Thankyou all very much indeed for the encouragement
Cheers Guy, not Native Americans I know, though having seen your stuff I'll leave them to you, you're the expert mate!
Gary, only a fellow modeller as yourself knows what I went through on this! It started off with Humbrol enamel paint that would NOT dry no matter what I did, along with 2 other figures for this I ended up ditching!
Johan, yes you are correct. Agony is the right word. This is the second flag. I had to cut the other one off the hussar after the whole thing was mounted and finished. Then I had to sculpt a new arm onto the flagpole and the into the shoulder joint, working around the finished piece. All without damaging the rest...
Mike, I've PM'd you. Yes I did the flag myself. NOT hard to do, think of it being time comsuming, as oppsed to hard, and you've won half the battle!
thanks fellas.