indian imperial cadet corp

[abhijit8p]

I would like to present my new work-in-progress. Its a cadet from the Imperial Cadet Corp in India, 1911. Formed by only princes from royal families,
they later joined the indian army as officers and also formed the
'guard of honour' at times.
material----- epoxy putty (Mseal), copper strips, copper wires, thin
steel sheet, plasticard.
size----full height 120mm approx


A proper sanding & preparing the base is left.
As this is my 2nd sculpt of a horse, i hope its better than the previous 'indian cavalry' one--- lots of thanks to all those who responded with crits so i could improve upon this piece...
Sergey Zlobov's techniques helped a lot for the horse.Still there might be some anatomical inaccuracies present.

Crits and comments welcome.
Regards,
Abhijit

 

[mil-mart]

abhijit, wow great sculpt for only your 2nd attempt at a horse, I can see the influence of Zlobov especially in the tail and mane. Like the action pose, very dramatic, my only suggestion would be to try and thin down the horse slightly ,IMHO he looks a little too muscular. But then perhaps they were, can you post the pics you took the sculpt from.
Many thanks for sharing.
Cheers Ken

 

[tonydawe]

Hi Abhijit,

Firstly, I think you have done a marvellous job sculpting both horse and rider. A wonderful and unique subject. I can't ait to see it painted.

The horses ridden by the Indian Army were Walers, born and bred in Australia (as ridden by the Australian Light Horse in WW1). These horses stand 14-15 hands and are considered "light" horses, prized for their endurance and stamina rather than their size and speed. I agree with Ken; your horse looks a bit too muscular (Heavy) and also a bit short in the body. If you can, I suggest you add some length to the body.

I encourage you to complete this sculpt as its a wonderful subject.

 

[megroot]

Abhijt.
As this is your second attempt for sculpting a horse i should tip my hat for you.
Good work.
About the mass of the horse, Tony and Ken mentioned it.
But it could be the angle from where you shoot the picture.

 

[sirhogr]

Abhijit I think it's a GREAT work!