Briggsy
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Well here we go again. For this thread I will be creating two figures, one a soldier of the French Foreign Legion in the Gulf of Tonkin and a Spanish Officer Regt Principe No 3 in the Philippines.
An odd pairing I know, both are in the 1890s and both are serving in their respective countries overseas colonies. The similarities don't end there though, both are wearing very similar uniforms, sun helmets, blue tunics and red trousers. After this project I really want to get away from this particular colour scheme for a while.
I am also starting somewhat differently, rather than a stripped down mannequin I am building both on copies of the same Historex Academy Figures.
Each is based on an illustration in my collection, here you will see the similarities.
I have wanted to do the FFL figure for a long time now and then I discovered the Spanish Officer on Pintrest and it just seemed to make sense to make them side by side. Though each will be on a separate base, I am also not going to change the basic pose of the Academy Figures, apart from the arms.
Each has a new head, either Figure in Italy or NCO Historex from France. I added plasticard to the soles of the feet and filed the feet to resemble shoe uppers. The I made a start on the leg wear of both.
The Spanish Officer has a trouser leg made up of Magicsculpt, once cured I will start the other. For the Legionnaire I have another illustration of this figure wearing white gaiters/spats and wanted to incorporate this in my figure.
Cheers Simon
An odd pairing I know, both are in the 1890s and both are serving in their respective countries overseas colonies. The similarities don't end there though, both are wearing very similar uniforms, sun helmets, blue tunics and red trousers. After this project I really want to get away from this particular colour scheme for a while.
I am also starting somewhat differently, rather than a stripped down mannequin I am building both on copies of the same Historex Academy Figures.
Each is based on an illustration in my collection, here you will see the similarities.
I have wanted to do the FFL figure for a long time now and then I discovered the Spanish Officer on Pintrest and it just seemed to make sense to make them side by side. Though each will be on a separate base, I am also not going to change the basic pose of the Academy Figures, apart from the arms.
Each has a new head, either Figure in Italy or NCO Historex from France. I added plasticard to the soles of the feet and filed the feet to resemble shoe uppers. The I made a start on the leg wear of both.
The Spanish Officer has a trouser leg made up of Magicsculpt, once cured I will start the other. For the Legionnaire I have another illustration of this figure wearing white gaiters/spats and wanted to incorporate this in my figure.
Cheers Simon
