much Bob.
I've done a bit of weathering today and made a start on the base/groundwork. Photo's later.

 

[MarquisMini]

Wow Roger, the work and the metals and tunic ( don't know the proper name of that garment) is AMAZING!!!.
You are really getting better and better withevery figure.
I hooe to see this one with a medal

 

[billyturnip]

Wow Roger, the work and the metals and tunic ( don't know the proper name of that garment) is AMAZING!!!.
You are really getting better and better withevery figure.
I hooe to see this one with a medal

Thanks very much Daniel.
The tunic is called a buff coat.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buff_coat

 

[MarquisMini]

Thanks very much Daniel.
The tunic is called a buff coat.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buff_coat

There you go, buff coat .
Now, they parliament forces were referred as Lobsterheads because of the helmets, rigjt?, pardon my ignorance, not very familiar with this era.

 

[MarquisMini]

Cromwell forces i believe..

 

[billyturnip]

There you go, buff coat .
Now, they parliament forces were referred as Lobsterheads because of the helmets, rigjt?, pardon my ignorance, not very familiar with this era.

Daniel, I'm no great expert myself but as far as I am aware the Lobster tailed pott was common to both sides, in fact to most European armies in the 17th century.
I think tv and Hollywood and are to blame for the misconception that the Parliamentarian army were all equipped with them and the Royalist all wore floppy feathered hats.
Parliament troops were known as Roundheads as some Puritans wore their hair closely cropped.
Fish heads on the other hand is what those Royal Air Force wannabe's in the Fleet Air Arm call the proper sailors.

 

[Oda]

a very fascinating time. This figure is then very beautiful and with a good sculpture.
I'm sure you will have a lot of fun painting it, but you already see it.
Time too I painted it, making a small change.
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Beautiful and very interesting conversion.

 

[MarquisMini]

Daniel, I'm no great expert myself but as far as I am aware the Lobster tailed pott was common to both sides, in fact to most European armies in the 17th century.
I think tv and Hollywood and are to blame for the misconception that the Parliamentarian army were all equipped with them and the Royalist all wore floppy feathered hats.
Parliament troops were known as Roundheads as some Puritans wore their hair closely cropped.
Fish heads on the other hand is what those Royal Air Force wannabe's in the Fleet Air Arm call the proper sailors.

Haha, thanks for the history lesson mate, not very fond of ugly looking Cromwell, vive le Roi!! Hehe

 

[billyturnip]

Haha, thanks for the history lesson mate, not very fond of ugly looking Cromwell, vive le Roi!! Hehe

He's only got himself to blame for that, he should have told Sir Peter Lely to paint a pretty portrait.